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Google Now Searches JavaScript
mikejuk writes "Google has been improving the way that its Googlebot searches dynamic web pages for some time — but it seems to be causing some added interest just at the moment. In the past Google has encouraged developers to avoid using JavaScript to deliver content or links to content because of the difficulty of indexing dynamic content. Over time, however, the Googlebot has incorporated wa...
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AP
Myanmar power protests put new reforms to the test
BANGKOK (AP) -- Protests in Myanmar over persistent power shortages have provided a test of how the country's elected but military-backed government will respond to rising expectations sparked by the past year's democratic reforms....
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APA-OTS
This is not business as usual: C2-MTL's first edition a success
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) -
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- The second edition of the new global business
conference already
confirmed: be in Montreal, May 21 to 23,
2013
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Over the past few days, some 1,300 participants from over 40
countries saw the likes of Francis …
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Telegraph
Google chairman: Britain must improve maths skills
Britain must change its poor attitude towards maths or risk becoming a "dusty museum to the past", the executive chairman of Google has claimed.
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New York Times
Beliefs: Liberation Theology and the Campaign - Beliefs
Contrary to past simplifications, liberation theology teaches not hate, nor anti-Americanism, but a renewed focus on the poor and the suffering, as embodied by Jesus.
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science blogs
iPod iChing: words press
It is friday! On fridays, we have an occasional tradition to invoke the ever omniscient iPod One, Mighty is the iPod One, and do our own divination, a musical haruspicy if you like, where the diverse and assorted cards of our harmonies are cast upon the net to reveal our destinies, or permit us to…
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New York Times
Syracuse Reaches Final by Rallying Past Florida
Trailing 12-5 in the second half, the Orange staged a miraculous comeback, outscoring No. 1 Florida by 8-1 in the final 12 minutes of regulation in an N.C.A.A. women’s lacrosse semifinal.
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AP
Cruz has 8 RBIs, Rangers power past Blue Jays 14-3
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Nelson Cruz hit a grand slam and tied his career high with eight RBIs, Josh Hamilton hit his 19th home run of the season and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 14-3 Friday night....
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BBC
VIDEO: The skyscrapers London never saw
London's skyline would look very different today if some of the plans for towers and skyscrapers that have been proposed in the past had been built.
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Mashable
11 Hilarious ‘Men in Black’ Parodies
A few weeks ago we found out a lot of people like to dress up with their friends as the Avengers? It turns out, a lot more of you like the Men in Blac…
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Daily Mail
He drinks three pints and a glass of red wine every night, hates the Welsh (apart from Ffion) and wants to shoot the Lib Dems: Watch out, Mr Hague, your Dad's flying off message!
Over the past few years the Foreign Secretary's father has performed one daredevil stunt after another and raised more than £150,000 for the NSPCC.
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The Lancet
[Editorial] Lost in transition: health of transgender people in Asia Pacific
On May 17, International Day of Action Against Homophobia and Transphobia, a report—Lost in Transition: Transgender People, Rights and HIV Vulnerability in the Asia-Pacific Region—was released by the UN Development Programme and the Asia Pacific Transgender Network. Transgender people, defined as “individuals whose gender identity, and/or expression of their gender, differs from social norms r...
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perez hilton
Glee Cast Says Goodbye!
TEARS!!!
Not gonna lie you guys, this one's a little emotional!
For many members of the original cast of Glee, graduation means the show is over. WE'RE GONNA MISS THEM!!
The seniors said goodbye, and now some of the cast are saying goodbye in this (above) behind-the-scenes video of the set of Glee.
Get a tissue [...]
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Irish Times
Mountney's first strike proves vital
Dundalk 1 St Patrick’s CY 0:JOHN MOUNTNEY’S first goal for Dundalk helped them squeeze past St Patrick’s CY at Oriel Park. The home side took control of the early exchanges and Marc Griffin squandered two glorious chances inside the first five minutes.
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Irish Times
Past hostilities forgotten as hospitality flows in Dublin
MUCH GOOD work was done by the politicians from both jurisdictions at the recent meeting of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. Discussions focused on strengthening business links between Ireland and Britain, but the networking continued after the formal sessions ended.
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omg
Our 5 Wishes for Dancing with the Stars All-Stars
<p>After ABC confirmed next season's all-stars outing of <em><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/dancing-with-the-stars/191470?rss=keywords&partnerid=yahoo&profileid=omg">Dancing with the Stars</a></em>, <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tom-bergeron/195370?rss=keywords&partnerid=yahoo&profileid=omg">Tom Bergeron</a> reveal...
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Huffington Post
French Open 2012 Men's Preview: The Peaks Of Paris
By STEVE TIGNOR, Tennis.comPARIS—This year’s men’s event at Roland Garros feels like the culmination of seven clay-court seasons past. Not the culmination, perhaps, but a peak moment nonetheless. Since spring 2005, when Rafael Nadal emerged to challenge Roger Federer, what was once a relatively sleepy two-month stretch has been transformed into the most tension-filled part of the year....
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National Post
Dear Diary: Mark Zuckerberg’s thoughts on the Facebook IPO
The thoughts of Mark Zuckerberg over the past week of the Facebook IPO as imagined by Tristin Hopper Monday Twenty billion dollars and a new Mrs. Zuckerberg by my side. Sometimes, life is just so perfect and magical I could burst. As always, though, those lecherous paparazzi were crowded around my front fence trying to ...
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BBC
VIDEO: Syria unrest fuels Lebanon fears
The bloodshed in Syria has spilled over the border into neighbouring Lebanon, fuelling fears of a return to the sectarian violence seen the past.
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BoingBoing
Google publishing data on all copyright takedowns it receives
For many years, Google has published a "Transparency Report" with the number of non-copyright-related takedown notices it receives from governments, police, courts, individuals and corporations. Now, the company have added copyright takedowns to the mix. Sadly (and weirdly), this part of the report isn't searchable, as Alan at Copyfight notes: "I cannot search to see [...]
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Peter Mandelson says Europe can overcome currency 'stumble'
The former EU Commissioner for Trade tells the Globe's Sonia Verma that Europe has achieved too much over the past 60 years to throw it away because of a currency crisis. The economic union can weather the storm though to do so will involve some pain.
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Huffington Post
Steve Parker: Big Willie Robinson, 69, King of the Street Racers
"Big" Willie Robinson, founder and president of the International and National Brotherhood of Street Racers, died this past Saturday. He was 69. Robinson, 6'6" and...
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Los Angeles Times
Runaway bull lassoed by motorcycle cop in Fresno
A Fresno motorcycle cop lassoed a runaway bull that was on the loose Friday in residential neighborhoods and forced the lockdown of two elementary schools.
Sightings of the 1,500-pound bull running through the streets of the city took police officers -- and everyone else -- by surprise.
"This is not an ordinary occurrence by any stretch," said police Lt. Burke Farrah. "We're a city of a half-m...
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USA Today
'Like' this: Salutes to troops to flood Facebook feeds
Salutes to troops past and present will be showing up every few seconds on Facebook this weekend
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Washington Post
Tonight’s Nationals-Braves lineups
The Nationals and Braves will begin their weekend showdown with Ross Detwiler and Tim Hudson on the mound. For the third time in the past three games against a right-handed starter, Steve Lombardozzi will start in left field with Roger Bernadina on the bench.
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Gizmodo
All the Beautiful Chairs of ICFF [Video]
Furniture designers love chairs. More than any other piece, it' s a fertile ground for expression and innovation. A well-designed chair is essential to our comfort in a way a table or lamp isn't. So it shouldn't come as a shock that the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York this past week was chock full of chairs. These happen to be th...
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AllThingsDigital
Orange Exec: Android, Windows Phone and iPhones Are Gas Guzzlers and Developing World Needs a Prius
Senior VP Yves Maitre says all the major smartphone operating systems are too costly and bandwidth hungry to meet the needs of the next several billion smartphone buyers.
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Amnesty International
Stories of defiance: Human rights activists speak out
Headline Title:
Stories of defiance: Human rights activists speak out
25 May 2012
When it launched its 50th annual report on the state of human rights worldwide, Amnesty International highlighted the courage shown by protesters and human rights defenders over the course of ...
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Daily Mail
Cap d¿Antibes is once again the ultimate in Riviera chic
Mark Palmer checks into the iconic Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, in Cap D’Antibes, which recently had a £36 million makeover. No wonder so many stars past and present have stayed - it's got star quality.
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Rolling Stone
Nostalgia Songs for Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer and a time to look forward to warm weather cook-outs days at the beach and cutting out of work early on Fridays But Memorial Day is a holiday of remembrance so it's also a chance to reflect on the past In...
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circleID
Hello World
I've been threatening to blog for several years now. I can't recall for how many years I've left the threat open, but hopefully you'll understand given the title of this piece, that I'm prone to senior moments.
For the past two years I've been immersed in Internet Governance, an area I knew precious little about before being tossed into the deep end of the pool. Fortunately my previous employ...
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Barrons
RVBD: Gabelli Starts at Buy, $30 Target
Shares of Riverbed Technology (RVBD) are up 80 cents, or 5%, at $16.32 following an initiation of coverage note from Gabelli & Co.’s Hendi Susanto, who writes that the company’s revenue growth will rebound as it moves past issues with its sales team and product transition. Following its quarterly earnings release on April 19, 2012, [...]
