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Singh skips Open qualifying; major streak done?

Vijay Singh has failed to show up for his tee time in a U.S. Open qualifier. It's likely his streak of playing in every major championship for the last 17 years is about to end.

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Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: HopStop

How this door-to-door directions, mapping, and route-planning service uses customer feedback to drive innovation and success. As we process applications for the 2011 Inc.

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Vodafone Egypt Riles Revolutionaries With Ads That Turn Protests Into Pitches

A three-minute video implying multinational mobile giant Vodafone was one of the primary forces behind the Egyptian Revolution has gone viral, and Egyptians are not happy about the implications. International mobile phone giant Vodafone forgot a cardinal rule of media relations: Never mix your advertising up with Middle Eastern politics.

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Video: Breakthroughs for melanoma and breast cancer

CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers reports on a new drug treatment for melanoma that is being called breakthrough in the battle against cancer. Then, "Early Show" medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton talks to Chris Wragge about a new advance in the fight against breast cancer

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China’s Environment Is Flailing: Report

Just how bad is that smog in China? It's not surprising to learn that the local environment isn't doing so well in China, a country famous for its smog. But it is disheartening to find out just how bad it is, courtesy of the "State of the Environment in China," an annual report put out by the Chinese government

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No Fake: Krossover Brings Data Analysis To High School, College Sports

Vasu Kulkarni is using his computer engineering and entrepreneurship degrees to elevate the playing experience for high-school basketball teams. | Photograph by David Yellen Startup Krossover is bringing number-crunching technology to high-school athletics. DATA ANALYTICS has recently become a red-hot trend in professional sports

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Video: E. coli outbreak caused by sprouts?

Officials in Germany are expected to confirm that sprouts are the cause of the most deadly outbreak in history of E.coli. Jeff Glor reports

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Rules Of Engagement, From The NBA Social Media War Room

While bored traditional sports reporters wait for quotes from the megastars, the NBA's elite social media team finds images, videos, and moments that take followers up close and behind the scenes of the Finals. We follow--literally--the social media masters during before, during, and after the action to watch how it all works

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