Monthly Archives: November 2011

Perry confuses voting age in NH (AP)

Manchester, N.H. – You might say Rick Perry courted the youth, but not the whole youth, in a campaign appearance at a New Hampshire college. Speaking at Saint Anselm on Tuesday, he appealed to students who will be at least … Continue reading

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Cain tells aides he is reassessing his campaign (AP)

ATLANTA – Herman Cain told aides Tuesday he is assessing whether the latest allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior against him “create too much of a cloud” for his Republican presidential candidacy to go forward. Acknowledging the “firestorm” arising from an … Continue reading

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Lana Peters, Daughter of Josef Stalin, Has Died (ContributorNetwork)

COMMENTARY | Lana Peters, aka Svetlana Alliluyeva, has died in Wisconsin of colon cancer at the age of 85. Peters has two main claims to fame. She was the only daughter of Josef Stalin and she defected to the West … Continue reading

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Rick Perry Helps Establish the Institute for Applied Cancer Research (ContributorNetwork)

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for president, left off the campaign trail for a day to announce the formation of the Institute for Applied Cancer Research at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, according to the Houston Chronicle. Why … Continue reading

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Pfizer maneuvers to protect Lipitor from generics (AP)

TRENTON, N.J. – Lipitor is so valuable that its maker, Pfizer Inc., is practically paying people to keep taking the blockbuster cholesterol medicine after generic competition hits the U.S. market this week. Pfizer has devised discounts and incentives for patients, … Continue reading

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NYS seeing low-paying jobs replacing high-pay ones

ALBANY, New York (Reuters) – New York state has lost more than 500,000 job opportunities and about $31 billion in potential earnings from 2008-2011 as the state continues to feel the economic repercussions left by the recession and slow recovery, … Continue reading

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ICC ‘warrant for Laurent Gbagbo’

29 November 2011 Last updated at 14:35 ET Laurent Gbagbo has been detained since his arrest in April after he refused to stand down as president The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for ousted Ivory Coast … Continue reading

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RIM launching Mobile Fusion management tool for Android, iOS phones and tablets

Research in Motion has been a respected player in the corporate IT world for quite some time. The company’s position has slipped more recently as Android and iOS gained footholds in enterprise settings, but RIM is still a force to … Continue reading

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Apple pulls USB tethering app that snuck into App Store

When you’re paying for a capped data plan, why do you need to pay more to share that data with another device? The question baffles smartphone owners every day, but wireless carriers continue the illogical — but profitable — practice … Continue reading

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Windows 8 ARM laptops on hold until 2013?

Next year, Windows 8 will be arriving in stores — and so will Windows 8 tablets powered by ARM processors like the Nvidia Tegra 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon S4. But according to some industry sources, laptops running Windows 8 and … Continue reading

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