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politico
Chuck Todd loves the information
NBC's Chuck Todd delivers the commencement address at Marist College | MSNBC.com
"If I didn't love my job, I wouldn't be getting up before the crack of dawn for 20 straight years now," NBC News political director and senior White House correspondent told the graduating class at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, last weekend. "I haven't slept past 5 am in years. I'm tired a lot, but I'd...
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Daily Mail
Marathon man: Former Navy sailor runs two marathons every day for 50 DAYS (and claims he's sad to be finishing)
Sam Boatwright, 29, from north Yorkshire, will cover the equivalent of nearly two marathons in the blazing heat today - a feat he has completed every day for the past 49 days.
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Irish Times
Hooray! Ireland basks in sunshine
The country has basked in sunshine over the past few days and the good news is the warm spell is to continue over the weekend and into next week.
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physorg
A new invading sea crab reaches the Ebro Delta
Originally endemic to the Atlantic Coast of North America, over the past 30 years Dyspanopeus sayi has been involuntarily introduced in the UK, France, the Netherlands, the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea. A study shows that in recent years the sea crab has established itself along the Western Mediterranean Coast.
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Domainnamewire
What domains Kanye West and others bought this week
Kanye West buys domain name for new short film. Kanye West has made some interesting naming decisions in the past. So let’s give him credit for buying CruelSummer.com for $3,000. Cruel Summer is the name of his new short film. Here are some other end user domain buys from the past week. All sales took [...]
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Daily Mail
FutureMe lets emails 'travel through time' - as you send advice, warnings or a simple 'Hello!' to yourself in the future
Futureme.org works like a simple webmail service, but lets you specify the date when the message will arrive - be it a warning, advice, or simply a ‘Hello!’ from the past.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Bounty of kings
IN the early days of October 1606, an expedition sailed through a shallow channel past the low, reef-surrounded coastline of Cape York.
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TechCrunch
Up Close With The Xetum Stinson
You no doubt are familiar with the Xetum brand, based out of California. If not, just have a look over at to the side of the page. In the past, we've reviewed their Tyndall model; today, we'll be taking a look at the Stinson.
The Stinson presents as a very minimalistic three-hander, and it does it with style. I say that for two reasons - first, it's an extremely clean dial. Second, the lugl...
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Daily Mail
Sports pictures of the day: May 25
Each day, MailOnline sports picture editor Dave Muir will choose his favourite photographs from around the world in the past 24 hours. Enjoy his selection for May 25
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The Jerusalem Post
'Don't check Zionism at the door'
Over past two years, Peter Beinart has become household name for many American, Israeli Jews.
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Irish Times
Hooray! Warm weather to continue
The country has basked in sunshine over the past few days and the good news is the warm spell is to continue over the weekend and into next week.
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China Daily
Iron ore trade slow on platform
Activity on online spot-trading platform for iron ore slowed in the past two weeks, a result of weaker economic growth and feeble markets.
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Los Angeles Times
Review: A far out trip to the past in 'Men in Black 3'
In the new installment of the space-alien policing series, Will Smith and Josh Brolin (as a younger Tommy Lee Jones) are chasing a bad alien in 1969, and the new mission makes for a campy, fun film."Men in Black 3" has got the MIB mojo back — well, most of it anyway. With Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones once again suited up and sporting shades as agents J and K, and a casting coup in Josh Brolin...
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Entertainment Online
Movie Review: Men in Black 3's Will Smith Is Still Fresh When Battling Aliens in the Past
Review in a Hurry: When his partner K is erased from history, Agent J must time travel to 1960s New York to save him and prevent an alien invasion. The series returns with great eye candy, good...
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New York Times
Obama Leaps Into Direct Attacks
Unlike past presidents at this stage in the campaign, President Obama has not hesitated to engage his rival.
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Daily Telegraph
Economists warn boom will end
IT is an understatement to say that the past decade has been a good time to be in the business of exporting resources.
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USA Today
Wade powers Heat past Pacers, into East finals
His poor performance a week ago a distant memory, Dwyane Wade poured in 41 points to lead the Heat over the Pacers 105-93 in Game 6.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Roy Hill brings $1bn to WA: Rinehart
GINA Rinehart will tackle her critics head-on with a report that Roy Hill contributed $1billion to WA over the past 10 months.
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Reuters
House Democratic "Super PAC" raised $1 million since March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Majority PAC, a "Super PAC" aimed at helping elect Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives, raised $1.1 million in the past six weeks, according to disclosure documents released on Thursday.
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BBC
Smith back with blast in the past
Men In Black back with blast in the past
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The Sun
One ejection! Fan catches LiamPayne half-naked
GIRL squeezed past security to catch boyband star getting changed in New York gym
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The Sun
One ejection! Fan catches LiamPayne half-naked
GIRL squeezed past security to catch boyband star getting changed in New York gym
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Irish Times
Tiffany's fails to meet profit forecast
SALES AT Tiffany’s flagship New York store declined 4 per cent in the past quarter as its Americas business performed worse than expected, leaving its earnings short of forecasts.
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The Sun
Bangers & mashed
ABOUT 1.5m buildings or garden furniture items singed by boozy BBQ Brits in past 2yrs
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China Daily
China retrieves 100,000 antiques though auctions
Over the past 20 years, more than 100,000 antique items originally held in China have returned to the country.
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AP
Obama's 2008 magic past, Iowa all-out battleground
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa magic that launched Barack Obama to the presidency four years ago has all but faded....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Avoidable deaths plummet - but not for those in low-income areas
Report shows healthier lifestyles and better treatment of heart disease paying off over the past 30 years
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The Nation
Two woman among eight perish in mishaps, violence
JHANG - At least eight people including two women were killed and seven other sustained injuries in separate incidents here in various areas of Jhang during the past 48 hours.
As per detail, 25-year-old Haider Ali was hit by an speeding hiace passengers van near Sufi Morr when he was crossing Jhang-Chiniot Road. Resultantly, he breathed his last instantly. The Jhang City Police have registered ...
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FT
Corleone wants to lay mafia past to rest
The Sicilian town notorious for its ferocious godfathers hopes to break with its bloody past, but the Cosa Nostra is far from finished
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Washington Post
Cannes Film Festival 2012: Stalled in the past, with few surprises
Cannes, France —Whether it’s the weather, the traffic or the movies, perhaps the best word to describe the Cannes Film Festival this year is “stuck.”
From the outset, when organizers announced the directors competing for the festival’s top honor, Cannes seemed stalled in a past era: Of the 22 films competing for the Palme d’Or this week, not one is directed by a woman, a nod to the mythical ima...
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CNN
Germany's mighty Mittelstand
As the eurozone's financial crisis drags past its second year, Germany's powerhouse economy has kept the bloc from sinking into a double dip recession.
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Mail & Guardian
The fine art of drawing the line
Sean O'Toole explores some of the portrayals of the naked black body that have elicited fierce reactions in SA's recent past.
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Elliotsblog
Pending Deletes: NameJet vs. SnapNames
I had been using the Whois Monitor tool at DomainTools to monitor the status of two similar domain names owned by the same company. The names were geographic Hotel.com and Hotels.com domain names. During the past couple of years, the status on both changed twice, and I received an update each time. On May 20th, [...]
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Pravda
Is this the end?
A bit of a blast from the past took place recently when Vladimir Putin refused to attend the G-8 summit and instead sent his buddy and right hand man, Dmitry Medvedev, to oversee Russia's role. It was kind of reminder of the cold-war era, yes, 'Russia is strong and getting stronger and you better notice it' kind of a message was passed on
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FT
Tiffany’s US sales disappoint
Sales at jeweller’s flagship New York store declined 4 per cent in the past quarter as its Americas business performed worse than expected
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Mail & Guardian
Semenya aiming to follow in Mutola's footsteps
Caster Semenya, with doubts over her real gender long buried in her past, has said she is aiming to follow in the footsteps of new coach Maria Mutola.
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Rolling Stone
"Legendary Child"
For the past two decades Steven Tyler has pushed Aerosmith toward power ballads while Joe Perry has lobbied for hard rock It seems Perry won the argument for this comeback single "Legendary Child" – from the band's first studio album in eight years due this fall – is built on...
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Times LIVE
Winter fires leave the poorest poorer
For the past 100 years, residents of Alexandra township’s poorest communities have suffered the same fiery fate.
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webwire
App Empire - Can You Believe This Guy?
Chad Mureta, author of the best selling book App Empire just released a brand new video detailing how he went from a crippling car accident to making tons of cash with only his iPhone. In it, ...
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News.co.au
Rabid bats kill seven children
SEVEN children have died from rabies in Peru over the past two months after being bitten by bats, an official said today.
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USA Today
Alex Liddi's grand slam powers Mariners past Rangers
Alex Liddi hit a grand slam and Kevin Millwood pitched six shutout innings to lead the Seattle Mariners past the Texas Rangers.
