All Stories from October 15, 2012 (Change date)
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’League of Legends’ crowns $1 million championsOct 15, 2012 6:32 am - LOS ANGELES — It had all the makings of an Olympic event: an indoor arena, play-by-play announcers, 7,000 enthusiastic fans, uniformed competitors from across the globe ...
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Poll: Economists foresee weak but improving growthOct 15, 2012 6:24 am - Economists foresee only tepid growth for the coming year, with unemployment back above 8 percent for the first half of 2013. The good news: The housing market is recover...
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Xbox Music to offer on-demand music free on tabletOct 15, 2012 6:23 am - LOS ANGELES — Buyers of tablets that run Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 8, are in for a pleasant musical surprise. They’ll be able to pick from millions o...
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Oil falls further amid global growth concernsOct 15, 2012 6:20 am - BANGKOK) — The price of oil fell Monday after Chinese economic indicators did little to raise hopes for a rebound in the world’s second-largest economy. Benchmark oil fo...
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China economic figures shore up global marketsOct 15, 2012 6:17 am - LONDON — A round of figures showing China’s economy is in relatively good health helped buoy markets Monday, at the start of a week that could offer greater clarity on t...
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Softbank to buy 70 percent of Sprint for $20 billionOct 15, 2012 6:16 am - TOKYO — Softbank Corp. has reached a deal to buy 70 percent of U.S. mobile carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. for $20.1 billion in the largest ever foreign acquisition by a Jap...
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Nasal rinsing may help clear colds, sinus infectionsOct 15, 2012 6:10 am - It was once a truth universally acknowledged that children should not be stuffing things up their little noses. And while that view still holds true generally, shooting ...
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Get your body workout-ready with dynamic stretchingOct 15, 2012 6:00 am - Q. I've been strength training for a few months now, but I always feel so tight during the first 15 minutes of the workout until my muscles actually warm up. I'm sitting...
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New Fitbit targets iPhone-using couch potatoesOct 15, 2012 6:00 am - Last year, I looked at a neat little device called a Fitbit, designed to encourage you to get off your keister and be more active. I generally liked it, except for one t...
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Your Health: Some healthy 'facts' are just mythsOct 15, 2012 6:00 am - Rethink healthy We all know that genuinely healthy foods exist naturally — in nature — and that we should be skeptical of anything that does not. Website FabFitFun....