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• White House: Sony Never Told Us About Pulling Movie

  20-12-2014 23:55 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Sony's CEO claimed Friday that the White House was "aware of the situation" at the studio before it cancelled the release of "The Interview."
  
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• Sony Saga Blends Foreign Intrigue, Star Wattage

  20-12-2014 19:22
  Sony hacking case combines rare blend of international intrigue and Hollywood star power
  
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• Why the Sony Hack Isn't Big News in Japan

  20-12-2014 17:34
  Sony cyberattack gets muted coverage in Japanese media
  
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• Game On: Kim Jong Un Video Game Spoof Moves Forward

  20-12-2014 17:24 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Atlanta-based Moneyhorse Games has been independently working on the tongue-in-cheek game, "Glorious Leader!" for over a year.
  
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• N. Korea Proposes Joint Probe Over Sony Hacking

  20-12-2014 16:30
  
  North Korea wants joint investigation with US over Sony hacking to prove it's not involved
  
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• Study: songbirds knew a tornado was coming

  20-12-2014 13:58
  
  Days after five tiny golden-winged warblers finished their seasonal migration, flying 3,100 miles from Colombia to Tennessee, they vacated their new home to travel 400 miles south to the Gulf of Mexico.
  
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• Fin24.com | Car-sharing apps pose threat to motor sector

  20-12-2014 12:21
  
  The smartphone could throw a spanner in the works of the car sector's post-crisis turnaround, with the big manufacturers facing a long-term threat from apps.
  
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• Protesters in Contempt of Court for Anti-Whaling Campaign

  20-12-2014 10:49
  Federal court finds protesters in contempt for ignoring order to halt anti-whaling campaign
  
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• Fin24.com | Sony cyber attack may be costliest ever

  20-12-2014 05:54
  
  Sony faces losses on multiple fronts from an unprecedented cyber attack that US authorities say stems from North Korean hackers.
  
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• Chrysler Yields to Urging on Takata Airbag Recall - New York Times

  20-12-2014 02:40 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Chrysler Yields to Urging on Takata Airbag Recall
  New York Times
  Bowing to pressure from federal regulators, Chrysler said on Friday that it would recall 3.3 million additional cars across the United States and worldwide to fix defective driver's-side airbags made by Takata, the troubled Japanese supplier. Safety regulators ...
  Chrysler gives in, makes air bag recall globalUSA TODAY
  Chrysler Agrees to Expand Air Bag Recall NationwideNBCNews.com
  Former Chrysler expands Ta
  
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• You can buy a Sony-style hack

  20-12-2014 02:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The next Sony-style hack is for sale. CNN's Laurie Segall reports how hackers can make big money offering hack services.
  
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• Startup: Musk's 'hyperloop' is feasible and should be nationwide - SFGate

  20-12-2014 02:33 via sfgate.com
  
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  Startup: Musk's 'hyperloop' is feasible and should be nationwide
  SFGate
  Elon Musk's proposed “hyperloop” system for whisking travelers between San Francisco and Los Angeles inside elevated tubes is technically feasible and should be expanded into a nationwide network, even though it would cost more per mile than initially ...
  100 engineers are trying to bring Elon Musk's hyperloop dream to lifeFortune
  Hyperloop May Become a Crowdsourced Reality Within a Decad
  
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• An 'astronaut's-eye view' of what Orion re-entry looked like - Mashable

  20-12-2014 02:32 via mashable.com
  
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  An 'astronaut's-eye view' of what Orion re-entry looked like
  Mashable
  Ever wonder what an astronaut would see as he or she splashed back to earth aboard a NASA spacecraft? A new video released by the space agency allows you to experience just that, providing an "astronaut's-eye view" of re-entry into the Earth's ...
  New video released of Orion spacecraft returning to EarthWWSB ABC 7
  
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• Yellowstone's Hot Springs Could Be A Brilliant Blue If Tourists Didn't Throw ... - Headlines & Global News

