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WASHINGTON 鈥?Joe Biden is finding unexpected online fundraising success from low-dollar donors, with more than 97% of his contributions coming from those who gave less than $200, his presidential campaign announced Tuesday.The former vice president, who last month raised $6.3 million in his first 24 hours as a candidate, was widely expected to do well with conventional big-dollar Democratic donors, who have lasting loyalty to President Barack Obama No. 2.
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Thirty-four percent of the American workforce freelances, according to a survey commissioned by the Freelancers Union and online workplace site Elance-oDesk, which was released Thursday. Thats 53 million Americans. A decade ago, the Genera
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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during a news briefing Tuesday that President Donald Trump did not tell National Security Advisor Michael Flynn to discuss sanctions with Russia during his transition into office. No, absolutely not, no, no, no, Spicer said to a reporter who asked whether Trump had instructed Flynn to discuss Russian sanctions during a conversation with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.Flynn resigned late Monday night, following reports that he had misl
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For the past year, Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics have been locked in a showdown over dominance of a $200 billion-plus smartphone and tablet market. In April 2011, Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung, making accusations that the competitor incorporated iPhone and iPad design technology into Samsung smartphones and tablets. Apple demanded that Samsung pay $2.5 billion for the patent infringement. In response, Samsung countersued, seeking $399 million from Apple.After a month-long trial in San Jose, Calif., the dispute ended when the jury read its verdict late Friday afternoon.In short, the jury ruled that Samsung infringed design patents for smartphones and tablets owned by Apple. They awarded $1.05 billion in damages to Apple, which is $1.45 billion short of what Apple demanded when the company originally filed the laws
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?President Joe Biden on Tuesday met with his council of advisers on science and technology about the聽risks聽and聽opportunities聽that rapid advancements in artificial intelligence development pose for individual users and national secu
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Three of the five synchronized bombings hit the breakaway republic of Somaliland, one of them detonating at the palace of the regional president. The United Nations compound in Somaliland was also hit by a suicide car bomb.Bombers also simultaneously attacked two intelligence facilities in the northern region of Puntland, according to the Associated Press. All the attacks took place in the morning.There are known casualties as well as deaths, but the numbers are currently being verified, said Dawn Elizabeth Blalock, a spokeswoman for the U.N. Somalia program in N
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