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Sony Goes Big on 4K Video

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Sony Goes Big on 4K Video LAS VEGAS — You’re not surprised, are you? Sony took the stage this evening at its press conference at CES 2013 to unveil a whole array of electronics, including, yes, a 4K TV. But not just one or two 4K TVs — there’s a host of...


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Obama Defense Pick: Who Is Hagel?

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Obama Defense Pick: Who Is Hagel? Chuck Hagel is now expected to become the next U.S. secretary of defense. To those who haven't followed the Senate closely in the past decade, he's probably not a household name. Hagel is a former GOP senator and Purple-Heart-decorated Vietnam veteran, but he wouldn't necessarily be a popular pick with Republicans in Congress. Here's why. The former Nebraska lawmaker has a long-running independent streak, one that made him an outsider within his own party by the time he left Congress in...

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Justin Bieber Gives Private Concert to Leukemia Patient

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Justin Bieber Gives Private Concert to Leukemia Patient   Seven-year-old Millie Flamm got the surprise of her life Saturday evening when singer Justin Bieber walked into her room at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City and delivered a private concert. Bieber had a performance scheduled at Salt Lake’s Energy Solutions Arena, and...


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Chuck Hagel Pushback: Groups Say He's Anti-Israel, Anti-Gay

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Chuck Hagel Pushback: Groups Say He's Anti-Israel, Anti-Gay The pushback against Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s new nominee for secretary of Defense, has been swift and sustained. Almost as soon as Hagel’s name was floated on background as a likely nominee, Israel and gay-rights advocates sprang to criticize the former Republican senator and noted...


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Flu Outbreak Surrounds You: How to Fight the Virus With Social Media

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Flu Outbreak Surrounds You: How to Fight the Virus With Social Media The flu season has arrived — and it’s weeks early. In one week, 16 states and New York City reported high levels of the flu. By the following week, that number was up to 29. Each day for the past week, more than 500 New Yorkers...


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Rape Case Lawyers Want Trial Moved

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Rape Case Lawyers Want Trial Moved Attorneys for the two high school football players who face rape charges said today they are considering asking for their upcoming trial to be moved away from Steubenville, Ohio, where emotions are running high. Brian Duncan and Walter Madison, who are representing the juvenile suspects,...


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Get the Most From Unwanted Holiday Presents

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Get the Most From Unwanted Holiday Presents ABC News’ Paula Faris reports: When Jamie and Jordan Cone of Freehold, N.J., were in the market for a new camera after the holidays, they went to Secondipity.com, a likely destination for mountains of unwrapped and then unwanted electronics presents. They’d spent all of their...


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1 in 6 Stars May Have Earth-Size Planets

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1 in 6 Stars May Have Earth-Size Planets The Kepler Space Telescope, an observatory launched by NASA in 2009 to find Earth-like planets, has provided data that suggests there are billions of Earth-sized planets.


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Poisoned Lotto Winner's Body to Be Exhumed

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Poisoned Lotto Winner's Body to Be Exhumed The body of the winner of a $1 million lottery jackpot in Chicago who the medical examiner's office later determined died of cyanide poisoning will likely be exhumed, said the Cook County chief medical examiner.


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Want a 110-Inch Ultra HDTV?

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Want a 110-Inch Ultra HDTV? Samsung offers giant screen, 4 times as detailed as today's HDTVs.


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Ticket Mixup Sells Out Inaugural Ball

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Ticket Mixup Sells Out Inaugural Ball WASHINGTON — An inadvertent early sale of tickets to events surrounding President Obama’s second inauguration means some would-be attendees won’t get their chance to see the occasion. Public sales for the inaugural ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and the day’s parade were...


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Transgender Teacher Sues Over Dismissal

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Transgender Teacher Sues Over Dismissal A transgender teacher is suing the New York City Catholic school where he worked for more than 30 years, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for growing out his hair, painting his fingernails and being "worse than gay."


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Kim, Kanye Spared Baby Legal Drama

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Kim, Kanye Spared Baby Legal Drama Those reports that a California law may force Kim Kardashian to prove that Kanye West fathered her child because she’s still technically married to Kris Humphries? Dismiss them. According to California attorney Dana Cole the legal “anomaly” about presumed fatherhood that is on the books...


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Coach's Affair Exposed to Block Raise, Lawyer Suggests

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Coach's Affair Exposed to Block Raise, Lawyer Suggests The attorney representing Bev Kearney, the former University of Texas coach who recently stepped down after admitting to a decade old affair with a student athlete, has suggested that Kearney's former lover was asked to come forward to prevent Kearney from receiving a substantial raise and extended contract.


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11-Year-Old Girl Fights Archdiocese to Play Football

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11-Year-Old Girl Fights Archdiocese to Play Football Caroline Pla has been playing football for six years – more than half her life. She joined the Junior Varsity Catholic Youth Organization team in the fifth grade and was chosen to play on the all-star team last season. But the Philadelphia Archdiocese's rule against girls playing football on its Catholic Youth Organization teams could put an abrupt end to Caroline's promising football career.


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Teen Killed in Fight for His Jacket

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Teen Killed in Fight for His Jacket A 16-year-old New York teenager is dead after friends say he had an altercation involving his jacket.


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