Huge protest vote pushes Italy towards deadlock

ROME (Reuters) - A huge protest vote by Italians enraged by economic hardship and political corruption pushed the country towards deadlock after an election on Monday, with voting projections showing no coalition strong enough to form a government. With more than two thirds of the vote counted, the projections suggested the center left could have a slim lead in the race for the lower...

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Berlusconi's vote gains hit euro; yen rebounds

NEW YORK: The strong election showing in Italy of former premier Silvio Berlusconi's party battered the euro Monday, amid worries a new coalition government could weaken Rome's commitment to reforms.The euro rose in early trade amid the first exit polls from the two-day election, which suggested the center-left was on its way to a firm victory.But later, data showed Berlusconi's party,...

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AT&T Mobility CEO says he's open to Firefox OS

Ralph de la Vega at Mobile World Congress this year.(Credit:Roger Cheng/CNET)BARCELONA, Spain--AT&T cracked open the door to Mozilla's recently unveiled Firefox mobile operating system. "I think there room for more (operating systems,)" said Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility, in an interview with CNET. When asked whether the industry could support multiple operating systems de la Vega...

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Danica Patrick, first woman to lead a lap at Daytona 500

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., left, hugs his girlfriend Danica Patrick before her start in the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. / AP Photo/Chris O'Meara DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.Danica Patrick made more history at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. She became the first woman to lead a lap and was the highest female...

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Pistorius' Brother Facing Own Homicide Trial

The attorney for Oscar Pistorius' family said today that the Olympian's brother is facing a culpable homicide charge relating to a 2008 road accident in which a motorcyclist was killed.Carl Pistorius, who sat behind his younger brother, Oscar, every day at his bail hearing, will now face his own homicide trial for the accident five years ago, which his attorney, Kenny Oldwage,...

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Syrian opposition says captures former nuclear site

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels have captured the site of a suspected nuclear reactor near the Euphrates river which Israeli warplanes destroyed six years ago, opposition sources in eastern Syria said on Sunday. Al-Kubar site, around 60 km (35 miles) west of the city of Deir al-Zor, became a focus of international attention when Israel raided it in 2007. The United States said the complex...

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Pakistan hit by nationwide blackout

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was hit by a nationwide blackout for more than two hours after the breakdown of a major plant caused power stations to stop working across the country, officials said Monday.While power cuts are common in Pakistan due to chronic underinvestment in infrastructure, outages across the whole country are rare.Late Sunday's blackout occurred when the HUBCO plant in southwestern...

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YouTube code refers to paid channel subscriptions

Paid channel subscriptions on YouTube may be closer than previously thought.After reports last month that YouTube was considering offering channels that would require a fee to access, code has now appeared that suggests Google is already laying the software foundation for subscription channels.According to Android Police, the latest version of YouTube for Android includes two lines of code that refer...

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Iran: Military captured foreign "enemy drone"

TEHRAN, Iran Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that it captured a foreign unmanned aircraft during a military exercise in southern Iran. Gen. Hamid Sarkheili, a spokesman for the military exercise, said the Guard's electronic warfare unit spotted signals indicating that foreign drones were trying to enter Iranian airspace. Sarkheili said Guard experts took control of one drone's...

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Fiery Last-Lap Daytona Crash Injures 15 Fans

A fiery last-lap crash at the Daytona International Speedway injured a number of spectators today, who were seen being carried away from the stands on stretchers.Fifteen spectators were taken to the hospital, according to ESPN, with one on the way to surgery with head trauma.The 12-car crash happened moments before the end of the Nationwide race, and on the eve of the Daytona 500,...

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