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11 survival stories from around the world
These survivors experienced extraordinary circumstances; hurricanes, tornados, and avalanches, and lived to tell the tale.
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10 best cities to buy short sale homes
Foreclosures are tough: Homeowners lose their houses and ruin their credit, while banks get stuck with vacant, deteriorating real estate for months before selling it at a considerable loss. Increasingly, banks are finding another way: the short sale. Instead of waiting to foreclose, a bank preemptively sells a home at a deep discount and closes out the underwater mortgage, even if the house sells for less than the value of the mortgage. The result: Homeowners shed their mortgage debt, and banks unload properties more quickly and inexpensively. Here are the Top 10 metropolitan areas with the biggest average discounts on these pre-foreclosure homes, according to online foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac. Can you guess which city is No. 1?
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 02/27
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In Pictures: 2010: The year in pictures
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In Pictures: Chilean miner's marathon
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Apple's $1 billion verdict against Samsung: What's next for consumers?
Battle between two tech giants is not over: Apple plans to call for Seoul-based Samsung to take its most popular cellphones and computer tablets off the market and is asking the judge to triple damages to $3 billion. Samsung vows to fight on to overturn the verdict.
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Does Apple patent victory mean fewer smartphone choices?
Apple's $1 billion jury award may keep others from making Android smartphones, fearing an Apple lawsuit. Samsung vows to fight the verdict.
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Apple vs. Samsung: California jury awards Apple $1 billion
A jury decided Friday that Samsung stole Apple's iPhone and iPad technology. Judge has not yet ruled on whether Samsung must pull all of it's smartphones and tablets from the US market.
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Apple vs. Samsung: Battle royale of smartphone behemoths
Apple vs. Samsung: Apple wants $2.5 billion from Samsung for 'ripping off' it's iPhone and iPad technology. Samsung wants $399 million from Apply for using its technology. Closing arguments in the Apple vs. Samsung fight are expected Tuesday.
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Horizons Conan wades into Apple, Samsung imbroglio
Apple has sued Samsung for violating several key patents. Billions of dollars are at stake. But that doesn't mean the whole mess isn't worth a laugh or two.
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Samsung Galaxy Note: new version coming Aug. 29?
Samsung Galaxy Note introduction would precede launch of Apple's new iPhone by a month. Samsung Galaxy Note screen is twice as large as iPhone.
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Apple, Samsung to face off in trial over control of US smartphone market
Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. last year alleging the world's largest technology company's smartphones and computer tablets are illegal knockoffs of its popular iPhone and iPad products.
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Samsung Galaxy phones v. Apple iPhones? In court, advantage Apple.
Samsung Galaxy phones and Apple iPhones and iPads will be exhibits A and B in a US patent case that begins July 30. Despite Samsung Galaxy phones' lead in the marketplace, Apple has the upper hand in court.
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Olympics shocker: Jordyn Wieber, US all-around gymnast, fails to qualify
Jordyn Wieber, the 2011 gymnastics all-around world champion, failed to make the Olympics final. Her US teammates were too good.
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Facebook's earnings disappoint investors, match predictions
In its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, Facebook indicated its growth is slowing and profit margins are smaller than last year at this time. One analyst says, 'Facebook is no Google.'
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Subversives
'Subversives' takes a deep and troubling look at Reagan's handling of the civil unrest in Berkeley in the 1960s.
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Chuck E. Cheese: Pizza chain mascot gets an overhaul
Chuck E. Cheese, the mouse mascot of the children's pizza restaurant chain of the same name, is getting a makeover. Chuck E. Cheese is now a guitar-playing rock star voiced by the lead singer of a popular punk band.
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Why did Jeneba Tarmoh pull out of 100-meter runoff? (+video)
Jeneba Tarmoh was supposed to race Allyson Felix Monday to break a tie and see who would run the race in the London Olympics. But Tarmoh pulled out as emotions ran high.
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The latest in cybercrime? Fully automated bank heists
Cybercriminals have been stealing passwords to siphon off bank accounts for years, but cybercops were gaining. Now an automated system could vastly expand online bank heists.
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Stockton, Calif., prepares for bankruptcy. Are other US cities at risk?
Stockton, which lost tax revenues from the housing bust and faces high pension costs for retired public workers, serves as a warning. Some US cities face tough choices to avoid bankruptcy.
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Condors threatened by 'epidemic' lead poisoning from hunters' bullets (+video)
A review of more than 1,154 blood samples taken from wild California condors and tested from 1997 to 2010 found that 48 percent of the birds had lead levels so high, they could have died without treatment.
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The Monitor's View: What's missing in Romney, Obama speeches on the economy
The dueling speeches on the economy by Obama and Romney simply offered national solutions. Yet so many cities and states are on a strong comeback. How can the jobless join that success?
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US gymnastics hopeful's steady work impresses Karolyi
Massachusetts resident Aly Raisman hopes to represent the US in gymnastics this summer at the London Olympics. She's made a positive impression on national team coordinator Martha Karolyi.
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Public-employee pensions face a rollback in Calif.
The pensions of public employees have long been considered untouchable. Some politicians are saying those obligations are trumped by the need to provide for the public's health and safety.
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Report: Hackers could access US weapons systems through vulnerable chip
A pair of cybersecurity researchers say an encrypted chip used by the military and nuclear power plants has a secret 'backdoor' that can be hacked. It could be a wakeup call for the industry.
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The Monitor's View: Wisconsin recall election as a wake-up call
The Wisconsin recall election for Gov. Scott Walker turned out not to be as partisan as expected. This fits a national trend in bipartisan reform of benefits for state and local workers.
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Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook status updated to 'married' (+video)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan Saturday in a small, surprise wedding. Less than 100 guests arrived at Zuckerberg's home for what they would be a party to celebrate Chan's graduation from medical school. Zuckerberg did not wear a hoodie.
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Arby's: Michigan boy bites into severed finger in his sandwich
Arby's apologizes for the accident in which part of a worker's finger was sliced off and served in a roast beef sandwich to a Michigan boy.
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Jerry Brown proposes billions in cuts. Are Californians getting his message?
With California's budget shortfall soaring, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) proposes broad, painful cuts for state workers and programs. Without new taxes, he warns voters, the cuts will be even worse.
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Tech stocks CEO summit: Can it solve Apple, Samsung patent dispute? (+video)
Tech stocks giants ordered to have CEOs try to settle their bitter patent dispute. Like several tech stocks, Apple and Samsung are dueling over patents for mobile devices.
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