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Apr 24, 2012

ROBOTICS News, Apr 24, 2012

ROBOTICS
Will This Robot Take Jay Leno's Job?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By WSJ Staff Heather Knight, a social robotics researcher at Carnegie Mellon, is finding ways to design robots that can pick up on social cues and nuanced human behavior. The result is a tiny robot that can perform stand up comedy. Watch the video.
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Watch a Robot Make Sushi at LVH Event
Patch.com
Participants will compete by stacking as many objects as possible in 120 seconds using a robotic video game. If you're a master at Wii sports, this is the competition for you. Open to all ages. The top 16 scorers will move onto the final round April 25 ...
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IRELAND, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece News, Apr 24, 2012

Stocks up but Eurozone Crisis Stalks Bond Auctions
ABC News
High borrowing costs have already pushed Greece, Ireland and Portugal to take bailouts, but Spain and Italy are much bigger — the No. 3 and No. 4 eurozone economies — and could easily overwhelm the eurozone's rescue fund. Asian stocks slumped early ...
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European economic crisis has finally reached boiling point
Highlander Newspaper
Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain became known as the PIGGS, a fitting acronym for countries that gorged themselves on government spending at the trough of the bond markets. Countries in the EU are known for lavish government spending on ...
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Apr 24, 2012

Power shift: Lagarde's next battle as IMF supremo
The Citizen Daily
The crisis in Europe and a fragile recovery from recession in the United States has hastened the shift in world economic power towards the emerging markets, and they want their growing heft to be reflected in finance institutions like the IMF.
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ENTERTAINMENT News, Apr 24, 2012

Movies, music come together for new festival
phillyBurbs.com
Saturday at 3:10 pm “Girl Walk // All Day” Shot in New York, it's a feature-lengthmusic video for Girl Talk's latest album. Friday at 9 pm at World CafĂ© Live Upstairs “Hi, My Name is Ryan” concerns a brainy teen, who's countless bands help him ...
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Xbox LIVE Partners With ESPN, GameSpot, Last.fm, Manga Entertainment and MUZU...
MarketWatch (press release)
Check out the latest trailers, read the latest reviews, share hot trivia with your friends and find a movie close to home. AlloCine on Xbox LIVE is easy and fun. Crackle. Crackle is home to on-demand Hollywood movies and TV series.
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EARTHQUAKE News, Apr 24, 2012

OC quake was small, but it could make history
Los Angeles Times
Scientists weren't aware of the blind thrust faults that triggered the 6.7 Northridge earthquake in 1994, or the 6.0 Whittier Narrows quake in 1987, until after the ground began shaking. Experts say Monday's temblor should serve as a wake-up call, ...
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Orange County quake could be first on recently discovered fault
Los Angeles Times
The earthquake may have measured only 3.9, but it still could make history in Orange County. Monday's temblor, centered in the southern suburb of Laguna Niguel, could be the first measured on a fault discovered only 13 years ago, which runs along the ...
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DIED, Apr 24, 2012

Brazilian actor dies after accidental hanging
CNN
By Marilia Brocchetto, CNN (CNN) -- A Brazilian actor died after accidentally hanging himself during the play "The Passion of the Christ," a local hospital said. Tiago Klimeck, 27, was one of the actors from a local theater company taking part in an ...
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George Rathmann, Amgen Chief, Dies at 84
New York Times
George B. Rathmann, who was the first chief executive of Amgen and helped build it into the world's largest biotechnology company,died on Sunday at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 84. His son James, in confirming the death, said Dr. Rathmann had ...
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CELEBRITIES Gossip, Apr 24, 2012

CELEBRITIES
Celebrities adopting 8 schools in effort to preserve arts education
Bend Bulletin
Students stand in line at the Martin Luther King Jr. School in Portland on Monday. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is adopting the school as part of a US Department of Education initiative to resuscitate eight failing art schools.
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Celebrity Apprentice Power Rankings: The Good And The Bad Of Aubrey O'Day
Cinema Blend
This week's Celebrity Apprentice challenge pitted Clay against Aubrey in a battle for the best male cologne project. Trump's Success brand was the target and both teams needed to come up with a display and a pitch for two lady executives covering the ...
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BUSINESS News, Apr 24, 2012

