The Olympic Torch Relay gets under way with triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie, marking the latest stage in the countdown to London 2012.
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The Olympic Torch Relay gets under way with triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie, marking the latest stage in the countdown to London 2012.
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Lawyers for former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta say he was estranged from convicted hedge-fund mogul Raj Rajaratnam at the time of some alleged tips. Prosecutors say the friendship broke down much later.
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Six roasted fetuses covered with gold for black magic rituals were found in a Bangkok hotel room, and the gruesome discovery led to the arrest of a British citizen Friday, Thai police said.
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Pronouncements about the consequences of leaving the euro seem to be falling on increasingly deaf ears.
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Police and FBI officials were poring over more than 100 tips as they hunted for a man accused of stabbing his new wife to death and leaving her body in her bathtub, still clad in her silver-sequined wedding dress.
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In a key pretrial ruling in the insider-trading case against Rajat Gupta, a federal judge said he would allow prosecutors to play at trial three wiretap recordings, which lawyers for the former Goldman Sachs director had sought to keep from a jury.
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Its capital is blighted with earthquake rubble. Its countryside is shorn of trees, chopped down for fuel. And yet, Haiti’s land may hold the key to relieving centuries of poverty, disaster and disease: There is gold hidden in its hills — and silver and copper, too.
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(Reuters) – Chesapeake Energy Corp said it had received a $3 billion loan from Goldman Sachs and Jeffries Group that will give it breathing room to sell assets and close a funding gap this year.
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The most crucial development in the insider-trading trial of former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta is likely to occur before it even begins: the admissibility of three key wiretaps.
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You can’t take it with you. Well, unless you buy a gold-plated coffin. SmartMoney looks at a pair of luxury coffin options for the person who wants to be first class, six feet under. For $24,000 you can get Batesville Casket’s Promethean bronze coffin with gold plating. That model reportedly has a little history, as [...]
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Three decades have passed since Robert and Goldie Huntbach were found tied up and shot to death in their Waterloo, Iowa, home, and no suspects were ever arrested in the elderly couple’s murders — until this week.
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On the dust jacket of his new book, best-selling conservative author and commentator Jonah Goldberg is described as having “twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.” In fact, he has never been a nominee, but merely an entrant.
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Residents of a Hollywood neighborhood, some with mixed feelings, fight a developer’s attempts to build an 11-bed board and care facility for dementia patients.
Just off the trendy Melrose strip, on the western edge of Hollywood, is a refuge of tree-lined streets where neighbors greet each other by name and young couples start families and stick around into their golden years.![]()
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Goldman Sachs is preparing to roll out a lower-cost electronic bond-trading platform, a move that could help retain customers tempted by rival trading venues being set up by BlackRock and others.
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When a meteor shower streaked across the north California skies 10 days ago, treasure-seekers rushed to California’s Gold Country looking for space rocks.
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When J. David Goldin saw the recorded interview of Babe Ruth for sale on eBay he knew something was wrong. There was only one original record of that 1937 interview and Goldin had donated it to a government archive.
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British-born actress Patricia Medina, who became a leading lady in the golden age of Hollywood, dies in Los Angeles, aged 92.
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Netflix and Hulu are about to have some company in their efforts to create original TV series for their streaming video customers — a very big company. Amazon, best known for its retail business and ebook readers, has announced plans to create its own … Continue reading →
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President Barack Obama, eager to show administrative action in an election year, is promoting measures to safeguard veterans and members of the military against unscrupulous college recruiters.
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Amazon.com Inc’s quarterly results beat Wall Street’s most bullish expectations as heavy spending by the world’s largest Internet retailer began to pay off through sales of more digital products on its new Kindle Fire tablet.
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In this Dec. 27, 2010 photo, the barren earth and dead trees reveal the blight of the Salton Sea, where water conservation efforts are attempting to restore the once natural playground and tourist site. The evaporating Salton Sea is the flashpoint for the latest dispute in California’s water wars, testing an uneasy alliance that has sought to wean the Golden State from overreliance on Colorado River water.
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Aliko Dangote made his fortune by betting on African growth. Some call him ruthless, but many Nigerians feel he’s brought respect to a nation known more for email scams than manufacturing.
LAGOS, Nigeria —The chaotic color of the megalopolis cascades past the window of his silver Mercedes SUV. A police escort with a flashing blue light clears the road ahead.![]()
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A newly unveiled company with some high-profile backers has announced plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for resources such as precious metals and water.
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A spring storm already pummeling the Atlantic seaboard will delay the space shuttle Enterprise’s trip to New York and bring snow to the Appalachians and Great Lakes, forecasters warn.
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A volleyball and soccer ball that washed ashore on an Alaskan island may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in the United States from last year’s tsunami in Japan.
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The history of the flying-car genre is fraught with flops, but Terrafugia Inc. hopes its Transition model is safe and simple enough for today’s consumers.
The Jetsons had one, and Fred MacMurray flew one in “Flubber.” Novelist Ian Fleming included one in his children’s book “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” James Bond’s nemesis Francisco Scaramanga used one as a getaway vehicle in the film “The Man With the Golden Gun.”![]()
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CLEVELAND — President Obama did not mention Mitt Romney by name when he campaigned here in Lorain County on Wednesday — but there was no question who he was referring to when he noted pointedly that he “wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth” and that he and his wife were given “a chance” by others.![]()
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Verna McClain told her fiance she had given birth to their child. But after she suffered a miscarriage, authorities said, she went looking for another baby to present to him.
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