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BY ERIK SHUTE AND HARUMENDHAH HELMY

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This is Newsy Now. I’m Erik Shute --  and here are the headlines you need to know.

First up, U.S. news. Police officers are facing what The New York Times calls an “unusual” wave of violence.

MSNBC notes 11 officers have been shot throughout the country in just the past 24 hours -- leaving officers to feel there may be a “war on cops.”


In Arizona, Tucson gunman Jared Loughner didn’t say much at his arraignment, but he did enter a not guilty plea.  

He is accused of attempted assassination and murder of federal employees.  By Arizona law if he is found guilty -- Loughner could face the death penalty.  The Washington Post reports, his counsel might be trying to build an insanity defense on his behalf.

On to world news -- a deadly blast struck Russia’s largest airport yesterday, killing 35 people and injuring up to 180 others.

The Guardian reports -- Russia’s President Dmitri Medvedev blames security officials at the airport for their negligence. He also calls for a tougher and longer inspection of passengers.


Meanwhile in Egypt-- some have taken the ongoing protests in nearby Tunisia to heart.

Voice of America reports hundreds of Egyptians have pledged to participate in a mass demonstrations planned for today. They cite frustrations from poverty and oppression as their motive -- the same one that triggered the Tunisian protests.


To the tech world, where Mozilla and Google are developing a “Do Not Track” feature for their web browsers.   

The idea rides on the curtails of the Federal Trade Commission’s report outlining online behavioral advertising.  This could mean no more advertisements following users from site to site and targeting their history.  Mashable notes Microsoft has tried this before, but opted-not to launch after its advertisers expressed concern.

In entertainment, Oprah has been given the miracle of all miracles -- according to Oprah.

The queen of daytime talk revealed to her jaw-dropped audience -- her half-sister, Patricia.
According to the Guardian, Patricia was put into adoption at a young age, but began to suspect she was related to Winfrey after details from her adoption matched-up with events in Oprah’s life.  Oprah told her audience, “this feels like closure”.

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