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Large tech firms are coming under scrutiny over their tax avoidance measures, following the testimony of Apple executives to a US Senate Permanent Subcommittee. Google, Yahoo, Cisco, and others have been found to be using an assortment of tax loopholes and off-shoring in order to avoid paying governments in the US and Europe...
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One man is dead and two others are injured after an alleged machete attack in London. The victim was attacked by two others who were shot by police officers. The victim is believed to be a British soldier. BBC News
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On this dreary Tuesday at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., executives are on stage to share news and a glimpse of the new Xbox One console. Read the complete story.
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The officials say to please donate blood, or send help via the Red Cross, Salvation Army, or several other organizations msnbc
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America’s East Coast is bracing for a cacophonous summer as hordes of flying insects emerge for a once-in-a-generation phenomenon popularly known as “Swarmageddon”. After 17 years underground growing from larva to bug, billions of cicadas are about to revel in the final four climactic weeks of their unusual life cycle. At some point over...
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President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday. Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts. The...
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The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats. A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison says that officials have also blocked access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter through military computer networks because of the threat. Photo: A...
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The Doors’ founding keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, died in Germany Monday after a long fight with cancer, his publicist said in a statement. He was 74. The artist had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer. The Doors formed in 1965 after Manzarek happened to meet Jim Morrison on California’s Venice Beach. The legendary rock group...
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The Senate Finance Committee has launched an investigation into the improper targeting of Tea Party groups Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups. Some of the questions on Tuesday will be...
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Oklahoma tornado tears massive path of death, destruction Rescue workers raced against time and darkness Monday night looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City, leveling homes and leaving at least 51 people dead. At least 20 of the dead were children, including at least seven from Plaza...
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The new federal health care law was one of the defining issues of the 2010 midterm elections that were dominated by Republicans, and the party’s leader in the Senate said Sunday he expects “Obamacare” to drive voters once again next year. “I don’t know what the issues will be next year. If I were...
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Google revealed Sunday on YouTube’s eighth birthday that the video sharing website has reached new uploading heights with around 100 hours of video uploaded every minute by users. A year ago today, 72 hours of video were uploaded every minute. The site also has reached record-breaking viewership with more than one billion people visiting...
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Get Ready for Tumblr to Suck: Yahoo in rumoured $1.1bn bid to buy Tumblr. Marissa Mayer, the former Google executive who is now in charge of Yahoo, is poised to create yet another nothing-to-riches tale in the web industry with the $1.1bn (£720m) acquisition of the blogging site Tumblr. Mayer called Yahoo’s board together...
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Oxbow has won the 138th Preakness Stakes horse race, ruining Kentucky Derby winner Orb’s bid to capture the Triple Crown. Orb finished fourth, ending the brown colt’s five-race winning streak. Since 1950, only two horses have won the middle jewel of the Triple Crown from the No. 1 post position. Photo: Oxbow, ridden by...
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Tesla Motors might have scored its first-ever profit during the first quarter, but sales of plug-in vehicles are lagging below expectations, which analysts blame on the high price of battery-based vehicles as well as their limited range. nbc news
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To the well-known photographer who shot them with a telephoto lens, the pictures of people going about their daily lives in the building across the street constitute art. nbc news
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Survivors of the tornadoes that devastated two towns in Texas on Wednesday night described their terror as the violent storm tore apart their homes, killing six people and injuring dozens more. nbc news
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A Georgia woman who lost both her hands and legs to a flesh-eating bacteria this past summer has been outfitted with prosthetic hands. And Aimee Copeland of Snellville, Ga., is learning to use them here at Touch Bionics in suburban Columbus, Ohio. “It feels amazing,” said Copeland, the first woman in the world with...
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Illinois is likely to be the next state to allow medical marijuana use, after state lawmakers voted to approve legislation. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign it into law. reuters
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Rihanna is reportedly suing British fashion retail chain Topshop for $5 million dollars … over a T-shirt. A top bearing Rihanna’s gorgeous mug is being sold in the United Kingdom without her consent, and despite eight months of negotiations, Topshopa apparently has refused to stop selling the shirt. Unfortunately for Rihanna, companies in the...
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