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3 hrs ago | Myrtle Beach Online

2 men arrested in killing over iPad in Las Vegas

Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas, police said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Ipad

6 hrs ago | Ananova

EU To Ban Olive Oil Bottles From Restaurants

The European Commission has declared that only non-refillable, pre-packaged factory bottles with tamperproof lids can be used from 2014.

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10 hrs ago | The Orlando Sentinel

05/20: Progressions

Ramon Cintron was hired as an employment specialist for the Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program at Goodwill Industries of Central Florida.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

14 hrs ago | Forbes.com

Steve Jobs: 5 (More) Motivational Business Tips

Steve Jobs: 6 Tried-And-True Business Tips , it was difficult to select from the hundreds of motivational comments Mr.

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Related Topix: Steve Jobs

19 hrs ago | SFGate

PG&E San Bruno costs adding up.

State utility regulators are mulling a proposal - well, several proposals - to slap Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

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Related Topix: Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric, San Bruno, CA

Sat May 18, 2013

Fox News

An Independent Scotland More Vulnerable to Financial Shocks - UK Treasury

An independent Scotland would have an exceptionally large banking sector, compared with the size of the rest of its economy, making it vulnerable to financial shocks and putting Scottish taxpayers at significant risk in the event of the country being hit by another banking crisis, the U.K. Treasury said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom

Fox News

Former BMO Analyst to Pay C$1.2 Million to Settle Insider-Trading Charges

A former investment-banking analyst at a unit of Bank of Montreal agreed to pay a total of 1.2 million Canadian dollars among other penalties to settle insider-trading charges, as Canada's biggest securities regulators continue to clamp down on inappropriate trading activity.

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Related Topix: Bank of Montreal, Banking, Financial Services, US Securities and Exchange Commission

The Modesto Bee

Ex-Groupon CEO working 9 to 5 on business album

Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business music." Mason said Thursday on his blog that he recently spent a week in Los Angeles and recorded a collection of seven songs called "Hardly Workin'." Mason said he wants to present business wisdom to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Groupon

Hollywood Reporter

Cannes: Worldview Options Andrew Dominik's Marilyn Monroe Pic 'Blond'

CAA packaged the project and is representing domestic rights, while Wild Bunch is shopping the project to foreign buyers in Cannes.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Marilyn Monroe, Vocal

The Modesto Bee

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald's, bigger than Coca-Cola. And it was all made possible by our friendships, photos and family ties.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Mark Zuckerberg, Menlo Park, CA

Hollywood Reporter

Casting Call: 'Tomorrowland,' 'Transcendence' Add Actors

George Clooney, Raffey Cassidy and Hugh Laurie are the stars in the movie that has a release date of Dec.

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Related Topix: Ambient, Tomorrowland, The Switch, Celebrities, Jason Bateman

Fri May 17, 2013

Reuters

U.S. FCC nominee Wheeler to divest telecoms holdings if confirmed

Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.

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Related Topix: Federal Communications Commission, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Wireless

TheStreet.com

Food Trends At Their Freshest in San Diego

After one bite, however, I knew my taste buds had landed on one of my favorite new spring dishes in San Diego.

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Related Topix: Dining, Life, Food, Seafood

Hollywood Reporter

Carole King to Receive Gershwin Prize at Star-Studded White House Concert

King, a long-time Democratic activist, will also appear at a Library of Congress ceremony next week honoring her contribution to popular music.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Hollywood Reporter

Canada's TSN Gets Exclusive Access to U.S. Open in 2015

But ESPN's new 11-year deal means TSN becomes the only Canadian destination for tennis fans north of the border from 2015.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, US Open, Tennis

Fox News

Financial Times Suffers Cyber Attack

Pearson's Financial Times reported Friday that several of its blogs and social media accounts were "compromised by hackers." The announcement, initially made through the U.K.-based business publication's Twitter account, was also confirmed by FOX Business through a Financial Times spokesperson.

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Related Topix: Computer Security, Science / Technology, Publishing, Pearson, Twitter

TheStreet.com

Air Force Targets $50M Savings With Apple iPads

The lightweight Apple tablet has opened the door to more than $50 million in cost savings over the next 10 years, according to the military.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, US Air Force

Hollywood Reporter

Gawker Lands Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in Crack Cocaine Videotape Scandal

In a Thursday night post, Gawker's John Cook said the video is for sale and shows Ford allegedly inhaling from a crack pipe within the last six months.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

Ananova

LulzSec 'Hactivists' Jailed For Cyber Attacks

Members of a group of British computer hackers who masterminded sophisticated cyber attacks on major global institutions from their bedrooms have been jailed.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Greater London County, England,

Ananova

Cameron Set For Talks With Google's Schmidt

David Cameron will meet next week with Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google, just days after a fresh political row erupted over the internet search giant's UK tax affairs.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

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