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Goal.com
Stankovic denies interest in MLS move
The 33-year-old midfielder had some injury problems over the past year and is no longer first choice for the Nerazzurri but he has no intention of leaving San Siro
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Irish Times
Central Asian state that hasn't quite turned its back on the Soviet past
KYRGYZSTAN LETTER:The mainly Russian population is aging. Young ethnic Russians and Ukrainians are leaving, writesMICHAEL FOLEY
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WSJ
Buyback of Loans Is Forced on BofA
Freddie Mac forced Bank of America to buy back $330 million of mortgages originated over the past two years after the mortgage-finance giant challenged the lender over technical issues with how the loans were manufactured.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
BP, EPA reach deal on Canadian crude at U.S. refinery
Oil company to spend $400-million for pollution controls at Indiana plant, $8-million to resolve alleged past clean-air violations
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Reuters
Fed near limit on scope to help jobs: Kocherlakota
RAPID CITY, South Dakota (Reuters) - A rise in U.S. inflation over the past year suggests the Federal Reserve has little firepower left to boost employment, a top Fed official said on Wednesday.
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Foreign Policy
Contesting Egypt's future
In Egypt, on every street and in every alleyway, there has
been one topic of serious debate
over the past few weeks: today's presidential elections, the country's first
of any suspense or consequence. Figures from Egypt's formerly quasi-underground
opposition stare down from billboards blanketing the country. Leading civilian
candidates debate on television for the first time in Egypt and the...
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Barrons
Don't Fetch PetSmart
The retailer blew past earnings expectations late Tuesday, but the stock's two-year run may be hard to sustain.
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Barrons
The Facebook Effect: Nasdaq Hit with 2 Downgrades
Everyone who touches Facebook (FB) turns to dust. That’s clearly the lesson of the past week. Not only are regulators looking at Morgan Stanley’s (MS) actions prior to bringing Facebook public, but analysts are now questioning whether Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ) will suffer because of glitches on Facebook’s first day. Nasdaq has been under the [...]
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Rolling Stone
On the Charts: Adam Lambert Makes History
WINNER OF THE WEEK Adam Lambert (And American Idol whose past and present eras make their presence known on the charts this week) Lambert's Trespassing album debuts at Number One on Billboard's album chart by selling 77000 copies making the one-time Idol runner-up the first openly gay male artist...
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Nikkei
Mitsui Life To Eliminate Y150bn In Past Losses |
BBC
US agents in 64 misconduct cases
Sixty-four 64 allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against the US Secret Service over the past five years, a congressional panel has heard.
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MarketWatch
Chuck Jaffe: IPO stands for ‘it’s probably overpriced’
In the past few days, thanks to the initial public offering of Facebook, investors have learned what IPO really stands for: “It’s probably overpriced.”
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White House
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney en route Colorado Springs, CO, 5/23/12
Aboard Air Force One
En Route Colorado Springs, Colorado
9:28 A.M. EDT
MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for starting early with us as we make our way over a number of states to Colorado -- Colorado Springs -- where the President will, with great pleasure, deliver the commencement address at the Air Force Academy -- part of a tradition where the President, every year, de...
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AP
Inquiry hears of wider Secret Service misbehavior
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The lawmaker leading an inquiry into the Secret Service prostitution scandal reported dozens of "troubling" episodes of past misbehavior Wednesday and appealed to insiders to come forward with what they know as investigators try to determine whether a culture of misconduct took root in the storied agency....
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USA Today
Female pilot boots passenger for sexist remarks
Brazil's Trip Airlines says it booted a passenger off one of its flights this past Friday after he made loud sexist comments about women flying ...
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siliconindia
5 Lessons India's Messy Traffic Teaches Every Entrepreneur
Have you ever wondered that these tricks can come real handy in entrepreneurship? If you have set your foot newly into the world of enterprises then certain rules and practices on roads can help your venture zoom past all the competitors.
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WSJ
Irish 'Bad Bank' Says Property Market on the Mend
Ireland's so-called "bad bank"—the National Asset Management Agency—said there were signs that the country's property market crash was past its worst.
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AvailableDomainNames
Lots of Quality Domains Up for Auction at Godaddy Today 5-23-12
I've got a rather large and loaded list of Godaddy expired domain auctions for you today. It's probably just an anomaly that there are so many long tail domains in this list. I found myself being a bit more critical as I was sorting through it because I was adding so many to the top [...]
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Egyptians flock to polls to pick president in historic vote
Fear of the unknown -- an Islamist state -- and fear of a return of the past regime driving many voters decision
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Wired
Afterlife: Making Rotten Food Beautiful
One man's fridge mold is another man's still life: Estonian artist Heikki Leis presents a rotting cornucopia of vegetables photographed long past their prime.
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Wired
Afterlife: Making Rotten Food Beautiful
One man's fridge mold is another man's still life: Estonian artist Heikki Leis presents a rotting cornucopia of vegetables photographed long past their prime.
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Daily Mail
Nationwide bucks trend of slow mortgage lending with 44% rise in home loans
Nationwide has increased its mortgage lending book to £18.4billion in the past year - beating a market which grew by just 5 per cent.
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AP
James and Wade lead Heat past Pacers, 115-83
MIAMI (AP) -- Dwyane Wade was bleeding after taking a smack in the head from Tyler Hansbrough, who became the target of a retaliatory shot from Udonis Haslem a few moments later....
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Daily Telegraph
The busy business of investigating Craig
EXAMINING Thomson's past has become a small industry - and Tony Abbott wants to expand into a much bigger one.
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Los Angeles Times
Ivan De Jesus gets Dodgers past Diamondbacks, 8-7
Infielder drives in the tying and go-ahead runs with a double in the ninth inning, giving him three runs batted in to help L.A. overcome an early deficit.PHOENIX — Those were quite the exciting games Tuesday, two rowdy Arizona crowds on the edge of their seats and at the top of their lungs in creating a hostile environment for the visiting team from Los Angeles.
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BBC
India rupee falls to historic low
The Indian rupee continues its downward slide of the past few days and hits an all-time low against the dollar.
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Telegraph
Questor share tip: Vodafone will benefit as more people get smart
Germany came to the rescue for Vodafone over the past year, as a strong result in the country helped counteract poor performance in southern Europe.
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CNN
Have massive tech layoffs done any good?
Some of the tech sector's ailing giants have been freely handing out pink slips over the past several years, with varying degrees of success.
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Washington Post
Both parties struggling with how to talk about private-equity industry
Three decades after private-equity firms transformed American business, American politics is finally catching up — breathless and bewildered.
For the past week, the spotlight of the presidential campaign has fallen on Mitt Romney’s 15 years as an executive at the private-equity firm Bain Capital. President Obama has at times portrayed Romney, his likely GOP challenger, as a kind of pinstriped ...
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Nature
Nuclear physics: Fingerprint of nuclear fuel
Plutonium-239 is used in nuclear weapons, but it has been difficult to detect in the lab. Researchers in New Mexico have now succeeded in measuring the isotope's nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal.Interactions within plutonium atoms have frustrated attempts over the past 50 years to
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The Sun
Past can be the future
BRIT legend sees Venezuelan ace thriving at his old team Williams after Spain win
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Reuters
Yahoo under Levinsohn seen shifting to content, advertising
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With two of its most distracting conflicts resolved in the past week and a half, Yahoo Inc hopes its new interim chief executive can focus on the biggest challenge of all: turning the company into a digital entertainment destination that wins back the advertising dollars flowing elsewhere.
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Daily Mail
Kerry Katona lavishes her 10-year-old daughter with a warm embrace and a tender kiss as they enjoy a stroll together
She has won the Celebrity Mum of the Year award in the past and always says she puts her children first. So it was nice to see Kerry Katona sharing a tender hug and kiss with her eldest daughter Molly last weekend.
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Scientific American
Anthrax, anthrax, everywhere
Terrorism Drill This past week brought news about another successful bioterrorism response drill, effectively delivering hypothetical medicines to protect the citizens of Baltimore from a hypothetical anthrax attack . Frankly, I always shake my head in dismay when I read of such preparedness exercises. I think back to my childhood, with its duck and cover Cuban missile crisis school drills a...
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Times of India
We have info on participatory notes holders: Sebi
A day after the government cited participatory notes (PNs) and market manipulation as one of the sources for generation of black money, the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has said that it has records for the past several months on the instrument but the finance ministry has not bothered to check these details.
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USA Today
North Korea vows to push ahead with nuclear program
An outside analysis of satellite images suggested Pyongyang has ramped up work at its nuclear test site over the past month.
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Science Daily
Severe nuclear reactor accidents likely every 10 to 20 years, European study suggests
Western Europe has the worldwide highest risk of radioactive contamination caused by major reactor accidents. Catastrophic nuclear accidents such as the core meltdowns in Chernobyl and Fukushima are more likely to happen than previously assumed. Based on the operating hours of all civil nuclear reactors and the number of nuclear meltdowns that have occurred, scientists have calculated that such...
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TMZ
Jon 'Bones' Jones Apologizes for DUI -- 'I Screwed Up, Big Time'
UFC champion Jon "Bones" Jones says he's "truly sorry" for letting down his fans when he was arrested for DUI this past weekend ... saying, "I screwed up, big time."TMZ broke the story ... the 24-year-old was arrested Saturday morning after totaling…
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dlisted
Queen Latifah Performed For "Her People" At Long Beach Pride This Weekend
Those hoping that Queen Latifah would roll onto the stage at the 29th Annual Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival in a Home Depot shopping cart while proudly waving her strap-on in the air were totally disappointed. Queen Latifah made her pride debut this past Saturday night and she didn't exactly scream that she loves chocha from the top of the amps. But Big Daddy Dana (©...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
What you see when the light comes in
THERE has been a crack in federal parliament for some time and in the past few weeks it has widened to a yawning fissure.
