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Daily Archives: Jun 18, 2014

Amazon Fire Phone allows its users to change an image's perspective by moving their head

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Amazon has unveiled Fire Phone - its first handset offering 3D visuals thanks to four face-tracking cameras on its front and gesture controls. The Fire...
The Fed has cut its growth forecast for 2014 due to the harsh winter weather

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The Fed has cut its growth forecast for 2014 due to the harsh winter weather. The US central bank is now predicting growth of between...
King Juan Carlos of Spain signed the bill of his abdication in favor of his son, Crown Prince Felipe

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King Juan Carlos of Spain signed the bill of his abdication in favor of his son, Crown Prince Felipe. King Juan Carlos, 76, signed the...
A hidden portrait has been found by scientists beneath Picasso’s painting The Blue Room

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A hidden portrait has been found by scientists beneath the brush strokes of The Blue Room, a 1901 Picasso artwork. Art experts and conservators at...
Ian S. Grant and Stephanie Rose Bongiovi were arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance

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In November 2012, Jon Bon Jovi’s teenage daughter Stephanie Rose Bongiovi and her male friend identified as Ian S. Grant were arrested for possession...
Elizabeth Rizzini is expecting her second child, a baby girl

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Elizabeth Rizzini is expecting her second child, a baby girl, this week. Elizabeth Rizzini is expecting her second child, a baby girl (photo BBC) Elizabeth...
Willie Robertson’s cousin Zach Dasher announced he will run for Congress in Louisiana’s 5th District

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Calhoun businessman Zach Dasher, a cousin of Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson, announced Monday he will run for Congress in Louisiana’s 5th District. The seat...
Michael Jace was charged with his wife April's murder

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Michael Jace is due to appear in Los Angeles court today to enter a plea, after being charged with his wife April's murder last...
Paul Simon and Edie Brickell disorderly conduct case has been dropped

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Paul Simon and Edie Brickell disorderly conduct case has been dropped. Police were called after a heated dispute at the couple’s house in Connecticut in...
At least 66 people are feared drowned after a wooden boat carrying 97 Indonesian migrants capsized and sank after leaving Malaysia's west coast

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At least 66 people are feared drowned after a wooden boat carrying 97 Indonesian migrants capsized and sank after leaving Malaysia's west coast. The boat...
Afghanistan’s presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has demanded an immediate halt to vote-counting over allegations of widespread fraud

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Afghanistan’s presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has demanded an immediate halt to vote-counting over allegations of widespread fraud. Ballot boxes had been stuffed and the whole...
Petro Poroshenko has proposed a unilateral ceasefire by Ukrainian troops to allow pro-Russian separatists to lay down their weapons

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has proposed a unilateral ceasefire by his troops to allow pro-Russian separatists to lay down their weapons. Petro Poroshenko said the...
Iraqi Islamist militants now controlled 75 percent of the Baiji refinery, 130 miles north of Baghdad

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Iraqi Islamist militants have invaded the country's biggest oil refinery, after pounding it with mortars and machine guns from two directions. An official quoted by...
The British Guiana has sold for a record $9.5 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York

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A rare 19th Century one-cent magenta stamp from a British colony in South America has sold for a record $9.5 million at a Sotheby’s...
Marcus Wellons’s execution in Georgia comes two months after a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma

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Georgia has carried out the first execution in the US since a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma in April. Marcus Wellons, who raped and killed...
American Airlines is cutting almost 80 percent of its flights to Venezuela

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American Airlines has announced it is cutting almost 80% of its flights to Venezuela from next month. From July 2, American Airlines will operate only...