Saturday, February 1, 2014

Australians protest planned shark culling

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SYDNEY -- Thousands of people rallied across Australia Saturday against a controversial shark culling policy designed to prevent attacks,...

Academy award winning actor Maximilian Schell dies aged 83

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VIENNA I Austrian actor Maximilian Schell, who won an Academy Award for his role as a German defence attorney in the 1961 film “Judgment ...

Wall Street Week Ahead: Stocks may face pain, though buyers remain

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NEW YORK - Investors may crave a quiet market this coming week to digest the recent volatility in stocks and rehash Sunday's Super Bo...

China reports H7N9 death, more cases

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GUANGZHOU - China reported another human H7N9 death and three more new cases, including two boys, on Saturday. An 82-year-old man died of...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Wall Street sells off after Fed sticks with stimulus cuts

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NEW YORK - U.S. stocks dropped more than 1 percent on Wednesday, hitting session lows after the Federal Reserve stuck with its plan to sc...

Amid Durant vs LeBron hype, Thunder cruise to easy victory over Heat

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MIAMI — The individual matchup between the NBA’s top two candidates for MVP did not disappoint. But the battle between the reigning two-t...

Pope Francis lands cover of 'Rolling Stone'

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Pope Francis is taking his place alongside the icons of American popular culture by appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, whi...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Smile, you’re now on Google Street View camera

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MANILA, Philippines — The online search giant Google will now deploy its vehicles to the country to capture street-level imagery as well ...

Lea Salonga heads all-star line-up of acclaimed symphonic concert

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Lea Salonga believes there should be no let-up in the fundraising efforts for the survivors of typhoon Yolanda. “There are lots of people...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Banking apps on Android phones most at risk of virus: Kaspersky

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JERUSALEM — Banking applications on Android phones are most vulnerable to cyber crime, the chief executive and co-founder of Russian anti...