All Stories from November 3, 2012 (Change date)
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Smart Spending: Strategies for finding hot toysNov 03, 2012 7:44 am - It’s that season again, when parents begin the scramble for the next toy their child can’t live without. While there’s no breakout hot toy for Christmas this year — so ...
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Indigenous vs. multinationals in Mexico wind powerNov 03, 2012 7:42 am - MEXICO CITY — Mexico is putting up wind power turbines at a breakneck pace and the expansion is pitting energy companies against the Indians who live in one of the windi...
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Facebook, Twitter abuzz with hurricane chatterNov 03, 2012 7:34 am - Whether you call it Frankenstorm, Stormpocalypse or simply Hurricane Sandy, the giant weather system barreling into the East Coast is a favorite topic of conversation on...
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Faulkner estate sues over quotes in movie, adNov 03, 2012 7:29 am - JACKSON, Miss. — William Faulkner wrote that the past is never dead. His heirs say their copyright to that phrase is very much alive. The author’s literary estate is su...
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Mexico City school seeks to dignify mariachi musicNov 03, 2012 7:29 am - MEXICO CITY — In the golden age of mariachi, thousands of music lovers would crowd into theaters and fancy restaurants or fill the Plaza Garibaldi in the heart of the ca...
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Obama’s iPod a bit like his electorate — variedNov 03, 2012 7:29 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s iPod could pass for a voter outreach tool. Interviewed Monday on Cincinnati radio station WIZF, Obama ran through his musical tast...
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NBC ratings finally back on trackNov 03, 2012 7:22 am - NEW YORK — During NBC’s slow slide to near-irrelevancy in prime time over the past decade, a succession of entertainment executives sat in boardrooms plotting comeback m...
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Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girlsNov 03, 2012 7:17 am - DEPOK, Indonesia — When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn’t know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It’s a click she will ...
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European fashion buyers look to NigeriaNov 03, 2012 7:16 am - LAGOS, Nigeria — A model struts the runway wearing a flowing newspaper print gown in this African megacity where international high-end fashion buyers are looking beyond...
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Young Fendi branches out with recycled materialNov 03, 2012 7:16 am - DALLAS — Ilaria Venturini Fendi has translated the same attention to detail and craftsmanship she learned working over the years in her famous family’s Italian fashion b...