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With PlayStation 4, Sony Aims for Return to Glory

New York Times
1 hour ago
Written by
Brian X. Chen
For the Sony Corporation, a tech industry also-ran, the moment of reckoning is here. Enlarge This Image. Brendan McDermid/Reuters.
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News Summary: New US effort to stem theft of trade secrets; concern on China ...

Washington Post - ‎14 minutes ago‎
ANTI-THEFT: The Obama administration announced a broad new effort to fight the growing theft of American trade secrets following fresh evidence linking cyberstealing to China's military.
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty: 'I Lived Off My Campaign'

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
WASHINGTON - Jesse L. Jackson Jr., the former Democratic representative from Illinois, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one felony fraud count in connection with his use of $750,000 in campaign money to pay for living expenses and buy items like stuffed ...
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Cry, the Misogynistic Country

New York Times - ‎50 minutes ago‎
JOHANNESBURG. Enlarge This Image. Peet Pienaar. Related. Pistorius Defense Rebuts Police Testimony at Bail Hearing (February 21, 2013).
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Federal Reserve unlikely to end stimulus efforts soon, minutes signal

Washington Post - ‎14 minutes ago‎
Fears that the Federal Reserve will withdraw its massive stimulus have been hanging over financial markets for months. Stocks on Wednesday tumbled on those concerns after minutes of a recent meeting showed growing debate about the initiative within the ...
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Brit Awards 2013: Emeli Sande, Mumford & Sons, Adele Win Big

Billboard - ‎1 hour ago‎
Female artists dominated the 2013 Brit Awards with Emeli Sandé and Adele taking home two of the biggest prizes. Emeli Sandé won best British female and the highly coveted British album title for her 2012 debut "Our Version of Events," while Adele collected ...
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Spy agencies scrounge for details on North Korean nuclear test

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
By Mark Hosenball and Jack Kim. WASHINGTON/SEOUL | Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:44pm EST. WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. and allied spy agencies have found no traces of telltale nuclear-related particles from North Korea's February 12 nuclear bomb ...
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Trial in Cyprus Gives Rare Look at Covert Work of Hezbollah

New York Times - ‎10 minutes ago‎
LIMASSOL, Cyprus - In a little-noticed trial in a small courtroom here on Wednesday, a 24-year-old man provided a rare look inside a covert global war between Israel and Iran, admitting that he is an operative of the militant group Hezbollah, for which he ...
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Cable TV work caused KC gas leak; body found in rubble

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
Utility says Time Warner contractor ruptured 2-inch main. Body may be restaurant server's. Megan Cramer. The family of 46-year-old Megan Cramer, seen here with her niece, believe that the body found in the rubble of a Kansas City, Mo.
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Office Stores' Merger News Jumped Gun

Wall Street Journal - ‎2 hours ago‎
Office Depot agreed to buy OfficeMax in an all-stock deal that values the rival office-supplies retailer at roughly $1.19 billion.
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NY Times Co. hires investment banker to find a buyer for The Boston Globe

Boston.com - ‎5 hours ago‎
The New York Times Co. said Wednesday that it plans to sell the New England Media Group, including The Boston Globe and its related online properties, and has hired an investment banker to find a buyer.
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Google Searches for Style

New York Times - ‎21 minutes ago‎
People wearing Google's glasses are transported to a strange new world in which the Internet is always in their line of sight.
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FCC takes step towards opening up more of the 5GHz spectrum for unlicensed use

SlashGear - ‎26 minutes ago‎
The FCC as launched a proceeding over its plan to open more of the 5GHz spectrum to alleviate wireless Internet congestion. This is a rule-making proceeding, and although there's still no word on when the expansion will roll out, it's a step in the right ...
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Forum site gives more details on Apple and Facebook hacks

CNET (blog) - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Hackers allegedly accessed employee computers through a forum Web site for software developers -- the site's owner now reveals more about how the cyberattack happened.
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Commercial cyberspying, theft promise rich payoff