BUSINESS
Citi's CEO Pay Revolt: Capitalism Is Back, Baby!
TIME
Shareholders and the boards they elect have been about as tough on hotshot CEOs as compliant concubines. Even more, the relentless demands of shareholders for ever-higher quarterly profits have egged on corporate managers to take on higher levels of ...
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TIME
MAMCO Property Management Announces Leadership Changes
MarketWatch (press release)
LAUREL, NJ, Apr 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MAMCO PropertyManagement, an Associa company, proudly announces the addition of On-site Manager Diane Carey-Stranko and the promotion of Natalie Fries, AMS, CMA, to manager of the large scale on-site ...
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BIOLOGY News, Apr 24, 2012


BIOLOGY

Understanding 'Brain Freeze' May Be Key to Migraine Treatment, Says Study
ABC News
What causes this phenomenon has long baffled scientists, but in new research presented at this year's Experimental Biology meeting, scientists may have identified the cause as a change in the brain's blood flow associated with consuming cold drinks or ...
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ABC News
What causes brain freeze? Study reveals new clues
CBS News
VIDEO: Steering clear of "brain freeze" Dangerous "games" that may harm kids and teens We're talking the dreaded "brain freeze," - often dubbed an "ice cream headache" - and a new study claims to have finally unlocked clues as to what causes this ...
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BEST Anything, Apr 24, 2012

BEST
World Football: Top 10 Football Managers Who Employ Mind Games
Bleacher Report
Who are the managers who engage in it the best? Join me as I present to you the top 10 world football managers who employ mind games. The former Queens Park Rangers manager loves to play games with managers, players and referees by venting his ...
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Bleacher Report
Kimberly-Clark Named Among Top 20 Of World's Best Corporate Citizens For ...
Citybizlist (press release)
DALLAS -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) was recently recognized as one of the top 20 "Best Corporate Citizens" by Corporate Responsibility Magazine for the fourth consecutive year. The magazine published its 13th annual 100 Best Corporate ...
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ASSOCIATED PRESS News, Apr 24, 2012

Bribe report puts focus on Mexico's 'gestores'
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across Mexico, according to a published report by the New York Times. (AP Photo) Front-running presidential candidate ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
For cheap fuel, Nigeria bought massive corruption
Atlanta Journal Constitution
For the price of cheap gasoline, Nigeria paid billions of dollars into a corrupt government system of fuel subsidies that saw huge contracts awarded to shady companies without any oversight, according to a lawmakers' report. (AP Photos/Sunday Alamba) A...
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NEW ZEALAND HERALD News, Apr 24, 2012

Woman who drank 2 gallons of Coke a day dies
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
(AP Photo/New Zealand Herald) Natasha Harris, a 30-year-old, stay-at-home mother of eight from Invercargill, died of a heart attack in February 2010. Fairfax Media reported that a pathologist, Dr. Dan Mornin, testified at an inquest Thursday that she ...
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - April 24
Reuters
NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz) Most Kiwis prefer Fay group's bid: Days after Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin won approval for its purchase of the Crafar Farms, New Zealanders say they would rather the group led by controversial Kiwi asset ...
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ASEAN News, Apr 24, 2012

mediba Inc. Announces New Establishment of Representative Offices in Three ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In October 2011, we were welcomed into Singapore, a country with government incentive grants for foreign investors, central to ASEAN as well as having an established financial market. In February 2012, we opened an office in South Korea, which is known ...
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MOST BEAUTIFUL Woman, Model, Actress, Apr 24, 2012


People's Most Beautiful Woman 2012- Who will it be?

