THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Why do we keep falling for economic bubbles - and will we ever learn?
The dizzy rise and dip of Facebook stock this week called to mind the dot-com bust a decade ago - would investors take such risks again, so soon after the 2008 financial crisis? Behavioural economists say yes: Bubbles come from our basic mental flaws
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BBC
Regional rise of the Muslim Brotherhood
Regional rise of Muslim Brotherhood appears irresistible
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Slashdot
A Wrinkle For Biometric Systems: Irises Change Over Time
scibri writes "The iris scanners that are used to police immigration in some countries, like the UK, are based on the premise that your irises don't change over your lifetime. But it seems that assumption is wrong. Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have found that irises do indeed change over time, enough so that the failure rate jumps by 153% over three years. While that means a ri...
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Telegraph
England's new goalkeeper Jack Butland completes meteoric rise from Whaddon Road to Wembley
England keeper on his meteoric journey from Cheltenham Town.
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BBC
UK plans for EU immigration rise
The Home Office draws up contingency plans to cope with a possible large increase in immigration from Greece if the euro collapses.
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Times of India
ITC Q4 net rises 26% to Rs 1,614 crore
Hospitality-to-tobacco major ITC’s net profit rose 26% to Rs 1,614 crore in the fourth quarter (January-March) of 2011-12 against Rs 1,281 crore in the year-ago period. Better performance in tobacco, paperboard and agri businesses of the company are largely responsible for the rise in profit.
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USA Today
As temperatures rise at Indy 500, so does Ganassi
It was just a pit-stop competition but it could have major implications on Sunday in the Indianapolis 500.
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Huffington Post
Bush Tax Cut Extension: House Republican Leaders Plan Summer Vote
WASHINGTON -- A top House Republican says his chamber will vote this summer on continuing the tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush.In a memo Friday to fellow GOP lawmakers, Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia said the House will vote on extending those tax cuts before its August recess. Unless Congress acts, tax rates on wages, dividends, capital gains and other items will rise J...
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ElPais
US rights report zeros in on Spanish police abuse
Public corruption investigations and rise in xenophobic parties also noted by State Department
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China Daily
US-led wars create humanitarian disasters
The US-led wars, albeit alleged to be "humanitarian intervention" efforts and for "the rise of a new democratic nation," created humanitarian disasters instead.
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The Nation
Water theft in rural areas on the rise
ISLAMABAD - Owing to the negligence of the CDA’s directorate of water supply, water theft is on full swing in rural localities of the federal capital giving full opportunity to local sanitary workers to make money by installing illegal water connections.
These rural areas were given small water connections decades ago but water supply was interrupted when the demands from city areas ...
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Daily Mail
Legal secretary attacked by girls who 'rained fists' slams court for letting thugs go free
Daniela Holischeck (pictured), 41, was left with a bloodied face and had to take two weeks off work following the assault in Kensal Rise, London, during the Royal Wedding celebrations.
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BBC
VIDEO: Tensions rise in South China Sea dispute
Tensions between China and the Philippines have increased in recent weeks over who controls a group of small uninhabited islands in the South China Sea. How can the dispute be resolved?
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Huffington Post
Nathan Gardels: Abdullah Gul: Egyptian Muslims Should Not Fear Secularism
Abdullah Gul is the president of Turkey. I spoke with him during his visit to the United States for the NATO summit in Chicago. Here...
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Fortune
Facebook IPO: Wall Street's losses mount
Nasdaq's glitch on Facebook's opening day is costing Wall Street firms millions of dollars, and that tally will probably rise before the saga is over.
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Barrons
This Morning: Sick of Facebook Yet? Infoblox Rising; Apple’s Steps to $1,000
Herewith, some things going on this morning in your world of tech. Facebook (FB) shares are down 47 cents, or 1.4%, at $32.58 in pre-market trading, reversing yesterday’s rise, as the bad news flow continues over last Friday’s IPO. Reuters’s Jessica Toonkel and John McCrank this morning report that an unnamed executive at a major [...]
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Reuters
Bankia set to ask Spain for more than $19 billion
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Bankia SA is set to ask the state for a more than 15 billion euros ($19 billion) bailout on Friday, marking another rise in the cost of a drawn-out rescue of the country's fourth-biggest bank.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Garda World profit beats expectations
First-quarter earnings rise 39 per cent
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Irish Times
Rise in calls to St Vincent de Paul
Calls for help to the Society of St Vincent de Paul have risen by 83 per cent since 2009, the organisation said today.
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omg
Ukrainian pianist plays her way to YouTube stardom
LONDON (Reuters) - A little-known Ukrainian pianist who has had 43 million views on YouTube of her performing everything from Liszt to Schubert said on Friday for an encore she will play London's Royal Albert Hall -- and the world is invited to watch on the Internet. Valentina Lisitsa, who has been playing piano since the age of 3, began her rise to Internet stardom five years ago, when she pos...
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WSJ
Europe Stocks, Euro Rise
European stock markets and the euro rose, helped by an unexpected boost from better-than-expected German and French consumer confidence data.
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Daily Mail
A parking fine handed out every 4.6 seconds
A total of 6.8million parking tickets were handed out by councils last year. The rise comes despite a 5 per cent fall in the number of traffic wardens from 3,882 in 2010 to 3,693 last year.
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Nikkei
Restaurant Sales Rise 3.4% In April |
Telegraph
Parking fines rise sharply
Councils handed out 250,000 more parking tickets last year despite cutting the number of traffic wardens by 5 per cent, research has found.
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New York Times
Fewer Ailing Banks as Earnings Rise, F.D.I.C. Says
The mostly positive report illustrated how far the banking industry had come since the 2008 financial crisis, but it noted that many banks remained cautious about lending.
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Daily Mail
Shock 15% rise in suicides since the recession as unemployment and bankruptcy take their toll
Coroners courts concluded that 3,471 people had taken their own lives last year, a rise of 15 per cent compared to 2007. However, some areas have seen numbers more than double.
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Irish Times
Number dependent on workers rises
A SHARP rise in the youngest and oldest age brackets of the population has increased the number dependent on the working population and the State, census results released yesterday showed.
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Irish Times
Annual earnings rise 12 per cent at SABMiller
SABMILLER, THE world’s second-biggest brewer by volume, said it expected profit margins to show little change this year as savings programmes and price increases offset rising commodity prices.
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AP
Man arrested in 1979 disappearance of NYC boy Patz
NEW YORK (AP) -- A man has been arrested in the 1979 disappearance of a 6-year-old New York City boy. It's the first arrest ever made in a case that helped give rise to the nation's missing-children movement....
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Daily Telegraph
Strains intensify as 'massive shock' looms
EUROZONE tensions rise after grim news on the economic outlook and as investors sought safety in Germany.
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AP
Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs
DALLAS (AP) -- Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them....
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Scientific American
Once-Rare Butterfly Species Now Thrives Thanks to Climate Change
The once rare brown argus butterfly is on the move, expanding its range and numbers in the U.K.—and it’s all thanks to climate change. Thus far, the world’s climate has warmed roughly 0.8 degree Celsius over the course of the last century or so, thanks to a rise in greenhouse gas concentrations now approaching 400 [...]
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USA Today
Q1 bank earnings rise to 5-year high
The number of troubled banks fell for the fourth straight quarter.
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politico
Dewhurst's light-landing attacks on low-polling rival in Texas
I wrote a few weeks ago about an internal David Dewhurst email in which his strategist Dave Carney insisted that low-polling rival Tom Leffert is on the rise in the three-way GOP Texas Senate primary.
So it was interesting to see this Dallas Morning News piece yesterday on Dewhurst's new strategy about Leppert, which is denouncing him, as anticipated, as a "liberal," but not in the most effecti...
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The Nation
Illegalities in E&T on the rise
HASILPUR - The people of the area have expressed deep concern over the highhandedness of Motor Registration Branch of the District Excise and Taxation Department (E&T).
They alleged that corruption in the department was at peak and no body was there to check it which had been causing a great deal of hardship for the vehicle owners as the vehicles/motorbikes registration had became an uphil...
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The Nation
Illegalities in E&T on the rise
HASILPUR - The people of the area have expressed deep concern over the highhandedness of Motor Registration Branch of the District Excise and Taxation Department (E&T).
They alleged that corruption in the department was at peak and no body was there to check it which had been causing a great deal of hardship for the vehicle owners as the vehicles/motorbikes registration had became an uphil...
