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More Americans freezing than sleeping on assets: poll

Forget the mattress, a quarter of Americans who keep money in their homes are hiding it in their freezers, according to a new survey.

The Marist poll showed that 27 per cent of Americans preferred to

Reporter's job fifth worst; software engineer's best

A reporter's job figures among the ten worst professions, alongside the likes of butchers, waiters and dishwashers, as per a new study by the US-based consultancy CareerCast which has named a software

Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' interrogator, dies

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"Mike Wallace is here to see you."

The ‘60 Minutes’ journalist's reputation as a pitiless inquisitor was so fearsome that it was often said that those were the most dreaded words in the English langu

Russian arms smuggler gets 25 years in US prison

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A US judge on Thursday sentenced Russian 'merchant of death' arms smuggler Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison for conspiring to sell a massive arsenal to anti-American guerrillas in Colombia.

Bout, 45

US probes online warning about al-Qaeda's return to New York

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US law enforcement officials are investigating an image posted online that shows the city's Manhattan skyline at sunset with a warning in the foreground that terror outfit al Qaeda plans to return to

World Trade Center reaches 100 floors

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The new World Trade Center has reached a milestone: The skyscraper being built to replace the terror-wrecked twin towers is now 100 stories high - on its way to becoming New York's tallest building.

World stocks rise on U.S. data, euro gains on Spain

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World stock markets advanced on Friday, posting double-digit gains for the quarter, as economic reports showing U.S. consumer spending and sentiment still on the rise helped buoy stock prices and unde

Record $640 million lottery prize reported to have winner

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The record $640 million lottery prize that sent the United States into a gambling frenzy reportedly had at least one winner early on Saturday as local media said the winning ticket had been sold in th

Exclusive: George Soros’ son strikes out on his own

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The tumult within billionaire investor George Soros' firm continues as one of his sons is separating some of his personal fortune to manage it himself.

Osama lived in five safe houses in Pakistan, says his wife

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In one of the most detailed accounts of Osama bin Laden's life on the run, his youngest wife has told Pakistani investigators that the Al-Qaeda leader lived in five safe houses as he travelled across

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.