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A whole different Playboy channel — for the blind
(AP)
 AP - Suzi Hanks reads Playboy magazine for the articles. And the jokes. And the letters and cartoons.
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Military bans video game that 'kills' US troops
(AP)
AP - Military bases across the U.S. have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and "shoot" U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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U.S. slips in WEF's competitiveness rankings
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Switzerland remains the world's most competitive economy, while the United States has fallen from second to fourth after losing the top spot last year, according to the World Economic Forum's annual rankings issued on Thursday.
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Woman held after 2 shot dead at Pa. cookie plant
(AP)
 AP - Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun and opened fire, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody, police said.
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US airlines squeezed as Haneda goes international
(AP)
 AP - Haneda airport will open up to international flights next month as Japan works to maintain Tokyo's status as an Asian travel hub. But it comes with a big catch for U.S. airlines who've been squeezed into the least convenient time slots.
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AP source: Obama to name Goolsbee to head council
(AP)
 AP - President Barack Obama has chosen one of his longtime economic advisers, Austan Goolsbee, to be the chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers, a White House official said.
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NY mosque investor declines Trump's buyout offer
(AP)
 AP - Donald Trump offered Thursday to buy out a major investor in the real estate partnership that controls the site near ground zero where a Muslim group wants to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque.
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Nokia replaces CEO with Microsoft exec
(AP)
AP - Nokia Corp. will replace CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with Stephen Elop from Microsoft on Sept. 21, the world's largest handset maker said Friday, as it struggles to keep pace with smaller and more innovative rivals, particularly in the smartphone market.
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China's imports leap, cutting trade surplus
(Reuters)
Reuters - China's imports leapt in August, boding well for a strengthening of domestic demand in an economy that has become a major driver of global growth.
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Mortgage rates edge up; Housing market still slow
(AP)
AP - Record-low mortgage rates failed to pull the housing market out of its funk. Now rates are inching higher, but don't blame them if home sales stay sluggish.
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