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‘They’re blackmailing us’: Online retailer bills Utah couple $3,500 for...
A Utah couple is facing an uphill legal battle after being slapped with a $3,500 fine by an online retailer for posting a negative review of the company years after it failed to ship the products they...
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Three undiscovered J.D. Salinger stories are leaked online
Three short stories by American writer JD Salinger have been leaked mysteriously onto the Internet, calling into question his copyright but shedding new light on the late literary recluse. Salinger won...
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Apple complains about court-appointed e-books monitor
Apple wants to rein in the pay and power of a monitor hired to watch over the company as punishment for conviction in an e-book price-fixing case. In court paperwork available online Friday, Apple...
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Yemen’s president warns southern secessionists not to disrupt country’s ‘unity’
emeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi warned Friday against any attempt to undermine his country’s unity, after southern secessionists pulled out of a national dialogue with the central government. “I...
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Honduran leftist presidential candidate vows to deliver proof of election fraud
Honduran leftist presidential candidate Xiomara Castro vowed Friday to deliver proof of the fraud she claims cheated her out of the presidency. The electoral authorities called Sunday’s election in...
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Colombian FARC rebels say they taxed coca growers
Colombia’s FARC rebels acknowledged Friday that they collected taxes from coca cultivators but rejected accusations of “narco-terrorism.” “We saw ourselves forced to set up a system of fiscal...
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Astronomy community rallies behind ‘Zombie comet’ ISON
Zombie comet: Is Comet ISON really dead? Maybe not. (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor) Comet ISON (l.) approaches the sun on Nov. 25. The comet appeard to break up when it rounded the sun on...
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U.S. citizen imprisoned in Dubai over ‘gangsta’ parody video
A U.S citizen and former Minnesota resident has been in jail in Dubai since April 2013 for a video he made last year about poking fun at a group of suburban would-be tough guys. KARE-TV reported that...
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Police helicopter crashes ‘like a stone’ into Glasgow pub
A helicopter believed to be operated by the police crashed into the roof of a pub in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Friday, causing multiple injuries, lawmakers and witnesses said. Firefighters,...
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China scrambles jets after U.S. and Japan enter air zone
China on Friday scrambled fighter jets to monitor a dozen US and Japanese military aircraft which entered its new air defence zone, state media said. Beijing’s announcement last weekend of the air...
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Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson’s ex-husband has ‘no proof’ she took drugs
Multi-millionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi told a British court Friday he had no proof that his celebrity chef ex-wife Nigella Lawson took drugs — but admitted he had sent an email claiming she was...
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Tennessee man shoots and kills wife after argument over dead man’s shoes
A 70-year-old Tennessee man told authorities he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed his wife following an argument over her dead father’s shoes. The Columbia Daily Herald reported on Friday...
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52 killed in Iraq as fears mount of a return to sectarian warfare
A wave of violence Friday killed 52 people in Iraq, most of whom were kidnapped and shot dead with their corpses abandoned, in scenes harking back to Iraq’s sectarian war. The killings come amid a...
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Venezuela’s Maduro threatens shopkeepers in ongoing ‘economic war’
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vowed Friday to arrest shopkeepers who defy government price controls, the latest salvo in a populist “economic war” ahead of key municipal elections. Maduro...
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European Union rips Russia for scaring Ukraine out of trade pact
EU leaders slammed Russia on Friday for meddling in its affairs after Ukraine rejected a landmark accord with the European Union designed to draw the ex-Soviet state into the Western fold. The snub by...
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Seattle man used phantom business to steal thousands from food stamp funds
A Seattle man is due in court on Tuesday for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from “food stamp” holders through his company, but it’s unclear whether the business exists or if he’s even in...
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Pregnant trans groom weds in a legal first for Argentina
The bride was born a man. The groom was born a woman. And when the Argentine couple wed Friday, it was the first time in the country that a groom tied the knot pregnant. Argentina in 2010 was the first...
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French lawmakers approve new penalties for sex workers’ customers
French lawmakers on Saturday adopted a highly controversial provision in a bill that punishes clients of prostitutes amid fierce argument that the new measure will be counterproductive. Under the new...
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Obama jokes to Barbara Walters: I have ‘nowhere to go but up’
President says Obamacare ‘is going to be a legacy I am extraordinarily proud of’ despite problems with rollout Barack Obama said on Friday he has “nowhere to go but up”, as healthcare travails drive...
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All is not lost: Three reasons not to count President Obama out
The roll-out of the Affordable Care Act has hatched a spasm of obituaries for Obama’s second term, and more than a few for Liberalism as We Know It. That’s right, Error 404: Ideology Not Found. At...
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