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| Jan.2 |
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Google revamps search home page |
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LA arson: Police detain 'person of interest' |
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| Jan.4 |
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Yahoo names PayPal exec as CEO |
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LA bishop with secret family quits |
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Arson suspect charged with 37 counts
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| Jan.11 |
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Changes to Google anger Twitter |
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| Jan.13 |
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Scuffles halt China iPhone sales
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| Jan.17 |
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Yahoo founder Jerry Yang resigns |
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| Jan.18 |
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Sites go dark in US law protest Thousands of internet sites are taking part in a 'blackout' protest against anti-piracy laws being discussed by US lawmakers
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| Jan.20 |
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Soul star Etta James dies aged 73 |
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| Jan.21 |
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Chevron appeals $8.6 billion ruling |
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| Jan.22 |
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Giants Win NFC Title over 49ers
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| Jan.24 |
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Scorsese's Hugo up for 11 Oscars |
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Haditha marine 'should serve no time'
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Apple in record $13.06bn profits |
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German pleads not guilty in L.A. arson case |
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| Feb.1 |
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Soul Train creator Cornelius kills himself |
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Facebook confirms plans to go public The world's largest social networking site confirms plans to issue shares raising $5bn in what would be the largest stock floatation by a web...
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Five killer whales 'sue' SeaWorld |
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| Feb.7 |
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School removes staff amid sex abuse scandal |
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California court backs gay unions |
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| Feb.9 |
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'Violent' Madonna stalker escapes |
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| Feb.11 |
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Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48 
One of the most celebrated female singers of all time died in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel where she had been staying as a guest
| Her hits including I Will Always Love You and Saving All My Love For You. Her later career was overshadowed by substance abuse
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| Feb.12 |
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Houston mourned at Grammys |
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| Feb.13 |
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Houston 'found underwater' in bath |
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Google Motorola bid wins approval |
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| Feb.16 |
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Xi Jinping on last leg of US trip |
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| Feb.26 |
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Crystal opens Academy Awards show |
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'The Artist' takes top Oscar honors 
The silent, black-and-white film 'The Artist' took top honors at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, garnering five Oscars
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| Mar.1 |
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Google change 'breaches EU law'
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| Mar.7 |
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Apple unveils high-def iPad |
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| Mar.12 |
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Yahoo sues Facebook over patents |
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| Mar.17 |
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Brazil to file charges on Chevron |
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| Mar.19 |
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Apple reveals plans to spend cash |
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| Mar.22 |
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Houston drowned after cocaine use |
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| Mar.25 |
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Hunger Games sets US film record |
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| Mar.27 |
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Apple offers new iPad refunds |
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| Mar.30 |
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Audit finds violations at Apple supplier |
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Seven die in college shooting Armed officers swarmed Oikos University in the city of Oakland after the mid-morning attack. Bodies covered with tarpaulin were laid outside
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Police name shooting suspect |
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| Apr.4 |
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Yahoo to cut 14% of its workforce
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Google augmented glasses unveiled |
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| Apr.11 |
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US sues Apple over e-book prices |
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| Apr.12 |
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Google doubles shares as profits soar |
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| Apr.13 |
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Pitt and Jolie confirm engagement |
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| Apr.17 |
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Apple and Samsung chiefs to meet |
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| Apr.18 |
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Dick Clark dies of heart attack aged 82 |
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| Apr.24 |
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California 'mad cow' case found |
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| Apr.25 |
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US air screeners 'ran drug ring' |
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| May.13 |
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Yahoo CEO Thompson quits his post The chief executive of computer firm Yahoo has stepped down, amid accusations that a fake computer science degree was included on his CV
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| May.14 |
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California plan to plug $16bn gap |
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| May.16 |
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Facebook to sell 25% more shares
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| May.17 |
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Pinterest to get $100m boost from Rakuten |
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Facebook shares valued at $100bn
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| May.18 |
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Facebook share trading debut Founder Mark Zuckerberg opened the day's trading on the Nasdaq. He appeared via video link from a celebration at the social network's headquarters
| Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38
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Facebook in stock debut rollercoaster
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| May.19 |
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries sweetheart |
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| May.21 |
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Facebook closes below IPO price |
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| May.22 |
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Launch success for SpaceX mission Map of Cape Canaveral Florida| California's SpaceX has launched on a mission to re-supply the space station - the first cargo delivery to the orbiting outpost by a private company. Falcon rocket, topped by an unmanned Dragon freight ... | |
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Concerns grow over Facebook deal Facebook's flotation has run into more controversy amid reports of concerns about the way advisers disclosed information to investors
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| May.23 |
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Facebook and banks face lawsuit |
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Hewlett-Packard cuts 27,000 jobs |
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Phillips crowned American Idol |
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| May.28 |
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Tuna record Fukushima pollution |
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| Jun.1 |
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Facebook users cut off from site |
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| Jun.6 |
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Author Ray Bradbury dies, aged 91 |
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LinkedIn passwords leaked on web |
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| Jun.11 |
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US commerce boss in car crash probe |
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L.A. Kings win historic Stanley Cup The Los Angeles Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils 6-1 to win the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup, the first for the Kings in franchise...
