Indonesia arrests 11 people suspected of planning terror attacks on US, Australian embassies

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian police say they have arrested 11 people suspected of planning a range of terrorist attacks on domestic and foreign targets including the U.S. and Australian embassies.National Police spokesman Maj. Gen. Suhardi Aliyus says the suspects were arrested by an anti-terror squad in raids Friday night in four provinces. He...

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Tech CEOs trade barbs, warm up for holiday tablet wars

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The biggest names in consumer technology, stung by a string of disappointing quarterly results this month, are suiting up for what’s shaping to be the fiercest holiday battle in years.Investors and consumers have already largely written off flaccid quarterly numbers from tech behemoths like Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon. What counts...

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Spike TV offers $10 million for proof of Bigfoot’s existence

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Forget Donald Trump‘s $ 5 million offer for President Obama‘s college and passport records – Spike TV has a much more lucrative offer. And it might even be more humorous than Trump’s guffaw-inducing “October surprise.”The cable network is teaming with Lloyd’s of London for a new one-hour reality show, “10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty.”...

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FDA finds contaminants in drug linked to meningitis

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it found “greenish black foreign matter” and other contaminants in an injectable steroid produced by the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy at the heart of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak.It also found that vials from the same bin of the steroid contained what appeared to be a “white filamentous...

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Insight – BP oil spill settlement before election seen unlikely

HOUSTON (Reuters) – For a president locked in a tough re-election fight, it may look like political gold: a settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and BP Plc over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that could send billions of dollars to Florida, one of a handful of politically divided states that could decide the November 6 contest.Yet a last-minute settlement with...

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Analysts see recovery sprouting at “FarmVille” creator Zynga

(Reuters) – Zynga Inc’s quarterly revenue beat and its higher full-year earnings forecast show the embattled “FarmVille” creator may be on the path to recovery, analysts said, with at least one brokerage upgrading the company’s stock.Shares of the company rose 18 percent to $ 2.50 in early trade on Thursday on the Nasdaq. Since going public at $ 10 per share last...

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