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Microsoft Office app finally arrives for the iPhone

By Salvador Rodriguez Article Reprint Microsoft Office users with iPhones rejoice: Word, PowerPoint and Excel are now available on your smartphone. The Redmond, Wash., software giant released Office Mobile for the Apple smartphone Friday, finally

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How panhandlers use free credit cards

In 2010, the Star gave credit-card-like gift cards to five panhandlers. Each purchase, and each returned card, tells a story. By: Jim Rankin Article Reprint What would happen if, instead of spare change, you handed

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What’s Next for Social Security?

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Article Reprint The trustees of Social Security recently reported that the retirement system can pay full benefits until 2035, when it will be able to pay about three-fourths of promised benefits.

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NASCAR remains a ratings winner on Fox

By The Associated Press Article Reprint NASCAR remains a ratings winner for Fox. The network said Friday that 13 Sprint Cup races this season averaged a 4.8/10 rating. Fox also said live NASCAR viewership ranked

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Debunked Sophia Stewart vs. The Matrix story still circulates web

By: Nordette Adams Article Reprint No, Sophia Stewart, an African-American writer who claims the the Wachowski brothers stole The Matrix Trilogy from her, never won a copyright infringement suit against the pair. Neither has her

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Billionaires Dumping Stocks, Economist Knows Why

www.moneynews.com Article Reprint Despite the 6.5% stock market rally over the last three months, a handful of  billionaires are quietly dumping their American stocks . . . and fast. Warren Buffett, who has been a

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Justin Bieber ‘Plans Space Trip And Video’

The singer is apparently the latest celebrity to sign up to a space mission which will fly tourists 62 miles above Earth. news.sky.com Article Reprint Justin Bieber has already travelled around the world and now

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Verizon Phone Records ‘Monitored’ By US Govt

Critics say the alleged secret data collection is yet more proof of excessive domestic surveillance by the Obama administration. news.sky.com Article Reprint The White House says the monitoring of telephone records of millions of Americans

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