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9 chats with top true-crime authors
In 2012, writers pondered murder and mayhem across the globe and across centuries.
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8 gifts for your favorite literature lover
Are you searching for a gift for the bibliophile in your life? Check out these books.
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Olympics gymnastics: 5 athletes to watch
Some of the best Olympic drama can be found on the high beams or mats. This is the stage where Kerri Strug and Nadia Comaneci became global stars. Any slight wobble or misstep can undo a performance, making gymnastics competitions far from predictable. Butt here are five gymnasts who should find themselves in the medals hunt in London.
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National Spelling Bee: 10 winning business words
In the National Spelling Bee’s 85-year existence, a wide range of words have crowned the winners – from science words like ‘crustaceology,’ to musical terms such as ‘soubrette,’ and ‘appoggiatura.’ The list of winning words also includes several that could slide right into the pages of this newspaper’s business section. In honor of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee, here are 10 business words from past years that have determined the champion. Will this year’s winning word make the list?
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10 weirdest global fast foods
In the US, fast food can get pretty predictable: Burgers, fries, chicken, and a taco or a fish sandwich, if you’re feeling adventurous. Leave it to our international brethren to show us how to loosen up and live a little. Take a look at ten wacky fast food items from around the world.
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The real reason China-Japan are locked in a territory dispute
Nationalist politics and historical resentments figure big in the China-Japan territorial dispute. But there's another alluring ingredient: oil and gas.
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Hurricane Sandy grounds flights in Boston, NYC, Washington DC (+video)
Hurricane Sandy's high winds has forced the cancellation of some 7,500 flights on Sunday and Monday in East Coast cities. Hurricane Sandy is now 300 miles from land but 1,000 miles across.
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World's longest flight: cancelled
World's longest commercial flight, from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, is being cancelled by Singapore Airlines. The world's longest flight, flown in a gas-guzzling Airbus A340-500s, proved too costly for the airline.
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Opinion: Japan, China, South Korea island disputes threaten global economy (+ video)
Island disputes between Japan, China, and South Korea are threatening financial stability in East Asia, and with it, the global economy. The next US administration should push publicly and persistently for a solution.
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Terrorism & Security
China's naval exercises in East China Sea send warning to regional rivalsChinese naval exercises today simulated a conflict in disputed waters. Tensions between China and Japan have been mounting over claims to a set of islands in the East China Sea.
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Softbank to pay $20 billion for Sprint (+video)
Softbank reaches deal to buy 70 percent of Sprint. Softbank deal, the biggest foreign acquisition by a Japanese company, would create world's No. 3 mobile company, tied with AT&T.
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Stocks flatline, pulled by jobless claims, Europe
Stocks fell stagnant Thursday with little significant activity up or down. Stocks rose in the morning after a positive jobless claims report but fell in the afternoon.
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Sprint Nextel may have a buyer
Sprint Nextel shares rose Thurday amid reports that the third-largest cell phone company is in talks to be bought out by Japanese-owned Softbank Corp. The Sprint Nextel deal would be valued at more than $12.8 billion.
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Toyota recall affects 7.4M cars. Power window could be fire hazard (+video)
Toyota recall includes 7.4 million cars worldwide for a faulty power window switch that could be a potential fire hazard. The Toyota recall is the single biggest auto recall since 1996.
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Energy Voices
Uncertain power: a return to nuclear energy for Japan?A month or so after the government voted to end Japan’s nuclear power industry by the 2030s, Japan is contemplating putting more reactors online if a nuclear watchdog deems it safe, according to OilPrice.com.
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Japan discovers cheap flights, 3 low-cost carriers lead the way
Airline tickets are plunging in Japan, as Japanese embrace quick weekend flights to visit friends and family. Three new efficient low-cost carriers have seen growth this year.
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Focus
Why China, Japan dispute islands once home to just albatross feathers and fishAside from national pride, ownership could give Japan or China control of oil and gas resources.
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Focus
China and Japan face off: Tiny islands, big dispute (+video)The China and Japan face off over five islands has sunk relations to a 40-year low - the worst since diplomatic relations began. But the sabre rattling is just for show, say analysts.
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Tennis grunting ban: Why it gets Maria Sharapova's support (+video)
Tennis grunting ban: Maria Sharapova's screams have been measured at more than 101 decibels. Martina Navratilova calls grunting "cheating, pure and simple" and wants tennis to ban it sooner rather than later.
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Global News Blog
Taiwan enters island fray, but China and Japan shrugBoats from China and Japan chased each other around a set of disputed islets, setting off a diplomatic crisis. But when Taiwan entered the fray, neither side seemed to care.
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Horizons
Google Maps, once an iPhone mainstay, is sorely missed by reviewersApple says it is working to make the experience on its much-maligned iOS 6 Apple Maps app 'even better.' Meanwhile, iPhone 5 users continue to pine for the days of Google Maps.
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Horizons
iPhone 5 will see Google Maps app by end of year: reportGoogle Maps could be coming back to the iPhone a lot sooner than any of us thought.
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Would Japanese nationalist Abe's return to premiership fuel row with China?
Japan's main opposition party has chosen Shinzo Abe, the nationalist former prime minister, to lead it, positioning him to likely return to the prime minister's office by year's end.
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Could you live in 150 square feet? Cities try out micro-housing.
Micro-housing aims to diversify downtowns and give workers the chance to shorten their commutes, but not everyone likes the idea. San Francisco weighed such a proposal Tuesday.
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China's first aircraft carrier: Is it any good? (+video)
China entered into service Tuesday its first aircraft carrier, a refitted ship purchased from Ukraine. One expert describes it as 'not cutting edge.'
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Chapter & Verse
Chinese authorities ask booksellers to ban Japanese worksThe government is also pressuring Chinese publishers to stop translating and publishing Japanese content as tension increases between the two countries.
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In Gear
Toyota unplugs electric car hypeToyota decides to scale back its electric minicar plans and scraps plans for a second electric vehicle.
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Complex web of interests drives US bid for calm on South China Sea
The US has increasingly urged China, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines to keep calm in a region where maritime clashes have become a nearly daily threat since April.
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In Gear
Toyota plans 21 new hybrids by 2015Toyota's vice chairman told reporters in a press conference that Toyota was planning to release 21 new or full-model-change hybrids, Read writes.
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Asian stocks, boosted by stimulus, fall on economic outlook
Asian stock markets drift lower as concerns rise about global economic weakness. Stock market optimism over stimulus from Fed and other central banks seems to be fading.
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