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The Nation
Illegalities in E&T on the rise
HASILPUR - The people of the area have expressed deep concern over the highhandedness of Motor Registration Branch of the District Excise and Taxation Department (E&T).
They alleged that corruption in the department was at peak and no body was there to check it which had been causing a great deal of hardship for the vehicle owners as the vehicles/motorbikes registration had became an uphil...
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The Nation
Illegalities in E&T on the rise
HASILPUR - The people of the area have expressed deep concern over the highhandedness of Motor Registration Branch of the District Excise and Taxation Department (E&T).
They alleged that corruption in the department was at peak and no body was there to check it which had been causing a great deal of hardship for the vehicle owners as the vehicles/motorbikes registration had became an uphil...
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Hindustan Times
Oil firms, state govts step in to douse petrol fire
A day after the steepest ever petrol price hike of Rs 7.54 sparked protests by UPA allies and Opposition parties in the country on Thursday, there were strong indications that the govt would cushion the blow for the common man. Anupama Airy & Aurangzeb Naqshbandi report. A token relief of Rs. 1.50 in offing | The rise and rise of pe...
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Entertainment Online
Katy Perry's Part of Me Movie: From Pop Star to Movie Star?
To say that Katy Perry is a hugely successful singer is, obviously, an understatement.
But with the upcoming release of Katy Perry: Part of Me, which chronicles her chart-topping rise to...
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Telegraph
SABMiller toasts richer customers as sales rise
Continental beers such as Peroni, which can cost more than £5 a pint in some city bars, have surged in popularity in the UK despite the recession, according to brewing giant SABMiller.
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Los Angeles Times
'American Idol' 2012: Record-low ratings for Phillip Phillips victory
It was a great night for Phillip Phillips, but for "American Idol," maybe not so much.
Phillips, a husky-voiced troubadour, conquered Season 11 as expected on Wednesday night's two-hour finale, slipping past his last competitor, 16-year-old chanteuse Jessica Sanchez. But the Fox show itself slunk to the lowest "Idol" finale ratings ever, with 20.7 million tuning in, according to preliminary fig...
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American Scientist
New Desalination Technique Yields More Drinkable Water
More than a third of the world already suffers from shortages of potable water--with a rise to 50 percent expected by 2025. Desalination of seawater can help coastal communities address local shortfalls, although the process is costly, and releasing leftover brine back to the ocean has environmental implications. Now a new system promises to produce more drinkable water with less salty effluent...
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BBC
VIDEO: SABMiller reports 55% rise in earnings
The world's second biggest brewer has reported a 55% rise in earnings.
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physorg
Fungi shifted plant balance of power
Cooperating with fungi didn't just help the earliest plants spread across a barren, rocky landscape; it also played a decisive role in the rise of more complex plants with roots and leaves that make up most of today's flora.
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Times LIVE
Publisher delays 'XCOM' to 2013, fueling 'Grand Theft Auto V' rumors
Video game publisher Take Two has delayed its alien invasion shooter XCOM well into next year, while at the same time predicting a huge rise in predicted earnings, supporting speculation that Grand Theft Auto V will arrive in 2012.
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WSJ
India Gasoline Price Rise Won't Curb Deficits
India's move to sharply raise gasoline prices is a step in the right direction, but it doesn't address the bigger problems of the country's gaping budget and current account deficits, which have shaken investor confidence in the nation's prospects, analysts say.
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The Sun
The rise and rise of the sideboob
FROM Rihanna to Nicole Scherzinger, the stars can't get enough of peekaboob outfits
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Times LIVE
Greek far-right rise cows battered immigrants
Immigrants abound in the neighbourhood around Athens' Agios Panteleimon church, but for now they are keeping out of sight.
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The Guardian
Net migration to UK remains at over 250,000 a year
Figure of 252,000 is a blow to Theresa May, who hopes to reduce number to 100,000 by next electionAnnual net migration to Britain remains at over 250,000 a year despite the declared ambition of the home secretary, Theresa May, to reduce it below 100,000 by the time of the next election, according to figures published on Thursday.The Office of National Statistics said that the politically sensit...
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New York Times
China: General’s Trip to Japan Is Canceled
One of the top generals in China, Guo Boxiong, has canceled a high-level trip to Japan scheduled for this week after a rise in political tensions between the two nations.
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Hindustan Times
Petrol price hike: Tempers rise, BJP threatens strike
Opposing the steep hike in petrol prices and spiralling prices of commodities, the NDA has called for a nationwide bandh on May 31. NDA convenor Sharad Yadav said that all the partners of the opposition alliance have been consulted in this regard. India fumes over petrol price hike
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Irish Times
Biggar challenge whets Ospreys outhalf's appetite
Dan Biggar believes the Welsh side’s recent record against Leinster and their form give rise to confidence ahead of Sunday’s final, writesJOHN O'SULLIVAN
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National Geographic
Magma Rise Sparked Life as We Know It?
Oxygen-breathing life exists on Earth today because of changes in the planet's magma 2.5 billion years ago, a new study says.
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Foreign Policy
5 Things the Pentagon Isn't Telling Us About the Chinese Military - By Trefor Moss
Here's what you won't find in the Defense Department’s latest report on China's military rise.
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National Post
Cold Specks makes desolation a beautiful thing
Shrouded in a mystique not seen in Canada since the rise of The Weeknd and, perhaps before that, Arcade Fire, Cold Specks is a genre-busting soul singer who makes music unlike anyone else
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National Post
Armed attack on U.S. vessel is piracy, even if no one boards the ship: federal appeals court
A federal appeals court on Wednesday expanded the legal definition of piracy, saying an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one ever boards or robs the ship
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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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AllThingsDigital
Lenovo's Quarterly Net Climbs 59 Percent
Lenovo Group Ltd. bucked the tough times in the personal-computer business with a 59 percent rise in fiscal fourth-quarter net profit, and the company said it expects profitability to improve as it increases its efforts in consumer gadgets such as smartphones.
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FT
Ocado shares rise on sales growth report
Operations at online grocer’s Hatfield facility have improved following capacity constraints which were blamed for last year’s profit warning
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Reuters
Sports TV rights costs likely to keep rising: executives
BOSTON (Reuters) - The cost of much coveted television rights for top sports programming will continue to rise, a panel of top U.S. TV sports executives predicted on Wednesday.
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Reuters
Miracle sweetener stevia may have a sour note
PARIS (Reuters) - The meteoric rise of a natural, healthy alternative to sugar - a holy grail for the food industry - might just be a little too good to be true.
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New York Times
New-Home Sales Rise
Sales were up in all regions of the United States in April except the South. The median price rose to $235,700, a slight increase from March.
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White House
Presidential Memorandum -- Building a 21st Century Digital Government
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT: Building a 21st Century Digital Government
The innovative use of technology is fundamentally transforming how the American people do business and live their daily lives. Exponential increases in computing power, the rise of high-speed networks, and the growing mobile revolution have put the Internet at our fingertips,...
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FT
China’s factories look closer to home
Many exporters in southern China are looking to the domestic market as overseas orders plummet and costs rise
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Irish Times
Annual factory gate prices rise 2.8%
Factory gate prices inched higher in the year to April, growing by 2.8 per cent over the 12 months.
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Daily Mail
First official Angry Birds theme park opens as game's creators look to become as big as Disney
Angry Birds Land recently opened inside Sarkanniemi Amusement Park in Tampere, Finland. The colourful attractions represent the astonishing rise of the game.
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CNN
Call for action as Singapore maids fall to their deaths
It's an annual tragedy in Singapore: domestic maids falling to their deaths from high rise apartments, often while carrying out duties such as cleaning outside windows.
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WSJ
Rise in Home Sales Points to Rebound
Sales of previously owned homes rose at a robust clip in April—and prices jumped—the latest indications that the hard-hit housing market is recovering.
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Times of India
Survey shows sharp fall in strikes, rise in mandays in Bengal
The work force in Bengal seems to have woken up to Mamata Banerjee's 'no strike' call. Going by statistics, the mandays lost due to bandhs have dropped manifold.
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perez hilton
Dark Knight Rises Evokes A Rise With New Character Posters!!
HOLY SHI*.
And we thought this sweet morsel we revealed this morning was candy, but these INTENSE character posters (above) are giving us a MAJOR sugar rush!!
This is the clearest picture of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman we've seen, and sorry Halle Berry, but Anne's looks purrrrfect in her feline attire!
We are so close to viewing what [...]
