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FBI releases video of 2 Boston bombing suspects

CBS News - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Updated 5:53 PM ET. The FBI on Thursday released surveillance video showing two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and is asking for the public's help in identifying them.
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Frantic search for survivors after deadly Texas fertilizer plant blast

CBS News - ‎19 minutes ago‎
Updated 5:56 p.m.. WEST, Texas Rescue workers searched the smoldering ruins of a fertilizer plant Thursday for survivors of a monstrous explosion that leveled homes and businesses in every direction across the Texas prairie.
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Musharraf Flees a Court–and Puts Pakistan's Generals in a Quandary

TIME - ‎3 hours ago‎
Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives to present party manifesto leaflets to candidates at his residence in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 15, 2013.
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Kepler discovers three super-Earth planets (pictures)

CNET
58 minutes ago
Written by
James Martin
NASA today announced that Kepler, its alien world-hunting spacecraft, has discovered two previously unknown planetary systems including three super-Earth size planets in the much-coveted "habitable zone" capable of sustaining life.
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Microsoft Profit Rises but Windows Is Flat

Wall Street Journal - ‎42 minutes ago‎
Microsoft Corp. is starting to show the ill effects from a sinking personal-computer market, but its businesses like videogames and server software are picking up some of the slack.
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Google's Page gets 'chills' using Glass

USA TODAY - ‎35 minutes ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO - Google CEO Larry Page, speaking on the company's earning call Thursday, says he's seen the future and likes it a lot.
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Suicide attack at Baghdad cafe kills at least 26 - USA Today

USA TODAY - ‎24 minutes ago‎
BAGHDAD (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Baghdad cafe crowded with young people late Thursday, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens ahead of provincial elections scheduled for the weekend.
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Frugal pope nixes bonus for Vatican employees

Houston Chronicle
1 hour ago
Written by
Nick Anderson
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The global economic crisis is hitting Vatican employees in their cassock pockets. The Vatican said Thursday that Pope Francis, known for his frugal ways, decided Vatican employees won't be getting the bonus that traditionally comes ...
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Greek Foremen Sought in Attack on Migrant Workers

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
ATHENS - The police in the southern Peloponnese region of Greece on Thursday were seeking three supervisors of a strawberry farm accused of firing on a large group of Bangladeshi workers who had demanded unpaid wages, wounding 28.
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Cal State LA students say they didn't receive bomb threat alerts

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Several students and faculty members at Cal State L.A. said they have yet to receive text or email alerts from the university about a bomb threat -- nearly two hours after officials decided to evacuate campus and cancel classes.
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Amanda Knox tells People she's sometimes 'paralyzed' with anxiety after slaying ...

Fox News - ‎37 minutes ago‎
SEATTLE - Amanda Knox says in a new interview that she's sometimes "paralyzed" with anxiety stemming from the death of her roommate in Italy and the trial that saw her convicted, then acquitted, in a case that made headlines across the globe.
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Man Is Charged in Killings of Texas Prosecutors

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
KAUFMAN, Tex. - A former justice of the peace who had come under increasing suspicion in recent weeks was charged on Thursday with the revenge killings of the Kaufman County district attorney and a chief aide, who had successfully prosecuted the man ...
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Oklahoma teen inspired by 'Into the Wild' missing in remote Oregon terrain

Fox News - ‎13 hours ago‎
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - An Oklahoma teenager who was inspired to live off the land by the movie "Into the Wild" is the target of a search effort in remote, rugged country in southeastern Oregon.
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IBM profit machine slows; layoffs planned

MarketWatch - ‎28 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - International Business Machines Corp. signaled plans to trim its work force after some software and mainframe computer sales fell short of expectations, causing its core earnings growth to slow.
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Jobless claims rise by 4000

Christian Science Monitor - ‎2 hours ago‎
Today's jobless claims report showed an increase to initial unemployment claims and a decline to continued unemployment claims as initial claims trended well below the closely watched 400K level.
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Wireless Business Bolsters Verizon's Profit

New York Times
54 minutes ago
Written by
Brian X. Chen
Verizon Communications 0n Thursday reported a healthy profit, driven primarily by its booming wireless business, which brought in millions of smartphone sales and revenue from subscribers that just keeps growing.
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Google Glass Bid Up To $95300 On eBay Before Seller Realized He Isn't ...

Forbes
Apr 17, 2013
Written by
Kashmir Hill
In February, Google ran a contest for Glass offering “winners” the opportunity to be “Glass Explorers,” i.e. the guinea pigs who will test out Glass in the wild.
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Ann Curry Told Friends Her Today Show Exit Felt Like Death

Us Magazine - ‎55 minutes ago‎
Ann Curry reportedly told colleagues that leaving the Today show felt like dying and watching her own wake. Credit: Peter Kramer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images.
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See Harrison Ford Storm Out Of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' After Refusing To Answer ...

Science Fiction - ‎17 minutes ago‎
By now, fans should already be used to secrecy when it comes to anything J.J. Abrams is associated with. Now that he's directing 'Star Wars: Episode VII,' don't expect much information to come out either from him or anyone connected to the film - and that ...
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TV serial crime show 'Dexter' gets kill order

Chicago Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cable channel Showtime on Wednesday pulled the plug on "Dexter," the critically acclaimed show about a police analyst who is also a serial killer.
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Padres CEO Garfinkel apologizes to Dodgers for comments after Greinke injured ...

The Republic - ‎12 minutes ago‎
SAN DIEGO - San Diego Padres President and CEO Tom Garfinkel has apologized to the Los Angeles Dodgers for comments he made about Zack Greinke the day after the pitcher's left collarbone was broken in a brawl, including referencing the ...
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Doug Collins says goodbye but Sixers problems remain - Philly.com

Philly.com - ‎38 minutes ago‎
Doug Collins, right, talks with Jrue Holiday. On Thursday, Collins resigned as Philadelphia 76ers head coach. More coverage. Video: Collins resigns, will be 76ers consultant · You make the call: Sixers Stay or Go?
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Colorado Rockies unload on NY Mets' bullpen en route to three-game sweep

New York Daily News - ‎29 minutes ago‎
ROCKIES 11, METS 3. DENVER - At least it's over. The Mets' nightmarish road trip through the heart of the spring snow storms that lashed the middle of the country ended with an 11-3 loss to the Rockies at Coors Field.
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'Living fossil' coelacanth genome sequenced

BBC News - ‎Apr 17, 2013‎
Researchers sequenced the genome of the coelacanth: a deep-sea fish that closely resembles its ancestors, which lived at least 300 million years ago.
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Egg Study Points Evolution of Dinosaurs to Birds With Brooding - Design & Trend

Design & Trend - ‎4 hours ago‎
Researchers at the University of Calgary and Montana State University have discovered that a North American dinosaur called Troodon incubated its eggs similarly to brooding birds.
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Dental Patients Positive for Hepatitis

ABC News - ‎40 minutes ago‎
At least 60 people have tested positive for hepatitis or HIV after visiting an Oklahoma dentist slammed by the state dental board for poor sterilization practices, the Tulsa Health Department said today.
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Bird flu puts spotlight on age-old traditions in China

CNN - ‎13 hours ago‎
Hong Kong (CNN) -- China has one of the oldest food cultures in the world and, like that acme of Western food culture French cuisine, the food needs to be fresh.
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