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Researcher’s Video Shows Secret Software on Millions of Phones Logging Everything   By David Kravets WIRED   The Android developer who raised the ire of a mobile-phone monitoring company last week is on the attack again, producing a video of how the Carrier IQ software secretly installed on millions of mobile phones reports most everything […]

Ivory Coast Claims Ghana’s Oil Fields   Ghana Business News   The government of Ivory Coast led by President Allasane Ouattara has mapped out a new maritime border it is sharing with Ghana covering some of Ghana’s jubilee oilfields.   The country has therefore publicly challenged Ghana over title to the offshore acreage hosting some of […]

British workers strike over retirement benefits CNN LONDON– Mass strikes swept across the United Kingdom Wednesday, with public sector workers walking off jobs in schools, hospitals and police stations to protest proposed pension reforms. As of lunchtime, the strike appeared to be having a limited impact on many public services, the government said, although more […]

Raw Video: Perry Confuses Voting Age in New Hampshire By Steve Peoples The Huffington Post MANCHESTER, N.H. — You might say Rick Perry courted the youth, but not the whole youth, in a campaign appearance at a New Hampshire college. Speaking at Saint Anselm on Tuesday, he appealed to students who will be at least 21 […]

A daring Swiss pilot has completed his latest dramatic stunt by flying with just a jet-propelled wing alongside two planes over the Swiss Alps.

S&P Hits Biggest US Banks With Credit Rating Downgrades By Mark Gongloff The Wall Street Journal S&P has reviewed its credit ratings for 37 of the world’s biggest banks, cutting the ratings of several, including all of the Big Six. This is not the most shocking news in the world, but it is not good […]

Jaguars being sold to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver, without a succession plan, sold the Jaguars to a businessman who is expected to keep the team in Jacksonville. By Tania Ganguli Times-Union JACKSONVILLE- For the first time ever, the Jaguars will have a new owner. One day before the 18-year anniversary of […]

American Airlines, AMR file for bankruptcy By Kyle Peterson and Matt Daily Reuters American Airlines and its parent company AMR Corp filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday to cut costs and combat soaring fuel prices and dampened travel demand. American Airlines was once the largest U.S. carrier, but is now third behind United Airlines and Delta […]

China’s first aircraft carrier starts second trial AFP BEIJING — China’s first aircraft carrier began its second sea trial on Tuesday after undergoing refurbishment and testing, the government said, amid heightened regional tensions over maritime territorial disputes. The 300-metre (990-foot) ship, a refitted former Soviet carrier called the Varyag, underwent five days of trials in […]