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Gov't targets Web sites selling counterfeit goods - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – On one of the year's busiest Internet shopping days, federal law enforcement announced a crackdown that blocked 82 domain names of far-flung commercial websites to keep them from peddling counterfeit merchandise and illegal copies of music and software.

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Google signs deal to translate European patents - Yahoo! News

PARIS – Google announced an agreement Tuesday to use its technology to translate patents into 29 European languages, a deal officials hope will smooth the way toward a simplified European patent system after years of infighting.

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'127 Hours,' 'Black Swan' among Spirit Awards noms - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES – James Franco's survival story "127 Hours," Natalie Portman's ballet drama "Black Swan" and Ben Stiller's dark romance "Greenberg" are among best-picture nominees for the Spirit Awards honoring independent film.

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Microsoft in talks for new TV service: sources - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp has held talks with media companies to license TV networks for a new online pay-television subscription service through devices such as its Xbox video game console, two people familiar with the plans told Reuters.

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Producer brings 3D video-on-demand porn to Europe - Yahoo! News

BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) – French porn producer Marc Dorcel, maker of such hardcore classics as "Citizen Shane" and "Casino -- No Limit," is bringing Europe a new dimension in erotic entertainment with the launch of a 3D video-on-demand service for porn videos.

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Full agenda as Congress tries to finish for year - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – The unemployed and millionaires. Doctors and black farmers. Illegal immigrants hiding from the law and gays hiding in the military. Along with just about everybody else, they all have something at stake as Congress struggles to wrap up its work for the year.

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Obama's back on the hard court — as spectator - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – A day after it took 12 stitches to patch a busted lip President Barack Obama suffered during a game of pickup basketball, he was back on the hard court Saturday — as a spectator.

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Newton leads No. 2 Auburn to improbable 28-27 win - Yahoo! News

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Cam Newton ran around Bryant-Denny Stadium with a hand over his mouth, having hushed up those who might have thought his shot at the national title was done, along with the Heisman Trophy.

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Icahn clashes again with Lions Gate on board - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Carl Icahn released a slate of five proposed dissident directors for the board of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, setting the stage for another showdown between the billionaire investor and the Hollywood studio's senior executives.

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Red Cross scolds 'failed' HIV policy among nations - Yahoo! News

GENEVA – The spread of HIV and AIDS among millions of people could be slowed if addicts who inject drugs were treated as medical patients rather than as criminals, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Friday.

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