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NYC to Apple Computers: Go to DellGothamist, NY -12 hours agoAs The Big Apple adopts a new "green" logo, Apple (purveyor of iThings) is turning red. Wired reports that the emblem for New York City's GreeNYC campaign …Apple Questions NYC's GreeNYC Program and LogoSwitchedApple Wants to Take Bite Out of Big AppleAdAge.com (subscription)Apple challenges NYC bid [...]

Q13 FOX Dominates Local News RatingsBusiness Wire (press release), CA -3 hours agoQ13 FOX News @ Ten is the most-watched weeknight late newscast, bringing in more total viewers than any other late news station in the market, including the …

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Census scraps plans for hand-held computersAustin American-Statesman, TX -6 minutes agoOn Thursday, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez told Congress that his department also will shelve plans to use hand-held computers to collect information …

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Census Bureau rejects handheld computers for 2010 countKansas City Star, MO -40 minutes agoCommerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez told Congress on Thursday his department would scrap plans to use handheld computers to collect information from the …

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And here is today’s newsTimes Educational Supplement, UK -42 minutes agoGetting the news on air on time can be a frantic business, as thousands of children across the country have been discovering. The BBC News School Report …

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Russian-Israelis abroad unaware repatriation program targets themHa’aretz, Israel -2 hours agoThe Russians, however, are not coming back. The young, successful people who immigrated to Israel in the 1990s and chose to return to the former Soviet …

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Local Russian club provides cultural events for communityArkansas Traveler (subscription), AR -2 hours agoA group of seven people, who make up the Northwest Arkansas Russian Club, is offering many events to community members to inform them of Russian culture. …

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Mufti Ashirov Fires Back at Jewish Group, Some Russian Muslim …Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, DC -1 hour agoUCSJ NOTE: According to a series of reports from the Russian Jewish web site Jewish.ru, a few Russian Muslim leaders have come out in support of Mufti …

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The Moscow Times

Hermitage Capital alleges fraud and theft involving Russian…Times Online, UK -2 hours agoDocuments and company seals that were seized by Artem Kuznetsov, a lieutenant-colonel in the Russian Interior Ministry, during a tax investigation were …Russian Police Issue Warrant for British FinancierMoscow NewsNo charges against UK investor: Russian policeReutersReport: Russian authorities charge British investor with tax [...]

Austin startup gets Emerging Technology Fund grant; AT&T adds …Austin American-Statesman, TX -2 hours agoXitronix Corp. has won a $500000 grant from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund to develop an advanced semiconductor testing technology. …Xitronix snags $500K from Emerging Technology FundBizjournals.comTexas Governor Perry Announces ETF Investment in Texas Tech …All American Patriots (press release)Perry says Tech nanophotonics [...]