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BBC
Olympics launch Foursquare tie-up
A tie-up between the Olympic Games and Foursquare means users can now "check-in" at past and present Games landmarks.
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Irish Times
Fake anti-malaria drugs flood market
Low-quality and fake anti-malarial drugs flooding into markets in Asia and Africa are driving drug resistance and threatening gains made in the fight against the disease in the past decade, according to a study by global health experts.
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Times LIVE
Fake malaria drugs litter Africa, southeast Asia
A study says more than a third of malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality.
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Reuters
Casinos bet on Macau growth but China a wildcard
MACAU (Reuters) - Gaming executives and industry players gathering for a convention in Macau on Tuesday may have to finally confront what they have been predicting for the past two years -- a sharp...
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AP
Fake malaria drugs litter Southeast Asia, Africa
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- A study says more than a third of malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality....
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FOX
Obama Steps Up Attack on Romney's Business Past
Obama defends jabs on Romney's record at Bain Capital, while some prominent Dems question attacksPOWER PLAY: Bain Attacks Turn Awkward for Obama CampaignMayor Booker Backs Off Obama Campaign Criticism
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USA Today
'Frustrated' Franchitti feeling the gap between Honda, Chevy
For a man who has won his sport's past three championships, Dario Franchitti enters the 96th Indianapolis 500 in an unsettling position.
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Irish Times
To every child I struck when I was a teacher . . .sorry
I REMEMBER HOW I would feel when there was a revelation about sexual abuse of children by clergy, here in the US where I have lived for the past 19 years, in Ireland or anywhere else. I would rail at the smug complacency of lace-bedecked monsignori or their mitred higher-ups. I could only imagine the plight of the children.
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Reuters
Apple still dominates world's top brands: study
(Reuters) - Apple has maintained its place as the world's most valuable brand over the past year, leading a group of technology-related companies that dominate the top 10, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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Reuters
Fake drugs threaten gains made in war on malaria
LONDON (Reuters) - Low-quality and fake anti-malarial drugs flooding into markets in Asia and Africa are driving drug resistance and threatening gains made in the fight against the disease in the past decade, according to a study by global health experts.
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Telegraph
Bordeaux hit by spate of binge drinking drownings
France's wine capital Bordeaux has been struck by spate of binge drinking drownings in its river Garonne, with five young men dying in the past ten months.
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The Jerusalem Post
Palestinians scoff at Fatah-Hamas reconciliation
News of most recent 'reconciliation' agreement is received with skepticism after unsuccessful deals over past few years.
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ElPais
Taking growth on board
The G8 admits that austerity cannot be the sole solution but is making no concrete commitments
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Rolling Stone
Exclusive Excerpt: Grant Morrison Returns to the Dark Knight with 'Batman Incorporated'
Comics visionary Grant Morrison has been penning the adventures of Batman since 2006 and in that time he has introduced the Dark Knight's son "killed off" Bruce Wayne and had him come back after solving a mystery as he traveled forward in time from the distant past The latest –...
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SI
Joe Lemire: Jay Bruce aims to shed streaky past, find consistency for Reds
Jay Bruce woke up the morning of April 19 with a .191 batting average and no home runs in his previous nine games. He was off to a dreadfully slow start, a stark departure from his hot April start in 2011 (.301, four home runs, 11 RBIs).
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Foreign Policy
Is it unreasonable to expect simple logic?
Honestly, my dear readers, I've been trying to pivot away from deconstructing Mitt Romney's foreign policy musings. After a half-year of watching GOP presidential debates and then reading Romney's blinkered musings on various hot spots, I think this horse has pretty much been beaten to death.
Except that, with Romney's NATO Chicago Tribune op-ed this past weekend, I fear he and his...
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WSJ
U.S. Stocks Look Past Facebook and Rise
U.S. stocks opened higher, bouncing from a recent stretch of sharp declines, as broad gains in European markets helped soothe some fears about the euro zone and Greece.
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Daily Mail
Sports pictures of the day: May 21
Each day, MailOnline sports picture editor Dave Muir will choose his favourite photographs from around the world in the past 24 hours. Enjoy his selection for May 21.
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Times of India
Pak planes violated Indian air space 23 times in 3 years: Govt
Pakistani military planes have violated Indian air space 23 times in the past three years including twice in last four months, defence minister A K Antony said on Monday.
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Al Jazhera
Migrant boats intercepted off Australia
Border patrol vessels reach boats with more than 250 people on board in past two days in waters near Christmas Island.
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AP
World stock markets edge up after G-8 summit
BANGKOK (AP) -- Assurances that world powers want debt-laden Greece to remain in the euro helped support world stock markets Monday after sharp losses over the past week....
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Times of India
Tamil prisoners on hunger strike in SL
A total of 234 Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, most of them former Tamil Tiger rebels, are on a hunger strike the past five days here, said officials Monday.
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USA Today
James, Wade lead Heat past Pacers; Spurs sweep
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade rising to the occasion, combining for 70 points, and other winners and losers from the NBA playoffs.
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UN
Ban hails Timor-Lestes impressive advances on 10th independence anniversary
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the people of Timor-Leste on the 10th anniversary of their countrys restoration of independence, hailing the "impressive advances" over the past decade, and noting that national institutions are now able to safeguard stability and democracy.
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The Guardian
Revealed: types and quantities of drugs seized by police at UK music festivals
Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act provide a unique insight into changing patterns of drug use at British music festivalsOn the Isle of Wight it's been largely about cocaine and ecstasy, at Glastonbury the hauls of ketamine have been creeping up, while the drug of choice for heavy metal fans would seem to be Jack Daniels and other booze.As a tens of thousands of young (and no...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Heat rally past Pacers to tie series
LeBron James scores 40 points in 101-93 Game 4 win over Indiana
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Times LIVE
UN report shows SA on slippery slope to doomed democracy
The Times Editorial: For the past few days, South Africans have been preoccupied with the very vexing question of a portrait of President Jacob Zuma.
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Telegraph
England v West Indies: Ottis Gibson promises his pace attack will channel the spirit of a glorious past
West Indies coach says his fast bowlers would attempt to rekindle the glory days on what could be a tense final day.
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Telegraph
Chelsea's young defender Ryan Bertrand recalled his Peckham past to prepare himself for Champions League final
Chelsea's young defender Ryan Bertrand recalled his Peckham past to prepare himself for Champions League final.
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amNY
A 'bittersweet' end to Fox's 'House'
Here's where we stand as one of TV's premiere dramas of the past decade comes to an end Monday night. Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) must return to jail for six months for parole violation, while Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) will likely be dead from cancer in five months.
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Daily Mail
ROWAN PELLING'S SEX ADVICE: Held to ransom over my affair
Three years ago, I had a stupid fling with a builder. My feeble excuse is that my husband was working in Germany, my children had left home and I felt neglected and past my prime.
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Times of India
Braveheart techie nabs killer after chase, scuffle
In a city where people usually drive past without stopping to help citizens in need, here's a story with a difference. When a 23-year-old software engineer saw a man being brutally attacked by another, he risked his own life to chase the assailant and nab him.
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SI
Durant's three lifts Thunder past Lakers
LOS ANGELES (AP) Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game
4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer.
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People
Donald Driver Opens Up About Homeless, Drug-Dealing Past
The Dancing finalist credits his mother and his wife for turning his life around
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Los Angeles Times
Bullet train plan much improved, but risks remain, panel says
The latest plan to build a California bullet train is a significant improvement over prior plans, but there remain significant risks, an independent review panel said Friday.
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New York Times
Off The Charts: Number of Those Working Past 65 Is at a Record High
While the number of workers over the traditional retirement age has risen, those 55 and under are doing worse.
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Daily Mail
Tory council leader convicted of bigamy after suspicious second wife hires private detective to investigate his past
Pervez Choudhry, the former leader of Slough Borough Council’s Conservative Party, was caught out when his second wife hired a detective to investigate him after a flippant remark from a relative aroused her suspicions.
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National Post
Past the remote at a Newfoundland lighthouse inn
If you are looking for an isolated getaway, this is it. You can’t get much more remote than the tip of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Northern Peninsula
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New York Times
Lens Blog: Elizabeth D. Herman's Post-Conflict Photography
Elizabeth D. Herman uses photography as a means to help women involved in past conflicts find a voice, telling stories that previously weren’t told.
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TheDomains
Catching Up With NameJet.com Sales: DomainLoan.com; StyleMaker.com; 3dWorld.com + More
Here are some sales from NameJet.com from this past week:
DomainLoan.com $8,200
StyleMaker.com $6,756
AdultWebsites.com $4,655
RainDance.com $4,402
3dWorld.com $4,311
Ktec.com $4,200
DraftingTable.com $3,800
foreclosedrealestate.com $3,800
7833.com $3,600
LandscapeCompany.com $3,121
washingtongolf.com $2,988
BeachLiving.com $2,300
PCNN.com $1,710
ThePosse.com $1,211
ideaology.com $1,112
iRow.co...
