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10 coffee table books that make great gifts
Stuck for a present for that friend that's hard to shop for? Check out one of these gorgeous coffee table books.
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How well do you know these authors?
Test your knowledge and match the author's character to the book.
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The 5 most educated countries in the world
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development recently released its Education at a Glance 2012 report. Here are the five most educated countries in the world.
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Briefing
Obama vs. Romney 101: 3 ways they differ on regulation
Wall Street is a big target – blamed for the financial crisis that led to the Great Recession. Mitt Romney says efforts to rein in financiers via more regulation are an attack on “economic freedom.” President Obama says new regulations would make it “more profitable to play by the rules than to game the system.” Here are three specifics on which the two differ.
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Wimbledon 101: What you need to know
A short look at some interesting facts and figures on the British tennis championships.
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General Norman Schwarzkopf, Desert Storm commander, dies at age 78
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who had an illustrious military career which included many high-profile commands, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia.
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Tunisia seeks gold in former dictator's assets
Tunisia has been aggressively pursuing the assets of former dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his associates, seizing bank accounts, luxury homes, and one-of-a-kind luxury cars.
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Winter Solstice prompts gatherings of druids, spiritualists, and doomsday party goers
The winter solstice was celebrated at Stonehenge in England – and New Hampshire – Friday morning, Dec. 21, 2012. In Pennsylvania, atheists marked the winter solstice by hanging a banner next to a nativity scene.
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UBS to pay $1.5 billion in fines over LIBOR rate scandal
The Swiss bank agreed to the fine Wednesday, settling with US, British, and Swiss regulators. In the case, UBS employees tried to rig the London Interback Offered Rate, or LIBOR, using different currencies.
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Gun control after school shootings: Lessons from around the globe
Australia enacted tougher gun laws and saw a drop in school shootings to zero. After the 1998 hand gun ban, the United Kingdom saw a rise in gun-related crimes. Do gun controls reduce gun-related crime?
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Stir It Up!
The rise of independent cheesemakersArtisanal cheesemakers represent a new version of an old American dream: people making living doing what they want, where they want, on their own land. An MIT anthropologist looks inside the growing world of do-it-yourself American cheesemakers.
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10 coffee table books that make great gifts
Stuck for a present for that friend that's hard to shop for? Check out one of these gorgeous coffee table books.
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Japanese chef dishes on North Korean leader and missile launch
'It’s hard to understand why surrounding countries are so sensitive,' says Kenji Fujimoto, who left North Korea in 2001 but returned for a visit last summer at Kim Jong-un’s invitation.
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Swiss spy warning sent to CIA, MI6 after secret data theft
Swiss spy warning: A disgruntled IT technician at the Swiss intelligence service stole terabytes of secret data from computers. The Swiss spy agency sent a warning to the CIA, MI6 and other intelligence services about the breach of security.
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Energy Voices
Solar-powered plane to circumnavigate globe. How will it fly at night?The solar-powered plane, scheduled to fly around the world in 2015, travels only 30 miles per hour and will have to stay aloft 20 days, even at night. The solar-powered plane is the brainchild of Bertrand Piccard, the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon.
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'Fiscal cliff' reality check: Are US taxes low or high? (+video)
As Washington confronts the 'fiscal cliff' and seeks a deal to reduce the deficit, one key issue is the tax rate. Comparatively, US taxes are low, but politically, a big hike is a nonstarter.
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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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Palestinians push for elevated UN status: Did Gaza conflict help?
Some nations are warming to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's bid for enhanced UN status. After the Gaza conflict, they see the moderate Abbas as a counterweight to Hamas.
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Test your knowledge and match the author's character to the book.
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Was Yasser Arafat poisoned? (+video)
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died in 2004, but the cause of death has yet to be determined. Samples were taken from Arafat's corpse on Tuesday; investigators hope to determine whether he was poisoned by spring 2013.
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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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IKEA apologizes for using forced labor to make furniture
IKEA 'deeply regrets' using forced labor of political prisoners in East Germany to make some of its furniture during the 1980s, the company's country manager in Germany said. Embarrassed by media reports, IKEA launched an internal investigation a year ago into whether it had used forced labor behind the Iron Curtain.
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As tiny Slovenia votes, larger eurozone watches with wary eye
The eurozone's unusually strong interest in next month's presidential runoff comes down to a key concern: Some fear Slovenia could be the next eurozone country to need a bailout.
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UBS AG cuts jobs. More banks to follow?
UBS AG announced it was cutting up to 10,000 jobs by 2015, part of a plan to downsize investment banking and drop risky trading activities. UBS AG chairman Axel Weber warned that many of the Swiss banking giant's global rivals may have to follow suit.
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Horizons
Remembering Bob Ross, the host of 'The Joy of Painting'The Google homepage honors public television legend Bob Ross, who would have celebrated his 70th birthday today.
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Swedish Princess to marry NY banker: Another royal wedding coming
Swedish Princess Madeleine – fourth in line to the throne – will marry US-British banker boyfriend Christopher O'Neill. A royal wedding is scheduled for next summer.
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Earth-size Alpha Centauri B planet detected by telltale star wobble
HARPS, as the instrument is called, successfully detected a rocky planet around one of Earth’s closest neighboring stars when other tools missed it.
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Earth-size planet found just next door, in Alpha Centauri system
The planet is not habitable, it is too close to Alpha Centauri B. But rocky planets tend to have siblings, researchers note, raising hopes others could be found in the system just 4.4 light-years distant.
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Critically endangered orangutans depend on unprotected forest corridor (+video)
A new genetic study of the animals has found that deforestation on Sumatra has isolated different groups of the primates, which could lead to inbreeding and further decline.
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Energy Voices
Uranium woes: no relief for prices amid low demandMost analysts seem to think we’re still months away from a uranium price spike that would bring it back to levels it enjoyed before the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima a year and a half ago, according to OilPrice.com.
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