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Amid new spy scandal, Kerry calls U.S. and Germany ‘great friends’

VIENNA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, standing alongside Germany’s foreign minister, on Sunday stressed the strategic importance of relations between the two countries, which have been battered by new allegations of U.S. spying on Berlin.

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Infant formula bottles tampered with in Walmart stores near Toronto

Tampered infant formula container

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is advising consumers to inspect infant formula containers before purchase, following complaints that some of the bottles were tampered with in stores west of Toronto.

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Malala Yousafzai visits Nigeria to #BringBackOurGirls

Bring Back Our Girls Malala

Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, has pledged while on a trip to Nigeria to help free a group of school girls abducted by Islamist militants.

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Hardware Case Study: Why Lockitron Has Taken So Long To Ship

Lockitron_Schlage_close There has been renewed excitement at Lockitron HQ in the last few weeks as we pass shipping to our 3,000th backer. Following an incredibly oversubscribed crowdfunding campaign at the end of 2012 — during which we raised over $2.3 million (and garnered 15,000 backers) — we had to adapt our manufacturing plans and shift to volume production from our originally planned run of 1,000 units. Read More

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David Adams Richards on his new novel: ‘Betrayal can be overcome’

David Adams Richards

There is no black and white truth in the novels of David Adams Richards. But there is a whole lot of grey – grey in the sense of moral uncertainty. CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition interviewed the award-winning novelist about his latest book, Crimes Against My Brother.

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Hope fades in Congress for drama-free funding of U.S. agencies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – This year was supposed to be different for Congress.