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Las Vegas casinos folding on poker roomsFeb 28, 2013 6:26 am - LAS VEGAS — The Tropicana hoped to step back into the big leagues when it opened its poker room in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, touting it as the coolest in town. B...
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'Much hope' as Bartlett native revamps schools in KenyaFeb 23, 2013 10:00 pm - Had Toni Maraviglia bothered to show up at Berkeley to get that MBA, she might not have time to talk these days, what with all her high-powered business meetings with mo...
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Commercial cyber spying offers rich payoffFeb 23, 2013 7:07 am - BEIJING — For state-backed cyber spies such as a Chinese military unit implicated by a U.S. security firm in a computer crime wave, hacking foreign companies can produce...
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Yahoo redesign aims to make site more invitingFeb 23, 2013 6:56 am - SAN FRANCISCO — 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 Yah...
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Woman, 104, forced to lie about age on FacebookFeb 23, 2013 5:57 am - GROSSE POINTE SHORES, Mich. — Marguerite Joseph can be forgiven for lying about her age on Facebook. The 104-year-old Michigan woman’s granddaughter says Joseph is unabl...
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On Twitter, a peanut gallery mocks the OscarsFeb 23, 2013 5:22 am - NEW YORK — You can simply tune into the Oscars. Or you can watch them with the peanut gallery on Twitter. While Hollywood parades in tuxedos and gowns, grandly celebrat...
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Review: Microsoft email better, not revolutionaryFeb 23, 2013 5:15 am - NEW YORK — Longtime users of Hotmail, MSN and other Microsoft email services will start noticing a big change: When they sign in to check messages, they’ll be sent to a ...
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Netflix:‘House of Cards’ is most watched streaming programFeb 16, 2013 6:38 am - “House of Cards,” the Netflix Inc. online television program that made its debut this month, is the streaming service’s most-watched series, executive Ted Sarandos said....
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Twitter becomes instant megaphone for lobbyists, big companiesFeb 16, 2013 6:16 am - On television, President Barack Obama spent a commercial-free hour delivering his State of the Union speech. But on Twitter, the nation’s biggest lobbying groups and cor...
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'Sesame Street' nears 1 billion views on YouTubeFeb 14, 2013 12:00 pm - NEW YORK — Nearing 1 billion views on YouTube, “Sesame Street” is headed for Justin Bieber territory. The children's program is closing in on the kind of rarefied digit...