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"Why Democrats Love to Spy on Americans": The Late Michael ...
The energetic and powerful young journalist Michael Hastings, most famous for his reporting on the follies of our Afghanistan intervention, who died yesterday in a car crash in Los Angeles went out with an interesting and iconclastic (especially for...
From: Reason | By: Brian Doherty | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Drumbeat: June 19, 2013
U.S. Considers Exporting More Oil for First Time Since ’70s The U.S. oil boom is moving Congress closer than it has been in more than three decades to easing the ban on exporting crude imposed after the Arab embargo. Advances such as hydraulic fracturing...
From: The Oil Drum | By: Leanan | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Study of Siberian cave reveals permafrost could thaw within ...
Areas of permafrost could start to thaw within decades, freeing long-stored greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, according to a study released on Wednesday that measured ancient stalagmites in a Siberian cave. Continuous permafrost — land that is frozen...
From: The Raw Story | By: Agence France-Presse | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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SSgA Enhances Investment Capabilities to Meet Evolving ...
Filed under: Investing SSgA Enhances Investment Capabilities to Meet Evolving Client Challenges Dynamic Market Environment Drives Need for New Solutions BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Investors today face increasingly complex investment challenges, according...
From: Daily Finance | By: Business Wirevia The Motley Fool | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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First baby born using 'safer' IVF treatment
The world's first baby conceived using a groundbreaking in-vitro fertilization (IVF) technique is now nearly two months old. Baby Heath was born at London's Hammersmith Hospital on April 26. His mother, Suzannah Kidd, was one of the 30 women who received...
From: New York Daily News | By: VICTORIA TAYLOR | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Looks from Books: Fashion Inspired by Will in the World
Welcome to the latest edition of Looks from Books, which aims to prove that you can look smart, while still being book-smart, too. Fashion inspiration can be found between the pages of your favorite stories, on well-designed book covers, and in your...
From: College Fashion | By: Savannah - University of Washington | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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PREI® names Eryck Su chief investment officer for Asia-Pacific ...
Filed under: Investing PREI® names Eryck Su chief investment officer for Asia-Pacific business MADISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Prudential Real Estate Investors has named Eryck Su a managing director and chief investment officer for Pramerica Real Estate...
From: Daily Finance | By: Business Wirevia The Motley Fool | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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What’s the climate friendly way to go on holiday?
Turns out the answer is much the same whether you live in London, Los Angeles or Lagos – and it doesn’t necessarily mean leaving your car at home
From: Reuters | By: Laurie Goering | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Facebook Wi-Fi
Facebook is offering free Wi-Fi in exchange for their physical coordinates. The initiative began in May 2012, reports Wired, and now “Facebook Wi-Fi” has been deployed in cafes around Palo Alto and San Francisco, and even into a line of Meraki routers...
From: Daily Wireless | By: Sam Churchill | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Britain's William and Kate do not know sex of royal baby ...
Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine do not know the sex of their baby, which is expected in mid-July and should be born by natural delivery, palace sources said Wednesday.
From: Fox News | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Shine Bright!
"The sun is giving you energy and you are growing! Stretch your arms up, as far as they will go! Higher, taller, stronger... you're a proud sunflower!" You'd think I wouldn't be in a hurry to revisit the "You're a...
From: Style Bubble | By: susie_bubble | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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The Grand Generational Delusion
We’ve never suffered from a real debt deflation and we don’t know what it’s like. I think we’re going to find out, but it’s not going to be pretty.
From: The Daily Reckoning | By: Bill Bonner | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Settlers break hands of 80-year-old shepherd in ‘nationalist’ ...
Violence / Raids / Attacks / Clashes / Arrests 2 arrested for suspicion of attacking 80-year-old Palestinian Ynet 18 June by Itamar Fleishman --  Two young men, 18 and 19, were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attacking and causing severe … Continue...
From: Mondoweiss | By: Kate | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Babson Capital Backs High Road Capital’s Buy of The Crown ...
Babson Capital Management LLC said on Wednesday that it has provided subordinated debt and made an equity co-investment in High Road Capital Partners' acquisition of The Crown Group. No financial terms were disclosed. Also, High Road teamed up with Charter...
From: PE Hub | By: Iris Dorbian | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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ABC News’ Terry Moran To Move To London & Become ...
Nighline anchor Terry Moran will be leaving the late-night newsmagazine to relocate to London later this summer, where he will serve as a London-based anchor and chief foreign correspondent for ABC News. A veteran court reporter, Moran also will continue...
From: Deadline Hollywood Daily | By: NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Two Stories About Privacy: A Journalist and a Quisling
John Hinderaker
From: Power Line | By: John Hinderaker | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Terry Moran Named Chief Foreign Correspondent For ABC News ...
