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  • Silken Prey - John Sandford
    The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner. “If you haven’t read Sandford yet, you have been missing one of the great summer-read novelists of all time.”—Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly Murder, scandal, political espionage, and an extremely dangerous woman. Lucas Davenport’s goin […]
  • Inferno - Dan Brown
    In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code , Angels & Demons , and The Lost Symbol , Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date. In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harro […]
  • The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken praised "the charm and beauty of the writing," as well as Fitzgeral […]
  • The Eighty-Dollar Champion - Elizabeth Letts
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch immigrant recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up nag and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry’s modest farm on Long Island, he ultimately taught Snowman how to fly. Here is the dramatic and inspiring […]
  • The Hit - David Baldacci
    From David Baldacci--#1 bestselling author and one of the world's most popular, widely read storytellers--comes the most thrilling novel of the year. THE HIT Will Robie is a master of killing. A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming u […]
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  • Death of an American Sniper - Anthony Swofford
    In a stunning new Byliner Original, Anthony Swofford, former Marine Corps sniper and bestselling author of "Jarhead," tells the story of the life and shocking death of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. It is also the first account of the troubled life of Kyle's alleged murderer, a former Marine who managed to succeed where countless Iraqi insurgents had f […]
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  • Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg
    Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In  Lean In,  Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achievin […]
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  • Let's Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson
    Includes a new chapter! When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it. In the irreverent Let’ […]
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  • I'll See You Again - Jackie Hance & Janice Kaplan
    In a powerful and intimate memoir, Jackie Hance shares her story of unbearable loss, darkest despair, and—slowly, painfully, and miraculously—her cautious return to hope and love. Until the horrific car accident on New York State’s Taconic Parkway that took the lives of her three beloved young daughters, Jackie Hance was an ordinary Long Island mom, fulfille […]
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  • Night - Elie Wiesel & Marion Wiesel
    A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie’s wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author’ […]
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The widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko calls for the inquest into his death to be abandoned and replaced with a public inquiry.

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Trial Weighs Importance of Arrests in Police Stops

A judge is determining the constitutional significance of so-called hit rates, which have long been at the center of the public debate over stop-and-frisk tactics in New York City.

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Abortion Law in Arkansas Is Blocked by U.S. Judge

A ban on abortion at the 12th week of pregnancy is likely to be declared unconstitutional, a federal district judge said.

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Family avoids eviction as cookie jar luck wins US$4.85m

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Maybe you’ve heard this story before. Or dreamt it. Man cleans out old lottery tickets from cookie jar and, instead of throwing them away, takes them to the 7-Eleven to check them out. And finds one of them is worth millions. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Former Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at 87

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a “dirty war” dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Australian gets 45 years for Indian student’s murder

<!– google_ad_section_start –> An Australian man who raped and strangled his Indian student neighbour and threw her body into a canal in a suitcase was jailed on Friday for 45 years for the “horrifying” murder. Daniel Stani-Reginald, 21, had plotted to rape and murder a woman for years before choosing Tosha Thakkar, a 24-year-old accounting student who lived in an adjoining room at his Sydney boarding house, the Supreme Court heard. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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US soldier gets life for 2009 killings in Iraq

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A US soldier convicted of killing five of his colleagues in Iraq in May 2009 was sentenced to life behind bars on Thursday and dishonourably discharged. Army Sergeant John Russell was convicted earlier this week over the murders at a clinic for soldiers suffering from war-related stress at Camp Liberty, the largest US base in Iraq. Russell, who previously denied responsibility, admitted the killings last month in a plea deal to escape a death sentence, worked out by his lawyers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), in the northwestern US state of Washington. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Siblings of man Jodi Arias killed tell Arizona jury of their nightmares

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Jurors weighing the death penalty for Jodi Arias, convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend in Arizona, heard from his siblings on Thursday about how they had endured nightmares about his brutal death. Arias, 32, was found guilty last week of murdering Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home five years ago. He had been stabbed 27 times, shot in the face and had his throat slashed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Wife tries to take rap for husband in fatal accident

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A couple stood trial together yesterday after the wife tried to take the blame for her husband’s driving that caused the death of a 79-year-old woman. Wong Cheuk-yee, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of perverting the course of justice in the District Court. Her husband, Yeung Shiu-lung, 29, admitted to the same charge and five driving-related charges. The accident – which took place in Lam Tin on September 22 last year – claimed the life of Chan Sau-kam, 79. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Nurse ordered to pay ex-boyfriend HK$1m fails to appear in court

