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Everything You Need to Know About the Crazy Plan to Save the Economy With a Trillion-Dollar Coin
The only thing we have to fear is fear of the trillion-dollar coin itself.
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U.S. Spy Law Authorizes Mass Surveillance of European Citizens
Europeans, take note: The U.S. government has granted itself authority to secretly snoop on you.
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Now The FBI Has A Corporate Anti-Fraud Program That Scans Emails For 3,000 Suspicious Phrases
The FBI has developed new software that scans e-mails for buzz words and phrases that indicate the sender (and receiver) or said mail are up to no good, the FT reports. There are over 3,000 words and phrases that would raise a red flag in the program.
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At least 57 injured, in New York City ferry crash
At least 57 people were injured, two critically, Wednesday morning when a New York-bound ferry crashed into a dock in Lower Manhattan, authorities said.
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Newly released pics show retired FBI agent captive
The family of Robert Levinson, the retired FBI agent who vanished nearly six years ago while working in Iran, have for the first time publicly released pictures of him in captivity and are pushing U.S. officials for a greater effort to bring him home.
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Why CES still matters, even if you hate it
CES is fading, but don't write it off completely. It's still an incredibly important trade show for the electronics industry, and this year it reveals some new startup opportunities.
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New gadgets unveiled at CES
What gadgets will make a splash this year? Here's a look at some of the more noteworthy ones.
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McDonnell proposes eliminating Virginia's gas tax
State would become first in country to end gas tax; sales tax increase of 0.8 percent would pay for projects.
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Super Bowl ads selling for more than $4 million
Super Bowl ads have sold for more than $4 million for some 30-second spots for this year's game.
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Panicked onlookers dial 911 after mistaking dog for 'baby lion'
A coiffed pooch mistaken for a lion's cub is causing quite an uproar in Virginia.
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Worst flu season in years causes public health emergency in Boston.
Yesterday Boston Mayor Thomas Menino declared a citywide public health emergency, with roughly 700 confirmed flu cases—ten times the number the city saw last year.
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Second Minn. Teen Dies From Flu
The 14-year-old girl had played on her school's basketball team and was healthy before contracting the flu.
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The North Dakota Town Where A One-Bedroom Apartment Rents For $2,100 A Month
The strange troubles of a small town where an oil boom has driven unemployment below 1 percent.
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Americans can adopt Russian kids until 2014
The Russian law that bans adoptions by U.S. families will take effect in one year instead of this month, Russia's semiofficial news agency RIA Novosti reported Thursday.
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'Possibility' of US troops in Afghanistan post-2014
US President Barack Obama and Afghan leader Hamid Karzai have discussed the possibility of keeping a US military force in Afghanistan beyond 2014.
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Teacher talks armed student into giving up
The teacher stood in the classroom, face-to-face with his 16-year-old student, who was holding a shotgun.
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Miss Montana: First autistic Miss America contestant
Look for Alexis Wineman when she struts her stuff Saturday night in Las Vegas for the2013 Miss America Competition(ABC, 9 p.m.), because she'll be making history.
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Loaded Revolutionary War-Era Cannon Found In Central Park NY.
A dangerous and historic discovery was made in Central Park on Friday afternoon. Parks workers came upon a live cannon ball, loaded in a cannon that is getting refurbished.
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Supreme Court to consider if silence can be evidence of guilt
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether a suspect's refusal to answer police questions prior to being arrested and read his rights can be introduced as evidence of guilt at his subsequent murder trial.
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Blizzard raises $2.3 million for Sandy relief
Sales of World of Warcraft $10 Cinder Kitten pet going to American Red Cross' ongoing efforts to help those affected by October superstorm.
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