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"William and Kate say goodbye"

By Rob Winters - Published on Friday, 08 July 2011 21:24

"CALGARY — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge bid adieu to Canada on Friday, during a windy official departure ceremony that included a wreath-laying in honour of fallen soldiers and a 21-gun salute.

A few lucky veterans got some face time with the couple, who spent several minutes shaking their hands and stopping to chat. William even paused to look through one attendee’s photos."

"Betty Ford dies at 93"

By Rob Winters - Published on Friday, 08 July 2011 21:18

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Betty Ford, the wife of the late President Gerald Ford and whose battles with addiction led to the founding of a famed drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic bearing her name, died on Friday. Ford was 93."

"Caylee's Law petition drive"

By Rob Winters - Published on Friday, 08 July 2011 06:54

"Caylee's Law petition calls for establishing two new federal offenses: failure of a parent to notify authorities of a missing child within 24 hours and failure to report a child's death within one hour. The online drive comes amid public anger over the Casey Anthony verdict.

One of the most unfathomable aspects of the just-concluded Casey Anthony murder trial was that no one reported 2-year-old Caylee Anthony missing, or dead, until a month after the child's disappearance. That's something that Michelle Crowder has set out to discourage in the future – by making "failure to report" a federal crime."

"Google's Prizes.org Awards Cash For Ideas"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 07 July 2011 20:12

"Over the weekend, Slide, the social entertainment company acquired by Google last fall, quietly launched Prizes.org, a website that allow users to offer an award for the completion of a specified task.

"Prizes.org is currently a beta product created by Slide, a small startup that operates within Google," a Google spokersperson explained in an email. "It's a place where you can win real cash prizes by coming up with the best ideas to help others out. People create contests on Prizes.org with real money bounties for anything they need, ranging from advice for the perfect weekend getaway, ideas for a best man's speech, to a plan for losing weight for summer."

Google's spokesperson said that the long-term vision is to create a product akin to the X Prize Foundation for everyday people and everyday contests."

"Murdoch kills tainted tabloid News of the World"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 07 July 2011 19:44

"LONDON - The Murdoch media empire has unexpectedly jettisoned the News of the World after a public backlash over the illegal guerrilla tactics it used to expose the rich, the famous and the royal and remain Britain's bestselling Sunday newspaper.

The abrupt decision Thursday stunned the paper's staff of 200, shocked the world's most competitive news town and ignited speculation that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. plans to rebrand the tabloid under a new name in a bid to prevent a phone-hacking scandal from wrecking its bid for a far more lucrative television deal."

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