All Stories from June 11, 2011 (Change date)
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Twitter automates link shrinking to cut charactersJun 11, 2011 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter is offering to automatically shrink your links so they fit within the service’s 140-character limit. Link-shortening services such as bit.ly conv...
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HTC Flyer tablet mates with slippery penJun 11, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Is it better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all? That’s the question posed by a new tablet computer that takes aim at one of the deficien...
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Olympic medalist Kastor back racing post-pregnancyJun 11, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Deena Kastor had trouble walking her dog at times. She had to stop to sit on the curb. The 2004 Olympic marathon bronze medalist didn’t run the last five mont...
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Pfizer starts first ‘virtual’ clinical study in U.S.Jun 11, 2011 6:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. is running the first U.S. clinical study in which patients participate by using mobile phones and the Internet, rather than repeate...
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Father’s Day gifts for the modern dadJun 11, 2011 6:00 am - Pipe and slippers? Today’s dad is more likely to be trail biking with the kids, downloading sports apps or jamming with his own weekend band. So this Father’s Day, consi...
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New sensor network protecting art in museumJun 11, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — It will take a good eye to spot them, but dozens of tiny, very modern works of art have been installed near the 15th-century unicorn tapestries and other medi...
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How to keep that goldfish from the carnival aliveJun 11, 2011 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Don Hurst figures he's given away millions of goldfish at carnivals over the last 25 years. Fairgoers win a fish in a plastic bag by tossing a Ping-Pong ba...
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Apple’s cloud music could finally make pirates payJun 11, 2011 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs this week introduced more than just a cloud storage system for songs that fans buy legitimately through iTunes. He unveiled a sys...
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Pekin man trains hard for 'Death Race'Jun 11, 2011 6:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. — Lee Biga used to be a fitness buff. Now he's insane. At least he knows it and can laugh at himself. He has to, if he's to build the sense of humor he'll ne...
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Review: Keyless Nook beats Kindle for easy e-readingJun 11, 2011 6:00 am - As impressed as I am with Amazon.com Inc. for launching the electronic-book market, there’s one thing about the groundbreaking Kindle that I could do without: its keyboa...