Monday, 18 July 2011

Consumers buying more tablets and smartphones

A visitor plays with a tablet PC at the Intel booth during the Computex 2011 computer fair at the TWTC Nangang exhibition hall in Taipei May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Pichi ChuangMore customers than ever will buy tablet computers and smartphones this year, driving consumer electronics revenue to a record high of $190 billion in 2011, according to a new forecast from a leading industry trade group.


Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43794136/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/

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Video: Why is J.Lo going solo?

July 16: A year after renewing their wedding vows, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony stunned many with their announcement that they are ending their seven-year marriage. People magazine?s Joey Bartolomeo joins TODAY?s Amy Robach to look back at the A-listers? marriage and possible reasons for the split.�(Today Show)A year after renewing their wedding vows, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony stunned many with their announcement that they are ending their seven-year marriage. People magazine?s Joey Bartolomeo joins TODAY?s Amy Robach to look back at the A-listers? marriage and possible reasons for the split.�(TODAY)


Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43779067#43779067

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Syrians plea for help

Damascus - Syrian troops are poised to intervene in the eastern border town of Al-Bukamal after pleas by residents for help against “armed groups,” a pro-government daily reported on Monday. Activists have said that one man was killed by security forces on Saturday in Al-Bukamal, on the border with Iraq, and that the army was also eyeing Zabadani, a town on the border with Lebanon. “Tension remains high in Al-Bukamal after the regrettable actions carried out by the armed groups,” said the pro-government Al-Watan newspaper on Monday, a day after saying troops were ready to deploy there. “The armed...

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http://article.wn.com/view/2011/07/18/Syrians_plea_for_help/

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Feds get dose of kitchen-table economics

U.S. President Barack Obama answers questions during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Friday. The debt crisis has brought the government to the "kitchen table" to do something that hard-pressed families do routinely: tear their hair out over how to pay the bills.


Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43779172/ns/politics/

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Perry 2012 run likely, Iowa governor says

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the 28th annual National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in San Antonio, Texas on June 23.Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad says, "I get the definite impression he's very likely to run" and expects Perry to visit Iowa in the next month or so.


Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43780852/ns/politics-decision_2012/

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Last space shuttle crew almost done packing up

The International Space Station's crew and Atlantis' astronauts form a�circle in zero-gravity for a portrait:�Atlantis' crew consists of NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim; the space station's crew members are Japanese�astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, NASA astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum, and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov. The U.S. flag pictured was flown on the first space shuttle mission and is being presented to the space station crew.The astronauts making NASA's last shuttle flight are almost done packing up their gigantic suitcase for the ride home.


Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43785525/ns/technology_and_science-space/

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Elderly ignore heat warnings meant for old people

Jesus Franco, 67, stands next to the box of a fan he received from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Monday, July 11, 2011 in El Paso, Texas. Cities across the Midwest and South have experienced a heat wave with temperatures reaching above 100 degrees for 10 days or more in a row. As the nation wilts during an especially brutal summer, warnings have gone out to the elderly to try to stay cool. The problem is, many seniors hear the message but don?t think it applies to them ? because they don?t see themselves as old.


Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43761917/ns/health-aging/

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Rebekah Brooks: Media titan to crime suspect

Rebekah Brooks dined with Britain's prime minister over Christmas and got a public show of support from her boss Rupert Murdoch before the cameras this month as allegations of phone hacking on her watch mounted. Now the 43-year-old UK media executive is a criminal suspect, her world of power and connections...

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http://article.wn.com/view/2011/07/18/Rebekah_Brooks_Media_titan_to_crime_suspect/

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Jan Mohammad Khan, adviser to Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai murdered

A TEAM of attackers have murdered a senior adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a raid on his Kabul home, along with a visiting lawmaker. Jan Mohammad Khan, the former governor of southern Uruzgan province and a key ally of the embattled president, was killed today in the attack along with an MP for Uruzgan, Mohammad Hashem Watanwal, said a police spokesman. The assassination comes less than a week after the president's half-brother Ahmed Wali Karzai was shot dead by a close friend at his home in the southern province of Kandahar in an attack claimed by the Taliban. Just hours before today's attack, a ceremony was held in central Bamyan...

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http://article.wn.com/view/2011/07/18/Jan_Mohammad_Khan_adviser_to_Afghanistans_President_Hamid_Ka/

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Consumer sentiment stalls amid job worries

Hopes for a quick economic rebound in the second half of the year seemed more remote on Friday after a glimpse at consumer sentiment showed it at its lowest level in more than two years.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43766909/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/

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