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The top 25 celebrity baby names of all time
Many celebrities are creative people, but seldom does their creativity get more free rein than when they’re naming their own offspring. From Beyonce and Jay-Z's firstborn Blue Ivy to Frank Zappa's daughter's avante-garde moniker Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen, there are plenty of unusual names.
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10 most-looked-up words of 2012, according to Merriam Webster
Here are the 10 words that most often sent Americans to the dictionary in 2012.
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5 essential Black Friday apps
Going Black Friday shopping? These five free smartphone apps will help you find the best deals and stay organized on the big day. Happy shopping!
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Happy Halloween: Five free ghoulish iPhone games to play on the go
We have some Halloween ideas for you to enjoy the holiday at the touch of a finger. Here are five great free iPhone apps to try:
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The Malala moment: 6 Pakistani views on the girl shot by the Taliban
The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai by a Taliban gunman has shocked Pakistan and led to some extraordinary writing in the press on how Islamic radicalism is enabled. On the back foot for years, liberals are getting a new hearing against extremist religious parties, the powerful military, and a populist anti-US politician.
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Gmail down, up, and back online again
Gmail and Chrome weathered outages and bugs earlier today. Google says it is looking into the problem.
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Backchannels
Muslim Brotherhood's unlikely new ally? Egypt's militaryEgyptian President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood have made their peace with a military elite that hounded them for decades.
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Egypt's opposition: Morsi is risking 'violent confrontation'
President Mohamed Morsi rescinded a decree that gave himself sweeping powers, but has not budged on a Dec. 15 date for a constitutional referendum that opponents want delayed.
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Six days of riots erupt in the 'New Northern Ireland'
A motion in Belfast to stop flying the British Union flag year-round touched off the riots, but the issues run deeper.
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Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady have a baby girl
A baby girl – named Vivian – joined the family of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and football star Tom Brady.
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Netflix CEO in SEC trouble over Facebook post
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is trouble for a Facebook post saying that Netflix's online viewing 'exceeded 1 billion hours for the first time ever in June.' Hastings didn't clear the data with the SEC or send out a formal press release, and Netflix stock climbed as a result of the post.
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Building Stories
Chris Ware's unusual graphic novel is a triumph of imagination and originality.
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University of Colorado releases thousands of James Holmes-related emails
At the request of media organizations, the University of Colorado released over 3,000 emails pertaining to James Holmes, the former graduate student accused of killing 12 and wounding 58 at the premier of a 'Batman' movie this summer in Aurora, Colo.
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Why is Instagram waving goodbye to Twitter integration?
Instagram no longer plays well with Twitter, as plenty of Instagram users discovered today.
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10 most-looked-up words of 2012, according to Merriam Webster
Here are the 10 words that most often sent Americans to the dictionary in 2012.
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Top 10 most looked-up words of 2012? Lots of political malarkey. (+video)
Merriam-Webster released its list of the 10 most looked-up words in its online dictionary. Socialism and capitalism came joint first on a list heavily influenced by Election 2012.
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Pizza Hut perfume: Yes, it's real
Pizza Hut perfume, which started out as a joke, is now being produced in limited quantities in Canada. The Pizza Hut perfume 'boasts top notes of freshly baked, hand-tossed dough.'
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In Gear
Teen drivers text more than parents think: studyTeen drivers do a lot more texting behind the wheel than their parents think they do, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for pro-Morsi rally
The largest Islamist political group in the Middle Eastern nation is calling on supporters of Egypt's president to gather at the presidential palace in Cairo.
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Global News Blog
Boy or girl, Kate's royal offspring likely to reign - eventuallyThe centuries-old tradition that gave male children precedence in succession to the British throne has been scrapped, with a new gender-equal law coming soon.
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The pope joins the twitterverse as @pontifex
The Vatican is trying to reach out to an increasingly Internet-savvy audience and has already established a presence on YouTube and Facebook.
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In Gear
MINI, Lexus get top marks in sales satisfactionThe results are in, and once again, Lexus and MINI have proven masters of the sales process and making customers happy, according to J.D. Power and Associates. Why are Lexus and MINI so successful on this front?
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Stocks hold as budget talks continue
Rising stocks narrowly outnumbered falling ones on the New York Stock Exchange Friday. Investors remain cautious as 'fiscal cliff' budget negotiations continue in Washington.
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Change Agent
#GivingTuesday sparks a big spike in charitable donationsGifts to charitable groups shot up 53 percent to $10 million on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which is being promoted as #GivingTuesday.
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Jordan Davis killed for loud music: mirror image of the Martin case?
Details differ between the shooting of 17-year-old Jordan Davis and unarmed teen Trayvon Martin earlier this year. But in both cases, older armed men initiated arguments with black teenagers and fired deadly bullets when the situation became threatening.
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Spotify song of the year: 'Somebody I Used to know' (+video)
Spotify song of the year was by Gotye. The runner-ups to the Spotify song of the year: Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and "We Are Young" by fun.
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Baby named 'Hashtag' draws Internet fame, ire, skepticism
Media outlets introduced the world to Hashtag Jameson, a baby girl reportedly named after Twitter's #.
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After Cyber Monday frenzy, Giving Tuesday taps the quiet impulse to give (+video)
Giving Tuesday, launched by New York's 92nd Street Y, the United Nations Foundation, and 2,000 corporate and nonprofit partners, aims to make giving as fixed a holiday feature as shopping.
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Change Agent
Black Friday, Cyber Monday ... now Giving TuesdayA national campaign to brand the Tuesday after Thanksgiving as an annual day of giving is a product of the digital age, steeped in social media, with its own Twitter hashtag: #GivingTuesday.
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Culture Cafe
'Girl Meets World': Which original cast members are returning for the 'Boy Meets World' series? (+video)'Girl Meets World' is a planned spin-off of the series 'Boy Meets World,' which originally starred Ben Savage.
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