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U.S. economy grew at a 2.8% annual rate the last three months of 2011, falling short of expectations as spending by consumers, businesses and governments came in below economists' projections, the Commerce Department said.

That shows the economy snapping back from its early-2011 dip, while cuts in government spending and slower growth in private investment kept the economy's performance toward the low end of forecasts.

Americans spent more on cars and trucks, and companies built up their stockpiles. But growth in the October-December quarter — and all of 2011 — was held back by the biggest annual government spending cuts in four decades.

Adjusted for inflation, the Commerce Department's report on GDP says the economy grew just 1.7% last year, almost half of 2010's 3% growth.

The report falls short of the consensus forecast of USA TODAY's panel of 48 economists, whose median prediction was ...

Game4u launches its first End of Season Sale in the New Year. Kick start your year by playing your favourite games and collecting your favourite figurines with exhilarating offers from Game4u.
Walk into any Game4u store or visit www.game4u.com and avail upto 50% off on purchase of popular games like L.A. Noire, Duke Nukem Forever, Resistance 3, Portal 2, FIFA 12, EA sports Active 2 etc. & figurines like Bioshock Big Daddy Rosie Deluxe Action Figurine, Crysis 2 Nanosuit Action Figurine and many more.

The end of season sale presents a golden opportunity, SO HURRY, grab the incredible offers till stocks last!!

Game4u sale ends in February 2012.

Game4u, the specialist game retail store from Milestone Interactive Group, aims to be the number one specialist game destination in India. It also houses an online store – www.game4u.com which was launched in 2009 followed by the launch of its flagship store at Mega Mall in Mumbai ...

Book:         Keeping it Real: Quantum Gravity #1

Author:       Justina Robson

Publisher:   Pyr/Prometheus

ISBN:            9780439929837

Rating:        Four Stars

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Lila Amanda Black is no more. In her place is a half-human half cyborg hybrid body. Meshed with her own psyche and an onboard Ai, Lila is no ordinary girl anymore, but she still bleeds, and still feels within that drop dead exterior-even if she can bench-press a small auto.

Now working for Incon, Lila is test-driving her new body on a routine bodyguard assignment for one of the most popular bands to hit the realms. An unorthodox mix of faery and elven witchery, The No Shows have recently seen some press action since their lead, mysterious Zal Ahriman and Rolling Stone darling has been seriously threatened-with death. Lila has to get to the bottom of the conspiracy before she loses control of the situation and before she ...

After Arizona's immigration laws induced a good hue and cry in the nation it has been viewed that a large number of states are debating whether to encompass these laws on their books. Various have previously even though and some, like Florida andKentucky, have even taken these laws to another stage. Quite a few many people in America are in favor of these stricter immigration laws and now are shopping at changing the 14th amendment.

Arizona's Immigration Laws are also Stringent to Observe Arizona's Immigration laws are as well stringent to be replicated in all the states and suitable now the state in question is Florida. Arizona has adopted a law that requires and lets the police to verify the immigration status of just about anyone who are suspected of being an illegal immigrant while they are enforcing other laws, and so if an immigrant is stopped for a parking ticket then he or she may ...

Sony’s PS Vita has a fantastic collection of games that are being expected to be released from February 2012 up to the 2nd half of the forthcoming year. Sony claimed that it had prepared the list of the top 5 Play Station Vita games.

From the perspective of console launch, this is a surprisingly high number of titles, though many of the titles are supposed to conform to quality requirements.

#5 MotorStorm RC:

MotorStorm franchise has helped the PS3 launch showcasing the capabilities of next-generation Sony console.

#4 Resistance–Burning Skies:

The original PS Portable of Sony was confined to the first-person shooting department. However, the Resistance is supposed to make a difference.

 #3 Ninja Gaiden Sigma:

This appears as a tremendous one on the PS Vita of Sony as it has come out with the best action title. on the handheld.

#2 Uncharted–Golden Abyss

This is polished and exciting PS Vita game.

#1 Final Fantasy X:

Square ...

Is it OK for AP employees to have accounts on such social-networking sites as Facebook and Twitter?

Absolutely. They’ve become an integral part of everyday life for millions of people around the world, and the AP already has a robust corps of employees with accounts on all the social networks. These networks also have become an important tool for AP reporters to gather news – both for big, breaking stories and in cases in which we’re seeking out members of the public who might serve as sources for our stories. And they’re a prime source of citizen journalism material. One of our top images from the US Airways crash in the Hudson River, for instance, was a photo taken by a civilian that first surfaced on Twitter.

What are the general guidelines for such accounts?

Employees must identify themselves as ...

Lots of places are there on the Internet for keeping you anonymous online. But don’t consider Google+ as one of them as Google is going to revise its policy regarding the nomenclature of user names that allows people to use their nicknames as well as established pseudonyms. Consequently, if you’re the one willing to hide his/her identity, go somewhere else. It’s like you can materialize your hidden desire behind anonymity somewhere else. However, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit or WordPress are the sites that allow you to use anonymity. Those services evidently protect your identity.

On the contrary, the tendency of browsing staying behind the screen will keep continuing everywhere. In fact, they demand more from the Google+ than just nicknames.

Meanwhile, Bradley Horowitz, Google’s vice president said “We’re revising our strategies & processes for broadening supports for the established pseudonyms.” However, pseudonymity isn’t anonymity. Rather a pseudonym is ...

With an unfinished legislative agenda from last year and with Election Day nine months from now, President Barack Obama went before a joint session of Congress Tuesday night to offer his proposals for economic growth and to draw sharp contrasts with his Republican foes. 

He contended that, “The state of our Union is getting stronger. And we've come too far to turn back now. As long as I'm President, I will work with anyone in this chamber to build on this momentum. But I intend to fight obstruction with action, and I will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place. “

But Obama also painted a dire scenario of a nation divided into a wealthy elite and a mass of struggling Americans ...

 A couple in Armenian city of Gyumri named their newborn baby after French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday, January 25 in thanks for the French Senate vote to outlaw denial of 1915 Armenian Genocide, AFP reported.

The family said the child was given the first name Sarkozy out of gratitude to the French leader, who many Armenians have praised for backing the bill.

"We were going to name the baby after his grandfather, but after the French Senate passed the bill despite threats from the Turks, we decided to name him in honour of the president of France, this brave man," the boy's grandmother Alvard Manukian said.

"Let our baby, Sarkozy Avetisian, become a man as brave and just as his namesake," his grandmother said.

Armenia has hailed Sarkozy for his commitment to the bill which has infuriated France's NATO ally Turkey, with President Serzh ...

Silent-era film "The Artist" and Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" led the pack of Oscar nominees on Tuesday, including one nod for each in the best film category, in the race for the world's top film honors, according to Reuters.

"Hugo," Scorsese's ode to the early days of moviemaking, earned the most nominations with 11 overall, including for him in the director category. "The Artist," which has swept through awards season this year taking many pre-Oscar awards, had 10 nominations, total.

The two easily outdistanced other top nominees including baseball movie "Moneyball" with six nods and Steven Spielberg's World War One tale "War Horse," also with six nominations. Joining those four films in the race for best movie are family drama "The Descendants," civil rights movie "The Help," Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life," and 9/11 movie "Extremely Loud & ...