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The Onion apologizes for offensive actress tweet
The Onion apologizes for offensive actress tweet
The Onion is apologizing for calling the 9-year-old star of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" a vulgar and offensive name on Twitter, an attack that led to a firestorm online. The satirical newspaper on Sunday referred to Quvenzhane Wallis with an expletive intended to denigrate women. The Onion was la

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Ang Lee's win for 'Life of Pi' thrills Taiwanese
Ang Lee's win for 'Life of Pi' thrills Taiwanese
A second Academy Award for director Ang Lee has surprised his home of Taiwan as much as Hollywood. Lee Gang, the director's brother, said he thought "Life of Pi" might not be an Oscar favorite because its theme isn't mainstream. The shipwreck story of an Indian boy on a boat with a tiger was crafte

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FIFA licenses Cairos as 3rd goal-line tech project
FIFA licenses Cairos as 3rd goal-line tech project
Goal-line technology system Cairos was licensed by FIFA on Monday as the third candidate for use at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Cairos, a German system using magnetic field technology, joins Hawk-Eye and GoalRef as officially approved projects. "The Cairos GLT System met all of the demands placed

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NASA rover preps for 1st test of drilled Mars rock
NASA rover preps for 1st test of drilled Mars rock
Fresh off drilling into a rock for the first time, the Mars rover Curiosity is prepping for the next step: dissecting the pulverized rock to determine what it's made of. Images beamed back to Earth on Wednesday showed a tablespoon of gray powder in Curiosity's scoop, giving scientists their first g

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NKorea to allow mobile Internet for foreigners
NKorea to allow mobile Internet for foreigners
North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second relaxation of controls on communications in recent weeks. However, North Korean citizens will not have access to the mobile Internet service to be offered

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HP's 1Q offers glimmer of hope, stock surges
HP's 1Q offers glimmer of hope, stock surges
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s latest quarterly results provided a glimmer of hope after months of gloomy news. The fiscal first-quarter numbers announced Thursday topped what the slumping personal computer maker's own management and stock market analysts had forecast. Like other PC makers, HP has been stru

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Rebel Apple investor tries to rally Street
Rebel Apple investor tries to rally Street
A Wall Street maverick who wants Apple Inc. to share more of its wealth with investors took his case to other shareholders Thursday, urging them to send management a message by voting against a company proposal at the upcoming annual meeting. On a conference call with investors and reporters, David

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Nielsen to begin counting broadband viewing homes
Nielsen to begin counting broadband viewing homes
The company that measures television viewership said Thursday it will soon begin counting people who watch programming through broadband in addition to the traditional broadcast or cable hook-up. Nielsen's move is a significant step toward recognizing a world where the definition of TV viewing is s

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Google to sell Internet glasses to contest winners
Google to sell Internet glasses to contest winners
Google is giving more people a chance to pay $1,500 for a pair of the Internet-connected glasses that the company is touting as the next breakthrough in mobile computing. The product, dubbed "Google Glass," will be offered to "bold, creative individuals" selected as part of a contest announced Wedn

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Ben Foster replaces Shia LaBeouf on Broadway
Ben Foster replaces Shia LaBeouf on Broadway
Shia LaBeouf is out. Ben Foster is in. A day after LaBeouf stepped away from the play that would have marked his Broadway debut, he was replaced by Foster. LaBeouf responded to the backstage turmoil by posting private messages from the show's actors and creative team sent to him that expressed sadn

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Yahoo redesign aims to make site more inviting
Yahoo redesign aims to make site more inviting
Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and stay longer. The long-awaited makeover of Yahoo.com's home page is the most notable change to the website since the Internet company hired Marissa Mayer as its CEO seven months ago. The new l

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White House announces anti-theft trade strategy
White House announces anti-theft trade strategy
The Obama administration announced new efforts Wednesday to fight the growing theft of American trade secrets, a broad but relatively restrained response to a rapidly emerging global problem that was brought into sharp focus this week by fresh evidence linking cyberstealing to China's military. Men

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