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Reuters
Retail rent on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue soars
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The price for staking ground on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue jumped 22 percent in the past year, spurred by a record number of tourists spending their dollars at top U.S. and international retailers on America's most coveted shopping ground.
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CNN Money
Facebook: Many mutual funds already have a stake
Whether you do or don't like Facebook, you may already own a piece of the social media site: over the past year, nearly 70 mutual funds have snapped up pre-IPO shares on private markets.
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USA Today
Other stocks sink after Facebook starts to trade
The Dow has fallen 11 of the past 12 trading days, including a loss of 156 points Thursday.
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Washington Post
Editorial Board: A worthy G-8 proposal aims to lift millions out of poverty
OVER THE PAST decade, the world has made great strides in helping people lift themselves out of extreme poverty. But more than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s 740 million people still subsist on less than $1.25 a day. More than one-fourth suffer from chronic hunger. By 2050, the region’s total population will double. Without increased agricultural productivity, the region’s poverty and malnutritio...
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Reuters
Qaeda chief urges Saudis to topple ruling family
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri on Thursday urged Saudis to rise up against the kingdom's ruling Al-Saud family, suggesting they draw inspiration from uprisings that have deposed leaders across the Middle East and Africa in the past year and a half.
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National Post
Emergency law aimed at stopping tuition protest likely by end of day
Legislation could be introduced as early as today in Quebec aimed at quelling student protests which have rocked the province for the past three months
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Fortune
Wall Street tries to look past Europe worries
U.S. stocks were poised to open higher Thursday, as investors look past the latest European worries and await key earnings and economic reports, as well as the final pricing for Facebook's initial public offering.
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science blogs
Kommentar von Günther Vennecke bei "Die kalte Sonne von Vahrenholt/Lüning: Le Trend, c'est moi!" (Primaklima) am 17.05.2012
Auch in Australien mehren sich die Belege für eine fortschreitende Erwärmung:
"Our study revealed that recent warming in a 1,000-year context is highly unusual and cannot be explained by natural factors alone, suggesting a strong influence of human-caused climate change in the Australasian region," said the study's lead researcher, Dr Joelle Gergis.
The climate reconstruction was done in 3,0...
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NEWS.au.com
Shorten welcomes pledge on Thomson
THE NSW Labor Party has shown "it is prepared to be transparent" about its past support for suspended MP Craig Thomson.
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Irish Times
A welcoming church?
OVER THE past few days, the 12 bishops of the Church of Ireland must have thought long and hard about the fallout from the divisive votes in the General Synod last weekend, and the catastrophic effects of a debate that leaves them sorely divided. The voting has shown the Church of Ireland is deeply divided between North and South, between evangelicals and liberals, and even between conservative...
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insideedition
TV Priest Caught in Shocking Scandal
He's the handsome priest known to millions of TV viewers for his appearances as a commentator on CBS and NBC. Now, he's admitting to having fathered a child with a woman in his past. INSIDE EDITION reports.
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WSJ
Three Fears for Facebook
If investors needed a reminder not to chase Facebook shares, they got three big ones over the past week.
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Reuters
Insight: In Ohio, "fracking" boom a delicate issue for Obama
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Out past the vacant storefronts and abandoned buildings, beyond the shuttered steel mills and decaying industrial plants, residents of eastern Ohio suddenly are seeing dollar signs.
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Scientific American
Is Football to Blame for Players’ Suicides?
High-profile suicides of professional football players have mounted in the past several years—Terry Long (2005), Andre Waters (2006), Dave Duerson (2011) and Ray Easterling (2012) all killed themselves following retirement and bouts with diagnoses likely related to the thousands of hits they fearlessly underwent as players. The conditions vary but have overlapping qualities: post-concussion syn...
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Domain Shane
4.cn Reports The Sale of 999.com for $632,772
I just received an email from 4.cn proudly announcing that they had just finished brokering the sale of 999.com for 4,000,000 RMB or approximately $632,000 which would put it at number two on the annual sales chart compiled over at DnJournal. 4.cn has always been known as the king of the numeric domains and this past year has been no exception.DnJournal also reported the sale of 60.com last wee...
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Hindustan Times
Yuvraj eyes Sept comeback, Punjab honours him
Middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh, who has been forced out of action for the past few months following a rare germ cell cancer between his lungs, today said he is eyeing a comeback by September this year.
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American Scientist
The Kilogram, Reinvented
Once a year, three officials bearing three separate keys meet at the bottom of a stairwell at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, in Sèvres, France. There they unlock a vault to check that a plum-size cylinder of platinum iridium alloy is exactly where it should be. Then they close the vault and leave the cylinder to sit alone, under three concentric bell jars, as it has for most...
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China Daily
Individual style is the new uniform
Uniformity appears to have given way to individuality on the capital's streets over the past 30 years.
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Times of India
Aarushi-Hemraj murder case hearing in 3 courts today
The Allahabad high court will on Wednesday hear Nupur Talwar's bail plea in the case. Nupur has been in the Dasna jail for the past 17 days.
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The Jerusalem Post
State cup: Igiebor nets Hap Tel Aviv a State Cup treble
Injury-time goal lifts reds past Maccabi Haifa for their third-straight cup triumph.
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Telegraph
'Imperial should be ditched in favour of metric in time for Olympics'
Former Tory chancellor says Olympics visitors will think Britain is living in "imperial past".
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Technology Review
iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup
Digital scuttlebutt about the next iPhone.
Like any good tech blog, Hello World likes to indulge itself in a bit of rumor mongering now and then. The past few weeks have led to a flurry of speculation about the next-gen iPhone, and who am I to ignore it?
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BnAmericas
Banking - Regional - IMF urges vigilance on growth in mortgage credit in Latin America
Following significant growth in mortgage credit in Latin America over the past decade, the IMF in its latest blog posting has highlighted the possible destabilizing effects of credit-driven asset pric...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Social issues take centre-stage after Obama's gay marriage declaration
Economic issues have played second fiddle in the past week following Mr. Obamas move to endorse gay marriage
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BBC
VIDEO: Can Tunisia solve job woes?
Job prospects for young Tunisians have got worse in the past year, and the government has started to give tax breaks to companies employing graduates.
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Reuters
Children at risk as "button" battery use grows: study
(Reuters) - Children face a growing risk from "button" batteries, according to a U.S. study showing a near doubling of emergency room visits in the past two decades as the objects can cause electrical or chemical burns if swallowed.
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The Nation
Nawaz inviting Martial Law, says Aamir Raja
LAHORE-Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab Secretary Information Aamer Raja on Monday said that Nawaz Sharif was inviting Martial Law in the country by conspiring against the democratic government. “Nawaz Sharif had been supporting dictators in the past and was active yet again to de-rail the democracy”, he said in a statement, adding that he (Nawaz) was demanding resignation from PM ...
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The Nation
Nawaz inviting Martial Law, says Aamir Raja
LAHORE-Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab Secretary Information Aamer Raja on Monday said that Nawaz Sharif was inviting Martial Law in the country by conspiring against the democratic government. “Nawaz Sharif had been supporting dictators in the past and was active yet again to de-rail the democracy”, he said in a statement, adding that he (Nawaz) was demanding resignation from PM ...
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The Nation
Nawaz inviting Martial Law, says Aamir Raja
LAHORE-Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab Secretary Information Aamer Raja on Monday said that Nawaz Sharif was inviting Martial Law in the country by conspiring against the democratic government. “Nawaz Sharif had been supporting dictators in the past and was active yet again to de-rail the democracy”, he said in a statement, adding that he (Nawaz) was demanding resignation from PM ...
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USA Today
Mo., Wis., Pa. top competitive swing states
A new analysis says Missouri, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania top the list of most competitive presidential battlegrounds of the past 100 years.
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National Post
NBC banks on comedy with Community, The Office, Parks and Recreation returning
NBC is rolling the dice on comedy this fall, in hopes that the struggling network’s prime-time lineup will find laughter where, this past year, it found mostly misery
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DomainGang
Pooper Scooper: Elliot rolls out new money-maker web site for dog lovers
Popular domain investor, Elliot Silver, is not content with past laurels, acquired through the development of web sites. After the recent roll-out of personals for his DogWalker.com web site, Elliot sat and worked hard on the strategy for Q2 of 2012. This brainstorming, despite his added duties as a new father, produced an exciting new [...]
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USA Today
Federer rallies to beat Berdych in Madrid
Roger Federer won the Madrid Open for a third time, rallying past Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the final on the new blue clay court.
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FT
Dividend policy: yielding tricky questions
Emerging equities have lagged behind those of the developed world for the past 18 months but as those markets mature, investors focus on payouts
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China Daily
Marbury launches program
Fresh off winning a CBA title with the Beijing Ducks, Marbury spent the past week touring China for charity initiatives and launching his autobiography.
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FTD
Business English: Do I have to hire a second-rate woman?
A male non-executive director (58) wrote: I chair the nominations committee of a large company in a male-dominated area. Currently we have one (highly effective) woman on the board, and are looking to recruit another. In the past two months I have interviewed over a dozen women. I cannot see any of of them adding sufficient value around the boardroom table. ...