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FOX
Existing home sales rise to a near 2-year high |
TechCrunch
Hmmm Is A Split-Personality Social Network For Sharing Different Yous To Different Facebook Friends
You're crazy with your friends, serious with your co-workers, and sweet with your parents. Now you can share those distinct personalities with their matching audiences thanks to Hmmm, a mobile app launching today that aims to let you be yourself online, whoever that is.
Facebook friend lists and Google Circles have proven too clumsy for selective sharing. They've led to the rise of Path, which...
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Daily Mail
Norwich offer Grant Holt huge pay rise to fend off Sunderland and Aston Villa
Norwich are making a desperate attempt to keep striker Grant Holt by offering him a bumper pay rise. The striker handed in a transfer request last week, news which alerted Sunderland and Aston Villa.
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New York Times
Quarterly Sales Rise at Vodafone
The improved results in emerging markets, as well as in Germany and Britain, helped offset declines in Italy and Spain.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: The risks of barefoot running
With the popularity of barefoot running on the rise, doctors warn that going without shoes could put runners at risk for injuries
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Mashable
The 16th Webby Awards: Check Out the Highlights
The 16th Annual Webby Awards were held Monday night in New York City. Celebrities, tech luminaries and viral stars turned out for the big event.
In ad…
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Daily Mail
Ruby wedding fever grips tiny village, as 17 couples simultaneously celebrate 40 years of marriage
With divorce rates on the rise, 40th wedding anniversaries are becoming a increasingly rare. So one couple celebrating their Ruby Wedding, were shocked to discover that 16 other couples in Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire, were also set to celebrate the milestone.
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Times of India
KRBL Q4 net up 58% at Rs 47.28 crore
KRBL reported a 58% rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 47.28 cr for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, from Rs 29.99 cr in the year-ago period.
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Barrons
Hertz, Zipcar Rise After Morgan Stanley Initiations
Hertz (HTZ) and Zipcar (ZIP) got a boost this morning from reports put out by Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas urging investors to buy the stocks. ZIP shares are up 5.6% and HTZ shares are up 3.2%. Zipcar in particular needed some good news: the stock is down 22% this year, and 62% since its [...]
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siliconindia
Senior-Care Homes on the Rise in India
The inattention towards old age people is increasing widely in our country. India, beside its rich heritage of extended family and family values now tends to prefer small families
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Irish Times
Rise in elder abuse cases reported
Elderly people reported more than 2,302 allegations of abuse to the HSE last year, according to figures published today.
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Scientific American
A Fine Brine: New Desalination Technique Yields More Drinkable Water
More than a third of the world already suffers from shortages of potable water --with a rise to 50 percent expected by 2025 . Desalination of seawater can help coastal communities can address local shortfalls, although the process is costly, and releasing leftover brine back to the ocean has environmental implications . Now a new system promises to produce more drinkable water with less salt...
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AP
World stocks rise on Europe, China growth hopes
BANGKOK (AP) -- World stock markets rose Tuesday, perked by hopes that Europe and China will take steps to boost flagging economic growth....
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SI
Ian Thomsen: Behind Bass, Celtics rise from crisis of confidence
BOSTON -- The visitors from Philadelphia had not been set up, and they were not the victims of a confidence game. These truths did not prevent the 76ers from feeling as if they had been hustled by the Celtics and their crowd. The Boston fans could not have been in on the sting, because, in fact, they had come here Monday to possibly say goodbye.
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Nature
War on weeds loses ground
The rise of herbicide-resistant varieties drives a search for fresh methods of control.
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Salon
Cory Booker’s backyard fallout
Former N.J. Governor Dick Codey assesses how Cory Booker’s Bain defense might affect his statewide ambition
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Reuters
Yahoo to sell an Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion, shares rise
SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma's Alibaba Group is buying back up to half of Yahoo Inc's 40 percent stake for $7.1 billion in a deal that moves the Chinese e-commerce leader closer to a public listing.
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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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Telegraph
Demand for Greek holidays 'on the rise'
Travel companies have reported a rise in demand for holidays to Greece, despite concern about the country's economy.
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BBC
Higher fares help Ryanair profits
Ryanair reports record annual profits as fare rises help to offset a sharp rise in fuel costs, but it warns profits could fall this year.
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NEWS.au.com
Asbestos compo fund to rise to over $200m
JAMES Hardie lifts full year cash-flow to an asbestos victims' compensation fund.
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The New Yorker
Richard Brody: Erich von Stroheim’s “Greed” at Film Forum.
Erich von Stroheim’s mutilated masterwork, “Greed,” from 1924—its hundred and forty minutes hacked by M-G-M producers from the ten-hour director’s cut—magnifies one California couple’s striving rise and craven fall into an inferno of American madness . . . (Subscription required.)
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BBC
Calls to mental health lines rise
Mental health charities say they have seen a surge in calls to their helplines since the start of the recession.
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Hindustan Times
Clarke's stint in IPL was big bucks but little play
Michael Clarke's rise in international cricket over the last eight years has coincided with the growth of T20 cricket. Still, the Australia captain had resisted the lure of the shortest format. Amol Karhadkar reports. A Bad deal? | IPL-V: the hits and misses
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Irish Times
Shootings rise tensions in Lebanon
Lebanese soldiers shot dead a Sunni cleric and a second member of a Lebanese political alliance against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in northern Lebanon today, security sources said.
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Los Angeles Times
Nick Stahl: Missing actor tells friends he's alive, entering rehab
Nick Stahl, the actor who played John Connor in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" and has been missing for more than a week, has made contact with friends to say he's alive, his wife said. LAPD officers have been...
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Reuters
Youth protest former Mexican ruling party's rise
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators protested in Mexico City on Saturday against opposition presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto, who is far ahead in polls and poised to lead the party that ruled Mexico for much of the 20th century back to power.
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Washington Post
How the Facebook IPO and U2’s Bono explain income inequality
Last night, I hosted “The Rachel Maddow Show.” The full show is here. But I’m particularly proud of this segment looking at how Facebook’s IPO and U2’s Bono explain the shocking rise in income inequality:
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Barrons
Mining the Gold Miners
Gold-mining stocks are trading at record lows, relative to the price of gold. Newmont Mining, the world's No. 2 gold miner—with a 3.1% yield—would be a big beneficiary if the price disparity narrows. Shares could rise 50%.
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The Sun
Caught Live: Watch The Throne @ The O2, London
JAY-Z and Kanye West hit the UK, starting their show on stages which rise 20ft
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AP
Heads wins coin toss for Texas city council seat
WOLFFORTH, Texas (AP) -- City council candidate Bruce MacNair watched the coin rise into the air Friday. His opponent, Bryan Studer, kept his gaze on the carpeted floor to see how it landed....
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Reuters
Attacks over Bain Capital don't stop Romney's rise in polls
WASHINGTON/TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Is Mitt Romney an out-of-touch elitist and bully who led a rapacious business that killed common folks' jobs?
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BBC
AUDIO: Film tackles Mugabe's rise and fall
Film director Simon Bright discusses his new film about Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's triumphs and failings.
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Rolling Stone
Rise Against Announce Arizona Shows After Boycott Lifted
Chicago punks Rise Against have announced a pair of gigs in Arizona in the wake of Sound Strike lifting an artist boycott on concerts in the state The boycott was announced in protest of an anti-immigration law called SB1070 and other legislature targeting migrant workers The boycott – which extended...
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China Daily
China holds on to its top billing for art revenues
Total global revenue from art sales hit $11.57 billion in 2011, a rise of $2 billion from 2010, the best performance of the decade.
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Telegraph
Al-Qaeda leader Ayam al-Zawahri calls on Saudi Arabia to rise up
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged Saudis to follow the example of the Arab Spring and rise up against their rulers.
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UN
Record number of African refugees migrating to Yemen - UN
A record number of African migrants fled to Yemen this year, with 43,000 people having reached the Middle Eastern country in only four months, the United Nations refugee agency said today, adding that it is concerned with the rise in insecurity and trafficking in the region.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Zuckerberg's rise was no accident
FACEBOOK'S founder is about to become the 23rd richest person on earth. His own messages reveal a fast learner with a ruthless streak.
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Mail & Guardian
Malawi's Banda to investigate Mutharika transition plot
President Joyce Banda has announced an inquiry into an alleged plot by the inner circle of Malawi's late former leader to block her rise to power.
