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Fox Business host: Maybe ‘something about the female brain’ makes women bad...

Fox Business host Stuart Varney on Monday addressed the lack of women executives in the technology industry by suggesting that there was “something about the female brain” that deterred companies from...

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Young Conservatives of Texas to hold ‘Catch an Illegal Immigrant’ event on...

The University of Texas at Austin chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) will be holding a “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game” on campus Wednesday. According to event’s Facebook page, “[t]here...

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Uruguay’s marijuana legalization law could set new tone for war on drugs in...

Inhaling deeply from a large joint of unadulterated cannabis, Marcelo Vasquez grins at the imminent prospect of his outlawed passion becoming Uruguay’s newest state-sanctioned industry. This week, the...

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MySpace founder says Rupert Murdoch ruined the once-popular website

Chris DeWolfe has given an illuminating interview to the Daily Telegraph’s Katherine Rushton. The co-creator and former chief executive of MySpace accused Rupert Murdoch of ruining the social network...

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Fun-loving UT students planning hilarious “Tag! You’re a beaner!” campus...

Thanksgiving is right around the corner which means that thousands of college students will be going home for the holidays where they will horrify their parents with how much weight they have gained...

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Fox News guest: Mary Cheney should respect Liz’s rights and keep ‘gay agenda’...

Fox News guest Lars Larson on Monday blasted Mary Cheney after she and her same sex partner posted on Facebook that they had been insulted when sister, Liz Cheney, told Fox News that they didn’t...

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U.N. Assembly cheers as Palestinians cast first vote

The Palestinians voted for the first time at the UN General Assembly Monday and claimed the moment as a new step in its quest for full recognition by the global body. Most of the 193 members of the...

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Researchers link extended birth control use to glaucoma risk

Women who have taken birth control pills for three years or more face twice the risk of developing the eye disease glaucoma, a top cause of blindness, researchers said Monday. The study was based on...

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Let’s kill defenseless large animals with Melissa Bachman!

TV host and hunter Melissa Bachman has been getting a lot of heat ever since that nosy bastard comedian Ricky Gervais whined after he found a photo of Melissa posing with a South African lion she’d put...

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Google will pay U.S. $17 million in privacy settlement

Google has agreed to pay $17 million to settle an investigation by US states into its use of unauthorized tracking software on Apple Safari Web browsers, officials said Monday. New York State Attorney...

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Indonesia reports 163rd death from H1N1 virus

An Indonesian woman living near the capital Jakarta has died of bird flu, the health ministry said, the latest death from H5N1 in the country hardest hit by the virus. The 31-year-old housewife from...

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‘Wildcat’ strike grounds scores of Brussel Airlines flights

Strike actions by Brussels Airlines pilots grounded scores of flights on Monday to and from mainly European destinations, the company said. “Due to a wildcat strike action of a number of our pilots, we...

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Activist ‘Reverend’ Billy Talen: JPMorgan Chase ‘is basically the government...

Reverend Billy Talen, founder of the Church of Stop Shopping, faces up to a year in jail over a protest at a Manhattan branch of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Metro reported. Talen and Nehemiah Luckett, his...

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Yahoo vows to encrypt website traffic

Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer on Monday said the Internet firm will begin encrypting data to protect users from online snooping. By April of next year, Yahoo will have encryption in place to protect...

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Spain will continue seeking damages over Prestige oil disaster

Spain will appeal for damages over the Prestige tanker disaster which choked its northwest coast in oil, the government said Monday, after a court acquitted all defendants of causing the spill. The...

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Martin Bashir apologizes for ‘wholly unacceptable’ remarks about Sarah Palin

MSNBC host Martin Bashir opened his show on Monday by delivering an apology to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) for calling her a “world-class idiot” and saying she would be “the outstanding...

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Argentinian President Kirchner returns to work after brain surgery

Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner was back at work Monday after a six-week medical leave following surgery for a blood clot on her brain. Kirchner, 60, “is carrying out her duties at the Olivos...

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Mass surveillance tech market expands worldwide

Exclusive: One Dubai-based firm offers DIY system similar to GCHQ’s Tempora programme, which taps fibre-optic cables Private firms are selling spying tools and mass surveillance technologies to...

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Toronto City Council strips crack-smoking mayor of his powers

Facing his refusal to resign, the Toronto City Council voted on Monday to strip Mayor Rob Ford of most of his powers on Monday, a move Ford promised would lead to “outright war” during his 2014...

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Lance Armstrong seeks dismissal of fraud case

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong asked a federal judge to dismiss the US government’s fraud case against him in a hearing Monday, claiming prosecutors missed statute of limitations deadlines to file....

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