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In an interview with Ad Age, Mark Fabiani, the former White House special counsel hired by cyclist Lance Armstrong, blasted a news report that implicated Nike was involved in a cover-up in a doping scandal.
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A moderate earthquake struck the northeastern U.S. state of Maine on Tuesday shortly after 7 p.m. (2300 GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. First reported as a 4.5 magnitude quake centered near Lake Arrowhead, the USGS revised the quake’s magnitude to 4.6 and finally down to 4.0. It shifted the epicenter to close to Hollis Center, southeast of the original location, and revised the quake’s depth from a deep 17 miles to a relatively shallow 3 miles. Hollis Center is about 20 miles west of Portland, Maine’s most populous city, and about 100 miles north of Boston. …
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BEIJING (AP) — The company that manufactures Apple’s iPhone says it has found underage interns as young as 14 working at one of its factories in China….
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A Journal analysis of Chinese economic data suggests that capital is pouring out of the country—about $225 billion in the 12 months through September, equivalent to about 3% of China’s economic output.
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Taliban victim to receive ‘prolonged care.’
In a selection from the author’s new novel, Back to Blood, Art Basel Miami Beach casts its spell (See it! Like it! Buy it!) on an American tycoon and a Russian oligarch vying for a collection of erotic conceptual art, while a young Cuban-American gets her first glimpse of the hysteria of multi-million-dollar buying sprees. Illustrations by Paul Cox.
via The Latest from VanityFair.com http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/11/excerpt-tom-wolfe-book-miami-back-to-blood
James Wolcott interviews the author ahead of his new book, Back to Blood, which is set in Miami, Florida.
via The Latest from VanityFair.com http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/11/excerpt-tom-wolfe-book-miami-back-to-blood-sidebar
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COUPLE SUES OVER SONS’ HARVARD REJECTION…
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