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Anita Perry - small-town nurse to power player

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Inside the Texas governor's big, black SUV rides a small-town girl who never expected to be first lady of the state. Anita Perry, the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry, is still a nurse at heart, reaching out to friends and strangers with warmth and health advice. But the quiet blonde who first dated Perry in high school has blossomed over the years into a formidable partner in his political career.
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Millions of BlackBerry users cut off for third day

Millions of BlackBerry users around the world were left without text communication services for a third day on Wednesday as Research in Motion struggled to fix what it said was a switching failure in its private network.
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Blackberry Outage: Will the RIM Phone Be All But Extinct Soon?

RIM said it had resolved its Blackberry outage late Monday, but Tuesday morning, millions of subscribers woke up to find service still disrupted. With problems like RIM's not happening with Apple's iPhone or Google's Android devices, it seems as if the Blackberry's popularity continues to plummet to the point where it will become close to completely stifled by its competition.
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Injured Djokovic Withdraws from Shanghai Masters

World number one Novak Djokovic will miss the Shanghai Masters this week, following his withdrawal from the China Open last week, after aggravating his back injury in the recently concluded Davis Cup.
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Occupy Wall Street and rose-tinted glasses

Two weeks into the Occupy Wall Street protests, one of America’s most respected polling firms released an astonishing survey on economic divisions showing that a majority of Americans don’t think their society is divided between haves and have-nots.
Nadal of Spain returns a shot to Tsonga of France during their Davis Cup World Group semi-final match at Cordoba bullring

Nadal Blitzes Tsonga to Put Spain in Davis Cup

Rafa Nadal proved he had put his exertions at the U.S. Open firmly behind him when he thrashed France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-0 6-2 6-4 to put Spain through to the Davis Cup final on Sunday.
Argentina's players celebrate after beating Serbia in their Davis Cup World Group tennis semi-final match in Belgrade

Argentina Reach Final After Djokovic Retires

Argentina beat holders Serbia 3-2 in their Davis Cup semi-final after world number one Novak Djokovic retired with a rib and lower back injury against Juan Martin Del Potro on Sunday.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France returns a shot next to team mate Michael Llodra during their doubles Davis Cup World Group semi-final rubber in Cordoba

France Take Doubles to Halt Spanish Charge

French doubles pair Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michael Llodra thumped Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-1 6-2 6-0 on Saturday to ensure their Davis Cup semi-final will be decided by Sunday's singles.
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Kweku Adoboli: 'I Need a Miracle,' Appearing in London Court Friday

Kweku Adoboli has been charged with fraud and false accounting by London police in connection with unauthorized trades at UBS that caused the bank a $2 billion loss. Adoboli has also reportedly admitted to the bank he caused the losses. His father, a retired United Nations employee living in Ghana, said his son made a mistake.

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