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Amazon presents Verizone Moto X just $49.99

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<b>Verizon now charges 199.99 US Dolloar for Motorola’s flagship device Moto X. The smartphone is still a very famous in people, it brought the neat feature of being able to speak to the handset, even while its asleep, to perform various operations.</b></div>
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<b>Motorola and Google  now have received high praise for allowing customers to be able to something like just speaking to the Moto X that’s charging on the tablet and asking  from what the temperature is. The smartphone is smart enough to wake itself up, search for the current atmosphere, and then read it out loud without requiring any person to get out of bed.</b></div>
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<b>Verizon is currently charging just $199.99 for this  Moto X offer when signing a new 2-year contract /agreement. Amazon is undercutting the carrier by a significant amount. You can now pick up the Verizon Moto X for $49.99 from the retailer near to you.</b></div>
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<b>The Moto X learns  from your  voice that its capture from your phone and won’t accidentally leave your friends issue commands to play a joke with you with fake voice; it uses a natural language system and contextual computing processor to really learn your voice and your voice only and only.</b></div>
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<b> The Verizon Moto X features a 4.7-inch 720p AMOLED HD display and is run by a custom dual-core 1.7 GIGAH Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with Motorola’s X8 System and an Adreno 320 graphics processing unit . </b></div>
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<b>The smartphone ships with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and is expected to receive an update to Android 4.3 in the near future. The handset includes 16GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM.</b></div>
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<b>It is packing a 10-megapixel rear camera with the ability to record 1080p video and also has a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chat. </b></div>
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<b>When it comes to connectivity, the Moto X includes a 4G LTE radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC. Motorola has included a 2,200 mAh battery that can get up to 13 hours of talk time.</b></div>
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<b>You can order the Verizon Moto X for $49.99 through Amazon website when signing a new 2-year contract. Amazon is further sweetening the deal by offering free two-day shipping with that order.</b></div>
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Optimism but no deal in US fiscal showdown

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<b>Washington: The White House and Republicans painstakingly edged towards a deal Friday to stave off a disastrous US debt default and to end a partial government shutdown now sure to hit the two-week mark.<span id="more-288887"></span>
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President Barack Obama met face-to-face with Republican senators and spoke by phone with Republican House Speaker John Boehner, as subordinates haggled over the terms of an eventual truce to a bitter standoff.</div>
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“We are obviously in a better place than we were a few days ago in terms of the constructive approach we have seen,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said.</div>
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“But there is not an agreement.”</div>
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Amid rising optimism for a deal, and multiple tracks of dialogue, the main principles of a compromise emerged in public statements from both sides.</div>
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It will include a temporary, or more permanent, extension to US borrowing authority — without which Washington could begin to default on its obligations for the first time in history after October 17.</div>
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The government, shuttered since October 1, will be fully reopened, possibly on an interim basis, and there will be some kind of commitment from both sides to work towards an elusive deal to tackle the deficit, rein in spending and possibly to reform social programs and some aspects of the tax code.</div>
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Late in the day, Obama and Boehner, longtime foes who have often struggled to close deals, had what both sides said was a constructive conversation.</div>
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But there were signs that the White House was driving a hard bargain, as spokesman Jay Carney said that a rise in the debt ceiling could not be linked to long-term fiscal talks with Republicans, because it could set up repeated threats of default in the coming months.</div>
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The White House said earlier in the week that it would be open to a six-week extension of the debt ceiling after October 17.</div>
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But, perhaps sensing that it now has the upper hand in the fight, it now appears to be looking for an extension of borrowing authority from the current $16.7 trillion level for a longer duration.</div>
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“It is still acceptable as a bare minimum, sure,” Carney said.</div>
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One possible compromise plan is being offered by Republican Senator Susan Collins.</div>
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The measure would raise borrowing authority for up to a year, fund the government and repeal a tax on medical devices introduced under Obama’s health care law — as an incentive to get conservative Republicans on board.</div>
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Significantly, Carney did not rule out ending the medical devices tax — as long as its revenue could be found from elsewhere.</div>
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Such a solution would be somewhat of a facesaver for Republicans who entered the showdown determined to leverage the need to raise the debt ceiling as a way to defund or delay Obamacare.</div>
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Republicans from the lower house have offered to talk to Obama about a short-term resolution to fund the government, and then to move to long term budget and fiscal talks.</div>
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But the president insists he will not negotiate until both the debt ceiling is raised and the government is reopened.</div>
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Republican senators emerged from the White House talks into a rainstorm, and told reporters they were optimistic.</div>
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Arizona Senator Jeff Flake said there had been a “good talk” but no deal was reached.</div>
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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he was “confident that in the next 24 to 48 hours the House will produce a continuing resolution that will allow the government to be open in total.”</div>
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Senator Mike Johanns added: “everybody is talking to everybody now, and I’m encouraged by that.”</div>
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But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid signaled that Democrats were driving a hard bargain.</div>
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The Senate will on Saturday vote on a 15-month extension of the debt ceiling, to take the issue off the table until after the mid-term congressional elections next year.</div>
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While the measure is unlikely to become law because it needs House support, it could provide a template for an eventual solution in the event of a longer term fiscal deal between Obama and Republicans.</div>
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Hopes for a deal spurred a rally in Asian stocks overnight and Wall Street followed the trend into positive territory in early trade.</div>
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 111.04 (0.73 percent) to 15,237.11.</div>
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If the US debt ceiling is not raised by October 17, the Treasury would run out of money and could begin defaulting on US obligations for the first time in history, with likely dire consequences for the world economy.</div>
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New signs of Republican flexibility may have been spurred by devastating polling numbers showing their party brand badly hurt by the political showdown.</div>
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An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showed 53 percent of those asked blamed Republicans for the government shutdown and only 31 percent pinned the blame on Obama.</div>
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Some 70 percent of those polled blamed Republicans for putting their political agenda before what was good for the country, compared to 51 percent who said the same of Obama.</div>
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G20 finance ministers meeting in Washington meanwhile demanded urgent action.</div>
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“The US needs to take urgent action to address short-term fiscal uncertainties,” the group of leading economies said in a statement.</div>
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Washington: The White House and Republicans painstakingly edged towards a deal Friday to stave off a disastrous US debt default and to end a partial government shutdown now sure to hit the two-week mark. President Barack Obama met face-to-face with …

