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'Downton Abbey' Downtime: What to Watch Until Season 3

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Last night, our beloved Downton Abbey concluded its second season. We've been on board with the show from the moment we heard the series' dramatic overture. Since then, it's been a marathon of dressing gongs, fancy dinning utensils, secret affairs, stolen glances, bitter revenge, and constant Oh no, they didn't moments.
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LightSquared Misses Inmarsat Payment

Satellite firm Inmarsat said LightSquared, a venture struggling to build a U.S. mobile broadband service with Inmarsat's spectrum, failed to pay a $56.25 million installment to the British company.
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Ex-Goldman Analyst Writes White Collar Crime Tale

The Darlings tells a fictional tale about the downfall of a hedge fund and the wealthy family that owns it during Wall Street's 2008 meltdown, but many aspects of the novel are drawn straight from author Cristina Alger's reality.
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Ecuador court rejects Chevron arbitration ruling

A court in Ecuador has rejected an order by arbitrators that an $18 billion pollution ruling against Chevron should be frozen, but the judges referred an appeal by the U.S. oil company to the country's Supreme Court.
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Israel Strike on Iran Nuclear Facilities Would Need 100 Planes

Speaking to the New York Times, Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula said the operation to simultaneously attack multiple sites in Iran would require planes Israeli jets to fly 1000 miles across unfriendly airspace and complex air-to-air refueling maneuvers if it were to succeed.
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Auto Bailout Antagonism Isn't Likely To Shut Down Romney

The auto industry is the engine of the Michigan economy, but Mitt Romney's opposition to the ultimately successful government rescue of General Motors and Chrysler won't be a major concern of Republican voters in the state's Feb. 28 primary, observers say.
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'Avatar'-Style Surrogate Robots Focus of DARPA's $7 Million Project

The futuristic warplanes and weapons, the Na'vis, the sentient extraterrestrial humanoids inhabiting the fictional moon Pandora in the movie 'Avatar's had to battle against, is set to become a reality, thanks to DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), which plans to make an army of 'Avatar'- style surrogate robots to reduce the dangers posed to military soldiers in the battlefield, featuring telepresence and remote operation of a ground system.
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Aircraft financing costs seen close to peak

The cost of financing new planes may come off current highs for some carriers as lenders step up competition for creditworthy debtors, a top supplier of aircraft financing told Reuters.
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Inmarsat Goes after LightSquared for Missed Payment

The Reston, Va.-based closely held company failed to pay London-based telecommunications firm Inmarsat $56.3 million under a spectrum-cooperation accord, Bloomberg reported Monday. Inmarsat was providing wireless spectrum for the wireless network LightSquared wants to build out in the U.S.
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Video Streaming: Content Duration Up, Total Viewers Down in U.S.

According to the latest study released by comScore, Inc., a market research firm, people are beginning to watch longer videos online. The duration of an average video has jumped from 5.8 minutes in December 2011 to 6.1 minutes in January 2012. Despite the growth in video duration, viewers actually dropped during that period. In January, 2012, 181 million U.S. Internet users watched about 40 billion videos compared to the 182 million users who watched 43.5 billion videos in December.
Mardi Gras 2012: What To Know About Carnival History And Traditions

Mardi Gras 2012: What To Know About Carnival History and Traditions

It's almost Mardi Gras 2012, and people around the world are preparing for the carnival season that comes before Lent. But how did Mardi Gras get started? What does its name mean? How did it take root in New Orleans, and how is it celebrated around the world? Here are five things to know about Mardi Gras history and in traditions, from how the holiday is celebrated worldwide to why some believe the carnival's roots lie in ancient Rome.
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Bullish hedge funds hike their bets in 2012 rally

Hedge funds are cranking up their bets in equities and credit in 2012's buoyant markets in the belief that the euro zone, U.S. and Chinese economies will fare better than many were fearing last year.
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Why Are Gas Prices Going Up?

The price of gasoline in the U.S. is expected to hit $4.00 by summer, and could potentially spike even further. Much of this has to do to with events in other parts of the world.
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LightSquared defaults on Inmarsat payment

Satellite firm Inmarsat said its partner LightSquared, a venture struggling to build a U.S. mobile broadband service with Inmarsat's spectrum, had failed to pay a $56.25 million instalment to the British company.

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