Sears Holdings, the department store chain controlled by billionaire Eddie Lampert, got a cold reception as traders returned to Wall Street Tuesday.

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America's secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, recently cancelled a planned visit to Cairo, and Mr Mubarak was likely to face a cold reception during the annual trip to Washington he is expected to make in April.

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The blog ReadWriteWeb dubbed the feature a "stalking app, " and news of Find Friends Nearby received a cold reception on the Internet, where Twitter users and bloggers panned the idea -- saying Twitter-y things like " Hell to the naw, " " Oh lawd!"

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Several local arts groups are also campaigning to save the town's theatre and as many are expected to turn up, the council said it would open the reception area so "people don't have to wait in the cold and the dark".

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