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- Early TV Ratings Records Justify (so far) NBC's Approach to 2012 London Olympics
- VIDEO: Pussy Riot band in court
- VIDEO: Myrtle Avenue: Plane-spotters' paradise
- Security in focus as Clinton heads to Africa
- Japan utility gets $12.8B nuclear crisis bailout
- Texting While Walking? Think Twice
- Australia finds record drug haul among Thai terracotta pots
- Security in focus as Clinton heads to Africa
- Top Technology Job Trends of 2012 Include Social Media, HTML5, jQuery, Hadoop and PaaS
- Australia finds record drug haul among Thai terracotta pots
- Peter Jackson Confirms 'The Hobbit' Will Be A Trilogy
- Assange mom says WikiLeaks founder suffering
- Syrian fighting rages in crucial Aleppo
- Where Jonah Lehrer Went Astray
- Australians To Spend $2.6 Billion Celebrating The London Olympics
- THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FRESCOED SUITE IN FLORENCE?
- You Can't Fix Stupid: The Iraqi Dinar Scam Lives
- Cost Effective U.S. And World Energy Resources Are Evolving Away From Nuclear And Toward Natural Gas
- Regulators Target Day-Trading Firm
- Taiwan GDP Unexpectedly Shrinks
| Early TV Ratings Records Justify (so far) NBC's Approach to 2012 London Olympics Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:06 PM PDT In the spirit and voice of a flabbergasted Jim Mora: "Tape delay? Don't talk about...tape delay? You kiddin' me...tape delay?" Or in the spirit and voice of an exasperated Allen Iverson: "We talkin' bout tape delay. Not the live broadcast, not the live broadcast. We talkin' bout tape delay." I sense Mr. Mora [...]
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| VIDEO: Pussy Riot band in court Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:09 AM PDT Members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot have pleaded not guilty to charges of hooliganism.
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| VIDEO: Myrtle Avenue: Plane-spotters' paradise Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:27 PM PDT A west London street is an ideal vantage point to see planes flying in and out of nearby Heathrow Airport.
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| Security in focus as Clinton heads to Africa Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:02 PM PDT
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| Japan utility gets $12.8B nuclear crisis bailout Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:00 PM PDT The Japanese utility that operates the nuclear power plant sent into meltdown by last year's tsunami says it has received a trillion yen ($12.8 billion) public bailout.
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| Texting While Walking? Think Twice Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:39 PM PDT Texting (Photo credit: Jhaymesisviphotography) The next time you set out on your walk down the street, beware of the dangers to you as well as others as you play your video game, listen to your favorite song, or text your friends. Watch your steps carefully because you could face the prospects [...]
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| Australia finds record drug haul among Thai terracotta pots Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:49 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police on Tuesday seized a record half a tonne of the drug ice and heroin worth up to A$500 million ($525 million) hidden in a shipment of terracotta pots from Thailand. Seven people, including four from Hong Kong, were arrested after a year-long investigation following a tip-off from U.S. authorities, police said. The 306 kg of methamphetamine, also known as ice, was Australia's biggest seizure of the drug, while the 252 kg of heroin was the nation's third largest-haul of heroin. ...
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| Security in focus as Clinton heads to Africa Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departs this week on a trip that will take her both to Africa's newest nation, South Sudan, and on a visit to the continent's elder statesman, 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.    
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| Top Technology Job Trends of 2012 Include Social Media, HTML5, jQuery, Hadoop and PaaS Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:34 PM PDT I recently stumbled upon Indeed's top job trends site. The site features an itemized list of the fastest growing keywords found within job postings across millions of jobs from thousands of job sites. It provides a particularly good insight into some of higher growth areas of the technology job market. The results [...]
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| Australia finds record drug haul among Thai terracotta pots Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:49 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police on Tuesday seized a record half a tonne of the drug ice and heroin worth up to A$500 million ($525 million) hidden in a shipment of terracotta pots from Thailand.   
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| Peter Jackson Confirms 'The Hobbit' Will Be A Trilogy Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:48 PM PDT Previously slated to be two films, Peter Jackson's Hobbit has grown into a trilogy.
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| Assange mom says WikiLeaks founder suffering Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:02 PM PDT
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| Syrian fighting rages in crucial Aleppo Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:32 PM PDT Government forces claim to have stormed rebel-held Salaheddin district, but Free Syrian Army commanders deny the loss.
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| Where Jonah Lehrer Went Astray Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:40 PM PDT The news that Jonah Lehrer fabricated and/or mashed up quotes from Bob Dylan is distressing not just because it was objectively crazy and self-destructive, but because Lehrer is more than just a journalist or even a bestselling author. He is a brand unto himself. And his fall shows what can [...]
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| Australians To Spend $2.6 Billion Celebrating The London Olympics Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:27 PM PDT You remember him (AP). The Aussies know how to party. A new study found that Aussie sports fans plan to spend an average of $154 each, or a total of $2.6 billion, celebrating the London Olympics. More than two-thirds of Australians are planning to spend $500 million celebrating Aussie medal wins, with most [...]
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| THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FRESCOED SUITE IN FLORENCE? Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:18 PM PDT Il Salviatino There are rooms in luxury hotels that carry their own air of mystery. Such is The Alfresco Suite at Il Salviatino in Florence, an aristocratic palazzo that has been restored from the ravages of time—and they were severe—by Marcello Pigozzo. It is the first property in his new luxury [...]
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| You Can't Fix Stupid: The Iraqi Dinar Scam Lives Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:17 PM PDT In the words of popular comedian Ron White, "You can't fix stupid." That phrase, as elegant in its simplicity as it is frankly true, applies with special fervor to those who continue to believe that they are about to make millions, billions, or even trillions by investing in Iraqi dinars. Yes, [...]
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| Cost Effective U.S. And World Energy Resources Are Evolving Away From Nuclear And Toward Natural Gas Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:13 PM PDT GE's CEO Jeffrey Immelt bluntly assesses the high cost of nuclear power relative to natural gas, wind and solar power.
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| Regulators Target Day-Trading Firm Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:47 PM PDT A planned Finra settlement with the former owner of Toronto day-trading firm Swift Trade shows how globalized trading, in which firms buy and sell stocks from locations around the world, is stretching regulators' ability to police the markets.
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| Taiwan GDP Unexpectedly Shrinks Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:19 PM PDT Taiwan's economy unexpectedly shrank in the second quarter from a year earlier, the first on-year contraction since 2009, as exports and consumption sagged.
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