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Mac Vs. PC Gap Is The Narrowest Since '90s

Posted: 10:51 PM A leading tech analyst has put together a graphic showing that the ratio of Windows-based computers to Macs has tightened dramatically and is closer than it has been in a decade and a half.

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On Ohio Bus Tour, President Stops to Refuel.. Himself

Posted: 9:28 PM The president's visit to a Pub and Restaurant was his fifth campaign event of the day in the crucial battleground state of Ohio. On Friday, his bus tour will continue in neighboring Pennsylvania.

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Romney Racks Up More Than $100 Million in June

Posted: 9:21 PM Republican sources confirm Mitt Romney's campaign had a behemoth fund-raising month in June, bringing in more than $100 million for the battle to defeat President Obama.

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Mortgage Lender Issued Sweetheart Rates in VIP Program

Posted: 9:01 PM A House report out Thursday says Countrywide Financial bought influence on Capitol Hill by issuing hundreds of sweetheart loans for members of Congress, their staffs and other government employees.

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What Killed Andy Griffith?

Posted: 10:24 PM A heart attack caused the death of 86-year-old actor Andy Griffith, according to a death certificate filed Thursday with the vital records office in Dare County, N.C.

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Task Force Suggests Guidelines For Gender Identity Disorder

Posted: 8:49 PM Mental health experts say Bono and people like him have Gender Identity Disorder (GID). “People with GID are distressed with the sense that they were born in the wrong body”, says Dr. William Byne, chair of the American Psychiatric Association Task Force that recommended forming the guidelines.

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Hotel Group Adding E-Book Bibles To Rooms

Updated: 10:47 PM Starting this month, however, the InterContinental Hotels Group is modernizing that mission at one of its hotels, replacing the paper tomes with electronic versions of the Bible loaded on Kindle e-readers. Each of the 148 rooms at the chain's Hotel Indigo in Newcastle, England, will be outfitted with a Kindle with Wi-Fi. Guests can use the e-ink devices to catch up on scripture, as well as purchase and read any other books available in the Amazon Kindle store.

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Apple Closing Gap In Battle Against PC's

Posted: 8:36 PM Aside from the iconic (and sadly discontinued) TV ads, the "I'm a Mac" vs. "I'm a PC" battle has never been a particularly close one, at least in terms of sheer numbers. To put it bluntly, Apple gets creamed.

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Romney Looking At A Woman As Possible Running Mate

Posted: 8:07 PM As political chatter over Mitt Romney's choice for running mate gets louder, the presumptive GOP nominee's wife offered a new glimpse into the highly secretive process: the campaign, she said, is looking at women.

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Obama Pushing For Fair Trade

Posted: 8:02 PM President Barack Obama on Thursday pushed his vision for fair trade practices while kicking off his two-day bus tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania, a region known as a manufacturing hub.

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Lifeguard Fired For Saving Swimmer's Life

Posted: 7:56 PM The south Florida lifeguard fired for leaving his post so he could save a swimmer outside his coverage zone said Thursday he has been offered his job back.

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Women Give Birth Without Knowing They Were Pregnant Beforehand

Posted: 7:50 PM Amanda Burger and Amanda Prentice live more than 700 miles apart. They have never met, but they share something even more unusual than a first name. Each woman went home with a healthy newborn daughter. Before going into labor, neither woman had any idea she was pregnant.

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Romney's June Fund-Raising Tops $100 Million

Posted: 6:34 PM Mitt Romney's campaign said Thursday they had a behemoth fund-raising month in June, bringing in more than $100 million, two Republican sources confirmed.

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Romney: Roberts' Decision Appears Political

Posted: 4:22 PM Romney said Roberts, who was nominated to his post by Republican president George W. Bush, had "reached a conclusion I think that was not accurate and not an appropriate conclusion."

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Major Olympic Ad Buy For Pro-Romney Super PAC

Posted: 4:20 PM The buy, which will run July 31 through August 9, is for commercials in 11 states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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President Disagrees With Court On 'Tax'

Posted: 4:18 PM Ben LaBolt, appearing on CNN's "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien," said Obama still believes the fee assessed to people who choose not to obtain health insurance should be classified as a "penalty" rather than a "tax."

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