WPRO
Tomorrow morning (Wednesday) People Magazine will reveal their top choice for 2012's, "Most Beautiful Woman." Last year Jennifer Lopez took the top honor leaving her without words. "Rarely am I left speechless, but I feel honored," said Lopez, ...
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STRAUSS KAHN News, Apr 24, 2012

NY judge expected to rule soon on Strauss-Kahn's bid to nix hotel maid's lawsuit
Canadian Business Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:36 PM PDT
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A New York City judge is expected to rule by the end of the week on whether to throw out a hotel maid's lawsuit claiming that Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her. Court system spokesman David Bookstaver says a decision is expected by Friday in the housekeeper's Bronx civil

Ruling coming soon in NYC suit vs. Strauss-Kahn
Grand Island Independent Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:38 PM PDT
A New York City judge is expected to rule by the end of the week on whether to throw out a hotel maid's lawsuit claiming that Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her.

NY judge set to decide on Strauss-Kahn
TurkishPress.com Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:50 PM PDT
A New York judge is expected to rule Friday whether disgraced French politician and former IMF chief

Apr 23, 2012

LATEST World News, Apr 23, 2012

Leveson inquiry: Evgeny Lebedev, Aidan Barclay, John Ryley - live
The Guardian
Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) April 23, 2012 11.46am: Barr is asking Ryley about the public interest defences outlined in the Ofcom code of practice, which covers newsgathering for the purposes of "revealing or detecting crime". Ryley points out that there ...
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GENBAND Presents Latest IMS, Monetization and Cloud Strategies at IMS World ...
MarketWatch (press release)
FRISCO, Texas, Apr 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GENBAND, a leading developer of IP infrastructure and application solutions, today announced it will present the latest in IMS breakthroughs across its portfolio at IMS World Forum 2012, which takes place ...
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NEW TRENDS, Apr 23, 2012

New Trends
World Satellite M2M Market Prospects Examined in New IDATE Study Published at ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Most recent study "The Satellite M2M Market 2012-2016" developed by IDATE Consulting & Research (IDATE) has been recently published by Market Publishers Ltd. The study reveals that the global satellite M2M market is forecast to reach 2.3 billion EUR by ...
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WASHINGTON POST News, Apr 23, 2012

Post Newsletters & Alerts
Washington Post (blog)
By The Reliable Source Raul Fernandez (Kevin Clark/The Washington Post) Raul Fernandez gave $30K to help elect Barack Obama in 2008 — but the part-owner of the Wizards and the Caps says he'll vote for anybody but Obama this year because he feels like ...
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The Post Most: LifestyleMost-viewed stories,videos, and galleries in the past ...
Washington Post (blog)
A roving band of Washington Post Style reporters weighs in on the latest arts, fashion and culture news. Got a tip or a suggestion? Send us your thoughts via email, Facebook or Twitter. By Jacqueline Trescott “Old Pine Tree and Peacock,” by Ito Jakuchu ...
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UFO News, Apr 23, 2012


'Break on through to the otherside' Interview with Greg Bishop on UFOs
Examiner.com
... got me more interested in the government deception agenda when it comes to UFOs. Through his book Project Beta it helped opened my eyes a whole lot more to the situation being alot more complex, than just simply gray aliens or little green men.
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UFO: California witness reports cigar-shaped alien-like craft
Canadian National Newspaper
A California witness at La Mesa pulled over to get a better look at a "grayish-colored, blimp or cigar-shaped object seen in the southwest skies in full daylight" on April 17, 2012, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness ...
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PENNY Stock News, Apr 23, 2012

penny stocksMajor Penny Stock Gainers Of The Day (SEFE, LQMT, IMDC, HBRM)
Retirement Planning
By Scott Sheffield Sefe Incorporated(OTC:SEFE) continued to hit new highs on Monday and the stock soared another 17.14% to $2.07 after creating a new 52-week high of $2.07. Moreover, volume is amazing with more than 6.71 millionshares traded hands, ...
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SEFE as the next LEXG? 4 Penny Stocks With Volume: SNPK, MSLP, BSPM, CLNT
Active Investor
What goes up in the penny stock world inevitably gets introduced to gravity. So if you trade them, trade with caution. SEFE, Inc. (OTC:SEFE) is up 17.71% today at $2.07. SEFE is trading huge volume today with 7 million shares traded, ...
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