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Did God create the God particle?
Contributing WriterThe smokehad barely settled from the conclave of cardinals’ announcement that Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio had been elected as Pope Francis, when the scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland, made their own...Tags: Papal Conclave (2013), Higgs Boson Search, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Science and Technology, Large Hadron Collider Experiments
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U.S. economy the most competitive in the world, report says
Thanks to a rebounding stock market and innovation coming from American companies, the U.S. has regained the top spot as the most competitive economy in the world, according to an annual ranking by Swiss business school IMD. The report released...
Tags: China, Shinzo Abe, Labor Markets, Japan, Mexico
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Ireland is not a tax haven for Apple, ambassador says
WASHINGTON -- Ireland's ambassador to the U.S. declared Friday that his nation was not a tax haven for Apple Inc., formally disputing a congressional report that said company executives had negotiated a special low rate to shelter much of the firm's...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, Carl Levin, John McCain, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles
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Switzerland's Logitech buys Chicago startup TT Design Labs
Tribune reporterSwiss computer accessories maker Logitech has acquired TT Design Labs, a two-person Chicago startup and inventor of an iPhone case with a built-in earbud cord wrap, kickstand and magnetic mount. Derek Tarnow and Zahra Tashakorina were classmates in a...Tags: Kickstarter, Apple iPhone
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Switzerland proposes deal for banks to resolve U.S. tax dispute
Switzerland has proposed a bill that it says paves the way for the country's banks, including Credit Suisse Group and Julius Baer Group, to resolve a tax-evasion dispute with the U.S. The bill authorizes Swiss banks to cooperate with U.S. authorities and...Tags: Bern (Swiss Confederation), Prosecution, HSBC Holdings plc, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Zurich (Swiss Confederation)
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Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time. But it was not nearly as...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Electronics, Scientific Invention, Zurich (Swiss Confederation)
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Authorities arrest 31 in spectacular diamond heist
LONDON -- Authorities in three countries have arrested 31 people in connection with a spectacular diamond heist in February that saw robbers disguised as police steal an estimated $50 million worth of gemstones from a parked plane on a Belgian airport...
Tags: France, Brussels (Belgium), Criminals, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Police Arrests
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French Open seeds: Sam Querrey is highest U.S. male at No. 18
Looking for signs of a rebound for U.S. men's tennis? Don't look at the seedings for this year's French Open, which begins Sunday. The highest seeded American male is Sam Querrey of Thousand Oaks, who is seeded 18th. Novak Djokovic is seeded No. 1 for...
Tags: Victoria Azarenka, Marin Cilic, Lucie Safarova, Sabine Lisicki, Juan Monaco
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Solar airplane begins first leg of trip across America
A spindly solar-powered aircraft took to the skies Friday from Moffett Federal Airfield, near San Francisco, on a pioneering coast-to-coast flight that will not use one ounce of fossil fuel. The plane, called Solar Impulse HB-SIA, has an immense 208-...Tags: Air Transportation, Energy Saving, Travel, Kennedy Airport, Environmental Issues
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Duke Ellington revisited
Daniel Schnyder spends nearly every day walking in Duke Ellington's footsteps. Literally. The Pacific Symphony's composer-in-residence, who will perform Thursday through Sunday at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, recently moved his family to Harlem...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Music Industry
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Indiana state softball pairings released
The IHSAA released the pairings for the 2013 state softball tournament on Thursday. Three hundred seventy-one teams will battle for the state crown in four classes. Sectional action runs May 20-25 with the 64 survivors moving into a one-game regional...
Tags: Fishing, Zionsville, Human Interest, Rossville, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Men's Tennis: Undefeated underdog
Vanguard University men's tennis by the numbers: seven players; six countries; No. 3 national ranking; zero losses; and one goal. Coach Mattias Johansson's Lions, unbeaten and unlikely underdogs, take a 22-0 record into the NAIA championship that runs...
Tags: Education, Students, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Tennis, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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