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National Post
Al-Qaeda leader urges Saudis to 'rise up' against ruling Al-Saud family
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri on Thursday urged Saudis to rise up against the kingdom's ruling Al-Saud family, suggesting they draw inspiration from the Arab Spring uprisings
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Entertainment Online
Source: Nick Stahl Has "Gone Missing Before," but Never for This Long
Nick Stahl had exhibited signs of "inner turmoil" before his wife reported him missing—and his family isn't giving up on the Terminator: Rise of the Machines...
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Al Jazhera
Hopes rise for NATO's Afghan supply routes
Pakistan expected to review closure decision after its president agrees to take part in summit on Afghanistan in the US.
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AP
`Terminator 3' actor Nick Stahl missing in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles police say "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" actor Nick Stahl has been reported missing by his wife....
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Visitor numbers on the rise at museums
AUSTRALIA'S natural history and science museums have shaken their traditional image as drab institutions overrun with specimen drawers.
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AP
Spain borrowing rates rise, bank shares slide
MADRID (AP) -- Spain paid sharply higher interest rates to raise (EURO)2.5 billion ($3.18 billion) in medium-term debt auction on Thursday, reflecting concerns the country will be caught up in the fallout of the Greek crisis, as a recently nationalized Spanish bank's shares plummeted after a newspaper said depositors were rushing to withdraw money....
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BBC
Apple trees in Highlands mapped
The planting of apple trees could be on the rise in the Highlands, according to the maker of a new map.
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Reuters
Extreme rain doubled in Midwest: climate study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of extreme rainstorms - deluges that dump 3 inches or more in a day - doubled in the U.S. Midwest over the last half-century, causing billions of dollars in flood damage in a trend climate advocates link to a rise in greenhouse gas emissions.
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MarketWatch
Herbalife shares rise 8% after hours
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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Daily Mail
Simon Cowell reveals getting his own back on his enemies spurs him on in business
He has risen from the ashes of bankruptcy to accumulate a £200 million fortune. And X Factor supremo Simon Cowell has admitted that his meteoric rise to the top of the music industry was prompted not by a simple love of money – but by revenge.
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Daily Mail
Will Labour out-euro-sceptic the Tories?
ANDREW PIERCE: With UKIP's popularity on the rise, it’s quite plausible that Labour will commit to a referendum while Osborne is still fiddling on the EU stage.
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Reuters
LME profits fall on higher costs, investments-FT
LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Profits at the London Metal
Exchange (LME) fell 19 percent last year, as higher costs and
investments outweighed a sharp rise in trading volumes, the
Financial Times...
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China Daily
Military spending meets country's need
Countries like the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan have criticized China for the rapid rise in its defense budget, which has maintained a double-digit growth rate for almost two decades. But as usual their scaremongering focuses on the size of the figures while ignoring the reasons behind them.
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New York Times
Hawaii’s Beaches Are in Retreat, and Way of Life May Follow
Most beaches on the state’s three largest islands are eroding, and the erosion is likely to accelerate as sea levels rise, according to a new report.
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Times of India
Numbers of Indians engaged in online gambling surging
Indian are engaging in online gambling in a big way thanks to the marked rise in the incomes of middle and upper middle classes.
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Goal.com
Effenberg urges Schweinsteiger to rise to the occasion in Champions League final
The former Germany international feels that the time has come for the midfielder to step up, and thinks that Bayern is too predictable.
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Telegraph
David Cameron's favourite album is Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of the Moon'
Prime Minister says UK music "loved all over the globe" after Adele leads a rise in global sales for 2011.
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BnAmericas
Banking - Regional - Spanish royal decree a further challenge to bank ownership in Latin America
The latest royal decree issued by the Spanish government calls for a significant rise in loss provisioning on all real estate loans held by the country's banks, calling into question once more their l...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Hopes rise in shadow of the Himalayas
FORTUNES may change in India's backwater.
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BBC
Prime Minister praises UK music
Prime Minister David Cameron says he is "determined" to support British creative businesses after a rise in global sales for UK acts, led by Adele.
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News.co.au
Union demands for pay rise threat to jobs
UNION demands for a $26 a week rise in award wages is a threat to jobs and will target vulnerable employers, says Australia's peak business lobby group.
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Irish Times
The Greece conundrum
GREEK SOCIETY is in deep crisis, its political system is disintegrating and its economy is collapsing under the weight of inherited debt and imposed austerity. These problems are not Greece’s alone, since their resolution will profoundly affect neighbouring states and its partners in the European Union — including Ireland. Whether the fresh general election likely to be called by President Karo...
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Daily Mail
James Anderson eyes Sir Ian Botham's record wicket haul
Jimmy Anderson's rise from humble beginnings of Burnley Cricket Club to Lancashire and a 10-year international career is one of English cricket's great modern-day tales.
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Washington Post
Coptic Christians fear rise of Islamists on eve of presidential elections
CAIRO — A year after an attack by ultraconservative Muslims raised the spectre of a wave of religious strife in Egypt, the Christian churches in Cairo’s Imbaba district have been repaired, with sturdy wooden rafters, fresh paint and portraits of the Virgin Mary and Jesus ready to be hung anew. But the deep wounds from those attacks and ensuing clashes, which left 12 dead, cannot be painted over...
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Gizmodo
Teleportation, Prom Disasters, IRL Mario Kart and More... [Video]
This week was a busy week! Whether it was teleporting quantum objects, MIT students bringing Mario Kart into the physical realm, the rise of assassin bugs, or the disappearing clothes of a weather woman, there was no shortage of interesting news. Oh and don't forget about our lists of the weirdest underwater monsters and the best people to follow on In...
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Science Daily
Successful stem cell differentiation requires DNA compaction, study finds
New research findings show that embryonic stem cells unable to fully compact the DNA inside them cannot complete their primary task: Differentiation into specific cell types that give rise to the various types of tissues and structures in the body.
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BoingBoing
Incredibly detailed look at Internet marketing scams
The Verge's Joseph L. Flatley delves into the world of Internet marketing scams (those stupid spam pitches you get for "lead generation" and such) in eye-watering detail. Fundamentally, these things are exactly what they appear to be: con artists who suck money out of desperate people by lying to them about the money they can [...]
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Reuters
Head of abortion-rights group NARAL to leave
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nancy Keenan will step down as head of the abortion-rights advocacy group NARAL Pro-Choice America at the end of the year, a change she said on Thursday was timed to coincide with the rise of a new generation voters.
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Foreign Policy
Rise of the Lilliputians
They are called the S-5, or the Small Five, a
group of small and middling U.N. member states that have been informally meeting since 2005 to try and chip
away at the unchecked powers of the P-5, the U.N.'s dominant, permanent five
members of the Security Council.
And they are heading for a confrontation next
week with the five big powers -- Britain, China, France, Russia, and the Uni...
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Wired
Infrared Imaging Helps Save Yellowstone’s Wolves
Scientists are using thermal imaging to track Yellowstone's wolves, which are facing a vicious new predator: sarcoptic mange.
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webwire
NJ Digital Marketing Company Speaks at Job Fair for People With Disabilities
Eatontown, NJ – PCG Digital Marketing (PCG) joined in this year's JFK Career Options Day specifically for people with disabilities. - - The JFK Career Options Day was held April 17, 2012 to help those wit...
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Reuters
Audience shares rise in debut on Apple link
(Reuters) - Shares of Audience Inc, which makes chips used in Apple Inc's iPhone, rose in debut, underlining investors' appetite for technology stocks in a weak IPO market.
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AP
News Corp shares rise on doubled share buyback
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. rose Thursday after the company posted upbeat quarterly results and doubled its commitment to buying back shares....
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BBC
Production boost for Tesla Motors
Shares in US electric carmaker Tesla Motors rise 11% after the firm brings forward the delivery date for its new Model S car.
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Wired
Recommendation Engine: Head Cases for Any Cycling Scenario
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Between clueless pedestrians and swerving taxis, a simple bike ride can feel like a flying leap over the Snake Riv...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
As prisons close, complaints of overcrowding rise
Prisoners across Canada are doubling up in single cells or are sleeping in trailers and common rooms because jails are full
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Washington Post
Medicaid payments to primary care doctors will rise under new regulation
Primary care doctors could get a pay raise next year for treating Medicaid patients, under a rule announced by the Obama administration Wednesday.
The proposed regulation implements a two-year pay increase included in the 2010 health-care law. The increase, effective in 2013 and 2014, brings primary care fees for Medicaid, which covers indigent patients, in line with those for Medicare, which i...