“Nightline” anchor Terry Moran is leaving the late-night show and moving to London to become an anchor and chief foreign correspondent for ABC News. He will move across the pond later this Summer. Moran is an ABC News veteran, serving as White House...
From: Media Bistro | By: Alex Weprin | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Tilda, Tats, and Tailoring
For Spring ’14, the top-tier bespoke tailor Timothy Everest and legendary Japanese tattoo artist Horiyoshi III came together to create a capsule collection. It might seem the meeting of opposite ends of the spectrum, but tattoos, laughed Everest at...
From: Style.com | By: Katharine K. Zarrella | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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The Collections - The Top Five Menswear Shows in London
Our men's fashion director shares his favorites from the Spring/Summer 2014 runways in London.
From: New York Times | By: BRUCE PASK | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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A year in asylum, Assange digs in for the long haul
The Wikileaks founder says even if the Swedish investigation against him were dropped, he would not leave his 'space station' existence in the Ecuadorean embassy in London....
From: Christian Science Monitor | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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OK! Movie Mania: Brad Pitt's Lucky Leading Ladies, From ...
From: OK Magazine | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Microsoft reportedly neared deal for Nokia's device business, ...
It's often been rumored that Microsoft had an eye on Nokia's handset business. It made perfect sense for both companies -- one a struggling pioneer of the mobile industry and the other a struggling stalwart from the first wave of smartphones. According...
From: Engadget | By: Terrence O'Brien | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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UK banking commission calls for better standards
British bankers could soon be facing harsher penalties for behaving badly.
From: Fox News | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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WikiLeaks helping Snowden seek asylum
Assange said his organization has been talking to the whistle-blowers legal team about possible deal with Iceland    ...
From: Salon.com | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Easy day for Li Na, Tomic gets welcome boost
China's Li Na reached the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Eastbourne International on Wednesday without hitting a ball while troubled Australian Bernard Tomic reached the third round in the men's tournament.
From: Fox News | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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An English Midsummer Evening
I was on my way to dinner last night and took a tour through Hyde Park. It’s the week of the longest days here, and it brought so much back to me. You remember the constant rain, the dark winter days, the sun going down around 4 pm, the horrifying...
From: The Atlantic | By: Andrew Sullivan | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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The Best of Travel Guide Apps: London Edition — Smartphone ...
Amongst global destinations, London ranks amongst the top of the pops. Every year 27 million visitors make way to London for its rich history, culture, cuisine, music, art, fashion and design scene. From the city's 240 museums, its rich history spanning...
From: Unplggd | By: Jason Rodway | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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FTSE ends lower before Fed decision
London equities ended lower on Wednesday, with traders on tenterhooks before the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy gathering, analysts said.
From: Fox News | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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London's exploding pavements*
Underground power-boxes nestled beneath the pavements* of London keep blowing the hell up. In its defense, UK Power Networks reminds us that there's a lot of these boxes, and only a few of them explode catastrophically every year, blowing huge, dramatic...
From: Boing Boing | By: Cory Doctorow | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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T Magazine: Check In - A First Look at the New Ace Hotel ...
The hipster hospitality franchise expands to Europe for the first time in September, in a building that represents an unusual design challenge.    ...
From: New York Times | By: AMY PERRY | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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I'll Make a Man Out of You
The third season of London Collections: Menswear, which has just concluded, was really my first proper foray of going to the menswear shows in London. There's been the buzzy build-up and flag-waving in the media in the run up of...
From: Style Bubble | By: susie_bubble | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Sidewalks exploding in London
There's a new menace lurking in the streets of London -- exploding sidewalks....
From: CNN | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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England bowl out S. Africa for 175 in Trophy semi
South Africa were bowled out for 175 in 38.4 overs after being sent in to bat by England in the Champions Trophy semi-final at the Oval in London on Wednesday.
From: Fox News | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Slip House provides template for future affordable and ...
Slip House, by UK-based Carl Turner Architects, fits neatly into a four-plot lot between a row of terraced houses in Brixton, London. However, it's not quite your typical two-up-two down, as the prototype family home combines sustainable technologies...
From: Gizmag | By: Adam Williams | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Procter & Gamble and Alexander McQueen Announce Fragrance ...
Filed under: Investing Procter & Gamble and Alexander McQueen Announce Fragrance License Agreement GENEVA & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYS: PG) and Alexander McQueen today announced that P&G Prestige has signed...
