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Amazon buys European movie rental service Lovefilm
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is buying Lovefilm, a European movie rental service akin to Netflix. Lovefilm operates in the U.K., Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Much like Netflix Inc., it is a subscription-based service through which people can...Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Television, Computer Networking and Internet, Rental Service
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Usher delays Germany opening due to illness
BERLIN (AP) — Representatives for R&B star Usher say his European tour opening concert in Berlin has been delayed by a day due to illness. Usher apologized to his fans in a press release announcing the decision to push back the kickoff of his...Tags: Berlin (Germany), Germany, Texas
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Cardin stands up for rights
This month's passage of a new U.S.-Russia trade law has done more than showcase Senator Ben Cardin's dedication to international human rights. By sending the shock to the Kremlin — that the U.S. values prosecuting rights abusers as much as it...
Tags: Prisons, U.S. Department of State, Vladimir Putin, Parliament, John McCain
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Old conflict is neither gone nor forgotten
Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-...
Tags: Azerbaijan, Turkey, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Armenia, Armed Conflicts
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 16
Europe has shown us our future To the editor: The presidential election and the hoopla of winning has deteriorated into the expectation of payback. Leaders in Detroit want their share of the spoils (federal funds). This was made clear by a city...Tags: Parties and Movements, Business, Politics, Republican Party, White House
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UCF forecast says economy will improve … slowly
Blog-o-nomics - Orlando SentinelUCF is out with its last economic forecast of 2012, and the projections paint a decidedly uninspiring picture. Reduced to its simplest terms, the forecast says things are slowly getting better — the keyword here is slowly — but they could... -
Richard Bock of Bel Air takes helm of FranNet of Maryland
Bel Air resident Richard Bock has been named president of FranNet of Maryland, which assists individuals interested in exploring self-employment as a career option through franchised business ownership. Bock knows firsthand about franchise ownership....Tags: YMCA, Passenger Cars, Marketing, Perry Hall, Sales
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'Funkin' With Electric Soul' takes on legends Jimi Hendrix, James Brown
You usually don't hear jazz singers taking on James Brown's "Sex Machine" or Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze." But one brave Chicago vocalist will be plunging headlong into this music Friday night, when the apparently fearless Dee Alexander takes the...
Tags: James Brown, New Year's Day, Entertainment, NPR, Culture
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UPS plan to become European delivery powerhouse stymied
It was a promising plan while it lasted: United Parcel Service Inc. would send its brown-suited army scuttling throughout Europe after paying $6.8 billion to acquire Dutch delivery competitor TNT Express. But then the European Commission, the...
Tags: European Union, Unrest, Conflicts and War, FedEx Corporation, Weaponry, UPS Inc.
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New rankings underscore corruption concerns in Greece, Egypt
As the financial crisis has dragged on in Greece, bloody attacks unsettle Iraq and protests simmer after the revolution in Egypt, those and other troubled countries have lagged in corruption rankings, according to a global study released Wednesday....
Tags: Philippines, Iraq, Egypt, Arab Spring, European Union
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British Christian wins bias claim, three others lose
A Christian employee was wronged when British Airways insisted she remove the small cross she wore around her neck, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday. But judges rejected claims by three other British Christians who claimed they had...
Tags: BBC, Air Transportation Industry, Judges, Human Rights, Civil Rights
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Going back home to Poland
When communism fell, it felt like the door of a cage sprang open. Young and filled with a restless energy, three friends who had grown up in Poland yearned to travel and explore. Perhaps nowhere held more allure than America. Nowhere in America had...
Tags: Lawyers, European Union, Political Systems, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities
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