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Technology › Dish abandons Sprint bid, clearing way for SoftBank

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U.S. satellite television provider Dish Network said Tuesday it has dropped plans to submit a revised bid for Sprint Nextel, paving the way for a rival offer from Japan's SoftBank.

Dish said it still saw "strategic value" in a merger with Sprint but that it would not submit a revised…

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Business › Japan's May trade deficit widens on import costs

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Japan extended a string of trade deficits in May, official data showed Wednesday, as the country's import costs rose on the weak yen, but shipments to the United States and China soared.

Finance Ministry data showed that Japan's trade deficit expanded 9.5% from a year earlier to 993.9 billion yen,…

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Entertainment › Van Halen opens first tour of Japan in 15 years

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American rock band Van Halen opened their first tour of Japan in 15 years on Tuesday night at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya.

The band had originally been scheduled to tour Japan last November but the tour was postponed after guitarist Eddie Van Halen underwent emergency surgery to treat…

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National › United 787 Dreamliner heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle

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United Airlines says an oil filter issue has prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

According to the Seattle Times, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer says United Flight 139 landed safely in Seattle shortly after 4 p.m.…

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World › 9 students killed in attack on Nigerian school

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Suspected Islamists shot dead nine students as they sat an exam in an attack on a private school in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, local people said Tuesday.

The attack, in a region that is a stronghold of the Islamist rebel group Boko Haram, happened on Monday in the Jajeri suburb of…

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Technology › Facebook touts advertising milestone

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Facebook said Tuesday that more than a million businesses now advertise at the leading social network.

"I know business owners like these invest their hard-earned money and time into running their companies," Facebook's Dan Levy said in a blog post that referred to advertisers such as Singapore's Retail Ministry and…

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World › Suicide bomber kills 27 at Pakistan funeral

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A suicide bombing at a funeral in Pakistan on Tuesday killed at least 27 people including a provincial lawmaker, police said, the deadliest attack to hit the country in more than three months.

The attack in Shergarh town in Mardan district, 145 kilometers northwest of Islamabad, came during prayers for…

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World › Disabled woman, child held captive with snakes in Ohio home for 2 years

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A mentally disabled woman and her child were forced to live in an Ohio basement with snakes and pitbulls and were treated like slaves for two years, U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday.

The woman finally escaped by stealing a candy bar and telling police she'd rather go to jail than go…

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World › At least 50 terror plots foiled by U.S. spy programs: NSA chief

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Secret U.S. surveillance has foiled more than 50 terror plots since 2001 including a planned bomb attack on the New York Stock Exchange, a U.S. spy chief said Tuesday, defending leaked programs.

National Security Agency director General Keith Alexander described four thwarted plots, including a plan to bomb the New…

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Lifestyle › Cheap translations, but not replacement for humans

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An Israeli startup says it has come up with a way to overcome language barriers when conducting international business: an automated service that provides quick translations between English and seven other languages with nothing more than a telephone.

Lexifone allows people to get translations without paying hundreds of dollars for…

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