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• APNewsBreak: IOC to retest Turin Olympic samples

  With the eight-year deadline approaching, the IOC will retest doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in a bid to catch any drug cheats ... 

• UK: Senior editor at The Sun charged over payoffs

  The deputy editor at The Sun tabloid in Britain has been charged with authorizing thousands of pounds in illegal payoffs to government officials, ... 

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  Cyberwar manual lays down rules for online attacks

  Even cyberwar has rules, and one group of experts is putting out a manual to prove it. Their handbook, due to be published later this week, applies ... 

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  Politicians strike deal over UK press regulation

  British politicians struck a last-minute deal on press regulation Monday, unveiling new rules that aim to curb the worst abuses of the country's ... 

• Ericsson, STMicroelectronics to cut 1,600 jobs

  Swedish wireless equipment maker Ericsson and Switzerland's STMicroelectronics say they will lay off up to 1,600 workers globally as part of a plan ... 

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  Rowling to UK govt: Don't let down hacking victims

  Celebrities including J.K. Rowling and Hugh Grant accused the British government on Sunday of letting down the victims of media intrusion and urged ... 

• Ex-tabloid editor quizzed in phone hacking probe

  The former editor of Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid was questioned on Friday by police investigating phone hacking, British media reported. The Press ... 

• 2 Belfast schools shut over suspected IRA mortar

  Northern Ireland police discovered a suspected mortar Friday that was aimed at one of Belfast's biggest police bases in an apparent escalation of ... 

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  Social media editor charged in hacking conspiracy

  A deputy social media editor for Reuters vowed that Friday would be "business as usual" despite charges of conspiring with the notorious hacking group ... 

• Reuters journalist charged with hacking conspiracy

  A journalist has been charged by federal authorities with conspiring with the notorious hacking group "Anonymous" to deface a story on the Los Angeles ... 

• More US than Europeans drivers are on the phone

  Distracted driving is more widespread in the U.S. than in Europe, according to a study released Thursday that surveyed drivers about their cellphone ... 

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  Cameron confronts opposition over media regulation

  British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he would champion self-regulation for Britain's scandal-tainted press, bucking a key recommendation ... 

• UK phone hacking arrests at new media: Mirror

  British police made four arrests for suspected phone hacking Thursday, the first time that top editors and journalists at the Mirror group have been ... 

• Researchers find German-made spyware across globe

  The discovery of a group of servers linked to an elusive espionage campaign is providing new details about a high-tech piece of spy software that some ... 

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  Pursuit of hackers who took credit reports expands

  The pursuit of hackers who audaciously stole and published credit reports for Michelle Obama, the attorney general, FBI director and other U.S. 

• Europe gets 1st fix from its own satnav system

  The European Space Agency says it has received the first location fix from its own satellite navigation system. The Galileo system is seen as Europe's ... 

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  What you 'like' on Facebook can be revealing

  Clicking those friendly blue "like" buttons strewn across the Web may be doing more than marking you as a fan of Coca-Cola or Lady Gaga. It could out ... 

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  FIFA hopeful urges video replay use for referees

  Referees should be allowed to consult video replays and football needs to accept the "inevitable" use of technology, according to FIFA presidential ... 

• Goal wrongly disallowed in Edinburgh derby in SPL

  Hibernian was denied a clear winner on Sunday when a free kick went over the line but a goal was not given in the Edinburgh derby against Hearts that ... 

• Denmark's TV2 used computer game image for report

  A Danish television channel has admitted it mistakenly used an image from a computer game to illustrate a news report about Syria. TV2 Head of News ... 

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  UK ex-policeman, prison officer sold info to paper

  A former police officer and a prison officer have admitted selling information to a British tabloid belonging to Rupert Murdoch, pleading guilty ... 

• Hackers target websites of Czech phone operators

  Hackers targeted the websites of telephone operators in the Czech Republic on Thursday after similar attacks this week affected major banks and ... 

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  Ferrari and McLaren unveil hybrid supercars

  Hybrids aren't just for fuel economy any more. Ferrari and McLaren both on Tuesday unveiled sleek hybrid supercars sculpted from carbon fiber at the ... 

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  EU fines Microsoft $733M for breaking browser pact

  The European Union has fined Microsoft €561 million ($733 million) for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a choice of Internet ... 

• Key dates in EU antitrust action against Microsoft

  The European Union has fined Microsoft Corp. €561 million ($733 million) for failing to live up to the terms of a settlement that was to end the ...