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Dec
07
New iPad mini orders will be delivered in time for Christmas
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Viral rapper PSY apologizes for anti-US protests
Labels: Lifestyle 0 commentsSouth Korean rapper and Internet sensation PSY is apologizing to Americans for participating in anti-U.S. protests several years ago.Park Jae-sang, who performs as PSY, issued a statement Friday after reports surfaced that he had participated in concerts protesting the U.S. military presence in South Korea during the early stages of the Iraq war.At a 2004 concert, the "Gangnam Style" rapper performs...
Posted by kelilipans at 6:06 PM
Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana
Labels: Health 0 commentsSEATTLE (AP) — The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is legal under Washington state law.Hundreds gathered at Seattle Center for a New Year's Eve-style countdown to 12 a.m., when the legalization measure passed by voters last month took effect. When the clock struck, they...
Posted by kelilipans at 6:04 PM
Court takes on gay marriage: What’s at stake
Labels: Business 0 commentsIn a historic step that rivals other Supreme Court moves into the center of America’s cultural character, the justices on Friday agreed to consider the constitutionality of federal and state laws that deny marriage rights or marital benefits to same-sex couples. But the move carried with it the potential for stopping short of settling the core constitutional issue.The court’s orders Friday afternoon...
Posted by kelilipans at 6:02 PM
Dec
06
Safety, need compete in typhoon-hit Philippines
Labels: World 0 commentsNEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government's geological hazard maps show why this farming community was largely washed away by a strong typhoon: "highly susceptible to flooding and landslides." That didn't stop some villagers from rebuilding even with bodies still lying under the mud.Most of the about 420 people confirmed dead from Typhoon Bopha were killed in the steep valley that includes...
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No Grammy love for Justin Bieber, One Direction
Labels: Technology 0 commentsLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Irate fans of Justin Bieber and boy band One Direction took to social media on Thursday to voice their outrage after being snubbed by the Grammys for a chance to win the biggest honors in the music industry.Indie-pop band fun and rapper Frank Ocean led the 2013 nominations, tying with The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z and Kanye West for six nods. But The Recording Academy...
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Actor Stephen Baldwin charged in NY tax case
Labels: Lifestyle 0 commentsWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Actor Stephen Baldwin was charged Thursday with failing to pay New York state taxes for three years, amassing a $350,000 debt.Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said Baldwin, of Upper Grandview, skipped his taxes in 2008, 2009 and 2010.The youngest of the four acting Baldwin brothers pleaded not guilty at an arraignment and was freed without bail. His lawyer,...
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Celebrations planned as Wash. legalizes marijuana
Labels: Health 0 commentsSEATTLE (AP) — Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality under Washington state law on Thursday, and some people planned to celebrate the new law by breaking it.Voters in Washington and Colorado last month made those the first states to decriminalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana. Washington's law takes effect Thursday and allows adults to have up to an ounce of pot — but it bans...
Posted by kelilipans at 6:04 PM
Will anyone else join the 'compromise club'?
Labels: Business 0 commentsWASHINGTON—While President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner negotiate a deal to avoid a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts set to begin next year, both camps continue to publicly tangle over whether to increase taxes on the wealthy.But within Boehner's caucus, there is a small group of Republicans who say they are open to raising tax rates, but only for a price."We should...
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Dec
05
Rupert Murdoch's mother Elisabeth dies at age 103
Labels: World 0 commentsSYDNEY (AP) — Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, a prominent Australian philanthropist and mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has died at age 103.News Ltd., the Australian media company headed by her son, confirmed her death.She died peacefully on Wednesday surrounded by family members in her garden estate outside Melbourne. She had been hospitalized in September after a bad fall in which she broke her leg."We...
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