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Apple Employees Bid Farewell to Steve Jobs at Oct. 19 Memorial Service

Apple stores around the country closed their doors on Wednesday to allow employees to watch a live webcast of the employee-only service for Steve Jobs that took place at the company's Cupertino headquarters. Hundreds of employees converged on the campus in Northern California Wednesday morning, crowding into the outdoor amphitheater where the likes of former Vice President Al Gore, Coldplay, and Norah Jones paid tribute to Jobs.
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Cyclops Shark Confirmed Real

Cyclops Shark is Real: 5 Other Creepy Sea Creatures [PHOTOS]

The albino cyclops shark discovered by a fisherman and made famous by Pisces Fleet is real, scientists confirm, dismissing rumors that the dead fetal shark found in its mother's belly was an elaborate hoax. Here, see five more creepy sea creatures you won't believe are real.
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Cypress Profit Tops Street, Sees Sales Decline in Q4

Cypress Semiconductor Corp reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts' estimates on strong demand for its mobile handset touchscreens, but warned of a higher-than-expected revenue decline in the fourth quarter.
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Gay Teen Suicides Launch Nationwide LGBT Risk Study

Following a rash of teen suicides by LGBT youth, University of Arizona and New York University researchers are looking to identify causes for the high risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior, hoping to aid schools and families looking to combat teen bullying and LGBT feelings of alienation and abnormality.
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California subpoenas BofA over mortgages: report

The California attorney general's office subpoenaed Bank of America Corp this week about the sale and marketing of troubled mortgage-backed securities to investors in the state, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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California Shuts Down 529 Plan

The ScholarShares Investment Board in California, which runs the 529 plan, has announced that it will shut down the ScholarShare plan sold through brokers and financial advisers because it didn't manage to find a manager.
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Glenn Beck Awaits Approval to Turn Former Church Site into Studio

Right-wing pundit Glenn Beck's latest mission seems to be converting a former site of Gateway Church into his new multimedia studio. Beck's company, Mercury Radio Arts has put forward a request to the city of Southlake to rezone the 13.67 acres at 2121 E. Southlake Blvd. that used to house Gateway Church's worship center into a zone that would house radio, television, Internet broadcasting and production studio uses, NBC reported. The company is waiting for an approval.

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