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Detroit Tops The 2012 List Of America’s Most Dangerous Cities

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

At a community meeting in a Lutheran church earlier this year,Detroit Mayor Dave Bing got an earful about his city’s distressingly high crime rate. The heckling started with

Microsoft profits fall 22% ahead of Windows 8 launch

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

Microsoft has reported a 22% fall in quarterly profits, after deferring some revenue ahead of the upcoming releases of its Windows 8 operating system and

Wild Ride: The Sordid Saga Of How Formula One Racing Came To Texas

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

The vision guy got iced out. The bond trader and the billionaire took over. Will the new track be done in time? This is the

Baseball: Giants beat Cardinals to avoid elimination

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

(Reuters) – The San Francisco Giants blanked the St Louis Cardinals 5-0 on Friday to stave off elimination and extend the National League Championship Series

Texas State Fair icon ‘Big Tex’ destroyed by fire

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

Big Tex, a 52ft (16m) tall cowboy who watched over the Texas State Fair for 60 years, has been destroyed by a fire. The flames

UK opens criminal inquiry into BBC star’s child abuse

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

(Reuters) – British police investigating alleged sexual abuse by BBC presenter Jimmy Savile launched a criminal inquiry on Friday, saying more than 200 potential victims

British musicians see overseas revenue double

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

Big hits from the likes of Adele and Calvin Harris helped British artists earn £188m in overseas royalties last year, according to PRS for Music.

Defense chief calls cyberspace battlefront of the future

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Cyberspace is the battlefield of the future, with attackers already going after banks and other financial institutions and developing the ability to strike

God² – how science and religion rub along

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

Protests by atheists against last week’s papal visit to the UK have highlighted the age old friction between religion and science. But for hundreds of

U.S. intended to keep Benghazi mission open through 2012

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Newly released government documents show U.S. officials intended to keep open a mission in Benghazi, Libya, for at least the rest of this