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news.com.au
Unemployment rate to rise - economists
AUSTRALIA'S unemployment rate is likely to have risen in April, economists say ahead of the ABS release of labour force data today.
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amNY
Manhattan rents rise to another record-setting high
Where will it end?
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Irish Times
Rise in cruise liner bookings reflects disaster recovery
Italian cruise operator Costa Crociere, controlled by US group Carnival, cut prices and saw a 25 per cent annual rise in bookings in April, recovering from the slump in sales triggered by the deadly Costa Concordia disaster earlier this year.
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Barrons
Covidien's Surgery Has Been a Success
Shares of the medical-device maker can continue to rise following some smart corporate moves.
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The Jerusalem Post
IDF Ombudsman notes rise in soldiers' complaints
While military hazing ceremonies have mostly come to a stop in the IDF, a phenomenon of "violence in jest" continues, report finds.
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New York Times
Opinionator: General Hancock's Hour
Runaway slaves, the Battle of Williamsburg and the rise of a new type of Civil War general.
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Salon
It pays to be trash TV
TV was created to sell soap. It’s not glorious, but there it is. For most of its not very long history, television was a medium designed to get an audience to stay tuned for the next set of commercials. It’s only in the last two decades that making quality TV -- nudged along by a trickle, and then a flood, of ambitious showrunners with explicitly artistic intentions -- has become an end unto i...
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Telegraph
Ireland name Euro 2012 squad as fairytale rise continues for Sunderland's James McClean
Giovanni Trapattoni answers pleas of a nation by naming James McClean in his squad for the Euro 2012 finals.
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Times of India
Pokhara flash flood death toll could rise to 64
Nearly 64 people are feared dead even as the death toll in the flash flood near the famous tourist spot of Pokhara in western Nepal reached 17 today with at least 47 people still missing.
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Daily Mail
Claire Squires's death: Why are heart flutters on the rise? asks DR ELLIE CANNON
The death of Claire Squires just before the finish at this year’s London Marathon rightly struck a chord. Millions of Britons suffer from an irregular heartbeat.
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New York Times
In Race to French Presidency, Hollande Sets His Own Pace
The rise of the Socialist François Hollande, who is slightly favored to win the French presidency on Sunday, is still a surprise to many in the country.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
The rise and rise of the art fair
Purists say the art-fair boom proves the triumph of money over curators taste, but these days maybe they are a better use of an art lovers time than most museum shows
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science blogs
Kommentar von kai bei "Dies und das - Teil III" (Primaklima) am 04.05.2012
verständnis von wolken ( form nasa page ):
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Stephens, a professor at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, is principal investigator of NASA's CloudSat mission, launched in 2006 to improve our understanding of the role clouds play in our complicated climate system. Stephens says that as Earth's global temperature continues to rise, water vapor -- the most abundant green...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Anti-gang police confirm man killed in Mexico was warned of threats
RCMP warn B.C. residents gang violence on rise again
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Science News
Study keeps pace with Greenland glaciers
Herky-jerky motion suggests worst-case sea level rise unlikely
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WSJ
BG Gets the Capital Spending Blues
BG Group has become a darling of the energy sector, dazzling with a string of major discoveries, from gas in Tanzania to oil in Brazil. Still, a sharp rise in the expected investment needed for a major project in Australia is a reminder that BG isn't immune to pressures on the oil industry.
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Times of India
US urges China to allow yuan to rise, speed up reform
Timothy Geithner urged China to allow its currency to appreciation further and also speed up economic reforms, which he said were crucial to the global recovery.
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Times of India
India slips, Brazil and Germany rise in 2012 Geopolitical Power Index
India has dropped two places to sixth position with an aggregate score of 61 in the latest Geopolitical Power Index (GPI) TM 2012 (H1). The United States, though down by one point, retains the top slot with a score of 79 (on a maximum of 110). China moves up from 72 to 74 points to stay in second place in the overall rankings (see chart) .
GPI 2012 is a copyrighted biannual index cre...
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siliconindia
Know how B2B portal can yield prolific results for your business
by mayur D Dicosta You must have heard of B2B portals but do not know what actually they are and how they can provide your business an upper edge over its competitors. Well B2B portal is a virtual marketplace or a common platform where buyers meet sellers and wholesalers.
With the evolution of internet in the past few years there has been a constant rise in searching the wa...
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MarketWatch
Mark Hulbert: 12 stocks to hang onto this summer
Not all stock market sectors are equally susceptible to the six months on, six months off seasonal pattern that gives rise to “Sell In May and Go Away.” In fact, for some sectors, there is no significant difference between their average returns in the winter and summer months.
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BBC
The rise of bokeh photography
Bokeh has suddenly splattered onto our TV screens, writes Paul Mason.
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Times LIVE
Pirates Party’s rapid rise upsets German landscape
With some sporting pirate garb and black beards in light-hearted tribute to their name, Germany’s Pirates party gathered in a small city hall and in the vast open waters of cyberspace this weekend to chart a course that may yet take them to the national parliament.
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Daily Telegraph
Just another girls' fright out
FOUR women hurt in another violent weekend in Sydney, with hospital workers saying they're seeing a marked rise in female assault victims.
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Los Angeles Times
USC's Steve Johnson aims to rise to Ojai tradition
Steve Johnson of USC will try for his 60th straight singles victory Saturday when he plays UCLA's Nick Meister in the Pac-12 final at the Ojai tournament, a breeding ground for tennis champions.Friday in Ojai was a day best suited for canvas and watercolors. Also, because it was Ojai, for tennis.
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The Lancet
[Comment] Adolescent health in the 21st century
Several factors have contributed to the social construct of adolescence as a distinct period of life, including the rise in education (and with it age segregation), social media, and urbanisation. But adolescence also has a biological basis. Many of the behaviours we associate with the teenage years (eg, risk taking) are evident in other species, and we know that brain maturation in human being...
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USA Today
Did the Seahawks overreach for Bruce Irvin or not?
West Virginia pass rusherhad quietly been on the rise, but eyebrows were still raised when the Seahawks took him at No. 15 in the first rou ...
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Mail & Guardian
Spain on the brink with unemployment rise, downgrade
Spain's economic woes has deepened alarmingly as the government revealed that unemployment rose to nearly 25%.
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Human Rights Watch
Bangladesh: Alarming Rise in ‘Disappearances’
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The Sun
Go (up) in the name of Cod
CHARLIE WYETT charts the remarkable rise of Football League new-boys Fleetwood
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The Sun
Go (up) in the name of Cod
CHARLIE WYETT charts the remarkable rise of Football League new-boys Fleetwood
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Reuters
Hugo Boss says makes good start to year
FRANKFURT, April 26 (Reuters) - German fashion house Hugo
Boss said it had a good start to the year as it
reported a 10 percent rise in first quarter sales.
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AP
Study: Antarctic ice melting from warm water below
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Antarctica's massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a new study finds. That suggests that future sea levels could rise faster than many scientists have been predicting....
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Fortune
'Simply breathtaking': Apple's growth profile in two charts
Visualizing Apple's growth in earnings, revenue and margins
FORTUNE -- Asymco's Horace Dediu has posted a couple of charts that show better than I could tell the significance of Apple's (AAPL) quarterly results.
The first graphs the rise in Apple's growth- and operating-margin percentages. Dediu two-word TwitPic comment: "Simply breathtaking."
Below, an up-to-date version of the chart with whi...
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Telegraph
Why Apple's growth is set to continue
Apple's increased profits have once again confounded sceptical analysts, who expected the company's latest results to disappoint. Shane Richmond says there is little sign of an end to Apple's rise.
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Daily Mail
Liverpool city breaks: Glitz and glamour in Liverpool, a city that's truly on the rise
When it was named European Capital of Culture in 2008, Liverpool became the subject of much investment and regeneration. Now it is a city break destination to rival the best, says Ted Thornhill.
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Pravda
Our youth and our collective responsibility
The UNO is worried about the world's youth and is stressing the need to provide reproductive health care as more and more young people contract HIV/AIDS from early sexual relations and as more and more young girls become mothers in their teens, giving rise to greater numbers of single-parent families. Where have we gone wrong?
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science blogs
No, Virginia, cancer care in Europe doesn't suck, contrary to what a recent paper implies [Respectful Insolence]
The U.S. is widely known to have the highest health care expenditures per capita in the world, and not just by a little, but by a lot. I'm not going to go into the reasons for this so much, other than to point out that how to rein in these costs has long been the proverbial political hot potato. Any attempt to limit spending or apply evidence-based guidelines to care runs into a buzz saw of cri...
