Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (AP) — A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with.U.N. officials...

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4 reasons Wreck-It Ralph is the best video game movie ever

affiliate marketing Disney‘s new animated film draws rave reviews for appealing to old-school and new-school gamers alikeCritics have awarded a high score to Wreck-It Ralph, the new animated Disney movie that hits theaters today. The film tells the story of a fictional, Donkey Kong-esque arcade game villain (voiced by John C. Reilly)...

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New Jersey’s own Springsteen and Bon Jovi sing for Sandy victims

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey natives Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi joined Staten Island-born Christina Aguilera and others on Friday in a televised benefit concert for victims of Sandy, the storm that killed more than 100 and devastated parts of the U.S. Northeast.The commercial-free one-hour telecast, “Hurricane...

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Non-Stick Surface On Med Devices Could Keep Bacteria At Bay

affiliate marketing Click here to listen to this podcastNasty bacteria cling to the surfaces of countertops. They also stick to medical devices—like catheters—that are placed inside the human body, where they can become a dangerous source of infection. affiliate marketing Individually,...

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Oil prices fall on strong dollar

affiliate marketing 2 November 2012 Last updated at 19:35 ETContinue reading the main story affiliate marketing Oil prices have fallen after the dollar strengthened and the US government allowed foreign tankers to deliver additional supplies in the wake of super storm Sandy.Brent...

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Canada will push to keep bank capital rules on schedule

affiliate marketing OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will urge all countries to stick to the agreed schedule for implementing tougher bank capital rules at a November 4-5 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday.The so-called Basel III rules are the world’s...

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RIP Marty — the Inspiration for Nyan Cat

affiliate marketing Marty, the cat which inspired the 8-bit rainbow meme Nyan Cat, passed away Thursday, leaving a heavy heart in the Internet world.The cat was diagnosed with Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), a fatal, incurable disease. Marty’s owner, and Nyan Cat creator, Chris Torres adopted Marty in 2010 — along with another cat,...

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Judge allows R&B singer Chris Brown to do European tour

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown was given the go-ahead to carry out his European tour after a Los Angeles judge said on Thursday that the entertainer was “in compliance” with probation imposed for his 2009 assault on former girlfriend Rihanna.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg had...

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Floods render NYC hospitals powerless

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (AP) — There are few places in the U.S. where hospitals have put as much thought and money into disaster planning as New York. And yet two of the city’s busiest, most important medical centers failed a fundamental test of readiness during Superstorm Sandy this week: They lost power.Their backup generators...

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Asian shares, dollar rise after positive data lifts risk appetite

affiliate marketing TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares advanced to their highest in nearly two weeks with risk appetite returning on signs that a trend of global recovery is stabilizing, particularly in the United States and China.Positive U.S. private sector employment and consumer confidence reports drove the dollar higher, while the yen...

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Clinton calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition

affiliate marketing ZAGREB (Reuters) – The United States called on Wednesday for an overhaul of Syria‘s opposition leadership, saying it was time to move beyond the Syrian National Council and bring in those “in the front lines fighting and dying”.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signaling a more active stance by Washington in attempts...

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A look at RIM’s much-delayed BlackBerry 10

affiliate marketing BlackBerry maker Research In Motion says it’s now testing its much-delayed BlackBerry 10 smartphones with 50 wireless carriers around the world. RIM calls it a key step.RIM previously announced delays to its upcoming BlackBerry 10 system, which the company considers crucial to its future. It’s expected in the first...

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George Clooney is distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Aunt Rosemary was not George Clooney‘s only famous relative. You can add a certain Civil War American president to the Oscar-winning actor’s family tree.Politics has apparently run in the activist actor’s blood for centuries, as website Ancestry.com on Thursday revealed that the “Ocean’s 11″...

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Ivermectin hair lotion found effective against lice

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single 10-minute hair application of a drug used in oral form since the 1980s to control river blindness and other parasitic diseases eliminated head lice in nearly three of four children in a new study.The lotion contains ivermectin and is sold under the brand name Sklice by Sanofi Pasteur,...

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Jobs Numbers Will Come Out on Friday, ‘as Scheduled’

affiliate marketing 11 a.m., Oct. 31, 2012 — The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed to me on Oct. 31 that it will release the monthly jobs report on schedule this Friday. That takes the wind out of the sails of conspiracy theorists, who speculated that the administration might use Hurricane Sandy as an excuse to delay a bad jobs...

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Hurricane’s death toll rises to 65 in Caribbean

affiliate marketing PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As Americans braced Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering.Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming in Haiti, which was pelted by three days of constant rains that ended only on Friday. affiliate...

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Hurricane Sandy wallops Internet commerce just as hard

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – From Fab.com to Amazon.com Inc and eBay Inc, e-commerce companies scrambled on Tuesday to get goods to buyers on time after Hurricane Sandy tore a swathe of destruction across the U.S. northeast.The storm — which severed power to warehouses and offices, ripped up rails and roads and shuttered...

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Court rules against Polish rocker who tore up Bible

affiliate marketing WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland‘s Supreme Court opened the way on Monday for a blasphemy verdict against a rock musician who tore up a Bible on stage, a case that has pitted deep Catholic traditions against a new desire for free expression.Adam Darski, front man with a heavy metal group named Behemoth, ripped up a copy...

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AstraZeneca deepens collaboration with academia

affiliate marketing LONDON (Reuters) – British academic researchers have secured 7 million pounds ($ 11 million) of funding from the country’s Medical Research Council (MRC) to investigate a range of potential new drugs made available free-of-charge by AstraZeneca.The move is the latest example of how the pharmaceutical industry is...

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Living standards ‘may stagnate’

affiliate marketing 30 October 2012 Last updated at 20:01 ETMillions of poor and middle-income households may be bypassed by any economic recovery, a think tank says. affiliate marketing The Resolution Foundation argues that their living standards could stagnate for the next 10 years,...

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Pole gets 30 years for killing 6 on Channel Island

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — A Polish builder who killed six people, including his wife and children, on the British Channel Island of Jersey has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.Damian Rzeszowski, 31, carried out the knife attack in August 2011 at his home. He was said to have become depressed after his wife admitted to an...

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Facebook, Twitter abuzz with hurricane chatter

affiliate marketing Whether you call it Frankenstorm, Stormpocalypse or simply Hurricane Sandy, the giant weather system barreling into the East Coast is a favorite topic of conversation on social media from Facebook to Twitter. As people post updates to friends and family, relay emergency information and lighten the mood with humor,...

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