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Ex-staff Accuse James Murdoch of Misleading UK Parliament on Phone Hacking

James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and News Corps' boss in Europe and Asia, has been accused of misleading British Parliament during a high-profile testimony conducted earlier this week. Former News of the World editor Colin Myler and former News International legal manager Tom Crone said they had informed Murdoch about an email that suggested phone hacking was widespread.

RIP, Lucian Freud [PICTURES]

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The influential realist painter Lucian Freud has died at the age of 88, his New York-based art dealer announced.Freud was best known for stark, realistic and often nude paintings; his subjects were often personal friends or family members.He was the grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.He died of a brief, unspecified illness in his London home.The New York Times described Freud as a bohemian of the old school.Towards the end of his career, Freud's painting began...
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Who is Kim Kardashian Marrying? Wedding Rumored For August 20

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian may be a Mrs. pretty soon. The 'wedding of the year' is rumored to take place next month between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries. The two became engaged back in May, when Kris was said to have presented Kim with at 20.5 carat diamond ring. It was speculated from the beginning that the alleged Kim Kardashian wedding date is set for August 20, 2011.
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Climate Change a Global Security Issue: Australian Official

Richard Marles, the Australian government's Parliamentary Secretary for the Pacific, warned the United Nations Wednesday of rising sea levels and their impact on low-lying islands and asked them to include climate change as a global security issue.
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Mac OS X Lion Reviews

Apple's latest operating system Mac OS X Lion debuted yesterday, and is now available for download from the Mac App Store. If you have a really slow connection, you can come back August and pick up a flash drive from an Apple store for $69.99. It has more than 250 new features, including FaceTime video chatting, AirDrop wireless transfer, multi-touch gesture and autosave. Here are some reviews from around the web.
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New York Heat Wave: Surge in Electricity Use Strains Grid

Utilities companies are taking extra precautions to ensure people who are upping their electricity use to cope with the heat wave do not trigger a repeat of the 2003 blackout that temporarily plunged cities from New York to Detroit into darkness.
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New York Heat Wave: Is Another Blackout Coming?

As a potentially deadly heat wave scorches 32 states, utilities companies are taking extra precautions to ensure added strain on the electrical grid does not trigger a repeat of the 2003 blackout that temporarily plunged cities from New York to Detroit into darkness.

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