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2014年2月3日星期一

Morning Digest: N.J. Governor Christie aides face subpoena deadline in bridge scandal probe

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02/3/2014

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

N.J. Governor Christie aides face subpoena deadline in bridge scandal probe

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top aides to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie face a deadline on Monday to reply to document subpoenas made by state lawmakers investigating a traffic scandal that has threatened the Republican governor's political future..

Thai protesters head for downtown Bangkok in bid to topple PM

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters who have been camped out in north Bangkok packed their tents and marched downtown on Monday as they consolidated efforts to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a day after a disrupted general election..

Euro dogged by ECB talk, emerging markets sell-off grinds on

LONDON (Reuters) - Growing pressure for more policy easing in the euro zone pinned the euro near a 10-week low on Monday while persistent tension in emerging markets drove Hungary's forint to a 10-month trough and weighed on global stocks..

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dead of suspected drug overdose

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the leading actors of his generation and winner of an Academy Award for his title role in the film "Capote," was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday in what a New York police source described as an apparent drug overdose..

Super Seahawks walking in a Winter Wonderland

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - The National Football League took a gamble when it went against convention and decided to stage the Super Bowl at an outdoor stadium in New Jersey during the winter but it proved a great success..

Google's strength in advertising to drive growth: analysts

(Reuters) - Google Inc looks set to extend its leadership in online advertising as it sharpens its focus on its core business, analysts said after strong ad sales helped the No. 1 search company report stronger-than-expected quarterly revenue..

Scientists hail breakthrough in embryonic-like stem cells

LONDON (Reuters) - In experiments that could open a new era in stem cell biology, scientists have found a simple way to reprogram mature animal cells back into an embryonic-like state that allows them to generate many types of tissue..

Same old Groundhog Day; Phil predicts more winter

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Punxsutawney Phil, a famed U.S. groundhog with an even more famous shadow, emerged from his burrow on Sunday and predicted six more weeks of winter, much to the chagrin of those hoping for an early spring..