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Wild with speculation: Apple preparing an "iPad mini"
Just when you thought Apple had done enough damage to your wallet, the maker of the hit iPhone and iPad mobile devices may soon be releasing what I'm gonna call a "tweener" -- a mini iPad that's smaller than the original one, but bigger than the new...
Tags: Computer Hardware, Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, Google Inc., New Products
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Relations between China and Japan getting heated
KIAHChina and Japan are going at it over some islands between them and Taiwan. The Chinese call them the Diaoyu Islands, and the Japanese call them the Senkaku Islands. The latest violence started after a Japanese group landed on the islands and planted...Tags: Japan, International Law, China
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R. Palmer Beasley dies at 76; linked hepatitis B to liver cancer
Dr. R. Palmer Beasley, an epidemiologist whose pivotal research on hepatitis B in Taiwan first linked the virus to liver cancer, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Houston. He was 76. His death was announced by the University of Texas...
Tags: Liver Cancer, HIV, Hepatitis, Research, Dartmouth College
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Asian American youth culture is coming of age in 'the 626'
Plumes of smoke from roasting lamb skewers curl into the night air. Crowds jostle past fermented tofu stands and vats of curry fish balls. "Xia bing'er! Xia bing'er!" one vendor sings in the high, lilting dialect of Beijing. "Shrimp pancakes!" David...
Tags: YouTube, Immigration, Los Angeles Times, Rihanna, Rosanna Xia
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Brewing trouble in Asian waters
Although Americans wish to focus on the anemic economy and upcoming election, the wider world may intervene. Competing claims over sovereignty in the waters around China — the East China Sea and the South China Sea — threaten to transform from...
Tags: Government, Petroleum Industry, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Tokyo (Japan)
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Alleged Pakistani militant leader offers to help storm-stricken U.S.
World NowHafiz Muhammad Saeed, a Pakistani hard-line cleric with a $10-million bounty placed on him by the U.S. because of his alleged links to militancy, says he wants to help Americans on the East Coast broadsided by Hurricane Sandy.... -
Taiwan unnerved by arrests over alleged spying for China
World NowTaiwan has arrested three retired military officers on suspicion of spying for China, allegations that have unsettled lawmakers fearful that state secrets could be leaked to Beijing. The accused include the former chief of political warfare at the... -
Personality Saved 'Batman' the Dog from Euthanasia
FOX40 NewsEarlier this week, FOX40 was introduced to Batman. "He wrestles with our other dogs, and he'll play fetch, and he'll play tug-o-war with you in his wheelchair," said Batman’s foster parent Anjolie. Batman was hit by a car in Taiwan and was...Tags: University of California, Davis
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All Together Now at Howard library branches
Central Library 10375 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia. 410-313-7800. •All Together Now. Saturdays, 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. All ages; 30 minutes. •Eclectic Evenings. Second Tuesdays, 7 p.m. •Meet the Author: Dr. Shep Jeffreys. Mon., July...Tags: Authors, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Ellicott City
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Google glasses are $1,500 - and you can't have them
CNNMoneyGoogle's science-fiction-like virtual reality glasses will start shipping next year with a price tag of $1,500 -- but most buyers won't be able to get their hands on a pair just yet. The under-development glasses, a stealth project hatched in the...Tags: Apple iPad, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., Amazon Kindle Fire, eBay Inc.
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Chinese culture camp keeps kids all smiles as they learn another tongue
The premise behind a Chinese yo-yo seems simple enough, especially to kids eager to be the first among their peers to master a new and unusual skill. In the hands of teacher Jimmy Chiu at the summer culture camp sponsored by the Chinese Language School...
Tags: Students, High Schools, Howard County, Education, Catonsville
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Taiwan photographer records shelter dogs' last moments [Photos]
World NowIn Taiwan, one man is giving animals destined to be put to death a last moment of dignity -- through the lens of a camera. Photographer Tou Chih-kang, known professionally as Tou Yun-fei, has taken pictures of hundreds of dogs in their last moments at the...
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