Houston Chronicle - ‎24 minutes ago‎
BEIJING (AP) - For state-backed cyberspies such as a Chinese military unit implicated by a U.S. security firm in a computer crime wave, hacking foreign companies can produce high-value secrets ranging from details on oil fields to advanced manufacturing ...
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The Oscars' Outside Man

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
On Sunday, "Argo" screenwriter Chris Terrio will be in Los Angeles for the 85th Academy Awards, where he'll go up against some industry heavyweights (including Tony Kushner for "Lincoln" and David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook") in the Best ...
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Oscar-nominated Palestinian filmmaker detained briefly at LAX

CNN - ‎10 minutes ago‎
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The Palestinian maker of a film nominated for an Oscar was briefly detained by U.S. officials who questioned the validity of his Academy Awards invitation as he and his family arrived in Los Angeles for this weekend's event, his publicist ...
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Robin Roberts' Journey Helps Increase Bone Marrow Donors

ABC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
tonight, our robin roberts is changing the world again. She showed us all the powerful possibility of a bone marrow transplant and how you can become a donor.
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Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Hudson Join Oscars' Musical ...

ABC News (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
Each year at the Oscars you can expect to see glammed-up Hollywood starlets and dashing leading men, and listen to lots of long speeches.
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Reports: Thomas Robinson dealt

ESPN - ‎25 minutes ago‎
Rockets trade Patrick Patterson to Kings for Thomas Robinson and a second round draft pick as well as Marcus Morris to Suns for a second round draft pick.
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Liz Carmouche says 'room for surprises' against Rousey

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES -- In the inaugural UFC fight card featuring women Saturday night, the role of superstar/bombshell/remorseless arm-breaker is played by Ronda Rousey, who has posed nude for ESPN, made fun of Michael Phelps on YouTube, talked to ...
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After First Round, Mother Nature Is in the Lead

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
MARANA, Ariz. - Jason Day stood on the seventh hole at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain, staring at a sky that looked like a pewter carpet unfurling in the wind.
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3-D Printed Body Parts, Finally!

Discovery News - ‎2 hours ago‎
For children born with microtia, a congenital deformity of the external ear, reconstructive surgery solutions can involve long, painful operations or prosthetics that rarely resemble the real thing.
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Exoplanet Kepler 37b is tiniest yet - smaller than Mercury

BBC News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Astronomers have smashed the record for the smallest planet beyond our Solar System - finding one only slightly larger than our Moon.
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Apple Chairman Art Levinson On The Ultimate Biology Prize

Forbes
1 hour ago
Written by
Matthew Herper
This morning Facebook billionaire Yuri Milner - and some friends - announced a new prize for biological achievement: the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, a $3 million award ”recognizing excellence in research aimed at curing intractable diseases and ...
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Drug overdose deaths up for 11th year

UPI.com - ‎49 minutes ago‎
ATLANTA, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- For the 11th consecutive year, U.S. drug overdose deaths increased, mostly by opioids -- illegal heroin or painkillers by prescription, health officials say.
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FDA approves new silicone breast implant from Allergan

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:15pm EST. (Reuters) - Health regulators said on Wednesday they have approved a new silicone gel-filled breast implant made by Allergan Inc. The U.S.
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Bullying Scars the Adult Mind

MedPage Today - ‎2 hours ago‎
Bullied kids were about three to five times more likely to have an anxiety or panic disorder or agoraphobia through their 20s after adjustment for childhood psychiatric problems and family hardships.
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In Reversal, Florida to Take Health Law's Medicaid Expansion

New York Times - ‎6 minutes ago‎
Gov. Rick Scott of Florida reversed himself on Wednesday and announced that he would expand his state's Medicaid program to cover the poor, becoming the latest - and, perhaps, most prominent - Republican critic of President Obama's healthcare law to ...
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