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Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement stand with signs outside Duarte Square in New York

Occupy makes annual list of most overused words

Occupy this: the trash bin. At least, so say students at Michigan's Lake Superior State University who released an annual list of words they deem so misused, overused and cliched they should be banished in the year ahead.
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Box office: M:I:4 set to lead slow New Year's weekend

The 2011 box office will officially close its books this weekend, with no new movies debuting in wide release. Christmas holiday holdovers Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Thrones are expected to lead what is typically a weak New Year's weekend frame.
People ride their bikes past Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View

Google Ending 2011 on High Note: Analyst

Robert W. Baird believes that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) finished 2011 on a strong note, with healthy Search and e-commerce trends likely driving upside to consensus estimates. The brokerage reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Google, while increasing its price target to $760 from $700.
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Is that rental car safe to drive?

When you rent a car, there's a chance the vehicle has been recalled and, if it has been, that it hasn't yet been repaired. That's at the heart of a battle over whether the rental car industry should be required to fix cars before sending them out with customers.
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Jessica Chastain takes Palm Springs fest honors

The Palm Springs International Film Festival has now stocked its annual Awards Gala with 14 honorees, adding actress Jessica Chastain and composer Howard Shore to its previously announced lineup.
Alfred Hitchcock "The Birds" Attack Mystery Solved

Alfred Hitchcock 'The Birds' Attack Mystery Solved (PHOTOS + VIDEOS)

Have you ever wondered why the birds attacked the people in 'Master of Suspense' Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'The Birds'? Hitchcock, a pioneer and master of psychological thriller, left cinema-goers terrified by his movie The Birds, in which the life of a couple in love in a small Northern California town turns upside-down as birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.
Mark Hurd, chairman, CEO and president of HP speaks at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Pasadena, California

U.S. court: Unseal letter in HP Hurd case

An appeals court ruled that a letter linked to Mark Hurd's abrupt departure from his post as chief of Hewlett-Packard Co should be unsealed, potentially revealing new details about his dramatic exit from the technology giant.
Mark Hurd, chairman, CEO and president of HP speaks at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Pasadena, California

Unseal letter in HP Hurd case: court

An appeals court ruled that a letter linked to Mark Hurd's abrupt departure from his post as chief of Hewlett-Packard Co should be unsealed, potentially revealing new details about his dramatic exit from the technology giant.

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