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INFLUENCE GAME: Tech industry, big labor wrangle over high-tech jobs for foreigners
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by...Tags: Bill Gates, Migration, Politics, Napster Inc., Crime, Law and Justice
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Bill Gates is once again the richest man in the world
He may be retired, but that's not kept Bill Gates from regaining the top spot as the richest man in the world. Gates, 57, who co-founded and led Microsoft to the top of the tech world before retiring from day-to-day operations in 2008, has a fortune...
Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Mexico, Google+
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Jaron Lanier takes a hard look at the wired world
Jaron Lanier has a research job with Microsoft. He won't go into specfics, but it has something to do with imagining the future and asking questions. Lanier is a longtime Silicon Valley insider whose primary occupation has been to imagine, think and ask...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Music Industry, Entertainment, Science and Technology, Skype
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Would novelists want to be friends with Humbert Humbert?
In a widely circulated interview with Publishers Weekly, writer Claire Messud was asked if she would want to be friends with the protagonist of her new novel, "The Woman Upstairs." She responded with frustration: "For heaven’s sake, what kind of...
Tags: Social Media, Authors, Donald Antrim, Google+, Jonathan Franzen
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NBA blocks potential Kings' move to Seattle
The NBA Board of Governors voted 22-8 Wednesday to keep the Kings in Sacramento and not to allow the team to move to Seattle. The Kings' future in Sacramento has been in limbo as an ownership group in Seattle, headed by hedge-fund manager Chris Hansen...Tags: Christopher Hansen, Kevin Johnson, Steve Ballmer, David Stern, National Basketball Association
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NBA owners vote to reject Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle
NBA owners voted Wednesday to reject the Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle, the latest in a long line of cities that have tried to land the franchise. The 22-8 vote in Dallas followed a recommendation made last month by the NBA's relocation...
Tags: Kevin Johnson, Oakland Raiders, Migration, Maria Sharapova, Politics
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Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival
Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...Tags: Ellicott City, Science, American Cancer Society, Under Armour Inc., Education
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Fraud report highlights need to stay vigilant
Pennsylvania ranks high in a new report on fraud, and the common scams highlighted in the report continue to dog victims in the Lehigh Valley. A Lower Macungie Township man was conned out of $300 this month in one of those swindles. He was duped into...Tags: Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Theft, Computer Crime, FBI, Allentown
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E-book sales almost doubled in 2012, rising to $3.04 billion
The total revenue generated by e-book sales in the U.S. in 2012 was $3.04 billion, a 44.2% increase over the year before. That gain was announced in the preliminary year-end report released Wednesday by BookStats, a joint statistics project between the...
Tags: Media Industry, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Fashion Shows, Google+, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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Artworks by Barnett Newman and Gerhard Richter set auction records
A painting by Barnett Newman set an artist record at auction on Tuesday, selling for $43.8 million in New York. Sotheby's had expected "Onement VI," an abstract work in dark blue, to go for between $30 million and $40 million. The sale was part of a...
Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Fine Artists, Artists, The New York Times, Human Accomplishments
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It's galactic glam on the 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' red carpet
If the premiere of "Star Trek: Into Darkness" is any indication, high style will be alive and well in the 23rd century. The film's cast and celebrity supporters were in full galactic glam at Tuesday night's premiere. Zoe Saldana chose a nude silk...
Tags: NASCAR, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Celebrities, Rodarte, Fashion Trends
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Stephen Colbert writes a Dan Brown novel
Bestselling author Dan Brown appeared on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" on Tuesday night to promote his new thriller "Inferno," which is out this week. The novel, which once again features symbologist Robert Langdon (or, as host Stephen Colbert...Tags: Religion and Belief, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Tom Hanks, Comedy Central (tv network), The Colbert Report (tv program)
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