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Italy’s Monti faces confidence vote on austerity
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government faces a confidence vote in parliament on Friday, a move to speed up approval of a 33-billion euro ($43 billion) austerity package intended to restore market confidence in the euro zone's third largest economy.
Salesforce.com enters HR software business
BOSTON (Reuters) - Salesforce.com Inc is entering the business of selling human resources software in a move that raises the stakes in its battle to woo customers away from bigger rivals SAP AG and Oracle Corp..
Medal of honor recipient drops lawsuit against ex-employer
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer dropped on Thursday a lawsuit he had filed against his former employer alleging supervisors at the defense contractor mocked his heroism in battle in Afghanistan.
Retired professor arrested in Oklahoma child porn case
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Police on Thursday arrested a retired college professor in Pennsylvania on charges he conspired with an Oklahoma elementary school teacher to take lewd photos of third- and fourth-grade girls.
Malcolm X youngest daughter behind bars in identity theft case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Malikah Shabazz, the youngest daughter of black civil rights leader Malcolm X, is in prison for failing to start paying back money stolen in an identity theft case, law enforcement sources confirmed on Thursday.
RIM offers dismal outlook, shares tumble
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion posted a 27 percent drop in quarterly profit on Thursday and provided a dismal outlook for BlackBerry shipments in its historically strong Christmas period, sending its shares tumbling.
Florida combines units to fight online sex crimes
TAMPA, Fla (Reuters) - The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Attorney General's office said on Thursday that the merging of their units had resulted in 48 arrests involving online sex crimes against minors.
Veterans to tout Obama’s record as military leader
CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the war in Iraq draws to a close, U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has quietly enlisted an army of veterans to urge other military men and women to vote for him in November.