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Technology Review
Edison's Revenge: The Rise of DC Power
In a world of more electronics and solar energy, there's less and less need for AC power.
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CNN Money
Optimizely aims to give Obama 2012 a data edge
The Obama 2008 campaign's pioneering technology use gave rise to a batch of Silicon Valley startups that are commercializing tools created for the campaign. This article is the first in a series, "America's Choice 2012: The Data Edge," covering those startups and the role they're playing in the 2012 presidential election.
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Los Angeles Times
McManus: A smaller, smarter military
The best-equipped army in the world can still lose a war if it doesn't understand the people it's fighting.President Obama has called a halt to the decade-long rise in defense spending that began after Sept. 11, and has proposed shrinking the Army and Marine Corps by about 14%.
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Irish Times
Cabaye double boosts Magpies' hopes
Premier League round-up:Newcastle’s Champions League hopes were on the rise as they claimed a convincing 3-0 victory over Stoke thanks to two goals from Yohan Cabaye.
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New York Times
An Appraisal: Dick Clark Understood the American Teenager
Dick Clark, content to be the messenger, presided over the rise of rock and capitalized on the wave of all things “teenage.”
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The Jerusalem Post
Commentary: Prices rise as social protests wane
Three categories were the main factors contributing to the 0.4 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March.
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The Sun
Britain hit worst by surge of migrants
SURVEY reveals Labour’s ‘open door’ policy saw immigration rise by 22%
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Washington Post
Joakim Noah on Kevin Seraphin: ‘He can be dominant’
The Chicago Bulls drafted Kevin Seraphin for the Wizards, so he never had a chance to be teammates with Joakim Noah. But the two were on the same side last summer, when Seraphin made the surprising rise from a training camp invitee to key contributor to helping the French national team claim second at the European Basketball Championships.
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insideedition
John Edwards Cuts His Haircut Expense
The rise and fall of John Edwards continues to captivate the nation on every level, right down to his haircut. INSIDE EDITION has the latest.
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New York Times
Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
Retractions of published papers are on the rise, and some scientists fear the situation is out of control.
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Rolling Stone
The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret
One day in late November an unmanned aerial vehicle lifted off from Shindand Air Base in western Afghanistan heading 75 miles toward the border with Iran The drone's mission to spy on Tehran's nuclear program as well as any insurgent activities the Iranians might be supporting in Afghanistan With an...
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Times LIVE
Coaches old hat as muti does the trick
MUTI use in the Premier Soccer League is on the rise and SuperSport's TV cameras captured a Kaizer Chiefs official sprinkling some suspicious magic potion before their game against Platinum Stars. Chiefs' voodoo concoction seemed too powerful for Stars, who lost the match 2-1. Maybe their just-fired coach Vladimir Vermezovic will take some back home to Serbia.
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AP
Marathon advises inexperienced to sit this one out
BOSTON (AP) -- The organizers of the Boston Marathon are advising inexperienced runners and those with medical conditions not to run in Monday's race because of temperatures that are expected to rise into the high 80s in the afternoon....
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DailyTech
Google: Profit up 60 Percent, War-Chest at $49.3B USD, Stock Split 2-to-1
850,000 Android devices are activated every day, Google's search business continues to rise in profits
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Hoy
El día que un marciano poseyó a Bowie
En abril de 1972 David Bowie llevaba casi tres años sin un éxito. Y tres años en esa época, en la que el negocio de la música discurría a un ritmo mucho más veloz que el actual, eran muchos. David Robert Jones tenía 25 años y su carrera no acababa de despegar. Solo cuatro meses antes, en diciembre de 1971, había publicado 'Hunky Dory', su primer gran álbum, pero ni siquiera el sencillo 'Changes...
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USA Today
Billick compares Tannehill's rise to Russell
Former Ravens coach Brian Billick likens predraft rise of Texas A&M quarterback to that that of former Raiders bust.
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USA Today
'Bath salt' poisonings rise as legislative ban tied up
As accidental poisonings rise, federal attempts to outlaw "bath salt" chemicals have stalled.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Despite a growing economy, Canada's greenhouse-gas production stabilizes
Ottawa is working to break the link between carbon and prosperity, says Environment Minister Peter Kent, though emissions from Albertas oil sands continue to rise
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news.com.au
Newton case in doubt as bouncers go missing
THE chances of troubled actor beating a conviction rise after guards who evicted him vanish.
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Daily Telegraph
Bracing for $300 jump in power bill
ELECTRICITY bills are set to rise more than $300 - or 16 per cent - next year. Half of the rise has been blamed on the carbon tax.
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New York Times
The Indios, Once the Pride of Ciudad Juárez
A soccer team that made an improbable rise buoyed a city riven by violence. Now the team is gone, although the violence remains.
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The Jerusalem Post
Study: Work force to decrease by 6% in 20 years
Due to country's aging populace, proportionate rise in number of haredim, Israel's work force is expected to shrink, according to study conducted on behalf of Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor.
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USA Today
Review: Carole King feels like a 'Natural Woman' memoir
Candid, endearingly chatty book traces her rise from a precocious Brooklyn girl to one of the world's most beloved singer/songwriters.
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USA Today
Carole King feels like a 'Natural Woman' memoir
Candid, endearingly chatty book traces her rise from a precocious Brooklyn girl to one of the world's most beloved singer/songwriters.
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New York Times
Turkey Raises Alarm Over Rise in Syrian Attacks and Refugee Flow
Turkey’s foreign minister reported increased Syrian military attacks near the border and a relentless influx of refugees from Syria on Friday.
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el universal
Libro cuenta cómo Jennifer Aniston entró a Friends
"Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV", basado en las memorias de Warren Littlefield, ejecutivo de la cadena NBC, saldrá a la venta el 1 de mayo
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Foreign Policy
Yemen's unresolved economic crisis
In late 2011, the British government sent one of its
top humanitarian advisors to Yemen after a year of protests, bloody crackdowns,
and inter-elite fighting. Drawing on his experience from a career spanning
three decades, the advisor reported back that Yemen faced the most complex set
of circumstances he had ever seen.
Some of the key issues at the time, such as fighting
between elite mil...
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Mail & Guardian
The Brics are reshaping a reluctant world order
The rising profile of the Brics has reshaped the geopolitical economy and this has given rise to the idea of setting up a development bank.
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Los Angeles Times
Linsanity The Movie? Jeremy Lin gets documentary treatment
The basketball player's surreal rise is the subject of a documentary currently being assembled and being pitched to distributors.The basketball player's surreal rise is the subject of a documentary currently being assembled and being pitched to distributors.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Tensions rise in Mali as Islamists impose sharia law in Timbuktu
Mayor predicts resistance to Tuareg rebel factions demands in a town known for religious pluralism and moderate Islam
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Mail & Guardian
The rise of the Afrikaner Christian Jew
A growing number of South Africans have started exploring Christianity's origins in Jewish scripture and ritual, under the term Messianic Judaism.
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Russian Government
Vladimir Putin holds meeting with Samara Region Governor Vladimir Artyakov
The issues discussed included the results of socioeconomic development in the region in the first quarter of the year: salaries and teacher’s salaries, in particular, and healthcare modernisation. The governor reported that there had been a rise in industrial production in the region, primarily in the engineering sector and agriculture. One focus of discussion was on investment in the construct...
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dlisted
Open Post: Hosted By Marky Mark
Here's mutha greeter, hamburger entrepreneur and one-man terrorist killing machine Marky Mark taking a break from shooting a Michael Bay movie (or does a Michael Bay movie shoot you? I'm confused.) in Florida to do a little pap watching on his hotel balcony. It's been much too long since I've been in awe of Marky's gloriously succulent rack. Marky's man tits truly get better with age. Do...
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Times LIVE
Skin cancer on the rise among young adults
Skin cancer is on the rise among young adults, according to a US study on Monday that suggests using indoor tanning beds and failing to protect against childhood sunburns may be to blame.
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CNN
Yahoo and the rise of the activist investor
As activist shareholders -- at Yahoo and elsewhere -- gain prominence, corporate management ought to take notice now if they don't want to hand over the reins.
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USA Today
Alex Morgan's on the rise for U.S. women
Alex Morgan has scored 12 goals this year to lead the U.S. women's national team. Here's what you might not know about her.
