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| Beijing's smog artist | | | A Dutch artist and designer has come up with a device he hopes will suck pollutants from Beijing's smog-cloaked skies, creating columns of clean air for the city's surgical-mask wearing residents. |
| Orcas in captivity | | | Gabriela Cowperthwaite, director of "Blackfish," talks about why she made the movie. |
| QA Turning On iTunes Menus | | | Windows 8 makes the iTunes menu bar optional, but a user can easily call it up. Plus, using voice commands with Google Now on Android phones. |
| Why disc drives are an endangered species | | | Could the phrase "burn a disc" soon be interred in the computing graveyard, resting peacefully alongside 8-bit graphics and the chirping, buzzing hum of a dial-up modem? Some of the most influential computer makers in the world say yes. |
| White House lists two dozen leaders to meet with Obama on deficit | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two dozen business, labor and civic leaders, including the chief executives of major U.S. corporations such as Ford, IBM and Wal-Mart, will meet President Barack Obama to discuss how to control the federal deficit, said the White House on Monday. |
| Why is this guy a top thinker? | | | In the past, author and NYU professor, Clay Shirky's predictions haven't always come true, but it appears he was on the money in 2011. Foreign Policy Magazine named Shirky one of their "Top 100 Global Thinkers," for his musings on social media's impact on revolutions, which we saw come to full fruition in the Arab Spring. |
| This Little LED of Mine | | | The common complaint about compact fluorescent lights, the harsh glow, may have an energy-efficient answer, especially as LED bulbs fall under $10 each. |
| In Bullying Case, Questions on N.F.L. Culture | | | The unfolding saga between the offensive linemen Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito of the Miami Dolphins is forcing the league to start defining the gray areas between pranks and bullying. |
| Endo buys Canada's Paladin to counter sliding sales | | | (Reuters) - U.S.-based specialty pharmaceutical company Endo Health Solutions Inc will buy Canadian peer Paladin Labs Inc to expand its presence in Canada and emerging markets, as generic competition for its top drugs squeeze sales. |
| Suspect Is Dead in New Jersey Mall Shooting | | | There were no injuries in the incident at Garden State Plaza mall, where the authorities said the suspect, Richard Shoop, 20, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. |
| CEE MARKETS 2-Leu down a touch after rate cut, c.banks in focus | | | * Romanian central bank cuts rates, space for more narrows * Polish, Czech central banks meeting this week * Telefonica CR shares fall after PPF deal By Marton Dunai and Jason Hovet BUDAPEST/PRAGUE, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The leu fell a touch on Tuesday when the Romanian central bank cut interest rates to a new record low, the first in a series rate setting meetings in central Europe this week. With rates across the region falling to record lows in the past year, borrowing costs |
| Shanghai's marriage market | | | Liu Jianle smiles as he spots a potential suitor for his recently divorced niece among a sea of white personal ads pegged to a board. |
| Bill would allow Brazil to decree local Internet data storage | | | BRASILIA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Brazil is pushing ahead with legislation that would force global Internet companies such as Google and Facebook to keep data on Brazilian users inside the country, despite opposition from the companies and in Congress. |
| Co-operative details bank rescue plan | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Co-operative Group has detailed a rescue plan for its banking arm, under which it will hand control of the unit to investors including U.S. hedge funds as part of a 1.5... |
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