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science blogs
Science: Politics by other means? [[sic]]
[Or read THIS POSTING in German]Colleague Susan Schneegans, editor of the UNESCO A World of Science and the Science Report series has pointed me to a new book: In the context of the US 'Civil War' between science and dogma (as Shawn Otto puts it in his book -- see posting) the authors raise the question whether science with its hidden agendas was actually jus...
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New York Times
Critic’s Notebook: Jane Wyatt on ‘Father Knows Best’
You know all the things that have been wrong with young people for the past half-century? They can be traced to a single sitcom moment and a single sitcom matriarch.
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Entertainment Online
Kelly Ripa Reveals Husband Mark Consuelos' Stripper Past
Kelly Ripa isn't the only one who's seen Mark Consuelos in the buff: The bubbly talk-show hostess's hubby used to be a stripper!
In a new interview with Vanity Fair,...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Man charged in Ottawa pants-pulling incidents
Gavin Sean Griffiths, 25, faces charges in connection to several incidents over the past three weeks
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Reuters
Serena sweeps past Sharapova into Madrid semis
MADRID (Reuters) - Serena Williams blew away fellow former number one Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-3 to join top seed Victoria Azarenka in the semi-finals at the Madrid Open on Friday.
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Los Angeles Times
Want to succeed in business? Call mom
These days, entrepreneurial success often depends more on what our mothers taught us than on what our fathers did.In the not-so-distant past, children looked mainly to their fathers for lessons on life outside the home, on how to succeed in business, politics and social organizations. Mom occupied the center of family life and guided us in personal relationships; the values she stressed — empat...
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Barrons
Should You Be Scared of Monster's Valuations?
The energy-drink company's stock, which has nearly doubled in the past year, soared Thursday thanks to terrific quarterly results.
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Washington Post
True oil independence is an unrealistic dream
Over the past few years, the United States has experienced a boom in oil and gas production. And that’s led a few commentators to declare that the country is on the verge of ending its dependence on foreign energy and supply disruptions. But, alas, that’s never fully possible.
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Daily Mail
Ripples in the heavens: Glowing 'fingers' appear across a Texan sky as storms sweep the area
Clouds 'line up' in rows as a week of turbulent weather engulfed the area north of McAllen Texas. The brooding skies over the area have showered Texans with hail and violent thunderstorms over the past week.
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Times LIVE
Top ten South African street style blogs
From the Sartorialist to the Streethearts, street fashion blogs have gained popularity (and some influence) over the past few years.
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news.com.au
Letter to myself in savage past
SINGER Darren Hayes turned 40 - a milestone that led him to write an emotional letter to his 15-year-old self.
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The Sun
Dobbie dazzler!
SEASIDERS’ hero against Birmingham is out to repeat Wembley glory of past 2 years
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DailyTech
Apple Takes 3 Months But Finally Stops Printing Passwords in Plaintext
Company is showing signs of improvement, past flaws took it up to a year to patch
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National Post
Canadiens should consider their past in search for head coach
They were teammates for eight seasons, Stanley Cup champions on the 1985-86 Montreal Canadiens
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USA Today
Border Patrol boom is slowing down
The Border Patrol is rolling out a strategy that eases the huge buildup of agents and technology that marked the past decade.
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Fortune
How Apple gets to $2,000
Andy Zaky has a plan
FORTUNE -- Most Apple (AAPL) analysts will offer estimates that look a few quarters or even a year in advance.
Andy Zaky is not like most analysts.
For one thing, his estimates over the past four years have been considerably more accurate than your average Wall Street analyst (see, for example, here).
For another, he's not afraid to stick his neck out -- way out -- both in...
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Times of India
SC gives right order on Haj subsidy…..now apply the same to Reservations
The SC has done the right thing by asking the Government of India to scrap the Haj subsidy over the next ten years. There are many things right in this order. First, unlike in some of the other orders the SC has given in the recent past (the cancellation of the 122 2G licenses for one), this one is balanced. It gives the government ten years to make the change. The second is that it shows a mod...
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Mail & Guardian
Misrepresenting the SA Jewish past
Associate director of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies David Saks weighs in on Kevin Bloom's views on the mentality around Israel.
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Foreign Policy
Mr. Nice Guy - By Eric Pape
France has chosen François Hollande, but can she fall in love with a man who lacks the passion of leaders past?
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New York Times
Honduras Becomes the Focal Point in America’s Drug War
The United States military has brought lessons from the past decade of conflict to the drug war, constructing remote base camps with little public notice but with the support of the Honduran government.
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Acro
Don’t wait for a Pending Comment at Sedo
When an offer comes through at Sedo with a comment that wasn’t populated from the drop down menu, that comment is held for review by Sedo staff. There are two ways to deal with such comments, and my response depends on the offer itself. In the past, I explained why listing my domains with a [...]
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New York Times
Scientist at Work Blog: Rethinking the Past of the Parnaíba Basin
Paleontologists were disappointed in a hunt for synapsid fossils in Brazil, but what they did find changed the way they thought about the history of the Parnaíba Basin.
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The New Yorker
Teddy Wayne: Sharing on the Internet.
The popular social blogging site Tumblr is hiring writers and editors to cover the world of Tumblr.—The Times. Facebook and Twitter Could Be Good for Your Brain: New research supports the health of social networking.—WebProNews.
Hey, you—yes, you, scanning past me for celebrity news . . .
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USA Today
Retro gaming craze: What's old is new again
If you have a sentimental spot for bustling arcades, there are ways to recreate past glory.
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New York Times
Op-Ed Columnist: Leading Sarkozy to the Guillotine
A French tea party: Trying to escape her father’s racist past and rebrand her far-right party as more mainstream, Marine Le Pen channels Cardinal Richelieu.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Time for theatre to get past the first stage of grief: denial
In the wake of the demise of the Vancouver Playhouse and Dancap productions, we should be asking some serious questions
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New York Times
Letter from Europe: Lessons From a Russian Oligarch
Vladimir P. Evtushenkov says he and his wealthy compatriots who survived the past 20 turbulent years are not bling-loving, reckless philanderers but men who know that business requires expertise.
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siliconindia
Misuse of Customers by Banks
by danendra jain Officers got Promotion by Window Dressing
Senior bank officials working as Branch Head or Regional Head or Circle Head or Zonal Head or Central Head, all have barring some exceptions resorted to window dressing in the past and it is their mastery in art of window dressing that they continued to be blessed with one after other promotions superseding honest performers.
They ...
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DnJournal
3 Six-Figure Sales and 66 That Hit Five Figures Headline Busy Fortnight for the Domain Market
The latest domain sales report from DNJournal.com covers the past two weeks of action in the aftermarket and a busy fortnight it was with three 6-figure sales including the year's second biggest non .com gTLD sale and its third biggest country code sale.
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AP
Shares of BlackBerry maker hit eight-year low
TORONTO (AP) -- Shares of Research in Motion Ltd. hit an eight-year low Thursday and have fallen more than 15 percent in the past three days, after the company unveiled a prototype BlackBerry with new software....
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Telegraph
Exhibition in focus: Bauhaus: Art as Life, Barbican Art Gallery
A comprehensive new exhibition at Barbican Art Gallery examines the enduring popularity of Bauhaus, and unearths some surprising facts about its past.
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Human Rights Watch
Tunisia: Reform Legal Framework to Try Crimes of the Past
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Tunisia’s first torture case to go to trial following the ouster of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali highlights the need to address inadequacies in the legal framework for trying torture crimes. Many other cases of torture are likely to be filed against former President Ben Ali and his associates, as other victims step forward t...
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AP
APNewsBreak: Protection sought for rare woodpecker
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Smokey Bear has done such a good job stomping out forest fires the past half-century that a woodpecker that's survived for millions of years by eating beetle larvae in burned trees is in danger of going extinct in parts of the West, according to conservationists seeking U.S. protection for the bird....
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The Nation
1,49,000 American citizens issued visas during past four years: Khar
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has informed the National Assembly, that 1,49,000 American citizens were issued visas during past four years. Submitting written replies to questions fired by Khalida Mansoor, Sheikh Salahuddin, and Shagufta Sadiq on Wednesday, she stated that these visas were issued since 16th March 2008 to-date. Referring to Lahore-Delhi bus service, she informed the House ....
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dnfblog
Tracking 5L.com Startup Exits Since 2011
5 letter dot coms have been a favorite among domainers seemingly because of their ‘end-user’ potential. I remember seeing the forums flooded with ingenuously concocted 5L dot coms (‘WoWoo.com, Potol.com, and so forth) pushed with the promise of $x,xxx returns for a reg-fee investment. As I’ve become more involved with the tech-startup scene over the [...]
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MorganLinton
Weekend Musings
Hello everyone and welcome to what will most-likely be my shortest weekend musings yet. This weekend we are doing some very fun things getting ready for our wedding along with an awesome hike coming-up tomorrow morning so the focus is on spending time together doing things we love! As usual this past week has been [...]
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Irish Times
Jackson happy with playmaking role
Paddy Jackson was just seven years old when Ulster reached the zenith of European club rugby in 1999. This evening at the Aviva Stadium, 13 years on, the Ireland Under-20 outhalf and captain has been handed the role of playmaker in preference to Ian Humphreys as the Irish province attempt to negotiate a way past Edinburgh in a Heineken Cup semi-final.
