TRENTON, N.J. ? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says it’ll be tough for the Republican nominee to unseat President Barack Obama in 2012. The Republican says it’s possible for his party to take the White House next year ? especially if unemployment remains high. But he cautioned against underestimating the Democratic president’s political savvy. Christie …

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Remember the 2005 lawsuit over Apple’s effort to keep RealNetworks’ Harmony DRM off of the iPod, calling the countermeasures an abuse that locked customers into Apple’s FairPlay copy protection and the iTunes Store? You’re forgiven if you don’t — the complaint was filed in 2005. Even with iTunes having gone primarily DRM-free over three years …

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AKTAU, Kazakhstan (Reuters) ? Hundreds of demonstrators confronted riot police on Sunday as Kazakhstan’s biggest protests in decades spread to the capital of a western oil region where 15 people have been killed in clashes. The unrest in Mangistau region, triggered by the sacking of oil workers, is the worst to hit Kazakhstan in the …

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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – He once played a work rival-turned-love interest for Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel on “Friends.” And now Dermot Mulroney has a new girl — actually, the “New Girl” — to romance on TV. The actor will guest star for a multi-episode stint on Fox’s breakout hit comedy “New Girl” in March, a Fox …

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HONOLULU (Reuters) ? President Barack Obama served notice on Sunday that the United States was fed up with China’s trade and currency practices as he turned up the heat on America’s biggest economic rival. “Enough’s enough,” Obama said bluntly at a closing news conference of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit where he scored a significant …

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