“Transformers” ride to open at Universal Orlando next summer

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Watch out, Florida; Optimus Prime is coming your way.The Universal Orlando Resort theme park will open “Transformer: The Ride – 3D” in July 2013, bringing the experience of the hugely successful film franchise to the thrill-seeking public in ride form. affiliate...

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Nurses Who Saved NICU Babies Remember Harrowing Hurricane Night

affiliate marketing Nurses at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at New York University’s Langone Medical Center have challenging jobs, even in the best of times. Their patients are babies, some weighing as little as 2 pounds, who require constant and careful care as they struggle to stay alive.On Monday night, as superstorm Sandy bore...

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Construction output ‘still weak’

affiliate marketing 2 November 2012 Last updated at 06:37 ETOutput in the UK construction sector was fractionally higher in October, a survey had indicated, but new work and employment shrank. affiliate marketing The Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 50.9...

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Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (AP) — A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with.U.N. officials...

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Coast Guard to investigate sinking of HMS Bounty replica

affiliate marketing CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard announced an investigation on Friday into the sinking of the replica of the sailing ship HMS Bounty with the loss of two crew members during Hurricane Sandy.Rear Admiral Steven Ratti, commander of the Coast Guard’s 5th District, ordered the formal investigation...

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Songs offer messages of hope at Sandy benefit show

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (AP) — From “Livin’ on a Prayer” to “The Living Proof,” every song Friday at NBC‘s benefit concert for superstorm Sandy victims became a message song.New Jersey‘s Jon Bon Jovi gave extra meaning to “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.” Billy Joel worked in a reference to Staten Island, the decimated New York City...

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U.S. jury awards troops $85 million over Iraq chemical exposure

affiliate marketing PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – An Oregon jury awarded 12 Army National Guardsmen $ 85 million in damages from defense contractor KBR Inc. on Friday after finding that the company failed to protect them from exposure to cancer-causing chemicals when they served in Iraq.Each Guard soldier was awarded $ 850,000 in non-economic...

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Oil prices fall on strong dollar

affiliate marketing 2 November 2012 Last updated at 19:35 ETContinue reading the main story affiliate marketing Oil prices have fallen after the dollar strengthened and the US government allowed foreign tankers to deliver additional supplies in the wake of super storm Sandy.Brent...

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Canada will push to keep bank capital rules on schedule

affiliate marketing OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will urge all countries to stick to the agreed schedule for implementing tougher bank capital rules at a November 4-5 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday.The so-called Basel III rules are the world’s...

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Microsoft versus Google trial raises concerns over courtroom secrecy

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two weeks before trial in a high-stakes lawsuit pitting Google‘s Motorola Mobility unit against Microsoft, Google made what has become a common request for a tech company fighting for billions of dollars: a public court proceeding conducted largely in secret.Google, like its counterparts...

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