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  Pirate Party has electoral breakthrough in Iceland

  Iceland, a nation of seafarers, has been stormed by pirates. They won't be forming the government, but online freedom advocates the Pirate Party were ... 

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  'House of Cards,' Frank Ocean top Webby Awards

  Netflix's groundbreaking "House of Cards" may be the first digital series nominated for a best drama Emmy. But it will start with a Webby. The Webby ... 

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  'Following' cast withholds finale spoilers

  Even before the season finale of "The Following" had finished airing in Eastern and Central time zones Monday night, followers of the popular weekly ... 

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  APNewsBreak: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo has book deal

  Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal. HarperCollins told The Associated Press on Monday ... 

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  Google invades Siri's turf with iPhone, iPad app

  Siri may be feeling a little job insecurity. The sometimes droll assistant that answers questions and helps people manage their lives on Apple's ... 

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  Collins gets plenty of support after coming out

  Jason Collins nearly got Rick Welts into $200 worth of trouble. Welts is the president of the Golden State Warriors, and is gay. And a short while ... 

• UK: Guardian newspaper's Twitter feeds hacked

  The Guardian newspaper said Monday that its Twitter accounts have been hacked, and it cited a claim of responsibility from the group calling itself ... 

• Mexican official's daughter gets restaurant closed

  A Mexican official's daughter has caused a scandal by sending inspectors to shut down a restaurant that didn't give her the table she wanted. It's the ... 

• Huffington Post to launch German edition

  The Huffington Post is expanding further with a German language edition, putting new pressure on media companies in Europe's largest economy as they ... 

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  Rolling Stones rock small LA club ahead of tour

  For one night only, the Rolling Stones were an up-and-coming band again. The legendary group rocked a small club in Los Angeles on Saturday night for ... 

• Kuwait court keeps jail time for Twitter insult

  A Kuwait appeals court says an online activist must serve a jail sentence for Twitter posts deemed offensive to the Gulf nation's ruler, but the ... 

• Gunmen surround Libya Foreign Ministry

  Libya's prime minister warned of a perilous security situation Sunday after armed men stormed the Interior Ministry and a state-owned television ... 

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  Mexican journalists march against attacks on press

  Officials in Veracruz state say they know who killed Regina Martinez. The muckraking reporter, found beaten and suffocated in her house, was just the ... 

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  Iraq suspends Al-Jazeera and 9 Iraqi TV channels

  Iraqi authorities suspended the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine Iraqi TV channels on Sunday after accusing them of ... 

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  Higher expectations for digital media at NewFronts

  Last year, the inaugural Digital NewFronts didn't skimp on the hype. Google, Hulu, Yahoo and others made brash, glitzy presentations to advertisers ... 

• Ex-Ms. magazine editor Mary Thom dies in NY crash

  Prominent feminist Mary Thom, a writer and former editor of Ms. magazine who also was an avid motorcyclist, crashed while riding on a highway and was ... 

• Facebook: Breyer won't stand for board re-election

  Facebook says that venture capitalist Jim Breyer won't seek re-election to its board of directors. Facebook Inc. said Friday that Breyer, partner at ... 

• Reports: 'Derrick' actor an SS member during war

  Reports that the late German actor Horst Tappert, best known for his longtime role as dapper TV sleuth Stefan Derrick, served in a feared Nazi SS unit ... 

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  Group tied to old guard could gain in Iraq unrest

  As clashes this week raise fears of a destabilizing new eruption of sectarian fighting in Iraq, a shadowy militant group linked to the top fugitive ... 

• Facebook CEO reaped $2.3B gain on stock options

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reaped a gain of nearly $2.3 billion last year when he exercised 60 million stock options just before the online social ... 

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  American jihadi in Somalia tweets on kill attempt

  A most-wanted American jihadi in Somalia said Friday that the leader of Islamic extremist rebels in Somali was starting a civil war, just hours after ... 

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  Mexican newspaper photographer found dead

  The hacked-up bodies of a photojournalist and another young man have been found in the northern Mexico city of Saltillo, authorities said Thursday. 

• Coinstar's 1Q earnings drop as Redbox growth slows

  Coinstar's first-quarter earnings plunged 58 percent amid signs that its Redbox kiosks for DVD rentals are losing their appeal as more people switch ... 

• New York Times posts sharp 1Q profit decline

  The New York Times Co. reported a sharp decline in its first-quarter earnings on Thursday mainly because businesses it sold last year were not ... 

• Argentine economy minister's tag: #Iwanttoleave

  (AP) — Argentina's economy minister is the talk of Twitter in the South American country after a video shot by a Greek television crew became public.