ah so i'm not alone at least... infact i've tried this on another torch and my friends curve 8900 and got the same ... 'reset search settings' error.
im currently being ignored on the official blackberry forum and by the blackberry help twitter people.
Just tried it myself here in NE PA. Same thing.. The only work around so far is the google app works. After a web search using the app and clicking the news icon I get the appropriate response.
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