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Injured Soldier Spurs Veteran Support for 'Occupy'

Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen is shown in this undated photo released to Reuters
A former soldier wounded in a protest on the streets of Oakland after surviving two tours in Iraq has put a new face on the 'Occupy' movement by galvanizing veteran backing for the push against economic inequality in the United States.
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Despite Market Reactions, Global Financial Crisis Still Looms Large

If one buys into reactions of global markets, including the New York Stock Exchange and Dow Jones Industrials Average, they could go to sleep at night with little concern that the Eurozone financial crisis is a ticking time bomb, just waiting to explode with global implications that ripple back to the U.S.
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Rare October New York City Snow Coming Saturday?

It's no trick, and whether it's a treat or not depends on who you ask. But major cities along the I-95 corridor including Philadelphia, New York and Boston might be in for a rare October accumulating snowfall Saturday.
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How to Play it: Riding Europe's Volatility

Even as details emerge about a Eurozone deal that would see banks and insurers accept bigger losses on Greek bonds and boost the region's bailout fund, setting up for what could happen across the Atlantic won't be easy for investors.
Siri-Powered Apple Television Coming in 2013? Steve Jobs’ Biography Cracks Secret

Siri-Powered Apple Television Coming in 2013? Steve Jobs' Biography Cracks Secret

Near the end of his bestseller authorized biography, late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs hinted that work on building a full-fledged television set with a new interface was in full swing toward the end of his days. For years, Jobs had also reportedly been pushing engineers at Apple to develop a new interface for living room TVs.
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Saudi King Abdullah Names Brother Nayef Crown Prince

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Interior Minister Prince Nayef as the new crown prince, the royal court said in a statement issued Friday, signaling an orderly process of future succession in the world's largest oil exporter.
Rhys Ifans in "Anonymous"

'Anonymous' Movie's Shakespeare Fraud: Class Snobbery, Centuries Late

Anonymous, which opens tomorrow, wants to convince movie-goers that Shakespeare was a fraud. The movie's main success, however, is to illuminate how class-oriented and false the anti-Stratford argument- that Shakespeare's plays were written by somebody else- truly is, asserting as it does that a commoner could never be a genius.
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Statue of Liberty: Remembering Emma Lazarus and Her 14 Iconic Lines

In 14 lines engraved on a plaque on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) captured the belief in the American Dream that has defined the United States' self-image for more than a century and moved millions of immigrants to seek refuge here.

NYPD Accused of Ticket-Fixing Ring: 5 Other Cases of Police Corruption

Bronx District Attorney, Robert T. Johnson, announced plans that his office will pursue the NYPD ticket-fixing scandal with full force. His office is expected to issue indictments to police officers who had partaken in the scandal on Friday. Included are five other cases of the worst police corruption.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries: Current Situation ‘Not Ideal’

Kim Kardashian told People magazine that her current living situation as a newlywed is not ideal. It's not ideal because you're newlyweds and you want privacy, she told the magazine. Kardashian and husband Kris Humphries are currently living in the Gansevoort Hotel in New York City with her sister Kourtney, Scott Disick, and their son Mason while filming Kourtney and Kim Take New York for E.
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Police Seek Help on Death of Former 'Penthouse' Model Anneka Vasta

Authorities appealed to the public for information Tuesday after a nine-month investigation on the death of former Penthouse model, Anneka Vasta, who was found washed up on a Camp Pendleton, Calif. beach. Joggers found the model's naked body with a broken neck and back on the Marine training beach on Jan. 4, 2011. Police are still trying to establish whether Vasta's death was a suicide, accidental death or foul play. Her family vehemently denies that Vasta could have committed suic...

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