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'Faster-than-light' particles spark science drama
A general view of the detector "OPERA" at the LNGS (Gran Sasso National Laboratory) near L'Aquila, central Italy in this undated handout photograph. – Photo by Reuters PARIS: Oh Albert. Did you get it wrong? In 2011, physics was shaken by an experiment which said the Universe's speed limit, enshrined by Einstein in his 1905 [...]
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The BBC: less trustworthy, more dangerous than a cannibal polar bear
See! Global Warming is REAL! (Photo: Reuters) Today's endangered polar bear story du jour comes, you won't be at all surprised to hear, from the BBC's news website. An "environmental photojournalist" named Jenny E Ross took a photograph of a polar bear eating a cub – and concluded, as of course any self-respecting environmental photojournalist [...]
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Kristin Cavallari engaged again
Jay Cutler, quarterback for the Chicago Bears, poses with girlfriend, actress Kristin Cavallari, at the premiere of the film "Source Code" in Hollywood, California March 28, 2011. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) It looks like the Hills star is ready to walk down the aisle. After getting engaged, breaking up, and getting engaged [...]
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Jones and Paltrow 'Least Influential'
Actresses January Jones and Gwyneth Paltrow. (REUTERS) Change text size for the story Print this story Actresses January Jones and Gwyneth Paltrow have been spoofed as two of the Least Influential People of 2011. Editors at GQ magazine have followed up Barbara Walters' annual list of The 10 Most Fascinating People of the year by [...]
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Best Buy Encourages Holiday Shoppers to Check-in for Charity
* Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release. Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:12pm EST Best Buy to donate $2 to Boys & Girls Club of America for every Facebook Check-in made while visiting any U.S. Best Buy storeNov. 18 through Nov. 27 MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 15, 2011 – This holiday season Best [...]
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Bollywood's Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has baby girl
NEW DELHI, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has given birth to a baby girl, her husband Abhishek Bachchan announced on Twitter on Wednesday. While the baby's father just said "it's a girl," her proud grandfather Amitabh Bachchan — a veteran actor and head of Bollywood's most famous family — could barely [...]
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Early deficit could be hard for Jets or Broncos to overcome
Reuters After last year's 10-6 record, the bar had moved up for the Buccaneers in 2011. At 4-5 through nine games, the Bucs are showing signs of stress and strain. Recently, the Bucs have been pushing the fact that they have a difficult schedule, even though their schedule is virtually identical to the schedules assigned [...]
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La Nina weak for now but likely to strengthen – WMO
GENEVA | Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:39pm IST GENEVA (Reuters) – La Nina, a weather phenomenon usually linked to heavy rains and flooding in Asia-Pacific and South America and drought in Africa, has re-emerged and is likely to persist into early 2012, the World Meterological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. However, it is "very unlikely" [...]
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PRESS DIGEST – New York Times business news – Nov 14
Mon Nov 14, 2011 1:37am EST Nov 14 (Reuters) – The New York Times reported thefollowing stories on its business pages on Monday. Reuters hasnot verified these stories and does not vouch for theiraccuracy. * Facing a reaction from an angry public and heightenedscrutiny from regulators, banks are turning to all sorts of feesthat fly [...]
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World of Warcraft Loses 2 Million Subscribers in a Year
World of Warcraft's eventual demise, at least as we currently know it, was probably inevitable. Even the most storied massively-multiplayer games have shelf lives. So to hear that Activision Blizzard lost around 800,000 subscribers in its latest quarter—a drop from 11.1 million to 10.3 million subs worldwide—shouldn't be a jaw-dropper. The game will be seven [...]
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Gloria Allred Joins Herman Cain Sexual Harassment Fray, Presents Fourth Accuser
Gloria Allred entered the Herman Cain sexual harassment scandal Monday, introducing a fourth accuser who says that Cain made inapporpriate advances more than a decade ago. Allred charged Cain with “actively lying to Americans” and said that when the accuser, Sharon Bialek, asked for a job, “Mr. Cain instead decided to try to provide her [...]
