Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (AP) — A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with.U.N. officials...

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Coast Guard to investigate sinking of HMS Bounty replica

affiliate marketing CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard announced an investigation on Friday into the sinking of the replica of the sailing ship HMS Bounty with the loss of two crew members during Hurricane Sandy.Rear Admiral Steven Ratti, commander of the Coast Guard’s 5th District, ordered the formal investigation...

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Songs offer messages of hope at Sandy benefit show

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (AP) — From “Livin’ on a Prayer” to “The Living Proof,” every song Friday at NBC‘s benefit concert for superstorm Sandy victims became a message song.New Jersey‘s Jon Bon Jovi gave extra meaning to “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.” Billy Joel worked in a reference to Staten Island, the decimated New York City...

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U.S. jury awards troops $85 million over Iraq chemical exposure

affiliate marketing PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – An Oregon jury awarded 12 Army National Guardsmen $ 85 million in damages from defense contractor KBR Inc. on Friday after finding that the company failed to protect them from exposure to cancer-causing chemicals when they served in Iraq.Each Guard soldier was awarded $ 850,000 in non-economic...

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Oil prices fall on strong dollar

affiliate marketing 2 November 2012 Last updated at 19:35 ETContinue reading the main story affiliate marketing Oil prices have fallen after the dollar strengthened and the US government allowed foreign tankers to deliver additional supplies in the wake of super storm Sandy.Brent...

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Canada will push to keep bank capital rules on schedule

affiliate marketing OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will urge all countries to stick to the agreed schedule for implementing tougher bank capital rules at a November 4-5 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday.The so-called Basel III rules are the world’s...

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Microsoft versus Google trial raises concerns over courtroom secrecy

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two weeks before trial in a high-stakes lawsuit pitting Google‘s Motorola Mobility unit against Microsoft, Google made what has become a common request for a tech company fighting for billions of dollars: a public court proceeding conducted largely in secret.Google, like its counterparts...

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Blake Shelton dominates Country Music awards

affiliate marketing NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Blake Shelton dominated the Country Music Association awards on Thursday, taking home three trophies, including the coveted entertainer of the year prize, on country music‘s biggest night.Shelton, 36, whose popularity has rocketed since he became a judge in 2011 on the TV singing contest...

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In the Badger State, divided over and baffled by Obamacare

affiliate marketing BELOIT, Wisconsin (Reuters) – To Tim Givhan, Obamacare shouldn’t be an excuse for election-year polemics: “It’s a lifeline.”A former IT specialist, Givhan tripped on a machine at work and landed on his head, suffering neurological damage. His employer’s insurance company wouldn’t pay for an operation, saying the outcome...

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Sandy Crimps East Coast Gasoline

affiliate marketing Ahead of Hurricane Sandy, refineries along the East Coast shut down and braced for the worst. With the storm gone, about half those refineries have come back on line, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. That will surely help motorists. But even before the storm, the East Coast was facing a chronic lack of...

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Clinton calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition

affiliate marketing ZAGREB (Reuters) – The United States called on Wednesday for an overhaul of Syria‘s opposition leadership, saying it was time to move beyond the Syrian National Council and bring in those “in the front lines fighting and dying”.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signaling a more active stance by Washington in attempts...

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Where You’re Not Likely to Get Cell Service Because of Sandy

affiliate marketing It’s hard to tell exactly where the cell phone outages are happening without exact information from the wireless companies, but because of the way cell phone technology works, we know that the densest areas with the most power outages and the worst weather damage—i.e., downtown Manhattan—are where cell service is...

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“A Late Quartet” Review: classical-music drama gets soapy but actors avoid the false notes

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – “A Late Quartet,” as it turns out, has more than one meaning: The film’s musicians spend most of the movie grappling with Beethoven’s Opus 131, the String Quartet No. 14 in C# Minor, which was one of the composer’s “late quartets,” completed the year before his death.But the title also...

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Study Finds Flu Shot Can Cut Heart Attack Risk by Half

affiliate marketing Yet another study was presented this past weekend that shows a correlation between receiving a flu shot and a reduced risk of heart attack or stroke. The study, which was presented at the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Toronto on Sunday, concluded that getting a flu shot reduced a person’s risk of suffering...

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Child benefit cuts ‘cost £50,000′

affiliate marketing 31 October 2012 Last updated at 20:02 ETSome families may lose as much as £50,000 over the next 18 years due to cuts in child benefit, the accountancy firm PwC says. affiliate marketing The government will start to withdraw, or cut altogether, child benefit from...

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Hurricane’s death toll rises to 65 in Caribbean

affiliate marketing PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As Americans braced Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering.Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming in Haiti, which was pelted by three days of constant rains that ended only on Friday. affiliate...

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In hurricane, Twitter proves a lifeline despite pranksters

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – As Hurricane Sandy pounded the U.S. Atlantic coast on Monday night, knocking out electricity and Internet connections, millions of residents turned to Twitter as a part-newswire, part-911 hotline that hummed through the night even as some websites failed and swathes of Manhattan fell dark.But...

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