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BBC
Viewpoint: Is Poland moving on from its turbulent past?
Poles still wary of Russia despite new freedoms
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The Jerusalem Post
US house panel adds $680m. for Iron Dome
The money now slated for Iron Dome as part of the 2013 budget far exceeds any past US expenditures for the program.
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news.com.au
Dollar drifts on quiet morning
THE Australian dollar has receded from its overnight gains but could move past the 104 US cent mark heading into the weekend.
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BBC
Cyber-security bill past US House
A bill allowing access to private web data on suspicion of a cyber threat passes the US House of Representatives, despite a White House veto threat.
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Salon
The amnesia factor
As he demonstrated in what amounted to an unofficial Republican nomination acceptance speech this week, Mitt Romney’s basic pitch to voters boils down to this: If you don’t think the economy’s in good shape, don’t ask questions – just vote the guy in charge out.Barack Obama’s message is more nuanced, and context-dependent. “Now, the burden on me is going to be to describe for the American peop...
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USA Today
'American Idol': The show must go on
For the past two weeks, questionable song choices have led to surprising voting results. Did Phillip and Elise go too obscure?
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USA Today
Eli: I'm third string on New York's backpages
Eli has earned two Super Bowl rings and game MVP honors in the past five seasons. The New York Jets haven't secured any hardware in the last ...
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Irish Times
iPhone sales help Apple double profit
Apple’s quarterly profit almost doubled, blowing past Wall Street estimates after a jump in iPhone sales soothed fears that the device was past its best days for sharp growth.
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IKRK
Russian Federation/North Caucasus: ICRC responds to long-lasting needs
In the North Caucasus, the ICRC has the double aim of helping people recover from the effects of past conflicts and helping those affected by the current armed violence.
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Mail & Guardian
Colonial past haunts Britain again
A case by former subjects of Her Majesty’s British Empire has unearthed awful truths deliberately hidden of atrocities in African countries.
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USA Today
N.Y. attorney general sues Sprint for $300M
New York's attorney general is suing wireless carrier Sprint for allegedly failing to pay sales taxes for the past seven years.
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Hindustan Times
Airfares on busy routes go up by 10-25%
Even before the holiday season has begun, all airlines have jacked up their fares on many busy air routes by 10-25 % over the past few days.
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AP
NYC feminist art center marks 5th anniversary
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Brooklyn Museum's feminist art center is marking its fifth anniversary this year by commemorating famous women of the next millennium - placing them alongside luminaries of the past....
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The Jerusalem Post
One Holocaust survivor dies every hour in Israel
12,000 Holocaust survivors died over the past year; needs of aging survivors greater than ever.
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China Daily
US offers olive branch to Iran
Just as in the past, whether the next round of talks on the Iranian nuclear issue, due to be held in Baghdad on 23 May, can be fruitful lies in the United States and Iran finding common ground.
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Hindustan Times
Home ministry raises red flag over Red Corridor
Raising a red flag over mounting casualties of security forces in the Red corridor, the home ministry has told states that Maoists had not only retained their battle capabilities over the past few years but had also extensively militarised. Aloke Tikku reports.
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Daily Telegraph
Killer finally gets his audience
TODAY, as he has every day for the past eight months, Anders Behring Breivik will sit down to breakfast alone.
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Salon
“Eastbound’s” bigot speaks
Danny McBride talks to Salon about Confederate nostalgia, his approach to racism -- and if the show\'s really over
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Technology Review
Cancer Medicine is Stuck in the Past
The chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society calls for a genomics-based approach.
Pathologists and doctors are using a 19th century definition of cancer to diagnose the disease, which leads to unnecessary treatment in some cases, according to Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society.
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National Post
Missing a tax return? Find it online
Past tax returns, refund information and more can be found online at Canada Revenue agency’s website. Never lose a tax return again
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Times LIVE
Quick review: Spoek Mathambo 'Father Creeper'
Spoek Mathambo’s new album 'Father Creeper' is his first release from international recording giant ‘Sub-Pop’ – a label which has in the past represented the likes of Nirvana, CocoRosie and Band of Horses.
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Daily Telegraph
Palmer company 'hasn't paid tax for years'
BILLIONAIRE Clive Palmer reportedly did not have to pay tax in his main private company last year, reporting losses for past three years.
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FOXnews
Alec Baldwin's alleged stalker arrested outside of actor's New York City apartment, report says
A 40-year-old woman accused of stalking Alec Baldwin was arrested outside the actor's NYC apartment last night ... the 3rd time she's allegedly attempted to confront the actor in the past 2 weeks.
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BBC
Mazembe win big in Champs League
DR Congo striker Tresor Mputu Mabi scores a hat-trick as TP Mazembe of DR Congo ease past Zambia's Power Dynamos 6-0 in the African Champions League.
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New York Times
Germany Is the Place to Go to Block a Rival's Technology
In the past two years, Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Microsoft and Motorola Mobility have been involved in patent claims in Germany, where it is easy to block the sale of a rival's product.
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Daily Telegraph
Tears turn to joy for Delta
DELTA Goodrem has described the past year as one of her unhappiest - but says she's back on top with a brand new song. See the video!
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New York Times
Big City: A Vision of a Grim Past and a Hopeful Future
In East New York, where AIDS death rates are high, a health center takes a holistic approach.
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BBC
Womb cancer deaths 'are rising'
The number of women dying from cancer of the womb - known as uterine cancer - has increased by more than 15% in the past decade, according to the charity Cancer Research UK.
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National Geographic
Pictures We Love: Best of March
See National Geographic photo editors' ten favorite pictures from the past month—from a tornado-hit house to an eye-popping Easter tree.
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Reuters
Total to send helicopter to Elgin platform: sources
PARIS (Reuters) - Total plans to send a helicopter in the next few days to ensure the Elgin platform is safe ahead of an operation to cap a well leaking dangerous amounts of explosive gas for the past week, two industry sources said on Monday.
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USA Today
Gallery: Who's who this April Fools' Day?
To mark April Fools' Day, we offer up a look at some of the waxwork figures displayed over the past few years at Madame Tussauds Museums.
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AP
House candidate can note astronaut past on ballot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A congressional candidate in California's Central Valley can note on ballots that he used to be an astronaut....
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Foreign Policy
The grim toll of state executions
Amnesty
International rolled out its global death penalty figures
for 2011,
showing that the annual number of executions climbed last year by 149 over
2010, while the number of countries executing criminals has shrunk by more than
one-third over the past decade.
Last
year, 20 countries carried out 676 executions for a variety of offenses,
including adultery and sodomy in Iran, blasphemy in P...
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Le Figaro
True Blood : "Echoes of The Past", premiers trailers de la saison 5
Aujourd'hui c'est la journée des trailers. Après les premières images de la saison 7 de Doctor Who, c'est True Blood (dont le lancement est prévu pour cet été - sans doute au mois de juin) qui nous offre quelques images...
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Science News
Smallest planet yields big surprises
Mercury has a complicated inside and an active geologic past
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Daily Telegraph
Gotye favourite for Song of the Year
THE votes are in for Australia's Song of the Year and of the 30 finalists, the judges may find it hard to go past Somebody That I Used To Know.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
March 22: Letters to the editor
Today's topics: Graham James; past wrongs; sex, Scripture and parody; hockey brawls and football contracts; vegans; Harriet Beecher Stowe ... and more
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Salon
When home-grown was apolitical
In an argyle sweater, girlish gray corduroys and a pink hat embroidered with the phrase “Obey me!”, Carol looks as light as a husk. Despite her 80 years, her brown hair is just frosted with gray and her eyes are sparrow bright. She lives in Phoenix, Ariz., where she is faithful to her church (Catholic) and her party (Republican). Although she was once infamous for her sharp tongue and the rigid...
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Irish Times
Emigrants leaving by choice, not necessity
A MAJORITY of those who emigrated from Ireland in the past few years left the country out of choice and did not feel they were forced to do so, according to a major survey of attitudes among recent emigrants.
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Daily Telegraph
Time for Dragons to take a stand
THE St George Illawarra Dragons is a club that has been unfairly placed under the pump for the past nine months.
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Mail & Guardian
Argus tour 'boosted W Cape economy by R450m'
The Cape Argus Cycle Tour held this past weekend was estimated to have contributed R450-million to the Western Cape's economy.
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USA Today
Oscars 2013: The past could be present again
History and literary classics could be contenders for the next round of Oscars.
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Los Angeles Times
'The Hunger Games' premiere: Live streaming from the red carpet [Video]
"The Hunger Games" premiere live stream: "The Hunger Games" premiere is upon us, and the Ministry has good news: The live-stream viewing odds are in your favor. Watch the red carpet arrivals with the Los Angeles Times' Ministry of Gossip.
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Telegraph
Boom: Tim Cook fills some big shoes at Apple's iPad launch
Apple is moving forwards under Tim Cook but not without a nod to its past, writes Shane Richmond.
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Science News
90th Anniversary Issue: Introduction
Science News mines its past for highlights from nine decades of science
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Russian Government
Prime Minister Putin wishes Russian women a happy upcoming holiday
“Thank God we have been able to move past internal political hassles and squabbles. I expect that we will be able to start implementing the plans that we have discussed so extensively over the past weeks and months, with a good working rhythm. Congratulations and best wishes!”
