Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook accounts from publicly available information. The consultant, Ron Bowes, then uploaded the data as a torrent file allowing anyone with a computer connection to download the data. Full Story »
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Theo Albrecht, secretive co-owner of Trader Joe's, dies at 88
AP – Wed Jul 28, 3:32 pm ET Sent 544 timesBERLIN - Theo Albrecht, the secretive co-founder of Germany's worldwide discount supermarket chain Aldi, a co-owner of Trader Joe's in the United States and one of Europe's richest men, has died at age 88. Full Story »
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Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered
AP – Wed Jul 28, 9:24 pm ET Sent 231 timesTORONTO - Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team said Wednesday. Full Story »
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Novelist Anne Rice says she's leaving Christianity
AP – Thu Jul 29, 9:08 pm ET Sent 191 timesNEW YORK - Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She's no longer a Christian. Full Story »
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Obama courts the ladies of ‘The View’
The Upshot – Thu Jul 29, 1:14 pm ET Sent 78 timesAs President Obama fights the lowest approval ratings of his career, he took a dramatic step to boost his Q ratings Thursday by visiting ABC's "The View." In a segment taped Wednesday and broadcast Thursday, the president entertained questions on everything from the war in Afghanistan to Mel Gibson's anger problems. He sparred with the [...] Full Story »
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US 'carefully watching' Myanmar-NKorea talks
AP – 2 hrs 18 mins agoYANGON, Myanmar - The U.S. said it is carefully watching the budding secretive relationship between Myanmar and North Korea for signs of nuclear cooperation, as official talks between the authoritarian regimes entered a second day Friday. Full Story »
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In Rhinebeck with Chelsea: Rocky Horror, cows
AP – 1 hr 46 mins agoRHINEBECK, N.Y. - If some of Chelsea Clinton's wedding guests want to make a weekend of it in Rhinebeck, there's a stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show" on the boards Saturday night and Sunday. Full Story »
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NY AG announces probe of life insurance industry
AP – Thu Jul 29, 11:45 pm ETNEW YORK - State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he had opened a fraud investigation into how life insurers pay out benefits after policyholders die. Full Story »
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Chelsea Clinton's wedding declared a no-fly zone
AP – Thu Jul 29, 4:12 pm ETRHINEBECK, N.Y. - Chelsea Clinton's wedding along the Hudson River will be under a no-fly zone. Full Story »
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A $3M Clinton wedding? Not out of the question
AP – Thu Jul 29, 9:54 pm ETRHINEBECK, N.Y. - Imagine spending $250,000 on flowers. Or $20,000 on a cake. How does $15,000 to $20,000 for toilets sound? Full Story »
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Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman's gas tank
AP – Thu Jul 29, 9:25 pm ETROCK HILL, S.C. - A South Carolina woman found out fast food won't make your car go fast. The Herald of Rock Hill reported Thursday a 30-year-old woman made a complaint to police after she took her car to a Rock Hill mechanic last week because it would suddenly stop running. Full Story »
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Obama talks race, pop culture on 'The View'
AP – Thu Jul 29, 11:00 am ETNEW YORK - President Barack Obama said Thursday that the racial firestorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department official was a "phony controversy" generated by the media. He said his administration overreacted by forcing her out. Full Story »
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Oceans in Peril: Primed for Mass Extinction?
LiveScience.com – Thu Jul 29, 7:43 am ETOne hundred days ago Thursday, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon began spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As profoundly as the leak of millions of barrels of oil is injuring the Gulf ecosystem, it is only one of many threats to the Earth's oceans that, many experts say, could change the makeup of the oceans as we know them and wipe out a large portion of marine life. Full Story »
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T.O. practices with Bengals for first time
AP – Thu Jul 29, 10:30 pm ETGEORGETOWN, Ky. - Terrell Owens arrived fashionably late, received a white jersey with his favorite number, and got a smattering of applause for doing even the simplest thing. Full Story »
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Second U.S. sailor's remains found in Afghanistan
Reuters – Thu Jul 29, 10:49 am ETKABUL (Reuters) - The body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in Afghanistan last week has been recovered, an Afghan police chief said on Thursday. Full Story »
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