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Arrest in webcam case | | A college student was arrested for allegedly hijacking the webcams of young women -- among them, the reigning Miss Teen USA -- taking nude images, then blackmailing his victims to send him more explicit material. |
Timeline of the Kenya Mall Shooting | | A day-to-day look at the events that have occurred since Saturday's deadly shooting and hostage situation at an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya. |
UPDATE 1-U.S. removes roadblock to Actavis-Warner Chilcott deal | | WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Federal regulators on Friday removed a roadblock to drugmaker Actavis Inc's purchase of Warner Chilcott Plc after Actavis agreed to sell all rights and assets related to three oral contraceptives and an osteoporosis treatment. |
BlackBerry confirms deep loss and revenue drop | | TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd reported a quarterly loss of nearly $1 billion on Friday, in line with a warning it gave last week, just days after the smartphone maker accepted its largest shareholder's tentative $4.7 billion bid to take it private. |
Travel fees -- how to avoid them | | Whether it's a $20 daily charge for a resort gym you didn't use, or the new $200 penalty for altering your flight reservation, travel fees have an irritating way of surprising us on vacation. The upside is that you can avoid some of the worst penalties if you plan strategically. |
Tale of White Widow Fills British Press | | While there is no evidence that Samantha Lewthwaite was involved in the Kenya mall attack, British newspapers remain fascinated with the woman they call the white widow. |
Rocky Transition From Farm to Town in China | | It is one of the largest peacetime population transfers in history the removal of 2.4 million farmers from mountain areas in central Chinas Shaanxi Province to low-lying towns. |
Death toll rises in Mumbai collapse | | At least 28 people have died and 60 others were injured, in the rubble of a collapsed five-story residential building in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai. |
Terrorists turning to Twitter? | | It was the first major terrorist attack in history in which the group that mounted the operation used Twitter to announce to the world it was responsible. |
Rattled by Alibaba loss, Hong Kong bankers seek market reforms | | HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lauded by many for its principled stance in rejecting Alibaba Group's plans to list shares, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has left the city's financial community fuming at a lost opportunity, and re-ignited calls for market reforms. |
Water "the teeth" of climate change - World Bank | | June 19 - Growing pressure over water remains the most worrying symptom of climate change, argues the World Bank President, while a projected 2C rise in temperature by 2030 could submerge Bangkok. |
Week 4 N.F.L. Matchups | | Arizona has a veteran quarterback, Carson Palmer, to get the ball to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. Tampa Bay has a revamped secondary that should hamper the Cardinals passing attack. |
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