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SI
Wade's nephew 1 of 13 hurt in Chicago shootings
CHICAGO (AP) -- A nephew of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade was one of 13 men shot - two fatally - during a violent six-hour stretch in Chicago, another indication that violence is on the rise in the nation's third-largest city.
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Rolling Stone
Kindred EP
In the sound files of William Bevan flashes of static form evocative spider webs vocal shards suggest novel-length dramas and clattering grooves morph with the intimacy of a lover’s heartbeat The UK producer’s first major statement since the rise of many inheritors (see James Blake Weekndwitch house etc) this breathtaking...
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Mail & Guardian
Rise and rise of the silver-tongued coach
Steve Komphela's increasing credibility has the grapevine abuzz, with rumours linking him to taking over at Kaizer Chiefs refusing to die down.
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Washington Post
Editorial Board: A rise in homicides after ‘Stand Your Ground’
THE SHOOTING death of Trayvon Martin has shone a light on a new breed of law that enforcers accurately predicted would lead to the kind of confrontations that took the life of the Florida teenager.
Mr. Martin was killed in February by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in his Sanford, Fla., townhouse community. Recordings of the 911 call made by Mr. Zimmerman to police show him st...
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USA Today
Anti-government 'sovereign movement' on the rise in U.S.
Texas fugitive's standoff with law enforcement fits a familiar pattern nationwide of people violently defying federal authority.
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APA-OTS
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USA Today
Report links rise in cancer to inactivity, obesity
The report confirms research that shows excess weight and a sedentary lifestyle are risk factors for common cancers in the USA.
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Reuters
Scientists pin down historic sea level rise
LONDON (Reuters) - The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to rise between 14 and 18 metres (46-60 feet), a study showed on Wednesday, data which could help make more accurate climate change predictions.
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USA Today
Rising fuel prices will alter travel plans, survey finds
Leisure and business travelers will alter their summer travel plans if fuel prices continue to rise, a new survey finds.
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USA Today
Global temps could rise 5 degrees by 2050
A new study shows that average global temperatures could climb 2.5 to 5.4 degrees by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated.
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Amnesty International
Sharp rise in harassment and attacks against activists and journalists in Cuba
Headline Title:
Cuba: Surge in harassment and attacks against activists and journalists
22 March 2012
Harassment and detention of political dissidents, human rights activists, journalists and bloggers across Cuba has risen sharply over the past 24 months, Amnesty Internationa...
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FT
China fuel prices: on the up
A 7 per cent overnight price rise will do little to help the country’s swooning oil companies
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USA Today
Blocking unwanted phone calls, texts in smartphone age
With unsolicited phone calls and email inexplicably on the rise, tech relief apparently is on the way.
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National Post
Anytime exercising: The rise of the 24-hour workout
Night owls, insomniacs, shift workers and other denizens of the dark are finding less need to fit their workout time into the nine-to-five world
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National Post
Low mortgage rates skew sense of affordability
Understanding affordability will ensure that you are comfortable with your mortgage payments so if interest rates rise the new payments are not overwhelming
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Daily Telegraph
Wage rise sees less bartenders, shorter pub hours
FOUR out of five hotels have cut working hours after the last minimum wage rise, and the industry says it will happen again.
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APA-OTS
ARBÖ: Rise Against und Deichkind in der Wiener Stadthalle - Staus sehr wahrscheinlich
Wien (OTS) - Rise Against rocken am Dienstag, den 20.03.2012, ab
19.30 Uhr die Wiener Stadthalle. "Befehl von ganz unten" heißt es
einen Tag später, wenn Deichkind, ebenfalls ab 19.30 Uhr, ihr neues
Album präsentieren. Aufgrund des zu erwartenden hohen
Besucherinteresses ist mit ...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Print misses out as ad spending rise
ADVERTISING spend bounced back last month after a horror January, but print media revenues continued to suffer.
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Reuters
No rise in heart deaths after 2008 market crash-in LA
(Reuters) - The 2008 stock market crash generated a lot of stress, but it did not trigger a spike in heart attack deaths -- at least, not in Los Angeles, according to a study.
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BBC
VIDEO: 'Rise in abductions' hits Sri Lanka
As Sri Lanka is hit by a rise in alleged abductions, the UN Human Rights Council is due to discuss a resolution asking the country to explain how it will ensure justice.
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USA Today
Nielsen: Cross-platform gaming on the rise
More people played video games on more than one device in 2011, according to a new Nielsen survey.
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Irish Times
The scourge of early teen pregnancy - in cats
SMALL PRINT:CAT OWNERS can blame the local lustful tomcat all they like, but according to veterinary experts, the rise in early teenage pregnancy among cats is down to personal responsibility.
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Reuters
"Grandparent scams" on rise for all age groups: U.S
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The scheme works like this: An elderly person gets an unexpected call from someone claiming to be a relative in desperate need of money - there has been a mugging or a car has...
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The Jerusalem Post
Alawite defections from Syrian army may be on rise
Unverified intel leaks, video clips indicate members of Assad’s sect, Shi’ites pledging loyalty to opposition.
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New York Times
AARP Study Says Price of Popular Drugs Rose 26%
The lobbying group for seniors reported an overall rise in the cost of drugs in recent years despite a decrease in the price of generic drugs.
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USA Today
Sloane Stephens' star starting to rise
Sloane Stephens, 18, who turned pro in late 2009, has the potential to be a star in tennis, perhaps one day competing for Grand Slams.
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circleID
The Top 3 Emerging Threats on the Internet
Last week at RSA, Bruce Schneier gave a talk on the top 3 emerging threats on the Internet. Whereas we in the security field usually talk about spam, malware and cyber crime, he talked about three meta-trends that all have the potential to be more dangerous than the cybercriminals (he talks a bit about it here).
Below are my notes.
1. The rise of big data
Schneier's first...
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Salon
The rise and fall of white bread
Somewhere between the Cheez Whiz hors d’oeuvres and the looped Jerry Springer clip, it hit me: the “white trash party” trend of the 2000s was a cultural phenomenon best forgotten, and quickly. Reporters, mostly caught up in the pleasure of dabbing the pages of staid venues like Metropolitan Home with lines like “Jes’ belly up to the trough and dig in,” or inflecting New York Times style with “s...
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China Daily
Olympic Games fuel rise in travel to Britain
Bookings for travel to Britain around the time of Olympic Games have jumped, helping to dispel fears many tourists would stay away during the Games. Intense ambush marketing likely at London Games
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AP
Gingrich stakes his campaign on old Georgia home
ATLANTA (AP) -- Newt Gingrich's political career is coming full circle: The state that nourished his rise to House speaker could strike a fatal blow to his presidential ambitions - even by his own admission....
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TheDomains
You Should Keep In Mind The Huge Tax Hikes Coming Next Year When Deciding Whether To Sell Domains
If you make $200K or more there is a huge tax hike coming for next year if you are in the United States.
In the domain business it can only tax one domain name sale to put you over the top into the “rich people” tax bracket.
Its pretty hard to keep politics out of any discussion about taxes but we are going to try to stick to the facts
If your pondering a big sale there are some tax implication...
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Irish Times
Increase in average age of women giving birth
THE AVERAGE age of women giving birth in the State continues to rise, reaching 31.8 years in the second quarter of last year.
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USA Today
Lin book soon, Taiwan schools show Knicks games
A book on the rise of New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin will be out in May, while students in Taiwan get time off to watch him play on TV.
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Rolling Stone
Kenny Powers and the Unlikely Rise of Danny McBride
Inside a cottage with a quaint white porch just yards north of a quiet stretch of Hollywood Boulevard Danny McBride sits staring at himself on a television screen declining the opportunity to eat shrimp from another man's butt hole He's in an editing room considering a scene from the third...
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Daily Telegraph
Murdoch's plan for Sun to rise
RUPERT Murdoch promises to launch a Sunday edition of his British tabloid The Sun and declares his 'unwavering support' for it's journalists.
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chinatechnews
Norway iOS App Store Download Revenues Outpace China
A new report states that while Chinese mobile apps have benefited from increased revenues in Apple's App Store, apps in Norway earn far more per download. Hong Kong-based analytics and market intelligence firm App Annie has issued a new report called "Rise of the Planet of the Apps" that claims apps in Norway earn nine [...]
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Technology Review
The Machines Are Talking a Lot
The rise of sensors, surveillance cameras, and other automated devices can be seen in a new analysis of Internet traffic.
