SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Microsoft Corp. opened its first retail store on Thursday to hundreds of people who waited as long as 12 hours to get freebies and to see if the place is as cool as it was hyped to be. Eager customers cheered as a giant white curtain dropped …
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It was once Chairman Mao Zedong’s very famous, very wide family limousine. Oddly enough, the car is now owned by American Laurence Brahm — lawyer, author, and collector of all things related to Mao. “It’s not easy to brake history and it’s not easy to brake a Red Flag limousine …
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NEW YORK – Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui shook the New York Yankees from their lumber slumber and sent the World Series to Philadelphia all tied up. Teixeira and Matsui hit solo homers off familiar foe Pedro Martinez, backing a sharp performance by A.J. Burnett and giving the Yankees a …
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At least one pig from Minnesota has tested positive for the H1N1 virus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday, the first case of a pig contracting the virus in the United States. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement that USDA officials have begun to reach out …
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This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” October 13, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. MARTHA MACCALLUM, FOX NEWS GUEST HOST: Good evening, everybody. I’m Martha MacCallum, in tonight for Greta Van Susteren. It is a big night in the …
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A Japanese airline has launched a new initiative to help reduce carbon emissions: Have passengers use the bathroom before boarding. All Nippon Airways said empty bladders means lighter passengers, which means less fuel needed to transport them, the Daily Mail reported. The airline reportedly has placed staff at boarding gates …
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OAKLAND, Calif. – A judge ruled Thursday that a former transit police officer should stand trial on murder charges in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man on a train platform. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Don Clay said there was sufficient evidence for ex-Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer …
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PERUGIA, Italy – The mother of an American student accused of killing her British roommate in Italy said Friday that her daughter and the victim “got along great.” Amanda Knox is on trial on charges of murder and sexual violence in the 2007 slaying of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, central …
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GREENSBORO, N.C – A North Carolina adult with underlying health conditions has died from complications related to the swine flu, the state’s first death linked to the virus, officials said Wednesday. The patient recently had a heart procedure and returned to the hospital several days after being released, Moses Cone …
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Bye-bye, Betelgeuse? The nearby, well-known and very bright star may soon explode in a supernova, according to data released by U.C. Berkeley researchers Tuesday. The red giant Betelgeuse, once so large it would reach out to Jupiter’s orbit if placed in our own solar system, has shrunk by 15 percent …
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