From: Daily Finance | By: Business Wirevia The Motley Fool | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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A Family's Secrets And Sorrows Surface In 'Heatwave'
Maggie O'Farrell's new novel, Instructions for a Heatwave, follows a troubled Irish Catholic family in London over the course of four scorching July days in 1976. Reviewer Heller McAlpin says Heatwave is a beautiful book about "the importance of forgiving...
From: NPR | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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How The Supreme Court Justices Made Their Millions
At least five and perhaps as many as eight of the nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court are millionaires according to recently released financial disclosures, and only two hold any consumer debt. Assets on the forms are reported in a range making it...
From: Business Insider | By: Reity O'Brien And Chris Young | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Adii Pienaar, Woothemes. Going global from the edge of ...
To celebrate the 1,000,000th download of Woothemes, we thought it would be nice to share Adii Pienaar’s Business of Software Conference talk from 2012. Stay tuned to the blog too as Adii shared some news with me last week when I caught up with him...
From: Business of Software blog | By: yolanda | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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The internet of things: a market landscape
What can we expect the IoT landscape to look like, and how will its impact be felt? And is the attention being given by governments, manufacturers, and industry players merited, or is this just a fad? In this paper we look at the trends leading the growth...
From: GigaOm | By: Jon Collins | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Britain's William and Kate to stay in dark over baby's ...
June 20, 2013 6:30 AM LONDON (AFP) - The sex of Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby will remain a mystery until its expected arrival in mid-July, with the mother likely to opt for a natural delivery, British royal sources said on Wednesday.    ...
From: Straits Times | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Japan's Abe: fully prepared to restart talks with China
June 20, 2013 6:01 AM LONDON (REUTERS) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought on Wednesday to repair some of the damage a row over disputed islands has done to its relationship with China, and said his country needed to prove his stimulus drive would...
From: Straits Times | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Julian Assange, Calle 13, and Twitter Users Write a Song ...
René Pérez, from the musical group Calle 13, and Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, gathered ideas and suggestions from Twitter users to write a song together that will go on Calle 13's next album.
From: Global Voices | By: Sally Seward | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Why Was Ex-Soft Porn Filmmaker Recently Hired As AMPAS ...
EXCLUSIVE: There was no press release announcing his hiring this February. And his official bio doesn’t mention his VHS titles like Playboy: The Best of Anna Nicole Smith. But it’s certainly surprising that Vicangelo Bullock who’s currently the...
From: Deadline Hollywood Daily | By: NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Deadly new coronavirus a "serious risk" in hospitals: Saudi ...
June 20, 2013 6:02 AM LONDON (REUTERS) - The new Middle East coronavirus that has killed 38 people after emerging late last year is a serious risk in hospitals because it is easily transmitted in healthcare environments, infectious disease experts said...
From: Straits Times | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Indie Satire ‘Hellaware’ Punks Internet With Viral ...
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s an unusual case of life imitating art imitating life — all to promote a new film. Indie rap-rock group Young Torture Killaz released their music video “I’ll Cut Yo D**k Off” online this week, sparking a firestorm of comments...
From: Deadline Hollywood Daily | By: JEN YAMATO | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Deadly new coronavirus a "serious risk" in hospitals - ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The new Middle East coronavirus that has killed 38 people after emerging late last year is a serious risk in hospitals because it is easily transmitted in healthcare environments, infectious disease experts said on Wednesday....
From: Reuters | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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If You Love Romance, You'll Swoon Over Temperley's Resort ...
I'm not usually into overtly romantic clothing, but Temperley's Resort 2014 collection has me fully obsessed. Maybe it's all the delicate little flower appliques; maybe it's the dreamy, Valentino-esque hues; maybe it's all those huge princess skirts...
From: Glamour | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Justin Bieber Painting Wows World Art Show: Elizabeth Peyton ...
Justin Bieber may be pop music’s bad boy, but as a painting he is an ethereal Adonis. The teen superstar has been immortalized by renowned artist Elizabeth Peyton and was presented last week at Art Basel, a world famous art show featuring modern and...
From: The Inquisitr | By: Page Mackinley | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Twofifteenmccann's Parsons Joins The Factory
Mike Parsons, the managing director of twofifteenmccann, has left the agency to become chief operations officer at The Factory, an incubator start-up in San Francisco. A search is underway to find a replacement for him at the McCann Worldgroup shop,...
From: AdWeek | By: Noreen O'Leary | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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'Dumb Ways to Die' Takes Radio Category; Third Grand Prix ...
Radio is alive and well.That was the message that Cannes judges responsible for choosing winners in the radio category drove home during a press conference at the ad festival in the South of France on Wednesday. Despite the rise in social media, they...
From: Ad Age | By: Rupal Parekh | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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