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US tax time: A later deadline and other tax facts
Thanks to a holiday in Washington, D.C., the federal tax-filing deadline this year is April 17, two days later than usual. The extra time provides an opportunity to peruse some random tax-related facts.
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In Pictures: Painted faces
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/12
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Political misquotes: The 10 most famous things never actually said
Did Sarah Palin really say that she could see Russia from her house? Did Marie Antoinette really say 'Let them eat cake?' Learn the true story behind 10 of the most widely believed – but completely bogus – quotations misattributed to political figures.
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Teacher inherits $7 million in gold coins from reclusive cousin
Teacher inherits $7 million: Actually, it was $7.4 million stash. A San Rafael teacher inherited two wheel barrows worth of 2,900 Austrian coins, 4,500 from Mexico, 500 from Britain, and 400 U.S. gold pieces.
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Loner leaves $7.4 million in gold coins to long-lost cousin
Loner leaves $7.4 million in gold coins to his first cousin, a San Francisco-area teacher who was named his sole heir. The $7.4 million fortune come from a wide variety of Austrian gold coins, some that date as far back as the 1890s.
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U.N. votes to upgrade Palestine's status
In a vote at the United Nations in New York on Thursday, the body granted Palestine the title of "non-member observer state". Palestinians celebrated the outcome, while the United States and Israel denounced it.
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Europeans bolster Palestinian bid at the UN (+video)
Support from the Europeans for Palestinian non-member 'state' status may derive partly from concern that Palestinians would view missiles, not diplomacy, as the way to sway Israel.
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Planeloads of Syrian currency exposed, but does the Kremlin care?
A new report reveals that Russia printed and shipped eight planeloads of Syrian currency to Damascus over the summer, providing a critical lifeline to the Assad regime.
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Baby box ban: Why the UN wants to ban the practice
Baby box ban: Eleven nations in Europe have drop boxes for unwanted babies, including Germany with 100 baby boxes. But a UN human rights group wants to ban them.
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Stefan Karlsson
Six types of European economic trendsRecent EU data shows great divergences in Europe between different countries in economic growth, Karlsson writes.
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Latin America Monitor
Pimples at the polls: Argentina tries to lower voting age to 16If successful, President Kirchner would most likely benefit.
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Supersonic daredevil skydiver touches down safely
On Sunday, Felix Baumgartner skydived 24 miles, jumping from a pressurized capsule, and landed safely on Earth. It was not immediately certain if he had broken the speed of sound.
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Europe's independence seekers: Scotland, Catalonia, and now ... Venice
Activists in Venice and northeastern Italy want to restore independence to the region, which had been a republic for more than 1,000 years before falling to Napoleon in 1797.
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Horizons
Bad weather scuttles supersonic jump from the edge of spaceFelix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver, has delayed his Red Bull Stratos jump until later this afternoon. Baumgartner plans to leap from a balloon stationed 23 feet above the New Mexico desert.
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'Fearless' Redbull-sponsored daredevil to plunge to Earth from edge of space (+video)
Next Monday over New Mexico, he will attempt the highest, fastest free fall in history and try to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.
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Chapter & Verse
Arnold Schwarzenegger's new memoir: anything but 'total recall'?Arnold Schwarzenegger's new memoir 'Total Recall' is disappointing many readers.
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Global News Blog
How higher education may be easing the global recessionA new OECD report on education in the world's top economies highlights the importance of higher education, which includes vocational schooling, during an economic downturn.
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Appearance of explosive WWI relics underscores Alps glaciers' retreat
The Alps' glaciers are in retreat at an alarming rate due to rising temperatures – as indicated by the discovery of rusted explosives left over from a nearly hundred-year-old cache.
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Quantum 'teleportation' distance record broken
Researchers say that exploiting quantum entanglement could lead to near-instantaneous data transmission.
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Global News Blog
Empowering Prague's homeless by hiring them as tour guidesThe Pragulic service's guides share their experiences living on the streets of Prague with tourists – and share in profits from the tours with the sevice's founders, three graduate students.
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Latin America Monitor
Venezuela: Can calls for gun control trump election year divides?Venezuela has one of the highest murder rates in the world, and illegal firearms are prevalent. More than 130,000 illegal arms were turned into the state last year as part of a pilot disarmament program.
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Global News Blog
Atheism on the rise around the globeAccording to a new poll, religiosity worldwide is declining while more people say they are atheists. In the United States, a growing number consider themselves non-believers.
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Eurozone economy shrinks. Germany ekes out growth.
Eurozone conracts by 0.2 percent for the second quarter. Germany manages a slightly better-than-expected 0.3 percent, while debt-laden euro nations shrink.
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Markets tumble after European bank fails to promise bond bailout
The European Central Bank's announcement today expressed a willingness to prop up the bond market but without providing any specifics on how much it would spend, for how long, or starting when, dashing expectations that the continent had unified around a remedy for the eurocrisis.
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Reader recommendation: The Sojourn
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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Keep Calm
Good Reads: Syria's conflict, hero journalists, and the power of parentsA tribute to war correspondent Marie Colvin, a few tips about Syria from Lawrence of Arabia, and one Indian woman's fight against sexual harassment top this week's list of stories worth reading.
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Why is Google honoring Gustav Klimt with a golden doodle?
Google's gilded Doodle today honors Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's 150th birthday.
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Shooting Victoria
Writer Paul Thomas Murphy's crisp prose provides a vivid look at the various assassination attempts against Queen Victoria.
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