News Corp. cans The Daily

News Corp. axes 'The Daily.'News Corp. axes 'The Daily'The Daily, which was an ambitioustablet-only news publication backed by News Corp. is shutting its doors on December 15. Launched back in February of 2011, The Daily was an interactive newspaper stylized for consumption on theiPad. Best of all, a year's subscription went for only $40 and offered a wide variety of sections. While there will be...

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Photos: Kilauea Lava Reaches the Sea

Into the Sea Photograph by Hugh Gentry, ReutersA spectacular natural phenomenon was on display early this week as lava from a vent in Hawaii's Kilauea volcano flowed into...

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Boehner Makes Fiscal Cliff Counter-Offer

House Speaker John Boehner today sent President Obama a counter-proposal on how to cut the deficit that he called a “credible plan” to break the stalemate in negotiations to keep the country from going off the “fiscal cliff” but just hours later the White House quickly rejected the offer.In the plan, Republicans offer a total of $2.2 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade. That would...

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Tiny tug of war in cells underpins life

TUG of war could well be the oldest game in the world. Cells use it for division, and now researchers have measured the forces involved when an amoeba plays the game. Hirokazu Tanimoto and Masaki Sano at the University of Tokyo,...

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French minister says 'no confidence' in steel tycoon Mittal

PARIS: A French minister cast doubt Sunday on whether the world's top steelmaker ArcelorMittal would keep its end of the bargain after a compromise deal on a key plant that Paris had threatened to nationalise.The dispute over the closure of blast furnaces at the Florange plant risked damaging France's image among investors, after a virulent attack by a minister on the company owned by...

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Some iMacs labeled 'Assembled in USA,' teardown shows

Some new iMacs, including the 21.5-inch iMac, are labeled as 'assembled in USA.'(Credit:Apple)Could Apple be assembling some new iMacs in the U.S.? A teardown of a new model introduced on Thursday shows aniMac with this marking. A teardown by iFixit revealed markings on the back of an iMac that say, "Designed by Apple in California, Assembled in USA." What isn't clear at this point is whether this...

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Photos: Kilauea Lava Reaches the Sea

Into the Sea Photograph by Hugh Gentry, ReutersA spectacular natural phenomenon was on display early this week as lava from a vent in Hawaii's Kilauea volcano flowed into...

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Chiefs: Jovan Didn't Have 'Long Concussion History'

The death of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, the latest in a string of tragic NFL suicides, has left the player's teammates, coaches, family and friends wondering what could have led a man described as generous and caring to murder his girlfriend -- the mother of his 3-month-old daughter -- and then kill himself.Kansas City police say Belcher, 25, shot and killed...

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McAfee comes out of hiding

WASHINGTON: Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee, wanted by authorities in Belize, has come out of hiding to insist he did not kill his neighbour or hire someone to do the crime."I will certainly not turn myself in, and I will certainly not quit fighting," McAfee told CNN on Friday in his first on-camera interview since going on the run from Belizean authorities."It hasn't been a lot...

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A new use for your power drill: Eating corn

Revolutionary.(Credit:NewsinWorld/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)I have a friend called Shirley. She is from very refined stock. One of the results of this is that she can eat corn on the cob with such speed and precision that what remains when she's finished is a perfectly smooth stick.Not everyone can do this. Which is why I was especially moved by a YouTube video that suggests a new...

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