Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the increasingly dangerous waters off East Africa, an official said Monday, an attack that could pose a huge environmental or security threat to the region. The Greek-…

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SAED HINDASH/THE STAR-LEDGERFlooding at the intersection of Pine Ave. and Park Blvd. in Wildwood on Nov. 13, 2009, after a day of rains and winds due to a Nor’ easter. Water and wood don’t mix. Damage from water, including frozen…

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Scientists say the world’s largest atom smasher has broken the record for proton acceleration, sending beams of the particles at 1.18 trillion electron volts. A statement by the European Organization for Nuclear Research says the Large Hadron Collider…

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APPeople walk past an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo.Asian stock markets rebounded today from their steep fall last week after the United Arab Emirates moved to contain the fallout from Dubai’s debt crisis. European markets were lower. Major Asian markets…

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In a five-year span, Candice Singer went from being a respected juvenile defense lawyer to a homeless meth addict who once broke into a house just to take a shower. By the time she was arrested, Singer was charged with 24 separate burglaries and with cooking…

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Asian stock markets rebounded Monday from their steep fall last week after the United Arab Emirates moved to contain the fallout from Dubai’s debt crisis. European markets were lower. Major Asian markets jumped about 3 percent or more after tumbling on Friday…

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The EU’s anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have seized a super tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States. Cmdr. John Harbour, a spokesman for the EU Naval Force, says the Greek-owned Maran Centaurus was hijacked Sunday about 800…

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(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures were slightly higher early on Monday, following the previous session’s sharp retreat, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.22 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.13 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.24 percent at 0855 GMT.

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TIM FARRELL/THE STAR-LEDGERPrinceton Toastmasters club president, George Philip, sets up a video camera at a recent Toastmasters meeting. Jim Rafferty did not look comfortable. Standing before an audience during a recent meeting of the Princeton Toastmasters Club, his hands trembled…

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Oil prices rebounded to near $77 a barrel Monday in Asia as panic about the global fallout from Dubai’s debt problems abated. Benchmark crude for January delivery was up 52 cents to $76.57 at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York…

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Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever _ $8.5 billion _ on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that starts opening Tuesday in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Many watching the high-stakes…

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A month after the Chinese government finally gave the okay for Shanghai Disneyland, skeptics are pointing out the park’s success is hardly a sure thing. The latest edition of the Beijing Review (“China’s National English Weekly”), just out today, proudly states how China “will be the first country …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian stocks recovered after last week’s steep sell-off over the Dubai debt crisis on growing speculation the fallout from a potential default will be limited, while assurances from various authorities also helped calm nerves.

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Dubai’s main stock exchange dropped more than 6 percent on the first day of trading since officials went public with the city-state’s huge debt crisis. Shares in debt-ridden Dubai World, the emirate’s investment and development engine, were off more than…

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NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) – The head of the Bank of Japan said the bank will act decisively in the event of renewed financial market turmoil, his strongest hint yet at fresh support for the economy that analysts say could involve buying more government bonds or a return to quantitative easing.

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