Patent case before Supreme Court could have major implications for software

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Stocks jump as better jobs data, upbeat forecast from Cisco boost hopes for economic rebound

Stocks surge on jobs data, Cisco forecast

NEW YORK — A bright forecast from Cisco Systems and upbeat economic news sent stocks soaring Thursday and propelled the Dow Jones industrials back above 10,000. The rally, coming a day before the government's October employment report, showed that investors are regaining their optimism about an economic recovery.

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Missouri partners with Microsoft to provide residents with free access to e-learning programs

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Mass. Dem. Senate hopefuls stake out varying positions on casinos as state weighs gaming plans

Mass. Dem. Senate hopefuls differ on casino gaming

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Cornell, partners developing $12.2M Web network for scientists

Scientists hope to network Facebook-style

ITHACA, N.Y. — Social networking is coming to the science lab.

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AP NewsBreak: Man wanted in Czech Republic found in Nebraska prison as a guard

Man wanted in Europe found working at Neb. prison

LINCOLN, Neb. — A simple Google search of Michal Preclik's name turns up an Interpol wanted poster from his native Czech Republic. So where was he arrested? In Nebraska's maximum-security prison, where he was not an inmate, but a guard.

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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn offers CIT Group $6B lifeline as it faces potential collapse

Icahn offers CIT Group $6 billion loan

NEW YORK — In another sign that CIT Group Inc. is struggling to restructure its debt, billionaire investor Carl Icahn offered the lender a $6 billion lifeline.

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Gambling task force recommends colleges treat gambling like alcohol, as student health issue

Task force to colleges: Treat betting like booze

LAS VEGAS — Colleges and universities should take more steps to curb problem gambling by piggybacking outreach efforts onto campaigns against alcohol and drug abuse, a national gambling task force said Tuesday.

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Congress tries to figure out how much power government should have in securing Web in a crisis

How much government control of Web in cybercrisis?

WASHINGTON — There's no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer.

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In cybercrisis, what’s government’s role in protecting the Internet? Congress sorting it out

What's government's role in making the Web secure?

WASHINGTON — There is no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer.

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