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Photo courtesy of telecom-it.net Cuba accuses US of training dissidents via Internet Cuba accused the United States Friday of helping its opponents access the Internet as part of a drive to undermine the Havana government.
04 November 2012
Voting machines remain worry in US election Few want to even think about it, but the 2012 US election result could be clouded by problems with voting machines ... again.
03 November 2012
New York axes marathon, but some electricity returns Bowing to mounting pressure, Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled New York's annual marathon set for Sunday.
03 November 2012
Robert Zemeckis. ©REUTERS Denzel Washington pilots 'Flight' through storm After a detour into animation, "Forrest Gump" director Robert Zemeckis returns to live-action film with "Flight," which starts with a plane crash but centers more on personal rather than airborne crises.
03 November 2012
US storm state calls army for presidential vote help Army trucks will serve as polling stations in Tuesday's US presidential election as authorities in states stricken by superstorm Sandy race against time to get voting ready.
03 November 2012
©REUTERS US model plane bomb plotter gets 17-year term An American supporter of Al-Qaeda was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for plotting to bomb the Pentagon and US Capitol using remote-controlled model planes laden with explosives.
03 November 2012
Photo courtesy of nwteche.com Android smartphone shipments boom: industry tracker Android software powered three out of four smartphones shipped worldwide in the recently ended third quarter as the Google-backed mobile platform dominated the market.
03 November 2012
Pentagon to end exclusive deal with RIM's Blackberry The Pentagon will no longer retain an exclusive contract with Blackberry maker Research in Motion and has invited companies such as Apple to offer smart phones to its vast work force.
02 November 2012
China, Japan citizens back Obama for second term: poll Citizens of China and Japan overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama to win a second term, according to an AFP-Ipsos poll which suggests Mitt Romney's tough talk on the Asian powers could have dented his image.
02 November 2012
British judges order Apple to re-write Samsung statement US tech giant Apple has until Saturday to re-write an "inaccurate" statement relating to its patent dispute with South Korean rival Samsung, British judges have ruled.
02 November 2012
Chrysler exec lashes out at Donald Trump on Twitter A top Chrysler executive had a very public, colorful go at Donald Trump on Twitter Thursday after the billionaire accused the auto giant of wanting to ship American jobs to China.
02 November 2012
First bin Laden film premieres just in time for US vote Timing is everything in show business, but the director of the first movie about the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden doubts its television premiere Sunday will swing the US election.
02 November 2012
Sandy death toll mounts as New York subway rolls again The toll of death and suffering from superstorm Sandy mounted on Thursday even as New York struggled back to life, with the first subway trains rolling in four days.
02 November 2012
Storm-ravaged New Jersey Shore vows to rebuild As she climbed past a tree that collapsed just by her front stoop, Joanne Tunbridge thought back to her father who built the house two blocks from the beach in the 1950s.
02 November 2012
US election to cost $6 bn: study US political campaigns will spend $6 billion in federal races this year, making the 2012 general election the most expensive poll in American history.
01 November 2012
©REUTERS Cancer drug helps MS patients, trials show A drug initially developed to treat some types of cancer now appears to help people suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), a study said Thursday.
01 November 2012
Alabama state. Photo courtesy of symbols.net From pot to gay marriage, US voters have lots to decide From legalizing marijuana and gay marriage to wiping outdated segregation laws off Alabama's state constitution, US voters have a lot more to decide next week than simply picking the next president.
01 November 2012
Obama banks on Hollywood friends, whatever Clint says Film legend Clint Eastwood claims that Hollywood's image as a Democratic bastion is exaggerated -- but the evidence says otherwise, with stars like George Clooney leading an A-list Obama cast.
01 November 2012
Photo courtesy of 71laredolane.com Eyeing holidays, Disney plays with video games Disney is known for traditional holiday-season movies about princesses and fairy tales -- but this year it has turned to the world of video games for its latest animated blockbuster.
01 November 2012
Photo courtesy of 123rf.com Dollar, euro gain in Asian trade after China data The dollar and euro climbed against the yen in Asia on Thursday as positive Chinese manufacturing data boosted risk sentiment, while traders were also looking ahead to a crucial US jobs report.
01 November 2012

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