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Adobe profit beats as Creative Cloud subscriptions soar
Adobe profit beats as Creative Cloud subscriptions soar
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(Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc, which makes the Photoshop and Acrobat software, reported a higher-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit as demand rose for Creative Cloud, the subscription-based version of its flagship software package.

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Google challenges surveillance court on First Amendment grounds
Google challenges surveillance court on First Amendment grounds
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc asked the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to allow it to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests it receives separately from criminal requests, on First Amendment grounds.

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Campbell-Brown suspended by Jamaican federation
Campbell-Brown suspended by Jamaican federation
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KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaica's twice Olympic 200 meters champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was suspended by her national federation on Tuesday following a positive test for a banned diuretic at a meeting last month.

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Nvidia to license out graphics technology: CEO
Nvidia to license out graphics technology: CEO
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nvidia Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang said he will license graphics technology to other companies, a new model for the chipmaker that could lead to new business with Apple, Samsung and other mobile device makers.
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Moves to limit contractor access to secrets meets resistance
Moves to limit contractor access to secrets meets resistance
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(Reuters) - Industry executives and some corners of the U.S. intelligence community are pushing back against possible legislative moves to curb contractors' access to classified information.
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'Conservative Republican' at IRS defends treatment of Tea Party
'Conservative Republican' at IRS defends treatment of Tea Party
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A manager from a U.S. Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati where staff have been accused of unfairly subjecting conservative groups to extra scrutiny has said his agents were not influenced by any political agenda.
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Gaps widen between House, Senate on immigration
Gaps widen between House, Senate on immigration
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Work intensified on Tuesday to revamp the U.S. immigration system, but gaps widened between the Democratic-led Senate and Republican-led House of Representatives over what proposed changes should become law.

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Nigeria Islamists kill 9 students in school attack: medic
Nigeria Islamists kill 9 students in school attack: medic
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MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants opened fire on a school in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing nine students, witnesses and a medical worker said, the second deadly attack on schools in three days.

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Past care tied to later treatment's success
Past care tied to later treatment's success
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If a person doesn't have much success with one pain treatment, they may say the next one they try doesn't work so great either, suggests a new study from Germany.

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FBI digs for Jimmy Hoffa's body in Michigan field
FBI digs for Jimmy Hoffa's body in Michigan field
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OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan (Reuters) - FBI agents in suburban Detroit widened their search of an overgrown field Tuesday for the remains of former Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 38 years ago and is thought to have been murdered by mobsters.

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FBI releases new video of suspect in 2008 Times Square bombing
FBI releases new video of suspect in 2008 Times Square bombing
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal authorities announced a $65,000 reward on Tuesday in the unsolved 2008 case of the Times Square bomber who tried to destroy a military recruiting station before escaping on a bicycle.
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Ex-fund managers can remain free during U.S. insider trading appeal
Ex-fund managers can remain free during U.S. insider trading appeal
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former hedge fund managers persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to allow them to remain free on bail as they seek to have their insider-trading convictions thrown out.
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Chrysler relents, to recall 2.7 million Jeeps over fuel tanks
Chrysler relents, to recall 2.7 million Jeeps over fuel tanks
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC said it would recall 2.7 million older Jeep models after initially fighting a recall request from U.S. regulators in a dispute over crash protection for their fuel tanks.

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Optimism fading, Brazil protests put leaders on alert
Optimism fading, Brazil protests put leaders on alert
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When more than 200,000 protesters took to the streets across Brazil on Monday night, they demanded a dizzying array of improvements - from halting the fast rise of prices to cleaning up government corruption.
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Illinois pension fix headed to legislative conference committee
Illinois pension fix headed to legislative conference committee
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Seeking to break a weeks-long impasse in efforts to fix the state's woefully underfunded pension system, Illinois will turn to a rarely used legislative conference committee in hopes of reaching a compromise solution, Governor Pat Quinn's office said on Tuesday.

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U.S. says surveillance thwarted NYSE attack, Somali funding
U.S. says surveillance thwarted NYSE attack, Somali funding
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(Reuters) WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday identified two of the more than 50 classified cases in which they say National Security Agency eavesdropping helped thwart terrorist plots including a planned attack on the New York Stock Exchange.
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New Hampshire nears approval of medical marijuana law
New Hampshire nears approval of medical marijuana law
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LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New Hampshire is set to become the final state in New England to allow medical marijuana after negotiators from the Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled House agreed Tuesday on a bill backed by Governor Maggie Hassan.

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Deloitte to pay $10 million to settle misconduct accusations
Deloitte to pay $10 million to settle misconduct accusations
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A financial advisory unit of Deloitte LLP has agreed to pay $10 million and accept other New York state penalties to settle accusations of misconduct related to an investigation of money laundering at Standard Chartered Bank.

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Jamaican federation suspends Campbell-Brown
Jamaican federation suspends Campbell-Brown
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Jamaica's twice Olympic 200 meters champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was suspended by her national federation on Tuesday following a positive test for a banned diuretic at a meeting last month.

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Exclusive: Facebook reaches 1 million active advertisers
Exclusive: Facebook reaches 1 million active advertisers
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(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it now has 1 million active advertisers globally who used the platform in the last 28 days, a milestone for the company that is seeking to revive its revenue growth.
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