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| Jun.17 |
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LA riots figure Rodney King dead Rodney King, the African American at the centre of the Los Angeles riots 20 years ago, has been found dead aged 47
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Simpson wins US Open at Olympic
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US regains supercomputer crown |
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| Jun.21 |
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Apple faces patent and 4G payouts |
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| Jun.26 |
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Californian city faces bankruptcy |
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| Jun.29 |
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Tom Cruise and Holmes to divorce |
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| Jul.1 |
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Apple 'settles China iPad case' Apple has agreed to pay $60m to Chinese firm Proview to settle a dispute involving rights to the 'iPad' name, a court in China has said
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| Jul.5 |
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LA to vote on condom use in porn |
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| Jul.6 |
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First US high-speed rail approved |
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| Jul.12 |
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US-Mexico 'drugs tunnels' found |
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| Jul.14 |
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Son's death 'devastates' Stallone |
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| Jul.16 |
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Yahoo names Google exec as new boss Technology firm Yahoo has appointed leading Google executive Marissa Mayer as its next chief executive
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| Jul.23 |
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First US woman into space dies |
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| Jul.24 |
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Apple's $8.8bn profits disappoint |
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| Jul.31 |
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US author Gore Vidal dies aged 86 |
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| Aug.7 |
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The Sting composer Hamlisch dies |
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| Aug.19 |
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British director Tony Scott dead Best known for the films 'Top Gun' and 'Beverly Hills Cop II,' died in an apparent suicide Sunday when he jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bri...
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| Aug.24 |
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Samsung told to pay Apple $1bn Map of San Jose USA| A US jury has ruled that Samsung should pay Apple $1.05bn in damages in an intellectual property lawsuit. It said several of Samsung's devices had in... | |
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Samsung to fight court ruling for Apple Samsung plans to challenge a U.S. court ruling that recommends more than $1 billion in damages to Apple over a patent dispute
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| Aug.28 |
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Virus warning to 1,700 US campers |
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| Aug.30 |
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Twitter ads become more targeted |
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Japan supports Samsung in Apple dispute |
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| Sep.4 |
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Facebook boss to hold on to stock |
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| Sep.6 |
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Third Yosemite hantavirus death |
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| Sep.12 |
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Apple unveils 4G-enabled iPhone 5 4G-enabled device's new size allows it to display an extra row of app icons on its home screen. It was 18% thinner and 20% lighter than the iPhone 4S
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| Sep.15 |
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Officials quiz filmmaker linked to video Basseley Nakoula, believed to be the maker of an anti-Islam film was cooperative when authorities escorted him to a voluntary interview
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| Sep.20 |
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Apple under fire over new map app |
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| Sep.21 |
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Apple says map app will 'improve' |
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| Sep.24 |
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Homeland and Downton win Emmys |
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| Sep.25 |
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Brazil Google boss arrest ordered
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| Sep.27 |
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No bail for 'anti-Islam film' man
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| Sep.28 |
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Apple apologises for Maps anger
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| Oct.4 |
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Facebook passes one billion users
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| Oct.10 |
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Lenovo 'ousts HP as top PC maker'
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| Oct.13 |
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Space shuttle Endeavour rolls through LA
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| Oct.15 |
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Nobel Prize in economics awarded The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited the US academics for their work on the 'theory of stable allocations and practice of market design'
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Yahoo appoints Google executive
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| Oct.18 |
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Error sees Google stock suspended Trading in Google shares was suspended for two-and-a-half hours after the internet giant released its third-quarter results early by mistake
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| Oct.20 |
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Brazil papers pull out of Google
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| Oct.23 |
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Apple launches iPad Mini tablet
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Surfer killed in US shark attack
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| Oct.28 |
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Giants sweep Tigers for World Series title Marco Scutaro singled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Sunday night
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| Oct.30 |
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Disney buys firm behind Star Wars Disney is buying Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars films, from its chairman and founder George Lucas for $4.05bn
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| Nov.19 |
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Ancient carvings vandalised
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| Nov.26 |
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Two and a Half Men 'filth', says show star
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| Dec.5 |
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John McAfee arrested in Guatemala Map of Guatemala City Guatemala| John McAfee, the founder of anti-virus software maker McAfee, has been arrested in Guatemala, accused of entering the country illegally | |
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| Dec.6 |
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Guatemala refuses McAfee asylum
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| Dec.11 |
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Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dies
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| Dec.17 |
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Apple denied Samsung sales ban
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| Dec.18 |
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Instagram seeks right to sell photos
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| Dec.24 |
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Odd Couple actor Jack Klugman dies at 90
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