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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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Closing Arguments Made In John Edwards Trial
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The prosecution and defense in the John Edwards trial gave their closing arguments on Thursday The former presidential candidate and vice-presidential nominee is accused of accepting almost a million dollars of secret campaign payments Prosecutors allege he used the money to hide an affair and subsequent pregnancy with a campaign worker Melissa Block...
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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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Biden Speech Part Of Coordinated Attack On Romney
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With a speech in Ohio Wednesday, Vice President Biden kept up the drum beat criticizing Mitt Romney for his work as a venture capitalist The GOP presidential hopeful casts his business experience as a prime asset Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio® For personal, noncommercial use only See Terms of Use For other uses, prior permission...
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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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Would You Pay $1,500 For A Hot Dog?
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The hot dog is topped with lobster tail, contains safron aioli and is covered in gold dust Four of the expensive dogs have been sold, and the proceeds donated to charity Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio® For personal, noncommercial use only See Terms of Use For other uses, prior permission required DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right Let's...
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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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Foreclosures Are Down For Third Straight Month
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Nationwide, a new RealtyTrack report finds foreclosure rates in April were down 14 percent over last year The rate is at its lowest level in nearly in five years Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio® For personal, noncommercial use only See Terms of Use For other uses, prior permission required DAVID GREENE, HOST: NPR's business news starts...
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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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TV Networks Try To Sell Advertisers On Fall Lineups
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David Greene talks to reporter Kim Masters about some of the new TV shows coming out of this year's upfront presentations The upfronts are when the networks present their fall lineups to advertisers and media Masters is covering the upfronts for The Hollywood Reporter Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio® For personal, noncommercial use...
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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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Skechers To Settle FTC Complaint
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced that Skechers will pay more than $40 million to settle charges that the company made unfounded claims about its shape-up shoes The FTC says the marketing was deceptive Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio® For personal, noncommercial use only See Terms of Use For other uses, prior permission required...
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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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Разное
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New Jobless Benefit Claims Unchanged At 370,000
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Business
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, suggesting steady gains in the job market The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment aid applications stayed at a seasonally adjusted 370,000, the same level as the previous week The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell for the second straight week,...
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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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Leading Indicators Dip For First Time In 7 Months
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A measure of future US economic activity fell in April after six months of increases The drop reflected fewer requests for building permits and a temporary spike in applications for unemployment benefits The Conference Board said Thursday that its index of leading economic indicators declined 01 percent in April from March The index now stands at...
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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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Разное
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30-Year Mortgage Rates At Record Low 3.79 Percent
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Business
Average US rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week The steady decline has made home-buying and refinancing more affordable than ever for those who can qualify Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the rate on the 30-year loan dipped to 379 percent That's down from 383 percent last week and the lowest...
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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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Facebook Users Should Expect Changes After IPO
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Facebook hopes to raise more than $100 billion in its initial public stock offering In a piece at Slatecom, tech columnist Farhad Manjoo warns that Facebook users can expect to see changes, including lots more ads But he warns the company must balance profit seeking with the desires of users ...
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17 мая, 2012 21:27
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Solar Panels From China May Get New U.S. Tariffs
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The Obama administration is moving to impose stiff new tariffs on solar panels made in China, finding that Chinese companies are improperly flooding the US market with government-subsidized ones The Commerce Department said Thursday that Chinese producers had dumped solar panels in the United States at margins ranging from 31 percent to nearly 250...
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17 мая, 2012 20:31
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Мода и стиль
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She Loved To Love You, Baby
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Style File
A disco queen has died “Last Dance” quips may be expected But Donna Summer’s influence was great She didn’t just have a moment—she had 17, the epic length of “Love to Love You, Baby,” the track she recorded with Giorgio Moroder, the Italian producer with whom she helped to shape the entire genre of dance...
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17 мая, 2012 20:14
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Мода и стиль
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New York Welcomes A New Wang
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Style File
While it takes a cranked party to drown out the sound of World Trade Center construction, such was the scene at last night’s W Hotel Downtown soirée for Chinese designer Uma Wang (pictured, right), who turned heads this past fashion week in Milan, where her namesake label made its Italian debut Hosts Meredith Melling Burke and W Hotels...
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17 мая, 2012 19:25
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Кино музыка культура
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OBITUARY: Grammy-winning disco icon Donna Summer dies at 63
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News and stories on CULTURE, movies, music, literature
Print Comment Send this page - music - US culture Grammy-winning disco icon Donna Summer dies at 63 US disco legend Donna Summer died Thursday in Florida from cancer at age 63, her family said in a statement The Grammy-winning artist had a string of hits in the 1970s and '80s, including "I Feel Love" and "She Works Hard...
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17 мая, 2012 19:12
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Мода и стиль
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Building A Better Barneys
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Style File
While Barneys’ Madison Avenue flagship is getting an extensive renovation, the retailer’s online home is getting some work done, too This week, Barneys revealed the new, revamped Barneyscom, with new features to streamline browsing and product suggestions from a host of influencers, including Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Julianne Moore...
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17 мая, 2012 18:01
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Общество
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Buried microbes exist at limit between life and death
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Look and learn, sloths: the microbes deep beneath the Pacific ocean take inactivity to new heights They are so slow on the uptake of nutrients from their environment that they barely classify as alive Their very existence could help define the limit between life and death Paradoxically, though, they may also be among the oldest living organisms...
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17 мая, 2012 17:05
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Кино музыка культура
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Oscar-winner Gondry takes Bronx bus to Cannes
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News and stories on CULTURE, movies, music, literature
Print Comment Send this page French director Michel Gondry poses during a photo session at the 65th Cannes film festival Gondry premiered his latest work -- which follows a bunch of schoolkids on a bus through the Bronx AFP - Oscar-winning Frenchman Michel Gondry on Thursday premiered his latest work -- which follows a bunch of schoolkids...
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