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- Cole Hamels Pays a $468,750 Price for Honesty
- Turlington Burns: This Mother's Day, Disappear in Solidarity
- What I've Learned at Microsoft
- VIDEO: Expats turning away from Spanish dream
- VIDEO: Francois Hollande facing EU battle
- VIDEO: Greece struggling to form government
- Israeli president: Early election canceled
- Al-Jazeera says China has expelled reporter
- Australia forecasting budget surplus in new year
- Ruling party ousted in Bahamas election
- Netanyahu forges unity government, election delayed
- Australia Posts Trade Deficit
- Ex-College Coach Explains Why High School Sports Should Die
- The Atlantic Names Its New Business News Site: 'Quartz.' Quartz? Yep. Quartz.
- Madonna Will Start International Tour Without an Album on the Charts
- U.S., China Discuss Cyber Threats
- China dissident Chen says officials must face justice
- "Dictator" Press Conference: "Kim Karsdashian Is Unbelievably Hairy" Also: "Chavez Died a Month Ago"
- Hollande casts doubt on austerity
- 'It's the Greek economy, stupid'
| Cole Hamels Pays a $468,750 Price for Honesty Posted: 07 May 2012 10:36 PM PDT The truth may set you free, but sometimes it ain?t cheap. As Cole Hamels found out Monday afternoon. After admitting that he intentionally hit Washington Nationals teen sensation Bryce Harper in an effort to ?welcome him to the big leagues?, Major League Baseball suspended Mr. Hamels for 5 gameswhich amounts to only one start. But ...
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| Turlington Burns: This Mother's Day, Disappear in Solidarity Posted: 07 May 2012 10:31 PM PDT In an interview with former model, author and advocate for maternal and child health Christy Turlington Burns, we discussed the founding of her organization Every Mother Counts, lessons she's learned around advocating for global change, her new campaign titled "No Mothers Day", advice to the class of 2012, and much more. Every Mother Counts is ...
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| What I've Learned at Microsoft Posted: 07 May 2012 10:17 PM PDT I'll always remember my friends' faces, when, nearly 7 years ago I announced I was moving to to go work for . ??I was leaving to be part of the nascent team and for someone who had spent his career in the Silicon Valley, the move was counterintuitive. As I am now getting ready to ...
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| VIDEO: Expats turning away from Spanish dream Posted: 07 May 2012 10:47 PM PDT Spain has long been the destination of choice for Britons who want to make a new life in the sun, but last year emigration rose above immigration for the first time since 1990.
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| VIDEO: Francois Hollande facing EU battle Posted: 07 May 2012 10:43 PM PDT French President-elect Francois Hollande is to start work on forming a new government, after telling supporters his victory gave hope of an end to austerity.
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| VIDEO: Greece struggling to form government Posted: 07 May 2012 10:35 PM PDT The leader of Greece's far-left is to try to form a government after parties backing an international bailout deal failed to assemble a coalition.
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| Israeli president: Early election canceled Posted: 07 May 2012 09:58 PM PDT
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| Al-Jazeera says China has expelled reporter Posted: 07 May 2012 08:27 PM PDT Al-Jazeera's sole English-language reporter in China has been expelled, the pan-Arab news network said Tuesday. It's the first time since 1998 that Beijing has kicked out an accredited foreign journalist.
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| Australia forecasting budget surplus in new year Posted: 07 May 2012 08:29 PM PDT Australia's government is preparing to reveal a spending plan that would make it the first major developed economy to return to a budget surplus after the global financial crisis.
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| Ruling party ousted in Bahamas election Posted: 07 May 2012 10:24 PM PDT NASSAU (Reuters) - Opposition leader Perry Christie claimed a convincing general election victory in the Bahamas after prime minister Hubert Ingraham conceded defeat late on Monday night.
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| Netanyahu forges unity government, election delayed Posted: 07 May 2012 10:20 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - In a surprise maneuver, Israel's parliament postponed plans to vote for an early national election on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forged a deal for a broader coalition with the centrist Kadima party, officials said.
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| Posted: 07 May 2012 09:33 PM PDT Australia posted its third-straight trade deficit in March as shipments of key exports such as coal and iron ore once again fell.
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| Ex-College Coach Explains Why High School Sports Should Die Posted: 07 May 2012 09:18 PM PDT Len Stevens is a former men?s college basketball coach ( State and Nevada) and high school coach who is now executive director of the ? (Nev.) Chamber of Commerce, and he has an idea about what to do regarding high school sports: kill them. Stevens doesn?t hate high school sports. Instead, he sees the growing ...
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| The Atlantic Names Its New Business News Site: 'Quartz.' Quartz? Yep. Quartz. Posted: 07 May 2012 09:03 PM PDT Naming a new website in the year 2012 requires a fair amount of creativity and compromise. All the obvious good domains have been taken, and plenty of the bad ones, too. Atlantic Media went heavy on the creativity in naming the business news site it plans to launch later this year.
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| Madonna Will Start International Tour Without an Album on the Charts Posted: 07 May 2012 08:24 PM PDT And that?s it. Madonna?s ?MDNA? is gone from the top 50 of any charts as of this week. Hitsdailydouble.com has dropped it out of its top 50. Amazon.com has the physical CD at number 63. All versions of the downloadable album are gone from view. iTunes has it around number 250. Apparently, very few people ...
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| U.S., China Discuss Cyber Threats Posted: 07 May 2012 08:55 PM PDT Asserting that cyberattacks against the U.S. don't come only from China, the U.S. and Chinese defense ministers said they will work together on cyber issues to avoid miscalculations that could lead to future crises.
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| China dissident Chen says officials must face justice Posted: 07 May 2012 09:00 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng has demanded the central Chinese government punish officials he blames for false imprisonment and years of persecution, saying on Tuesday that relatives remain under threat despite the international uproar over him.
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| "Dictator" Press Conference: "Kim Karsdashian Is Unbelievably Hairy" Also: "Chavez Died a Month Ago" Posted: 07 May 2012 07:56 PM PDT This morning?s press briefing at the Waldorf for Sacha Baron Cohen?s ?The Dictator? was short but incredibly funny. Thanks to Jeffrey Peter Bradford, who covered it for us due to a family commitment. Jeffrey even took pictures?some are attached. Cohen was hilarious. He poked fun at everyone from Kim Kardashian to , claimed to have ...
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| Hollande casts doubt on austerity Posted: 07 May 2012 08:35 PM PDT The election of François Hollande as president of France prompted German Chancellor Angela Merkel to lay down red lines about Europe's future and invite him to Berlin for talks.
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| 'It's the Greek economy, stupid' Posted: 07 May 2012 08:35 PM PDT Greece and France turn to new leaders as frustrations over the European economy drive voters to desperation.
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