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Tech CEO dares staff to fail | | How Trend Micro CEO Eva Chen turned international failure into an opportunity to carve out a new business strategy, writes Kristie Lu Stout. |
Of Fact, Fiction and Defibrillators | | Dick Cheney writes that to prevent terrorists from sending a fatal shock to his defibrillator, he had his doctors disable the wireless capability. Could somebody really kill you that way? |
N.S.A. Said to Tap Google and Yahoo Abroad | | Unbeknown to Google and Yahoo, the National Security Agency and its British counterpart have tapped into the search engines abroad, where data collection faces less oversight. |
Protests as Palestinians released | | Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners early Wednesday, part of an agreement that fueled new peace talks. But Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said all prisoners must be released before any peace deal. |
Shoeless boys win basketball cup | | Despite most of the team being of short stature and playing barefoot, the Triqui Indian boys from Mexico won the championship -- and the hearts of many -- at the International Festival of Mini-Basketball held in Argentina. |
Veteran chef to French leaders hangs up apron | | PARIS, Oct 31 (Reuters) - For 40 years, Bernard Vaussion has stirred and sauteed, poached and parboiled, reduced and roasted for six French presidents and their guests. Now it's time to hang up the apron. |
They rebuilt, only to have it torn down | | One New York family spent six months rebuilding their home after Sandy, only to have it condemned. Now they must navigate the tricky process of building a new house. |
Senate committee approves antitrust whistleblower bill | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill on Thursday aimed at preventing retaliation against people who report criminal price-fixing to the Justice Department, the panel said in a statement. |
What's next on the Red Planet? | | The much-celebrated Mars rover Curiosity is headed for Mount Sharp, where it will help scientists explore the question of life on Mars as it climbs up and up. |
No U.S. Action, So States Move on Privacy Law | | Lawmakers in 10 states have passed more than two dozen privacy laws this year on phone tracking, the use of drones and other topics, as support for limits on surveillance has grown. |
Senators Warn Obama Before Iraq Leaders Visit | | An influential group of senators sent a strongly worded letter to warn that the Iraqi premiers mismanagement of the countrys politics had contributed to the surge of violence there. |
Arts, Briefly Joyce Theater Plans | | The New York City Ballet principal Wendy Whelan, DanceBrazil and Pilobolus are among those slated to perform on the Joyce Theater stage in 2014. |
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