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Locals vow revenge for Afghan woman’s execution

Taliban publicly execute woman near Kabul - ...Sayed Jalal furrowed his eyebrows in anger as he vowed to avenge the public execution of a woman in front of a large crowd not far from Kabul, brazen violence that spurred shock and sharp condemnation from Afghan authorities and the United States. The Taliban denied involvement in the killing in Parwan province, in which an unnamed woman’s head and body were riddled with bullets at close range in punishment for alleged adultery. Authorities in Kabul directly blamed the Islamist group. “We will take revenge for this. …

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Through Google Glasses, Babak Parviz Envisions Brighter Future


Babak Parviz spends a lot of time in Silicon Valley as a member of Google X, Google’s innovation lab working with Sergey Brin himself.

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Pinterest Co-founders Ben Silbermann & Evan Sharp Are All About Image


With 31.9 million global users in May, 5-year-old startup Pinterest has become the object of marketer affection and now boasts a $1.5 billion valuation

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20 Million Shades of Green

The “Fifty Shades” erotic trilogy is expected to hit the 20 million-sales mark in the U.S. this week, making it one of the fastest-selling book series in recent memory.

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The British Virgin Islands’ Box 438: The Best-Connected, Tax-Friendliest Address in the World?

via The Latest from VanityFair.com http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2012/07/virgin-islands-box-438-taxes

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Investigation: Mitt Romney’s Offshore Accounts, Tax Loopholes, and Mysterious I.R.A.

No wonder Mitt Romney doesn’t want his finances made public. His offshore accounts may operate in a legal gray zone, as Nicholas Shaxson reports, but is that where a presidential candidate should be?

via The Latest from VanityFair.com http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/08/investigating-mitt-romney-offshore-accounts

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Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Executive E-mails and Cannibalistic Culture That Felled a Tech Giant

“I see Microsoft as technology’s answer to Sears,” a former Microsoft marketing official tells Kurt Eichenwald in August V.F.’s story on the company’s backslide.

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Blissed-Out Newlywed Alec Baldwin Wants TMZ’s Harvey Levin “to Die Breathing His Last Breath Looking into My Eyes”

The newlywed 30 Rock star has never been happier than he is with Hilaria Thomas—unless you’re somehow in the paparazzo trade. Our August cover star reveals all.

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Paterno Family Condemns Leak

After incriminating emails surface about case.

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TV’s Evolving Taboos: Did You Just Call Meryl Streep’s Daughter a ‘Krunt’?



Broadcast TV and basic cable are tilling new ground for vulgarity. And Emily Owens, M.D., doesn’t like what she’s hearing.


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