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3 hrs ago | SFGate

In Britain, Police Arrest Twitter And Facebook Users If They Make Anti-Muslim Statements

British police are arresting people in the middle of the night if they have made racist or anti-Muslim comments on Twitter following the murder of a soldier by two Muslims in Woolwich, London.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software

7 hrs ago | Myrtle Beach Online

Ivory Coast techies elect new 'Web Mayor'

Emmanuel Assouan, the newly inaugurated 'web mayor' of Ivory Coast's economic capital, poses in this undated picture in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, made available Sunday May 26, 2013.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News, Ivor, VA

11 hrs ago | Bangor Daily News

Scalia vs. Roberts

The ways in which Justice Scalia and Chief Justice Roberts don't see eye-to-eye are becoming more apparent Last June, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia went at each other over Obamacare.

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Related Topix: John G. Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Healthcare Law, Law, US News, Tea Party, Federal Communications Commission, Arlington, TX, Opinion

15 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Perrigo Discount Widens After U.S. Stock Jumps: Israel Overnight

Perrigo Co.'s Tel Aviv-traded stock is at the biggest discount to its U.S. shares of any dual-listed Israeli company after the drugmaker snapped a six-day decline in New York.

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Sat May 25, 2013

SFBG Politics Blog

Solomon: Obama in Plunderland: Down the corporate rabbit hole

By Norman Solomon Norman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy.

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Related Topix: Federal Communications Commission

Hollywood Reporter

Cannes: Director's Hollywood Reporter Interview Creates 'Prostitution' Backlash in France

French filmmaker Francois Ozon has been blasted by local politicians for telling THR, "it's a fantasy of many women to do prostitution" and "there is kind of a passivity that women are looking for." Instead, it turns out it's an imperative of many French women to condemn exactly that kind of statement.

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Related Topix: France, World News,

Myrtle Beach Online

Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town

She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Canada

SFGate

Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina

Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against auto dealers who say the car maker has an unfair advantage selling directly to consumers online.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government, North Carolina, Tesla Motors, Startups, Auto Dealers

Myrtle Beach Online

By The Numbers: Netflix subscribers

In the first three months of the year, Netflix gained 2 million U.S. Internet subscribers, thanks in part to the success of the political drama "House of Cards," which debuted in February.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Arrested Development

SFGate

New Satellite Pictures Show A Revolution Waiting To Happen In Bahrain

As for those satellite images, new surveillance confirms that things are as bad as ever.

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Fri May 24, 2013

Hollywood Reporter

Comedian Jokes Jimmy Kimmel Bought Him $1.9 Million Bea Arthur Nude Painting

UPDATED: The late night host denies purchasing the painting for comic Jeffrey Ross, who earlier tweeted a photo of himself with a replica of the work.

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Related Topix: Bea Arthur, Comedy, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Entertainment, Television, Jimmy Kimmel

The Washington Post

Japan $314 Billion Rout Tests Topix Bulls After 48% Gain

The biggest drop in Japanese shares since the 2011 earthquake erased $314 billion in market value, shaking bulls who pushed the Topix Index to five-year highs and highlighting their vulnerability to shocks at home and abroad.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan

Washington Examiner

Schumer urges look at security in Sprint deal

Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No.

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Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, Telecom, IT Services, US Politics, Charles Schumer, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Treasury, Federal Communications Commission

The Orlando Sentinel

Eustis police arrest man accused of selling marijuana near city park

EUSTIS Police arrested this morning a 32-year-old man on a charge he was selling marijuana near Carver Park, one of the city's main parks and recreational complexes.

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Eustis, FL

The Washington Post

Google Said to Consider Buying Waze Presaging Bidding War

Google Inc. , maker of the Android operating system, is considering buying map-software provider Waze Inc., setting up a possible bidding war with Facebook Inc., people familiar with the matter said.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, WebMD, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Social Software, Redmond, WA

SFGate

Procter & Gamble brings back A.G. Lafley as CEO

The Cincinnati company said late Thursday that former CEO A.G. Lafley , a 33-year industry veteran, is returning its top post.

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Related Topix: Procter and Gamble, Household Products

KJCT

FCC hopes to avoid 'end of world' for cellphones

The path to clearing up enough airwaves to satisfy the insatiable demand for mobile downloads is a confusing, complicated mess.

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Related Topix: Federal Communications Commission, Cellphones, T-Mobile, Wireless, Emerging Technology

TheStreet.com

Reed: Delta's JFK Jewel Pressures United at Newark

"We are and should be the preferred airline out of New York," said Gail Grimmett, Delta's senior vice president for New York.

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Related Topix: New York, Country, La Guardia, Boston, NY

Thu May 23, 2013

SFGate

Japan's PM Abe defends policies as markets settle

Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better communication with financial markets, a day after Tokyo shares suffered their worst loss since the 2011 tsunami disaster.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Asian Tsunami Disaster, Financial Markets

SFGate

Kerry Kennedy, farmworker protest Wendy's in NYC

The protesters said Thursday they want Wendy's to sign an agreement to safeguard working conditions for Florida tomato pickers.

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Related Topix: Life, Fast Food, Food

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