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The End of the Mileage Run?

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The End of the Mileage Run? It's easy to feel that way, what with those first class lie-flat seats, personal TVs, gourmet food and all the other perks. That 'special' feeling explains the hordes of almost-elites who make frantic last minute, year-end mileage runs to reach exalted status in airline frequent flyer miles programs. But are they doomed to lose this race?


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It's Now Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone

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It's Now Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone Don't unlock that cellphone. Starting today, Jan. 26, 2013, it is illegal to unlock your phone and use it on another network.


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Beware Credit Card Surcharges Sunday

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Beware Credit Card Surcharges Sunday Starting Sunday, paying by credit card could get more expensive. Under the terms of a $7.2 billion settlement reached last summer between credit card companies and merchants, merchants will be free, starting Sunday, to impose a surcharge on customers paying by credit card. How big a surcharge depends on how much the merchant pays on processing fees, but the amount legally permissible will be between 1.5 percent and 4 percent of your purchase price.


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Google Earth Used to Spot North Korean Labor Camp

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Google Earth Used to Spot North Korean Labor Camp North Korea appears to be both a threat and an enigma. In recent days, it has boasted that its ballistic missiles are a threat to the United States, but hard information is difficult to get from that very closed communist country. American intelligence agencies watch...


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Doctors Warn of New Stomach 'Superbug' Hitting U.S.

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Doctors Warn of New Stomach 'Superbug' Hitting U.S. A new strain of norovirus that wreaks havoc on people’s stomachs is so vicious that it’s being called a “superbug” by doctors. Though it was first identified in Australia, this norovirus — also called the Sydney strain — is quickly spreading across the United States....


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Kia Previews Super Bowl Ad

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Kia Previews Super Bowl Ad Kia is taking to the big screen to preview its Super Bowl ad for the second year in a row. Viewers got their first look at a teaser for the ad Friday online and in movie theaters. The complete ad spot, called “Space Babies,” will...


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Stars Strip Off Makeup for W Magazine

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Stars Strip Off Makeup for W Magazine What do Kristen Stewart, Nicole Kidman, and Marion Cotillard look like without the gloss? Check out the photos below. The leading ladies and a whole bunch of other stars went natural for the latest issue of W magazine.     They also opened up about...


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Study: Genetically Modified Cells Could Prevent Death From HIV/AIDS

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Study: Genetically Modified Cells Could Prevent Death From HIV/AIDS Using genetic modification to treat HIV could create cells that are resistant to the two major types of the virus, preventing it from evolving into AIDS, according to a new study. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of Texas at...


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West Continues to Drift Into Democrats' Column

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West Continues to Drift Into Democrats' Column A post-Reagan political drift: Western US continues its tectonic shift from right to left


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Watch: Snowboard Champ Shaun White Goes for X-Games Win

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Watch: Snowboard Champ Shaun White Goes for X-Games Win Gold medal snowboarder gives ESPN an inside look at his preparation for the 2013 Winter X-Games.


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Newtown Residents to Join Gun Control March in DC

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Newtown Residents to Join Gun Control March in DC Newtown residents to join pastors, parents in march for gun control on National Mall in DC


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Europe's Emigrants Face Red Tape in Latin America

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Europe's Emigrants Face Red Tape in Latin America Migrants from Europe find plenty of jobs in Latin America, but bureaucracy stymies


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Iraqi Extremists Try to Harness Opposition Rage

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Iraqi Extremists Try to Harness Opposition Rage Iraqi extremists try to harness opposition rage, raising fears they will benefit from unrest


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Goat Head-Butts Florida TV News Reporter

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Goat Head-Butts Florida TV News Reporter A Florida television news reporter found out the hard way that goats may not be so “friendly” after all. Linda Carson, a reporter with ABC News Sarasota affiliate WWSB was signing off from her report at the Manatee County Fair in Palmetto, Fla., Tuesday when...


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3rd-Grader Takes Loaded Gun to School

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3rd-Grader Takes Loaded Gun to School Third-grade student carrying loaded gun stopped at entrance of his Detroit-area school


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Syrian Forces Escalate Offensive

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Syrian Forces Escalate Offensive Syrian forces escalate offensive in key province; UN says Jordan seeing record refugee numbers


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