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Virgen de Guadalupe Pilgrimage and Festival 2011 [PHOTOS]

The Virgen de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe) annual pilgrimage to A Mountain a.k.a. Tortugas Mountain in southern New Mexico continued on Sunday as more than 1,000 people embarked from the village of Tortugas to the top of the mountain to pay respects to Guadalupe's altar, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News.

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Water on Mars: NASA Probe Finds Proof of Ancient Flow

A sliver of mineral deposits left over from ancient water flows has been discovered on Mars by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, researchers said Dec. 7. The bright vein of mineral appears to be gypsum and is about an inch wide by 18-inches long.
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UAW won't name foreign auto organizing target

The United Auto Workers union has decided it will not identify an organizing target among foreign automakers with U.S. operations, a shift in strategy in a campaign that union leadership sees as central to its survival.
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Keystone overshadows U.S.-Canada border deal

The United States and Canada have agreed to speed up food and other cargo shipments across their border and to sync some regulations related to drugs and cars, U.S. and Canadian officials said on Wednesday.
Cockerell's Bumblebee

Elusive Cockerell's Bumblebee, Last Seen in 1956, Rediscovered in New Mexico

An elusive bumblebee that was last seen in the United States in 1956 was recently rediscovered in New Mexico. Scientists announced Monday that the bee, known as the Cockerell's bumblebee, was rediscovered in the White Mountains of south-central New Mexico by a team of scientists from the University of California, Riverside
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RIM walks away from BBX name after trademark fight

Research In Motion has unceremoniously dumped the BBX brand name it had chosen two months ago for its new BlackBerry operating system after a U.S. court embarrassed the beleaguered smartphone maker by slapping a temporary ban on its use.
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BCS Bowl Games 2011 Gifts List

The BCS bowl game schedule has been released and led to what will likely be weeks of arguments about the national championship game rematch and other apparent mishaps.
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Newer Economies Allow more High Tech Freedom at Work

Employees in fast-growing economies have more freedom over the technology they use for work than their counterparts in developed countries, and are more likely to see corporate provision of devices as a perk, according to a study.
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Chinese bank in Saab rescue talks

A Chinese bank is in talks about taking a stake in Saab, in the latest attempt to rescue the crisis-hit Swedish car maker after an earlier deal to secure its future ran into trouble.

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