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| Oops! Kids can scrub online posts | | | James Steyer says a California law that lets children take down posts that reveal too much personal information about themselves or others is essential to protecting their privacy and futures. |
| Alex Rodriguez to fight suspension | | | The Yankees didn't make the playoffs this year for only the second time in 19 seasons, but star third baseman Alex Rodriguez has his own post-season battle to contend with. |
| Celebrations all around for Barcelona | | | Neymar scored his first league goal for Barcelona and set up Lionel Messi while the Argentine also had a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad. Barcelona made it six wins in six games in La Liga. |
| Lake Pavilion | | | Inside the banquet-style Cantonese restaurant in Flushing, Queens. |
| Election blurring of church, state separation draws complaints | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Political watchdog and secularist groups are asking the U.S. government to investigate whether Catholic bishops and a Christian evangelical group headed by preacher Billy Graham should lose tax breaks for telling followers how to vote in this year's election. |
| Why disc drives are an endangered species | | | Could the phrase "burn a disc" soon be interred in the computing graveyard, resting peacefully alongside 8-bit graphics and the chirping, buzzing hum of a dial-up modem? Some of the most influential computer makers in the world say yes. |
| UPDATE 1-U.S. removes roadblock to Actavis-Warner Chilcott deal | | | WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Federal regulators on Friday removed a roadblock to drugmaker Actavis Inc's purchase of Warner Chilcott Plc after Actavis agreed to sell all rights and assets related to three oral contraceptives and an osteoporosis treatment. |
| Telecom Italia chief Bernabe considering resigning source | | | MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia Executive Chairman Franco Bernabe is considering resigning at a board meeting scheduled for Thursday, a source close to the situation said, as his plans to relaunch the heavily indebted company may not get enough backing. |
| Lab grown brain to open doors for disease research | | | Sept. 11 - Scientists have grown human brain tissue from stem cells in a laboratory in Vienna. The researchers say they can replicate the organ's development in its early stages of life in the womb, potentially increasing our understanding of neurological and mental disorders. Jim Drury reports. |
| California solar policy costing all utility customers report | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's non-solar homeowners are paying a growing share of maintaining the power grid under a controversial state policy, while ratepayers with solar rooftops are paying less, a report commissioned by the state's utility regulator said on Thursday. |
| Why disc drives are an endangered species | | | Could the phrase "burn a disc" soon be interred in the computing graveyard, resting peacefully alongside 8-bit graphics and the chirping, buzzing hum of a dial-up modem? Some of the most influential computer makers in the world say yes. |
| Possible China partner for Peugeot no worry for GM | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Co , which has been seeking to fix its ailing European operations, believes a crucial partnership in France would survive even if the French partner ties up with China's Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd , a top GM executive said on Friday. |
| ABC TV's 'S.H.I.E.L.D' opens big with 12.2 million viewers | | | (Reuters) - New ABC drama "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." garnered strong ratings in its Tuesday debut, grabbing 12.2 million viewers overall and ranking first in its time slot among viewers ages 18 to 49, the group most prized by advertisers, according to Nielsen ratings data. |
| Arrest in webcam case | | | A college student was arrested for allegedly hijacking the webcams of young women -- among them, the reigning Miss Teen USA -- taking nude images, then blackmailing his victims to send him more explicit material. |
| Who is the 'White Widow'? | | | British-born Samantha Lewthwaite was once seen as a kind of victim of the July 2005 London terror attacks -- the pregnant wife of one of the suicide bombers that killed 52 people, now left alone to care for her children. |
| Watch CNN FC episode 16 | | | Champions League veterans Owen Hargreaves and David Ginola discuss the game between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. |
| Heart docs call for help for severely obese kids | | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of overweight and obesity in U.S. children and teens may be leveling off, but kids at the extreme - the severely obese - are still swelling in numbers and need attention, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). |
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