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The World Science Festival Arrives in New York

SOURCE: The New York Times

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May 24, 2012 THE science-fiction author and technology prophet Arthur C. Clarke once said that a technology sufficiently advanced from...

Exhibition Review: ‘Beer Here,' on Brewing, at New-York Historical ...

SOURCE: The New York Times

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It Was Safer Than Water Beer Here,' on Brewing, at New-York Historical Society Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times Bottles...

Books of The Times: ‘Granddad, There's a Head on the Beach' and Other ...

SOURCE: The New York Times

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Books for Basking Granddad, There's a Head on the Beach' and Other Summer Reads Published: May 24, 2012 The heroine...

Psst, students. Still hope for low-rate student loans, despite Senate ...

SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor

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Still hope for low-rate student loans, despite Senate balking Without a fix, interest on some subsidized federal student loans would...

George Crowley Quartet: Paper Universe – review

SOURCE: The Guardian

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At first, much of this album from the young UK saxophonist George Crowley sounds more like old jazz than the...

Niger famine 'inevitable' without aid

SOURCE: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Aid agencies have warned that the West African country of Niger will fall into famine unless the world takes immediate...

SEC sanctions ex-staffer who represented Stanford Co

SOURCE: International Business Times

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A former top enforcement official in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Texas office has been barred from appearing before the...

Republicans claim advantage in Wisconsin recall

SOURCE: Fox

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FoxNews.com Every day looks like Election Day in Wisconsin, now that early voting has started in Gov. Scott Walker's recall...

MasterChef diversity conical, if not comical

SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald

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Story continues below Last night, thanks to the freaking genius of some television creative-type, somewhere, the tagine was indeed brought,...

Business › Ukraine may hike car tariffs within days, Japan says

SOURCE: Japan Today

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Ukraine may decide to add emergency tariffs to car imports within days, a move that would be unjustifiable under World...

DealBook: China Investment Corp. in Talks for Alibaba Stake

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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But the biggest move has been securing an agreement with Yahoo over the stake repurchase, beginning the unwinding of an...

Spain cuts aid to Caribbean, S. America

SOURCE: United Press International

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America Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on May 20, 2012 in Chicago. May 24 (UPI) -- All but the poorest...

Judge orders Guantanamo tapes turned over

SOURCE: United Press International

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Human-rights groups worldwide are demanding the camp be closed. Of the nearly 800 detainees taken to Guantanamo, 171 prisoners remain...Defense...

Lawsuit challenges ban on women in combat

SOURCE: United Press International

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Army reservists, an enlisted woman and an officer, say keeping women out of combat has hurt their careers...Ellen Harding argue...

Marshals in Virginia seek former neo-Nazi

SOURCE: United Press International

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White is being sought by federal authorities on a probation violation, the U.S...White, the former self-proclaimed commander of the American...