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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1 billion deal for blogging forum Tumblr

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. Full storyFull story Updated 10:13 AM

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All-nighters are popular but exhausting at State Capitol

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Split-second choice ended with Hofstra University student dead

The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer. Full storyFull story Updated 9:12 AM

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