After 75 years of marriage, couple die one day apart at age 94

High school sweethearts Les and Helen Brown, who were born on the same day on Dec. 31, 1918, died at age 94, within one day of each other. "My mom often said she didn't want to see my father die, and he didn't want to live without her," Daniel, the couple's youngest son, told the Long Beach Press-Telegram. Helen died on July 16, and Les died on July 17. The Southern California couple celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary in September. "It...

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Miami hostage standoff leaves 7 people dead

MIAMI -- Seven people were shot and killed at an apartment building in a Miami suburb early Saturday, including the suspected gunman who was holding two hostages when a SWAT team moved in, police said. The hostages were rescued unharmed, Hialeah Police Sergeant Eddie Rodriguez told NBC News. The standoff began on Friday evening during an argument between the gunman and the husband and wife who ran the apartment complex. Their bodies were among...

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Apple Developer site hack: doubts cast on Turkish hacker's claims

A Guardian investigation has cast doubt on claims by a UK-based Turkish researcher that he hacked into Apple's Developer portal, which has been offline for more than a week. Ibrahim Balic, who describes himself as a security consultant, claimed on Sunday that he had discovered a number of weaknesses in the site at developer.apple.com which allowed him to grab email addresses of registered developers. Apple took its developer portal offline on Thursday...

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T-Mobile Announces “Unprecedented Deal” This Summer With Zero Dollars Down For All Devices

Hello back-to-school special offer from T-Mobile as the company announces an "unparalleled promotion" this summer as it drops the down payment price on its entire lineup of devices in stores nationwide to zero down. This promotion allows both new and existing well-qualified customers to get the latest 4G LTE smartphones, tablets, mobile hotspots and feature phones at the upfront price of $0 down with monthly device payments. Still, there's a bit...

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Hacker Barnaby Jack dies in San Francisco aged 35

Barnaby JackJack, who became famous after demonstrating an ATM hack, died on Thursday – but coroners did not give details Barnaby Jack, a hacker who was due to present his findings on the security vulnerabilities of implanted medical devices, has died. The San Francisco medical examiner's office said Jack, 35, died in the city on Thursday – but did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding his death. Jack had exposed a security flaw...

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'The Wolverine:' A Howling Good Time

With his colossal muscle "guns" and his thousand-watt smile, there is a reason the magnetic and charming Mr. Jackman makes the biggest bucks. It might abut the reason he has played the same superhero more times than anyone else on film (six with The Wolverine, seven with 2014's Days of Future Past). He is known as the nicest man in Hollywood, extremely versatile and so well cut his muscles have muscles, so much so we the audience take his exceptional...

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Egypt: dozens killed in clashes between security forces and Mursi supporters in Cairo

Blood soaked the streets of Cairo around Rabaa al-Adawiya Square after a night of deadly clashes between the Egyptian army and supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. The Muslim Brotherhood said more than 70 people had been killed. Some reports put the number of injured as high as 4,000. Medical centres are overflowing with wounded people, some riddled with bullet wounds. The head of the Rabaa al-Adawiya field hospital told euronews:...

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