As one of the leading manufacturers of the equipment that routes data around the Internet, Cisco Systems is in good position to know just how many 0s and 1s go zipping around all day, every day. Today it released an annual analysis of how much Internet usage is growing on mo...
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Daily Mail
New car market shows signs of stability as Ford Fiesta sales race ahead
New registrations hit 128,853 last month, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. This is a 0.03 per cent rise on January 2011. The bestselling model was the Ford Fiesta.
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People
Julianne Moore Portrays Sarah Palin's Rise and Near Demise
HBO's Game Change chronicles the Alaska politician's run for vice president
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Bernankes siren song for U.S. Treasury bonds
A good asset class to own because so much more is known about why they rise up and down in value
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Alex Edlers star on the rise
Key to Canucks defence gets time to shine at mid-season showcase
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Whats next for RIMs Jim Balsillie?
Former co-CEO of BlackBerry maker was driving force in companys rise, and at only 50, there are likely more frontiers to conquer
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BBC
UK boosts tropical disease fight
Foreign aid for efforts to eradicate parasitic diseases which kill and disfigure millions worldwide is to rise fivefold, say ministers.
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TMZ
Snooki vs. The Unit -- Rise of the Douchebag
Snooki's new "Jersey Shore" nemesis -- The Unit -- is a major douchebag, but don't take our word for it ... we got Mr. Unit to own up to his douchery all by himself. Your welcome, Snooks.Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your local listings!
TMZSnooki vs. The Unit -- Rise of the Douchebag
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Reuters
Energy execs see brisk U.S. deal flow in 2012: survey
(Reuters) - Energy executives expect dealmaking in the U.S. oil and gas sector to rise in 2012 or at least match last year's brisk pace, according to a survey by consulting and advisory group BDO...
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Daily Telegraph
Cowan eyes a $100,000 Test
ROOKIE opener Ed Cowan is on course for a $100,000-plus pay rise, with this summer's Test bolter set to qualify for his maiden Cricket Australia deal.
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National Post
2011 in Sport: The rise of Djokovic
Much as 2010 had been about crowning Rafael Nadal the new King of Tennis, 2011 represented the Rise of the Joker
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Technology Review
Google's Perspective on Malware's Rise
Vint Cerf, a coinventor of the Internet's original protocols and now chief Internet evangelist for Google, describes what Google is doing to try to defeat the scourge of Web-based malware.
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The Nation
Robberies on the rise in Lahore, cash, gold and valuables looted during night
Incidents of robberies have increased in Punjab Capital as police have failed to burst the gangs of robbers. On Wednesday night robbers looted cash, jewelry and other valuables from a house here in Lahore and shot injured four people including three women upon resistance.According to police, four armed robbers barged into house of a citizen Aziz Butt, located in Gawalmandi locality late Wednesd...
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The Nation
Obama leads against potential Republican nominees: Polls
US President Barack Obama has increasingly gained in his popularity rating and leading the odds against two leading potential Republican challengers in the 2012 presidential elections, latest opinion polls said."President Barack Obama's numbers are on the rise in two important indicators of his reelection chances, according to a new national survey," the CNN said as it released the results of t...
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FOXnews
Lawsuits Against Hollywood Honchos on the Rise, But Do Plaintiffs Ever Win?
Hollywood filmmakers are getting served left and right by people alleging writers and directors stole their stories and made them into big budget movies.
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Technology Review
Blog - The Imminent Rise of Social Cloud Computing
If you share your photos, videos and life events with people on a social network, you should also trust them to store and process information for you too, say computer scientists
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Art Review
Emily Winstanley and Rise Art are now friends
Emily Winstanley and Rise Art are now friends
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AP
APNewsBreak: MLB avg salary up 2.7 pct to $3.1M
DALLAS (AP) -- The average major league salary increased 2.7 percent this year to nearly $3.1 million, the largest rise since 2008....
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Times of India
Indian Banks in good shape
Banks' growth in 'other income' (trading, fee income, etc) decelerated in 2010-11 but the rise in NIM more than compensated for this.
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Reuters
Emissions cuts off course to halt global warming: UNEP
LONDON (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 could rise more than forecast to between 6 billion and 11 billion tons above what is needed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, a United...
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Telegraph
Richard Green: Mayfair's new temple to modern art
As Richard Green expands his London gallery empire, Colin Gleadell charts his remarkable rise to the top.
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The Jerusalem Post
Spain election fails to soothe nervous debt markets
Spanish and German spreads rise; 10-year yields rise in line with Italian equivalent; economic problem at euro level.
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Rolling Stone
Environment: Ten Things Obama Must Do
When Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination for president in 2008 he declared that future generations would remember it as "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal" More than three years later the oceans are still rising and our planet...
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Rolling Stone
The Rise and Fall of the Eco-Radical Underground
It was a moonless night on the mountain at Vail and in his black clothes Bill Rodgers imagined he was nearly invisible Five feet six and barely 120 pounds Rodgers was darting in and out of buildings at the Colorado ski resort 11000 feet up He crept into the back...
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DnJournal
The Carnage Continues: With the Web Continuing To Rise Magazines Lose Millions of Readers
When talking about how the Internet is siphoning readers and viewers away from traditional media, the focus has been on newspapers because they have been hit the hardest by the rise of the web. However new data shows leading magazines also lost millions of readers over the past year.
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National Post
How low can U.S. dollar go?
Loonie's recent rise is really a story of U.S. dollar weakness — a weakness that has left economists wondering how much lower the greenback could go. Three analysts offer their views
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Foreign Policy
The rise of telecom diplomacy
Nicaragua's decision to legitimize Russia's geopolitical adventures and recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was rather odd (I am still curious as to how many Nicaraguans were aware of their existence, before and after the announcement). A few weeks ago Hugo Chavez also followed suit - waiting for almost a year - but the Nicaraguans clearly stole the spotlight. Given this n...
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Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 83.388 |
| 2 | India | 22.935 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 19.117 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 10.040 |
| 5 | Spain | 5.655 |
| 6 | Philipines | 5.320 |
| 7 | Australia | 4.725 |
| 8 | Canada | 4.516 |
| 9 | Korea South | 2.980 |
| 10 | Argentina | 2.611 |
| 11 | Mexico | 2.610 |
| 12 | Sweden | 2.550 |
| 13 | South Africa | 2.460 |
| 14 | China | 2.330 |
| 15 | Singapore | 2.100 |
| 16 | Russia | 2.025 |
| 17 | Germany | 1.668 |
| 18 | Brazil | 1.400 |
| 19 | Colombia | 1.290 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 1.190 |
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# |
Media |
MIX |
| 1 | CNN Editions (International) | 12.000 |
| 2 | CNN | 9.000 |
| 3 | The Sun | 4.100 |
| 4 | BBC News | 3.750 |
| 5 | IBN live | 3.400 |
| 6 | Times of India | 3.000 |
| 7 | foxnews | 3.000 |
| 8 | Joong Ang Ilbo | 2.500 |
| 9 | ABS-CBN News Channel | 2.300 |
| 10 | USA Today | 2.000 |
| 11 | WALL STREET JOURNAL USA | 2.000 |
| 12 | indosiar | 2.000 |
| 13 | economictimes | 1.970 |
| 14 | New York Times | 1.870 |
| 15 | newsoftheworld | 1.750 |
| 16 | Marca | 1.600 |
| 17 | National Geographic | 1.560 |
| 18 | AARP Bulletin | 1.500 |
| 19 | channelnews asia | 1.500 |
| 20 | weather.com | 1.400 |
| More Media >> |
# |
Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 150.460 |
| 2 | Spanish | 13.544 |
| 3 | Indonesian | 10.040 |
| 4 | Swedish | 2.550 |
| 5 | Chinese | 2.150 |
| 6 | Russian | 1.920 |
| 7 | German | 1.803 |
| 8 | Hindi | 1.600 |
| 9 | Dutch | 1.590 |
| 10 | Portuguese | 1.520 |
| 11 | French | 0.810 |
| 12 | Finnish | 0.700 |
| 13 | Norwegian | 0.700 |
| 14 | Romanian | 0.670 |
| 15 | Polish | 0.640 |
| 16 | Gujarati | 0.600 |
| 17 | Nepali | 0.560 |
| 18 | Greek | 0.550 |
| 19 | Italian | 0.470 |
| 20 | Korean | 0.360 |
| More Languages >> |
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