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Even rain can’t deter mosquitoes. The blood-sucking insect can fly in a downpour because of its strong exoskeletons and low mass render it impervious to falling drops. Researchers determined this using high-speed videography.
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Harvey Weinstein went straight to the top when seeking advice on filling in as host of “Piers Morgan Tonight.†The movie mogul, we’re told…
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As the cable landscape has changed dramatically, so too have the networks’ branding challenges. With choices proliferating and programming blurring, they are increasingly introducing new slogans and logos to set themselves apart.
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Asian shares tumbled on Monday, pushing the broader Tokyo market to a 28-year low, as investors extended a rout of global stocks and worried about a nightmare scenario of euro-zone breakup, U.S. economic relapse and a sharp slowdown in China. Tokyo’s broader Topix index lost 2.1 percent to 693.35, a level not seen since late 1983, as Asian markets plumbed new lows for 2012. Japan’s Nikkei average fell 2 percent after last week marking its ninth straight week of losses, the longest such losing streak run in 20 years. …
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Major TV networks have begun striking ad-sales deals for the fall season, winning higher prices over last year, despite resistance from one big advertiser, General Motors.
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Trying to limit damage from a weak jobs report, the White House is pressing for bigger action from Congress and searching for ways to prod Europe to do more to pump up global economic activity.
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Sue Mengers, who died in October, kept mementos from clients like Barbra Streisand and other celebrities like Jack Nicholson.
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The U.S. Department of Justice says at least some materials sealed as part of the court case against seven men involved in the 1972 Watergate burglary should be released.
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