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Phil Rideout figures he has as much right to the Rally Squirrel as anyone else.
So the owner of a Fenton-based sports memorabilia business recently filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to obtain the registered trademark on “Rally Squirrel.”
But he’s not the only one vying to claim the furry rodent.
Sean Sullivan, an […]

Greek lawmakers geared up for a crucial confidence vote in the beleaguered Socialist government Friday, as both main parties floated plans to approve a massive European bailout and call new elections.
A week of political drama has horrified the indebted country’s European partners and overshadowed the Group of 20 summit in the French resort of Cannes. […]

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China urged ally North Korea to improve its strained ties with longtime foes the United States and South Korea, state media reported Monday, as U.S. and North Korean diplomats prepared to talk about restarting negotiations on Pyongyang’s nuclear programs.
On a visit to North Korea, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang told North Korean Premier Choe Yong […]

British lawmaker Tom Watson grilled News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch about covert surveillance techniques by company employees as News Corp. held its first shareholders meeting following a phone-hacking scandal.
More than 100 people demonstrated Friday outside the lot of News Corp.’s Fox Studios.
Watson asked Murdoch whether he was aware that a person who had left prison […]

British lawmaker Tom Watson plans to detail new findings of covert surveillance techniques employed by News Corp. that go “beyond phone hacking.”
Watson said the revelations planned at the company’s annual shareholders meeting Friday “will leave the company liable to civil liability but also huge reputational harm.”
News Corp. officials declined to comment.
Watson has spearheaded a 2 […]

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Attacks aimed at Iraqi police, including two in which assailants slammed explosives-packed cars into police stations, killed 25 people Wednesday and maimed dozens in the worst violence in the capital since August.
Less than three months before American troops are to leave Iraq, the blasts were a brutal example of the challenges Iraqi security forces will […]

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