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Laurence Fishburne quits CSI

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Crime Scene Investigation (CSI), CBS's television drama, will no longer have Laurence Fishburne on board. The Oscar nominated actor, famous for matrix Trilogy, has announced his decision to not renew his contract with CBS and is looking forward to focus on his movies. Fishburne had joined the show less than three years ago, when CBS announced that William Petersen would leave.
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Mother in Bronx fatally shot while holding 2-year-old son

Sunday around 11 p.m., a mother of four was fatally shot in the Bronx. The victim, identified as Claudia Millan, 29, was shot in the face in her apartment on Park Avenue near 179th Street in Tremont. She collapsed on the street while still clutching her 2-year-old son's hand, police said.
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Why Twitter Bought TweetDeck

Microblogging site Twitter is said to have acquired popular Twitter application TweetDeck by paying more than $40 million.
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U.S. crude extends loss, Brent under 100-day MA

U.S. crude and Brent futures extended losses to more than $2 per barrel on Friday amid pressure from the dollar's strength and as the U.S. front-month June contract headed toward expiration at the session's end.

Not certain Pakistan senior leaders harbored bin Laden: US spy official

U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said there is no apparent evidence that senior Pakistani officials harbored and protected Osama bin Laden, although he concedes some people in Pakistan must have been aware of the terror chieftain’s existence inside the country.
Level 3 To buy Global Crossing

Salesforce.com To Acquire Radian6 for about $326 mln

Salesforce.com said it agreed to acquire Radian6, a social media monitoring platform, for about $326 million in cash and stock deal a move that will help Salesforce to effectively market its cloud-based products.
Warren Buffett is pictured in the audience at the 2010 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington

Pre-market M&A Deals on March 14 (BRK.A, LZ, LLY, JNJ, AMSC, INTC, ETN)

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said it has agreed to acquire additives maker Lubrizol for $135 a share in cash, or $9 billion, making it one of the largest acquisitions in its history. Eli Lilly and Co. announced that it has made an irrevocable, unconditional offer to acquire the animal health business of Belgium-based Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, a Johnson & Johnson Co.
NASA Satellite Image Sendai March 12, 2011

NASA Satellite Images Show Extent of Sendai Tsunami Flooding

NASA's Earth Observatory team has published enhanced satellite images comparing before and after shots of the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck the coast, pointing out areas hit by flooding.

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