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Daily Telegraph
Inquiry reveals 1000 abuse claims
AUSTRALIAN Defence Force plunged into crisis after a review of past abuse proposed an apology for almost 1000 alleged victims.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
By George, you've got it . . .
JULIA Gillard believes Australia has made its own luck and warned against looking back at past governments through "rose-coloured" glasses.
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Reuters
Hedge fund nominates slate to AOL board
Feb 24 (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Starboard Value
LP nominated a slate of five candidates to AOL Inc's
board, saying discussions with the company in the past two
months had not yielded desired...
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Reuters
For Glenstrata, China watchdog could be fiercest
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - While Glencore and Xstrata work hard to get their merger plan past Europe's antitrust body, it is China, the biggest buyer of the materials they mine and trade, whose...
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Daily Mail
Wrong turn: Misleading sat navs have caused £203 million of damage to cars in past year
Misleading satnavs have caused more than £200 million worth of damage to cars in the past 12 months, a survey revealed. As many as 83% of satnav users have been misled by their system.
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Rolling Stone
The Russian Wilds
The third album by this Northern California band is a raucous tangleof vintage bloodlines the long-ride improvising and earthy-blues stomp of the Bay Area’s Fillmore-dance party age The Russian Wilds is also singer-guitarist/leader Ethan Miller’s determined surge forward through that past The evocations in "Self Made Man" and "Strange Thunder"...
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Times of India
Budget to be growth enhancing; indirect tax hike needless
Tax reform is about rethinking levies on products that have been taxed in the past and levying taxes on others that haven't been taxed before.
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Art Review
Blog post by Chloe Ashby
Blog post by Chloe AshbyArt Lights London presents DiverPlunging into the Games On the evening of Thursday 2 February a diver sprang off a block from the top of a Victorian crane at Diespeker Wharf, Islington. It wasn’t Peter Waterfield, British diver and Olympic silver medalist, though he was on hand for the event, but a light animation, based on a drawing by schoolboy Aaron Pinnock, and conc...
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Number10
PM blogs about National Apprenticeship Week 2012
'Apprenticeships are at the heart of the economy we want to build,' writes David Cameron.
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Mail & Guardian
Ukraine cold spell takes 101 casualties so far
Thirty-eight more people have died from extremely cold weather in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, bringing to 101 the toll from freezing temperatures.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Well keep working past 65, and well like it
Age 65 is no longer the exhausted tail end of life. Older people live longer, healthier and happier lives when they remain on the job
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Switch off the lights, here comes the sun
Transporting natural sunlight into the interior of buildings could one day make electric lighting a thing of the past
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The Jerusalem Post
Edelstein: Israel-Diaspora dynamic a two-way street
Public diplomacy and diaspora affairs minister tells WIZO meeting that Israel looks differently upon Diaspora than in past.
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BBC
Coolest space mission nears end
The Planck space telescope, which has been mapping the Universe's oldest light, starts to warm past its instrument operating temperature.
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Reuters
UK retailer Past Times in last-minute rescue talks-source
LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - British retailer Past
Times, on the brink of collapse, was in talks with a potential
rescuer on Tuesday, a source close to the company said.
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Mail & Guardian
Tomb raiders ravage China’s past
International collectors have spawned a ruthless industry that cares little for a precious history.
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The Jerusalem Post
Universities sue El Al to carry lab monkeys
Petition states that over past year airline has begun to raise difficulties for institutions of higher education that request monkeys for research purposes.
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Reuters
Meryl Streep to get Berlin Film Festival lifetime award
(Reuters) - Meryl Streep will get a lifetime achievement award from the Berlin Film Festival in February, along with a retrospective of some of her most famous movies of the past 30 years.
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Technology Review
Gadget Roundup: Part 2
A retro arcade system, a screen for business road warriors, and a brain wave reader are some of the best gadgets the editors of Technology Review have come across in the past year.
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The Nation
Milanovic Croatia's new PM
ZAGREB (AFP) - Driven, self-confident and smart but criticised for lacking a common touch, Zoran Milanovic was sworn in on Friday as Croatia's new prime minister faced with a troubled economy and the challenge of EU integration. The 45-year-old is seen as a lone wolf, focused on his own ambitions. Although intelligent, educated and articulate, Milanovic has a serious manner and a stern gaze and...
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The Nation
CJP rules out military takeover
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry Friday said no takeover is possible in the country in his presence, stressing that Pakistan will now have supremacy of the Constitution.Heading a nine-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) hearing the infamous memorandum scandal case, the CJ Chaudhry said, Past are the days when the courts used to endorse unconstitutional measures; in...
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BBC
'Hundreds die' in Indian custody
More than 1,500 people have died in official custody in India in the past year, according to the country's Human Rights Commission.
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The Nation
Donate recyclable garbage for flood-hit
KARACHI - In the neighbourhood of Clifton, Submarine intersection has been showcasing a rare marvel - chandi ghar - for the past two weeks. Vehicles stop by and passengers stare in amazement at this splendid pre-fabricated structure glittering in bright sunlight.Its main entrance has two banners authored in Urdu and English languages. One of them reads donate your recyclable garbage for flood ...
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USA Today
Obesity drops among NYC K-8 students overall
Obesity rates have declined among New York City's public schoolchildren in kindergarten through eighth grade over the past five years.
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Scientific American
U.S. Stillbirths Still Prevalent, Often Unexplained
Infant mortality has continued to drop in the U.S. during the past several decades. But stillbirths--when a fetus dies after 20 or more weeks of gestation--have remained relatively steady--and account for almost as many deaths as those of babies who die before their first birthday . About one in every 160 pregnancies in the U.S. ends in a stillbirth, which adds up to about 26,000 each year nat...
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The Nation
Three women among six killed separately
GUJRAT - Six people including three women were killed in separate incidents here in and around Gujrat, over the past 24 hour, TheNation learnt here.As per detail, one Mohammad Altaf shot at and killed his wife Farah Bibi and brother Mushtaq over a minor dispute in village Matianwala near Tanda whereas Sajid Ali strangled his real sister in village Jara, tehsil Kharian. Meanwhile, one Khalid Hus...
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WHO
Unparalleled global progress in HIV response but sustained investment vital
30 November 2011 -- The Report on the global HIV/AIDS response shows that increased access to HIV services resulted in a 15% reduction of new infections over the past decade and a 22% decline in AIDS-related deaths in the last five years. While there is still much to be done, 2011 was a game changing year, in terms of current progress and innovations creating hope for substantial futur...
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exchnage4media
Time to take ownership of our Ideas: Harindra Singh, Percept Ltd
“We have been in the ‘Ideas’ business for the past 27 years and have been instrumental in creating many ‘Intellectual Properties’. Our vision is to convert them into assets to create long term value for us as well as our clients and investors,” states Harindra Singh, Vice Chairman & MD, Percept Ltd.
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chinatechnews
China's Tencent To Invest CNY1 Billion In Search Engine Development
Chinese Internet company Tencent has recently started a marketing campaign for its search engine product in Shanghai and this business promotion will be launched in nine cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Chengdu. Xiong Minghua, chief technology officer of Tencent, revealed to local media that in the past five years, Tencent has [...]
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Reuters
U.S. could delay Keystone decision past 2012 election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States may decide within weeks whether to pursue a new route for the Keystone XL Canada-to-Texas pipeline, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, a step that may delay a...
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Technology Review
Reorganize Your Past, Online
A Web service developed by Microsoft Research lets people curate their own personal history.
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Technology Review
One Smart Phone, Two Personalities
Several companies are working on technology that would separate your personal stuff from your work data.Advertisement:
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Rolling Stone
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?
Imagine a world in which a man who is repeatedly investigated for a string of serious crimes but never prosecuted has his slate wiped clean every time the cops fail to make a case No more Lifetime channel specials where the murderer is unveiled after police stumble upon past intrigues...
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China Daily
Yunnan Provincial Museum
A smallish museum containing artifacts from the past 2,500 years. The items are presented quite and are reasonably well lit.
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Rolling Stone
On 'The Voice,' Cee Lo Is the Straw Stirring the Drink
Team Cee Lo is so far out in front it’s almost sad This guy is clearly not just the greatest judge in the history of TV singing competitions he’s a life coach for us all He’s spent the past few weeks on The Voice buffing his "Red Zone" team into
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BBC
Past and present
When was the High Street at its best in the UK?
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Fortune
Five pointers from the judges
by Jessica Shambora
During the first round of competition at Rice on Friday, one audience saw business plans ranging from a Netflix for maternity wear, to a better tool for identifying bugs in semiconductor chips. The assembled judges, including investors, attorneys and past winners, asked questions and offered feedback. Here are some key lessons that emerged:
1. Action speaks louder t...
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Foreign Policy
Is Wikipedia dying?
This is the question I am posing in my review of Andrew Lih's Wikipedia Revolution in the new issue of Boston Review. Here is a teaser: “Wikipedia approaches its limits,” ran a striking August 2009 headline in the usually sober Guardian. With infinite storage and lots of free labor, the very notion of “limits” seems misplaced. However, the limits alluded to in the Guardian are more editorial th...
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