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

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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.
Cell Phones are not Related to Brain Cancer: Study

Cell Phone Does Not Cause Brain Cancer – Study

A latest study done by a team of Danish researchers confirmed that cell phones are not directly linked to brain cancer. However, the chances of cancer can still be there for the heavy users, warned the Denmark based researchers.
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Inmate Gregory Powell is shown in this undated photograph released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to Reuters

'Onion Field Killer Denied Compassionate Release

A terminally ill prisoner whose 1963 murder of a policeman was chronicled in the book and film The Onion Field was denied compassionate release on Tuesday after he said he didn't want to be freed, officials said.
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Was iPhone 5 Steve Jobs' Last Big Project?

Last week we got a report that late Apple co-founder and long-time CEO was at work on the iPhone 5 project until his death as his last big innovation. Now comes a report that Jobs was working on the company's next project, which may have been the iPhone 5, until the day before he died.
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Big East Conference Realignment a Hot Topic at Basketball Media Day

John Marinatto held an unusual conference call Tuesday with the hopes of dismissing the topic of the Big East conference's realignment. Marinatto, the Big East commissioner, wanted Wednesday's men's basketball media day to be about basketball, not the seismic changes the Big East has undergone because of football's influence.
Inmate Gregory Powell is shown in this undated photograph released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to Reuters

Onion Field killer denied compassionate release

A terminally ill prisoner whose 1963 murder of a policeman was chronicled in the book and film The Onion Field was denied compassionate release on Tuesday after he said he didn't want to be freed, officials said.
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Apple Announces Weak Quarterly Results; Shares Dive

Apple Inc. (AAPL) announced its quarterly results on Tuesday. The company reported earnings of $7.05 per share for the quarter and revenue for the same period was up 39.0 per cent on a year-over-year basis.
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Caught in the Middle, California Doctors Back Marijuana Legalization

California doctors find themselves in a tenuous position when it comes to marijuana, a substance that remains illegal under federal law and whose potential health benefits have yet to be proven. The California Medical Association's recently announced solution to this predicament was both simple and unprecedented: legalize it.

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