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Apple pays Swiss rail $21million over clock dispute: report
US tech giant Apple has dished out 20 million Swiss francs ($21 million, 17 million euros) to compensate Swiss national rail operator SBB for using its famous clock without permission, a Swiss daily...
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Harris-Perry to OH Secretary of State: Voters won’t forget suppression attempts
Saturday morning on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry,” author, Tulane professor and host Melissa Harris-Perry directed this week’s weekly open letter segment to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted. In it,...
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Two Afghan soldiers attack US-led NATO forces
Two Afghan soldiers attacked US-led NATO forces (ISAF) in western Afghanistan on Saturday — injuring a Spanish soldier — in the latest “insider” attack in the country, officials said. An ISAF...
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Obama to get reelection gift of truffle weighing more than a kilo
A small Italian village renowned for its white truffles announced Saturday it would give US President Barack Obama a record specimen weighing in at more than a kilo as a reelection present. “A...
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Rep. Allen West finally loses reelection, refuses to concede
Freshman Republican firebrand Rep. Allen West (FL) has all but officially lost his reelection bid, with the state of Florida releasing complete vote tallies Saturday that showed him trailing...
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Director General of BBC resigns over erroneous news report
Society,Technology,UK News,Media: BBC in crisis as George Entwistle quits over Newsnight fiasco (1081) GUARDIAN NEWS SERVICE A399181363 Lisa O’Carroll, The Observer www.guardiannews.com The BBC has...
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Kuwait celebrates constitution with record-breaking fireworks display
Kuwait on Saturday marked the golden jubilee of its constitution with a spectacular $15-million fireworks display which earned the wealthy Gulf state a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. “I...
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Ecuador’s President Correa to run for third term
Ecuador President Rafael Correa officially announced Saturday that he would run for a third term in February elections — a contest in which he is expected to be the runaway favorite. “We are in the...
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Texas GOP official: state should secede from ‘maggots’ who reelected Obama
A Texas Republican Party official was so distraught over President Obama’s reelection that he suggested the state secede from the rest of the nation and all of the terrible people who supported...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. reportedly seeking plea deal in exchange for resignation
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) is reportedly pursuing a plea deal to end his legal troubles with the federal government and, in doing so, end his tenure as a United States Representative. According to...
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Japan nuclear plant on fault line may be next Fukushima, says geologist
Japan’s only working nuclear power plant sits on what may be a seismic fault in the earth’s crust, a geologist has warned, saying it is “very silly” to allow it to continue operating. Mitsuhisa...
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Obama to Palestinian leader: U.S. opposes U.N. membership
US President Barack Obama told Mahmud Abbas on Sunday that his administration opposes a Palestinian bid for non-state membership of the UN, the Palestinian leader’s spokesman said. “There was a long...
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Gay rights advocates to push Obama on discrimination ban
Gay rights activists refuse to sit on their laurels after winning multiple ballot measures on Election Day, instead planning to push President Obama to sign an executive order to protect employment...
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Colorado marijuana push used old-fashioned politics to win
While it may be difficult for some to imagine a well-organized push to legalize marijuana, the Colorado movement to convince citizens of the state’s recently-passed ballot measure’s merits was much...
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Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey in terror
Thousands of Kurds have fled Syrian army attacks on the strategic town of Ras al-Ain on the Turkish border, running for their lives after their homes were shelled and the corpses of fighters left...
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Major flood sweeps through Venice
Heavy rains that hit Italy this weekend rained down on Venice especially hard, flooding the famous canal city. It’s one of six major floods to hit Venice since 1872. About 70 percent of the city is...
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Electric car’s future? Turn the frame into a battery
The size and weight of electric car batteries have long posed a problem for the feasibility of such automobiles, as they cause drag and distance issues. But some scientists are moving towards turning...
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Long Island residents protest power outages
Long Island residents protested power outages on Nov. 10 outside the Long Island Power Authority, as 170,000 people in the area have no power, reported Reuters. One sign reads, “LIPA Please help us —...
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Dozen feared dead in Myanmar earthquake
An earthquake that hit central Myanmar has left multiple people dead, reported Reuters. At least 12 may have died in the 6.8 magnitude earthquake, the Associated Press reported. The epicenter struck...
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‘Invisibility cloak’ effort reaches new landmark
A so-called ‘invisibility cloak’ succeeded in making a centimeter-scale cylinder perfectly invisible to microwaves — from one direction, reported the BBC. “It’s like the card people in Alice in...
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