IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 2/3/2015

Patriots capture 4th Super Bowl title

Tom Brady throws for four touchdowns and Malcolm Butler makes a key interception.

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Report: U.S. taking new look at giving arms to Ukraine forces

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the media in Boston,

Secretary of State John Kerry and Gen. Martin Dempsey are reportedly open to the idea.

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Storm blankets Midwest, creeps toward Northeast

Lisa Snow shovels the sidewalk outside of her north side home in Chicago Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015.A heavy snowfall left Chicago covered for the first large storm of the year on Sunday. (AP Photo/Chicago Tribune, Nancy Stone) MANDATORY CREDIT; CHICAGO SUN-TIMES OUT; DAILY HERALD OUT; NORTHWEST HERALD OUT; JOLIET HERALD OUT; THE TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA OUT; NEW YORK TIMES OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; DAILY CHRONICLE OUT

A slow-moving winter storm blanketed a large swath of the Plains and Midwest in snow Sunday, forcing the cancellation of more than 1,000 Chicago flights, making roads treacherous and forcing some to rethink plans to attend Super Bowl parties.

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Patriots euphoric after Super Bowl despite 'Deflategate'

New England Patriots owner Kraft hugs quarterback Brady after their team defeated the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game in Glendale

By Steve Keating GLENDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - The New England Patriots rallied to beat the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in what will go down as one of the greatest Super Bowls of all-time but who the real winner is could well be debated for decades to come. The buildup to the Super Bowl had been dominated by a controversy over deflated footballs used by the Patriots in a blowout win over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC title game that earned them a trip to Arizona. A whiff of scandal continued to hang over Sunday's game even as the Vince Lombardi Trophy was hoisted and confetti fell from the roof of the University of Phoenix Stadium still trembling from New England's heart-stopping win. "We won that (AFC) game 45-7, we won today 28-24," defended a defiant Patriots owner Robert Kraft through the celebratory din.

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Northeast U.S. braces for second major snowstorm in a week

A worker pushes a snow plough to clear a path during blizzard conditions in Chicago

By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - The northeastern United States braced for the second major snow storm in a week on Monday after a huge winter system dumped more than a foot (30 cm) of snow in the Chicago area, closing schools from the Midwest to New England. Chicago Public Schools, the country's third-largest public school system, along with districts in Detroit, Boston and Providence, Rhode Island, canceled classes for Monday as the National Weather Service issued storm warnings and watches continued from western Iowa into upper New England. The storm followed a blizzard last week that pummeled parts of the East Coast, especially New England states, where up to three feet (90 cm) of snow piled up.

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Workers strike for second day at nine U.S. oil, chemical plants

Workers from the USW union walk a picket line outside the Lyondell-Basell refinery in Houston, Texas.

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Union workers were on strike for a second day on Monday at nine U.S. refineries and chemical plants in an attempt to force oil companies to sign a new national contract covering laborers at 63 plants. Talks broke down against a backdrop of plunging crude prices, which have fallen by half since June, prompting oil companies to cut spending. The United Steelworkers union (USW) said Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the lead industry negotiator, halted negotiations early on Sunday after the union rejected a fifth proposal from the company. Shell activated a strike contingency plan at its joint venture refinery and chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas, to keep operating normally.

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Obama says ‘deflate-gate’ did not help Patriots

The president predicts the Super Bowl this year "is going to be close".

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Huckabee compares being gay to drinking, swearing

The former Arkansas governor says there's no chance he'll ever accept same-sex marriage, whether he runs for president or not.

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Obama ties foreign profits tax to public works

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 16, 2012 file photo, newly constructed roadways are being built in Fairfax County, Va. President Barack Obama’s budget will propose an ambitious six-year, $478 billion public works program of highway, bridge and transit upgrades, half of it financed with a one-time mandatory tax on profits that U.S. companies have amassed overseas, White House officials said. Obama will unveil a $4 trillion budget on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The $4 trillion budget that President Barack Obama sends Congress on Monday proposes higher taxes on wealthier Americans and corporations, and an ambitious $478 billion public works program for highway, bridge and transit upgrades.

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In shock, Japan ponders its role in the world

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second right, talks during a ministerial meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 after the release of an online video that purported to show an Islamic State group militant beheading Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. Japan condemned with outrage and horror on Sunday the video posted on militant websites late Saturday Middle East time. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, right, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, second left, also attend the meeting. (AP Photo/Kimimasa Mayama, Pool)

The Japanese, who inhabit one of the world's safest countries, have been brutally reminded of the dangers elsewhere.

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Djokovic wins 5th Australian Open title, denies Murray a 1st

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Andy Murray of Britain in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic won his fifth Australian Open title and his eighth career Grand Slam while extending Andy Murray's misery at Melbourne Park.

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Japan mourns slain hostage Goto as caring and courageous reporter

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 file photo, a protester holding a photo of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto who was taken hostage by the Islamic State group appeals to the government to save Goto during a rally in front of the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. Whether in tsunami-stricken northeastern Japan or conflict-ridden Sierra Leone, it was the story of the vulnerable, the children and the poor that drove the work of Goto. The news of his killing in a video purportedly by Islamic State militants sent Japan into shock and mourning Sunday, Feb. 1, days after his plight as a hostage in Syria united many people in praying for his release. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

The story of the vulnerable, the children, and the poor drove the work of journalist Kenji Goto.

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