These are recent postings from selected news feeds
 SocGen hit by rogue trader fine French bank Societe Generale is fined 4m euros for allowing one of its staff to operate as a rogue trader.
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| Deputy mayor resigns from office London's deputy mayor Ray Lewis quits his post amid allegations of financial irregularities during his time as a priest.
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 EU probe into BHP targeting Rio The EU opens an in-depth probe into BHP Billiton's $170bn unsolicited bid for rival miner Rio Tinto.
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| Serialization of The Deal, Chapter 5 My friend Joe Hutsko contacted with the intriguing offer to serialize his novel, The Deal, on Boing Boing. I jumped at the chance. I read The Deal when it first came out in 1999 and loved the thrilling story about a Apple-like company's undertaking to create an iPhone-like device. Here's a link to ...
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 Congo ex-leader appears in court The former vice-president of DR Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba, appears in court in The Hague.
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 Watchdog set to probe MP expenses The committee on standards in public life is considering an inquiry into MPs' expenses, the BBC understands.
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 Iran optimism steadies oil price The price of oil falls slightly on hopes Iran will react well to plans to resolve a dispute over its nuclear development.
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| Video: documentary on Showbiz animatronic band For eleven years, the Rock-afire Explosion was the animatronic house band for Showbiz Pizza Place restaurants. The musicians' story is a touching tale of technical expertise, marketing muscle, and, er, "concept unification." (See the Wikipedia page for more on that.) Chris Thrash Window Pictures (d...
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 Pakistan 'knew of nuclear flight' Disgraced scientist AQ Khan says Pakistan flew nuclear material to North Korea with the knowledge of the army.
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| Man and the Moon - 999 caller reports unidentified object A 999 caller worried about a bright object in the sky has the mystery solved by police - it was the Moon.
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 Nadal win sets up Federer final Rafael Nadal will meet world number one Roger Federer in Sunday's Wimbledon final after seeing off Rainer Schuettler 6-1 7-6 (7-3) 6-4.
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 Out of the blue Bomb blast shatters Belarus' facade of stability
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 Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia' Eating high levels of some soy products - including tofu - may raise the risk of memory loss, research suggests.
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| Sulston argues for open medicine Nobel Laureate Sir John Sulston says medical profits are taking precedence over the needs of patients.
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 Israel to destroy attacker's home The Israeli defence minister orders the army to prepare to demolish the home of the Palestinian who killed three Israelis.
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 Ex-Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86 Former US Republican Senator Jesse Helms - a leading conservative politician - dies aged 86, officials say.
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| Interview with Charlie Angus, Canadian MP who's fighting the Canadian DMCA Adam Reimer secured an interview with Charlie Angus, the ex-punk-musician turned Canadian Member of Parliament who'se leading the charge against the Canadian DMCA. Adam solicited interview questions from the web and got a great interview with a thoughtful, intelligent, and honorable politician. Link...
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| NYC cops harass club owner whose CCTV footage overturned drug conviction Law enforcement LOVES surveillance cameras -- except when those cameras are used to surveil dodgy busts and get them overturned: Last year, New York police officers were seen dancing in the streets just before arresting four men in a city nightclub on charges of selling $100 worth of cocaine. It too...
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| XKCD's "Choices" -- now an audio drama Paul sez, "'Choices', from Randall Munroe's xkcd comic has been turned into a short audio drama (under four minutes) available under a Creative Commons license from Brokensea Audio Productions." Link (Thanks, Paul!)...
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| Grimly hilarious cartoon about telecom immunity and warrantless wiretapping with Snuggly the Safety Bear Hugh from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "SF Gate cartoonist Mark Fiore has an awesome new cartoon on the telecom immunity debate. Snuggly, the Security Bear is back, and he has a few words to say about 'compromise.'" Link (Thanks, Hugh!)...
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