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Google spending $7mn to fight child pornography
LONDON - Internet giant Google said it is spending $5 million to wipe images of child abuse off the Internet and another $2 million to create tools to find the images and eradicate them. "We're in the business of making information widely available, but there's certain 'information' that should never be created or found," wrote Jacqueline Fuller, director of Google Giving, in a blog post. ...
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Baffled Liverpool to tell Suarez to stop Madrid pronouncements and make transfer request
Fed up with their controversial striker Luis Suarez's almost daily public pronouncements on his future, Liverpool is reportedly set to lay down the law and demand that Suarez put in an official transfer request if he remains determined to leave for Real Madrid. The Uruguay international, currently playing in the Confederations Cup in Brazil, has turned what promises to be this summer's biggest ...
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Judge U-T must pay former carriers
U-T San Diego must pay a group of former newspaper carriers $3.18 million because they were classified as independent contractors but given job requirements more appropriate for regular employees, a Superior Court judge said ...
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Filner cedes to builder after $100000 gift
Mayor Bob Filner vetoed a builder's request to modify a Kearny Mesa development plan and then later dropped his objection after the company gave $100,000 to the ...
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United Airlines Changes Frequent Flier Program Adds Dollars Spent To Miles
United just announced it is joining Delta in adding spending minimums to its elite frequent flier program in addition to mileage. Photo: Wikipedia Earlier this ...
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Warm Bodies
While Pink Floyd famously noted Theres someone in my head, but its not me in their classic song Brain Damage, R (Nicholas Hoult), the protagonist of Warm Bodies, has exactly the opposite problem: He lives entirely inside his own head because, well, hes a zombiea lumbering dead-eyed ... ...
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All Eyes Are On The Federal Reserve And Thats The Problem
(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) To read the financial and economic commentariat right now is to know that all eyes are on the Federal Reserve. Will it or won't it cease buying Treasuries and agency paper, will it or won't it raise the rate it sets for short-term credit? If the pundits are to be believed, such information will impact the allocation of trillions of dollars ...
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NRG Moves Into Automobiles
NRG Energy , the largest competitive energy provider in the U.S., may soon be giving Winnebago a run for its money, but I wouldn't hold your breath. NRG rolled out a new disaster-relief package called "Power2Serve" earlier today at a press conference. The spinal cord of the new service is a truck and trailer combination designed to provide power and other basic services during a ...
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Digital Health Meets Moneyball Biomarkers And The Quantified Athlete
Most of us have heard about the quantified self-the personification of the digital health revolution. The quantification of life seems an inevitable manifestation of this movement. These 'data expressions of life' can't be far off. And I can imagine a day when a potential date or even spouse will need to 'quantify' as terms of the relationship. But one area really seems ...
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MRI reveals kids with autism may find human voices irritating
Using MRI to measure brain activity, researchers at Stanford find that kids with autism have a weaker connection between language and reward centers than kids without ...
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Statuesque San Diego County
San Diego is home to some wonderful examples of public art. Above, "Magic Carpet Ride" by artist Matthew Antichevich goes through odd transformations, as you'll see in the next slide.Did we forget your ...
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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.
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New York-New York Hotel & Casino
Awe struck us on our arrival at this relatively new hotel and casino establishment at the top of the Strip. ...
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