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Nicole Wong to White House as Chief Privacy Officer, report says

Wong helped Google navigate sticky situations with foreign governments in China, Turkey.

Guantanamo camp burns through $900,000 a year per inmate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — It's been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, which burns through some $900,000 per prisoner annually.

How to give disaster aid without causing headaches

It's natural for people to give when disaster strikes—be it a factory collapse in Bangladesh, a fertilizer plant exploding in West, Texas, or bombs detonating at the Boston Marathon.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had secret lap-band surgery

Governor Chris Christie undergoes secret weight loss surgery.

Libyan defense minister Barghathi retracts resignation

"I will never be able to accept that politics (can) be practiced by the power of weapons ... This is an assault against the democracy I have sworn to protect," Defense Minister Mohammed al-Bargathi said.

Entry fee for 9/11 memorial upsets families

Visitors to pay to visit New York's September 11 Memorial Museum.

Ex-Italian PM Giulio Andreotti dead at 94

BRUSSELS — Andreotti was accused of exchanging the “kiss of honor” with a top mafia boss and for being involved in the execution-style murder of an Italian muckraking journalist.

Spain airshow crash near Madrid kills pilot (VIDEO)

The jet crashed into a hangar that housed National Police Corps' helicopters, next to a hangar containing fuel.

The world reacts to Israel's continued air strikes on Syria

As Israel continues its air strikes on Syria Sunday, reactions are already trickling in even as key parties (Israel, anyone?) remain mum on the attacks.
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