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A nurse who was ordered to pay her ex-boyfriend almost HK$1 million in compensation for harassing him for six years failed to appear in court on Thursday and cannot be found. Joey Yip Lai-kuen, 34, failed to attend Thursday’s High Court hearing in which her ex-boyfriend Lau Tat-wai, 30, was seeking court orders for the disclosure and freezing of her assets so that he could be paid the HK$946,673 she was ordered in April to pay him. Her assets include the proceeds from the sale of her HK$2.8 million property in Tsang Kwan O, the court heard on Thursday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Japan moving towards permanent nuclear reactor shutdown

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Experts judged on Wednesday that a reactor on Japan’s west coast is located on ground at high risk of an earthquake, setting in motion a process that will likely lead to the first permanent shutdown of a nuclear plant since the 2011 Fukushima crisis. Mothballing the reactor at Japan’s oldest nuclear station would be the most stringent measure adopted in Japan since the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station north of Tokyo exposed failings in nuclear oversight. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Taiwanese charged with trafficking Cambodian fishermen

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A Taiwanese woman has been charged with human trafficking after allegedly sending hundreds of Cambodians to work in slave-like conditions on fishing boats off Africa, police said on Wednesday. Lin Yu Shin, owner of the now defunct Giant Ocean International Company, was arrested in the tourist hub of Siem Reap last Friday, according to Chiv Phally of the interior ministry’s department tackling human trafficking. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Police killers face whole life terms

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Criminals who kill police officers will face minimum whole life sentences, the home secretary will tell the Police Federation conference.

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Four men in Minnesota sentenced to prison for aiding Somali rebel group

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Investigators believe about 20 young, ethnic Somali men left Minnesota from 2007 to 2009 to go to Somalia to fight for al Shabaab, which the United States designated a terrorist organisation. Three men who cooperated with investigators were each sentenced to three years and a fourth man was sentenced to 12 years in prison. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Hong Kong businessman wins US$70m award in Las Vegas Sands lawsuit

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A jury on Tuesday dealt another defeat to casino mogul Sheldon Adelson in his nine-year fight with a Hong Kong businessman, awarding the former consultant US$70 million for helping Las Vegas Sands secure a lucrative gambling licence in Macau. But Las Vegas Sands says it won’t be paying up anytime soon. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Casino owner Sheldon Adelson hit with $70 million verdict

<!– google_ad_section_start –> LAS VEGAS — A Hong Kong businessman hit a $70 million court-awarded jackpot Tuesday when a jury agreed that he had helped the casino empire run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson get a gambling foothold in the People’s Republic of China. This is the second time in five years that jurors have awarded consultant Richard Suen a sizable sum in the bitter dispute. A jury’s 2008 finding for Suen was thrown out on appeal. Adelson’s lawyers vowed Tuesday to appeal the latest verdict. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Detainee’s Release in Doubt, Lawyers Seek Order by Judge

The possibility that the detainee, a Sudanese man, may not be released from the Guantánamo Bay prison threatens to undermine the ability of prosecutors to persuade other detainees to plead guilty.

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Jury sides with businessman in Vegas Sands lawsuit

<!– google_ad_section_start –> LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury on Tuesday awarded a Hong Kong businessman a $70 million judgment against Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino giant run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson. Richard Suen claimed he was owed up to $328 million for helping the Las Vegas-based company secure a lucrative gambling license in Macau, the only place in China where casino gambling is legal. Las Vegas Sands attorneys argued Suen was owed nothing because he didn’t make good on a promise to aid company executives. The case was a retrial; a jury’s 2008 finding for Suen was thrown out on appeal. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Doctor Kermit Gosnell found guilty of murder in Philadelphia abortion trial

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A Philadelphia doctor was found guilty on Monday of murdering three babies during abortions at a clinic serving low-income women in a case that cast a national spotlight on the controversial practice of late-term abortions. Dr Kermit Gosnell, 72, who ran the now-shuttered Women’s Medical Society Clinic, faces the possibility of the death penalty. The case focused on whether the infants were born alive and then killed. He was accused of delivering live babies during late-term abortions and then deliberately severing their spinal cords. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Six foreign drug traffickers jailed up to 27 years

