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Video: Miss. River levels off, crisis remains

The Mississippi River has leveled off, but flooded communities throughout the Midwest remain in crisis. Mark Strassmann reports on the challenges ahead for victims of the flood.

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Tiger ready to shake off rust

GolfChannel: About all Tiger Woods can say about the injuries to his knee and Achilles' tendon is that he is "good enough to play" in The Players Championship.

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Android Users, Prepare To Accessorize

Hidden among Google 's flood of news today is a gem that may make Android shine that much brighter: The Android Open Accessory development kit.

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Wannabe SEALs Help U.S. Navy Hunt Pirates In Massively Multiplayer Game

It's not quite the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, but 1,000 military and civilian players could help the Navy--and presumably its elite SEAL teams--figure out tactics for fighting off maritime terrorists and securing the Horn of Africa. All those years playing World of Warcraft may not have been for naught: The United States Navy has begun crowdsourcing ideas for fighting Somali pirates ... through a new video game project.

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The Human Genome Project: How 23 Chromosomes Made An $800 Billion Economic Impact

Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: $796 billion--the economic impact of the Human Genome Project. The Human Genome Project--a $3.8-billion international human genome mapping project that ran from 1988 to 2003--wasn't just a money-sucking vanity initiative that only reaped profits for personal genetic testing companies like 23andMe . The project has, in fact, driven $796 billion in economic impact and generated $244 billion in total personal income, according to a new report from Battelle .

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Video: A golf ball that guarantees a straight drive

CNBC's Darren Rovell with details on what could be the greatest golf ball ever created, the Polara Golf ball, which guarantees a straight drive every time. But there's a catch. (CNBC)

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Rusty Tiger prepping for Players

About all Tiger Woods can say about the injuries to his knee and Achilles' tendon is that he is "good enough to play" in The Players Championship.

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Why It Pays to Be Green

A new report suggests that sustainable business practices are not only good for the environment, but improve employee relations, as well. Going green is good for the environment, but how does it affect your business?

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Android Movie Rentals Combine Best Of Netflix, iTunes

The biggest problem with Netflix is that movies cannot be downloaded--only streamed. For city slickers used to underground subway rides or travelers racking up frequent flyer miles, that's a huge headache: no reception means no Netflix. At the same time, the biggest problem with iTunes is that movies can only be downloaded--and not streamed

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How Google Music Beta Could Make Users Go Gaga

What's Google's new cloud-based music service got in common with Lady Gaga? Word of a forthcoming ad shot last weekend in NYC and pairing the tech and fame monsters might offer clues. Today at Google 's I/O conference, the company unveiled Google Music Beta, a cloud-based music service that enables users to store songs in a digital locker and stream them to any Android device--phones, tablets, laptops, or desktops

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Syria’s Facebook Wars

Facebook shut down the Syrian military's official page, and Syrian Facebook users began encountering a primitive certificate-forging scam seemingly carried out by the government. See what happens when cyberwarfare comes to the formerly friendly Facebook. The “Facebook revolution” line has been used endlessly in the Middle East.

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