Webpagedigest 02/09/2013

02/09/2014

US vows to defend Japan against China - Yahoo News

'Secretary of State John Kerry vowed Friday that the United States would defend Japan against attack including over islands claimed by China as tensions boil between the Asian powers.'

https://news.yahoo.com/us-vows-defend-japan-against-china-185432324.html

US borrowing capped, raising threat of debt default - Yahoo News

https://news.yahoo.com/us-borrowing-capped-raising-threat-debt-default-213227236.html

US economy may be stuck in slow lane for long run - Yahoo News

https://news.yahoo.com/us-economy-may-stuck-slow-lane-long-run-160408168.html

Duke University: 44% of U.S. firms consider cutting health care to current workers | Mobile Washington Examiner

httpDuke University: 44% of U.S. firms consider cutting health care to current workers | Mobile Washington Examiner://m.washingtonexaminer.com/duke-university-44-u.s.-firms-consider-cutting-health-care-to-current-workers/article/2543506

The politics of fracking

http://m.theweek.com/article.php?id=256072

Oil, Gas Drilling Seems To Make The Earth Slip And Go Boom : NPR

http://www.npr.org/2014/02/09/273372026/oil-gas-drilling-seems-to-make-the-earth-slip-and-go-boom

That Chemical Subway Ditched? McDonald's, Wendy's Use it Too - NBC News.com

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/chemical-subway-ditched-mcdonalds-wendys-use-it-too-n25051

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Is Muhammad Ali a superhero?

http://kottke.org/14/02/is-muhammad-ali-a-superhero

The Most Expensive, Outrageous Valentine's Day Hotel Packages

http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-traveler/2014/02/outrageous-valentines-day-hotel-packages