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Arrest Made After FedEx Sends Drug To Wrong Place
Do No Evil – FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company.
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Microsoft Poisons the World Wide Web with Fake Marketing…
Gadgets & Tech – This practice was officially made illegal in Europe just a few weeks ago.
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Will ruling on fakes leave honest sellers holding the bag?
Shopping – It's the $61-million question. What will be the impact of this week's French court decision ordering eBay to pay the aforementioned amount (Ã;¢ââ;¬Å¡Ã;¬38.6-million) to LVMH for damages due to the…
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Gallup Daily: Obama Leads by 5 Points, 47% to 42%
Politics – National registered voters continue to favor Barack Obama by a slim margin over John McCain, 47% to 42%, according to Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted right before the July 4 holiday.
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Electronic Papyrus: The Digital Book, Unfurled
Gadgets & Tech – CONSUMERS like large displays on the mobile devices they use for reading an e-mail message or an e-book, but they also like to tuck those devices into their pockets. But the bigger the screen on a cellphone or an…
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Review: Dungeons and Desktops
Books – Dungeons and Desktops chronicles the rise and fall of the Computer RPG industry, from Akalabeth to Zelda. While the bulk of the book is devoted to the genre's 'Golden Age' in the late '80s and early '90s, author…
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Love, at $120 a tank
Autos – Too bad for Hummer there aren't more highwaymenout there. The once-fashionable General Motors brand is hurting big-time. New figures compiled by Autodata show it is the worst-selling automotive brand in America,…
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Cuban spies' ranks on rise in Florida
News – An American spy-catcher says Cuba has rebuilt its network of spies in Florida to pre-Wasp Network levels -- or about 210 agents.
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US ambassador vouches for Italy's scandal-hit Brunello wine
Food – US Ambassador to Italy Ronald Spogli on Thursday vouched for the purity of the famous Tuscan wine Brunello di Montalcino, hit by suspicions of tampering to please the American palate.
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Author picks coolest hotel rooms to stay
Books – From rooms decked out with a soundstage to concierges who can arrange impromptu tango lessons, trend spotter and author Bill Tikos has roamed the globe to find hotels that offer a unique, and luxurious, experience.
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FISA debate: Americans have a president, not a king
Politics – Where did people get the idea that the U.S. President has the power to "order" private citizens to do anything, let alone to break the law? How did this warped and distinctly un-American mentality get implanted…
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Bentley feels the slowdown as sales of new cars falter …
Autos – Sales of new cars in Britain fell last month at their sharpest rate this year as the drop in consumer confidence reached the showrooms.
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Senator in Batman film
Movies – Holy Beltway, Batman! Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) has a part in the next Batman movie.
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PokerStars launches new video site
Popular Videos – PokerStars has launched a new video site, featuring interviews with all of their sponsored pro players, plus strategy lessons from players like Daniel Negreanu and Greg Raymer.
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Young designer joins couture pantheon
Shopping – Designer Alessandra Facchinetti on Wednesday dispelled any doubts about her ability to fill legendary designer Valentino's shoes, drawing warm applause for her first-ever haute couture collection for the Italian…
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Danish island powered entirely by green energy
Science – In this week's New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert wrote about the Danish isle of SamsÃ;¸, which over the past 10 years, has gone from exclusively using fossil fuel energy sources, to living exclusively off renewable…
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Olympic spirit distilled in art
Art & Design – The Olympic spirit is being distilled in art all around the country. One noteworthy example is a group of artistic Chinese farmers. They use agricultural products, like beans and dough, to mould works of art, based…
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Triad Mom Uses Art To Change Autism
Do No Evil – Virginia Kassay says art can change autism. Virginia Kassay unveiled her art to the community Thursday night in Reidsville. Kassay took up painting three years ago to help her autistic daughter Emily.
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Why Canada is the Best Haven From Climate Change
Science – Canada is the best place to move to if you want to be a climate change survivor in the decades ahead (although Britain is also a good place to be as a warming atmosphere takes hold).
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Children Punished for Not Praying in School
Religion – An education authority is investigating claims that two school pupils were punished for refusing to kneel down and pray to Allah during a religious education lesson.
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Gem dealers who cater to the rich say times are good
Money – Some high-end jewelers have noticed a decrease in the total number of shoppers, but say the customers who do come in are spending more.
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Decades Later, Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch?
Science – Some of psychology's most famous experiments are those that expose the skull beneath the skin, the apparent cowardice or depravity pooling in almost every heart.
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Mom Fighting for Children Defends Her 'White Pride'
Family – She says she is the victim of a state run amok, persecuted for holding political views that are outside the mainstream.
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Nuclear fallout used to spot fake art
Art & Design – Scientists and art historians have developed what they say is a foolproof way of identifying forged works of art. They can distinguish between art created before 1945 and that produced after that date by measuring…
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Canadian Soldier Found Dead at Camp Mirage
News – A Canadian soldier has been found dead at a Persian Gulf military base.
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