  20-12-2014 02:21 via hngn.com
  
  Headlines & Global News
  Yellowstone's Hot Springs Could Be A Brilliant Blue If Tourists Didn't Throw ...
  Headlines & Global News
  Researchers determined what Yellowstone's famous hot springs would look like if coin-throwing tourists had not contaminated them. Share This Story. The researchers used a mathematical model based on optical measurements that assess what causes the ...
  Tourists' Make-a-wish Coins are Destroying Yellowstone Hot SpringsDesign & Trend
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• T-Mobile settles cramming case for $90 million - The Seattle Times

  20-12-2014 02:10 via seattletimes.com
  
  The Seattle Times
  T-Mobile settles cramming case for $90 million
  The Seattle Times
  T-Mobile will pay at least $67.5 million in restitution to customers around the country, including an estimated 230,754 Washington customers. By Coral Garnick. Seattle Times business reporter. PREV of NEXT. These excerpts from a T-Mobile bill show ...
  T-Mobile to Pay $90 Million to Settle Claims of Wrongful Phone ChargesNew York Times
  T-Mobile to pay $90M for unauthorized charges on customers' billsCompu
  
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• Hyperloop May Become a Crowdsourced Reality

  20-12-2014 01:54 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Billionaire industrialist Elon Musk's fantastical "Hyperloop" mass transit system may actually get itself built, and possibly within 10 years.
  
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• It Was Them: FBI Says North Korea Was Behind Sony Hack

  20-12-2014 01:31 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Sony took the unprecedented step on Wednesday of canceling the Christmas Day release of the film.
  
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• Sued by Google, a State Attorney General Retreats - New York Times

  20-12-2014 01:26 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Sued by Google, a State Attorney General Retreats
  New York Times
  Attorney General Jim Hood of Mississippi on Friday agreed to call a “time out” in his fight with Google after the Internet giant filed a lawsuit accusing him of conspiring with the movie industry. The move by Mr. Hood, who has been one Google's most outspoken ...
  Google Sues Mississippi Over Campaign to Restrict SearchesWall Street Journal
  Google sues Mississippi Attorney General 'for doing MPAA'
  
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• Hyperloop May Become a Crowd-Sourced Reality

  20-12-2014 01:16 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Billionaire industrialist Elon Musk's fantastical "Hyperloop" mass transit system may actually get itself built, and possibly within 10 years.
  
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• Here's What An Astronaut Will See While Spiraling 20000 Mph Through The ... - CBS Local

  20-12-2014 01:00 via sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
  
  CBS Local
  Here's What An Astronaut Will See While Spiraling 20000 Mph Through The ...
  CBS Local
  (CBS SF) — NASA released new video Friday capturing the intense conditions the Orion spacecraft and the astronauts it carries will endure as they return from deep space on a journey destined for Mars. It's among the first data to be removed from Orion ...
  NASA's Orion spacecraft returns home after historic EFT-1 missionSpaceFlight Insider
  WATCH: Amazing NASA Video of Orion's Re
  
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• Not Done Yet: Kepler Alive and Well after Discovery of New Super-Earth - Design & Trend

  20-12-2014 00:59 via designntrend.com
  
  Design & Trend
  Not Done Yet: Kepler Alive and Well after Discovery of New Super-Earth
  Design & Trend
  (Photo : REUTERS/NASA Amers/JPL-Caltech/Handout ) Before this, in May 2013, the spacecraft seemed hopeless, as two of four wheels that were essential in controlling its telescope had failed. Scientists from around the world gave up on the project while ...
  The Kepler Space Telescope Still Continues Its Mission Despite the Technical ...Capital OTC
  Kepler Telescope Discovers Another Exoplanet
  
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• Arctic Offshore Drill Company Enters Guilty Pleas

  20-12-2014 00:44
  Arctic offshore drilling company enters guilty pleas to environmental, maritime crimes
  
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• The Navy Has a Brand New Drone That Looks Like a Shark

  20-12-2014 00:09 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Navy has developed a new drone that looks and swims just like a shark. Somebody call Roy Scheider.
  
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