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Provided by: newsvine.com792012-02-07 18:50:46buzz / newsvine.com /: It was just last summer that the Dow Jones industrial average shed 2,000 points in three terrifying weeks. Investors had a host of things to worry about, including the possibility of another recession.

Provided by: newsvine.com802012-02-07 19:08:08buzz / newsvine.com /: Novels by acclaimed crime writer Jim Thompson are coming out as e-books.

Provided by: newsvine.com812012-02-07 18:56:17buzz / newsvine.com /: An Ecuadorean court has ordered two journalists to pay $1 million each to President Rafael Correa after finding them guilty of defamation for reporting on contracts the president's brother allegedly had with the state.

Provided by: newsvine.com822012-02-07 18:55:28buzz / newsvine.com /: A guilty plea has averted a trial in an attempted murder case that brought unusual attention to a religious dispute in a Jewish enclave in New York.

Provided by: newsvine.com832012-02-07 19:01:31buzz / newsvine.com /: Grammy show producer Ken Ehrlich had considered putting dancing/electronica music into the ceremony in the past, but could never quite figure out how to incorporate the high-energy club feel in front of a sometimes staid audience.

Provided by: newsvine.com841970-01-01 00:00:00buzz / newsvine.com /: Image: http://evilavatar.com/images/thumbs/ebooks/thread_of_hope.jpg Available today for free on your Kindle or Kindle App (Yes, they have that for your iPhone, hipster!) is Jeff Shelby's Thread of Hope... An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: An unknown error occurred. An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: The server did not return XML. The content type returned was text/html An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: The server did not return XML. The content type returned was text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Newsvine - Get Smarter HereSouth Carolina says in a lawsuit that the U.S. Justice Department was wrong to block the state from requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote.

Provided by: newsvine.com852012-02-07 18:39:27buzz / newsvine.com /: Search and rescue teams on Tuesday found the body of an experienced mountaineer who apparently died in a severe fall on Oregon's Mount Hood, authorities said.

Provided by: newsvine.com862012-02-07 18:37:39buzz / newsvine.com /: The summer after Susan Powell disappeared, her father said, her young son Braden drew a picture at day care of a van with three people in it and told caregivers it showed his family going camping: "Mommy's in the trunk," the boy said.

Provided by: newsvine.com872012-02-07 18:40:28buzz / newsvine.com /: As of Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at least 1,769 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

Provided by: newsvine.com882012-02-07 18:33:06buzz / newsvine.com /: Gaza's ruling Islamic militant Hamas is ready to cede power to an interim unity government led by its longtime rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a spokesman said Tuesday, but problems loomed over government policy and international recognition.

Provided by: newsvine.com892012-02-07 18:45:05buzz / newsvine.com /: A Muslim civil rights group wants the Justice Department to investigate the tactics of FBI agents in Portland after two Libyan-Americans from Oregon were barred from returning to the United States.

Provided by: newsvine.com902012-02-07 18:45:17buzz / newsvine.com /: A federal appeals court has rejected arguments from a former counselor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who claims her religious rights were violated because she was fired for refusing to counsel a gay woman.