<!– google_ad_section_start –> In sentencing yesterday, Deputy Judge Mr Justice Gareth Lugar-Mawson described the case – involving cocaine with a street value of more than HK$500 million – as an extremely bad example of international drug trafficking. Saying he believed most of the cocaine was bound for the mainland, Lugar-Mawson said the law had to ensure Hong Kong would not become a drug transit centre in Asia. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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  • What Great Bosses Know - The Poynter Institute's Jill Geisler
    Jill Geisler heads the Poynter Institute's leadership and management programs. In these Poynter podcasts, she shares practical leadership lessons for managers who want to be great bosses. You can read companion "Great Bosses" columns on www.Poynter.org. Jill's book: "WORK HAPPY: WHAT GREAT BOSSES KNOW" is now available in book s […]
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  • Dean Lectures - California Academy of Sciences
    This series of talks for the general public is given by noted scientists in the fields of astronomy and space science. It is held in the Morrison Planetarium, home of the most accurate and interactive digital Universe ever created, which is shown on the world's largest all-digital dome. This iTunes U Collection contains the audio podcasts from this lect […]
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  • Money 101: Retirement & Investing - Marketplace
    The traditional model of retirement is changing, and many Americans are finding themselves working far beyond age 65. Examine the key questions and critical issues in re-envisioning the golden years. Get straightforward advice and practical tools for planning a safe and sane financial future. […]
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  • iPad and iPhone Application Development (HD) - Paul Hegarty
    Updated for iOS 5. Tools and APIs required to build applications for the iPhone and iPad platform using the iOS SDK. User interface designs for mobile devices and unique user interactions using multi-touch technologies. Object-oriented design using model-view-controller paradigm, memory management, Objective-C programming language. Other topics include: obje […]
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  • Hands-On Python Tutorial - Chapter 1 - Loyola University Chicago
    Hands-On Python Tutorial - Chapter 1 Loyola University Chicago Genre: Computer Science Release Date: May 16, 2011 […]
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  • Game Theory - Video - Ben Polak
    (ECON 159) This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, […]
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  • Electricity & Magnetism - Prof. Walter Lewin
    In addition to the basic concepts of Electromagnetism, a vast variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Lightning, Pacemakers, Electric Shock Treatment, Electrocardiograms, Metal Detectors, Musical Instruments, Magnetic Levitation, Bullet Trains, Electric Motors, Radios, TV, Car Coils, Superconductivity, Aurora Borealis, Rainbows, Radio Teles […]
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  • Masters of Photography - National Geographic Live
    Step behind the camera with top-flight photographers. […]
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  • How to Think Like a Psychologist - Stanford Continuing Studies Program
    How to Think Like a Psychologist Stanford Continuing Studies Program Genre: Psychology Release Date: March 23, 2012 […]
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  • Introduction to Computer Science and Programming - Eric Grimson, John Guttag
    This subject is aimed at students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems. It also aims to help students, regardless of their major, to feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The cla […]
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  • Quantum Mechanics - Oxford University
    In this series of physics lectures, Professor J.J. Binney explains how probabilities are obtained from quantum amplitudes, why they give rise to quantum interference, the concept of a complete set of amplitudes and how this defines a "quantum state". A book of the course can be obtained from http://bit.ly/binneybook […]
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  • Programming Methodology - Mehran Sahami
    This course is the largest of the introductory programming courses and is one of the largest courses at Stanford. Topics focus on the introduction to the engineering of computer applications emphasizing modern software engineering principles: object-oriented design, decomposition, encapsulation, abstraction, and testing. Programming Methodology teaches the w […]
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  • Mindful Meditations - UCLA
    Our mission is to foster mindful awareness through education and research to promote well-being and a more compassionate society. Mindful Awareness is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one’s physical, mental and emotional experiences. Mindful Awareness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost th […]
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  • Physics I: Classical Mechanics - Walter Lewin
    8.01 is a first-semester freshman physics class in Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory. In addition to the basic concepts of Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory, a variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Binary Stars, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Resonance Phenomena, Musical Instruments, Stel […]
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  • OCW Scholar: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming - Prof. John Guttag
    This subject is aimed at students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems. It also aims to help students, regardless of their major, to feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The cla […]
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  • Building a Business - Oxford University
    A lecture series of basic business skills, Building a Business covers good business practice with a focus on science entrepreneurship. It is designed around technological enterprise but most course material is relevant to general business practice. […]
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  • Critical Reasoning for Beginners - Oxford University
    Are you confident you can reason clearly? Are you able to convince others of your point of view? Are you able to give plausible reasons for believing what you believe? Do you sometimes read arguments in the newspapers, hear them on the television, or in the pub and wish you knew how to confidently evaluate them? In this six-part course, you will learn all ab […]
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  • Physics - Khan Academy
    Projectile motion, mechanics and electricity and magnetism. Solid understanding of algebra and a basic understanding of trigonometry necessary. […]
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  • The Human Brain (Video) - UCTV
    UCTV delivers documentaries, faculty lectures, cutting-edge research symposiums and artistic performances from each of the ten University of California campuses. […]
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  • Single Variable Calculus - Prof. David Jerison
    This introductory calculus course covers differentiation and integration of functions of one variable, with applications *Note: Lectures 8, 17, 27, 33 were the exams and therefore have no videos. […]
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