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Want a personal shopper? You don't have to be richMar 16, 2014 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Ah, to live the life of the wealthy, and to be able to afford your own personal shopper. Well, you don't need to be rich to get a taste of that kind of servi...
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Review: Asus Chromebox great as streaming deviceMar 15, 2014 6:45 am - NEW YORK - Devices that let you watch Netflix and other streaming video services on a big TV screen are popular, but there are limits to what you can watch. NBC, for ins...
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App reviews: Entitle, PendoMar 15, 2014 6:00 am - Entitle It's easier than ever for movie-lovers to get the things they want on demand. But what about readers? With Entitle, a Web service and app, the literati now ...
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Obama hams it up for health care on Funny or DieMar 11, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is hamming it up online to promote his health care plan. Obama joked Tuesday with comedian Zach Galifianakis, including poking fun a...
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Girls go gaga for Vine video boys at Itasca meet and greetMar 01, 2014 12:00 am - As the entertainment world focuses on Sunday's Academy Awards, gaggles of screaming girls insist that the real screen stars are at MAGCON in Itasca, where teenage boys f...
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Tokyo bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcyFeb 28, 2014 12:01 am - TOKYO - The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday and its chief executive said 850,000 bitcoins, worth several hundred million dollars...
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Online retailers let you try before you buyFeb 23, 2014 5:37 am - NEW YORK - The fitting room is coming home. Online retailers that sell jeans, eyeglasses and shoes are shipping their products to customers for free to try on at home be...
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Johnson hits the track at Daytona with his eyes on the prizeFeb 23, 2014 4:45 am - Records, as they say, are made to be broken. And a major sports record could be tied this year, the one for Sprint Cup championships in a career: seven, currently held b...
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Not all escapist fare is for kidsFeb 14, 2014 4:30 am - Thanks to Harry Potter, "Lord of the Rings" and Hollywood's insistence that no big-budget movie be rated R, imaginative fantasy and sci-fi films have become synonymous w...
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Giving daily-deal sites a second chanceFeb 09, 2014 5:35 am - NEW YORK — I gave up on daily-deal sites about a year ago. The last straw was a $45 pizza-making class I bought, but didn’t show up for. Before that, there was a long li...