AT&T HTC One Mini available for $69.99 at Amazon

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<b>Washington: Amazon offering AT&T HTC One Mini in for $69.99 to all customers with new upgrades.<span id="more-287711"></span></b><br />
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AT&T currently sells the HTC One Mini for $99.99 when signing a new 2-year contract. Amazon is offering a better deal by charging $69.99 for the smartphone and the offer stands for both new AT&T customers and current ones looking to upgrade to the HTC One Mini.<br />
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The HTC One Mini is a compact version of the award-winning HTC One and it shares the iconic design and must-have features of its larger-size sibling.<br />
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Shorter, thinner and lighter, the HTC One Mini’s anodized aluminum body features a slim, solid construction with tapered edges for a satisfying grip, and it’s complemented by a gorgeous 4.7-inch HD display that resists scratches and reduces glare. The dual front-facing speakers and a built-in amplifier bring music, movies, and games to life with minimal distortion, as well as the authentic sound experience you expect from built-in Beats Audio.<br />
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HTC BoomSound, which delivers rich sound with dual front speakers and built-in amplifiers.<br />
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The AT&T HTC One mini features a 4.3-inch 1280 x 720 Super LCD3 display with a pixel density of 334 pixels per inch (ppi). The handset runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with Sense 5.0 and BlinkFeed, and is powered by a 1.4GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with an Adreno 305 graphics processing unit (GPU). HTC has also included 16GB of internal storage and 1GB of RAM.<br />
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The smartphone’s camera capabilities consist of a 4-megapixel UltraPixel rear camera with HTC Zoe support and a 1.6-megapixel front-facing shooter. Its wireless connectivity includes a 4G LTE radio, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/c/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS. The smartphone also packs a 1,800 mAh non-removable battery.<br />
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You can pick up the AT&T HTC One Mini from Amazon for $69.99 when signing up for new service or upgrading your existing AT&T handset.<br />
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Washington: Amazon offering AT&T HTC One Mini in for $69.99 to all customers with new upgrades. AT&T currently sells the HTC One Mini for $99.99 when signing a new 2-year contract. Amazon is offering a better deal by charging $69.99 for the smartpho…

Obama cancels Asia trip because of shutdown

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<b>WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama cancelled a trip to Asia next week because of the government shutdown, the White House announced late Thursday.</b><br />
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<b>Obama had already shortened the trip from four countries to two. The White House announced earlier in the week that Obama would be unable to visit Malaysia and the Philippines because the partial shutdown of the federal government was impacting personnel needed to set up the stops.</b><br />
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<b>The White House had held out hope that the president could attend to economic summits in Indonesia and Brunei. But he decided to skip the entire trip to stay in Washington to continue pressing for a budget bill that would reopen the government.</b><br />
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<b>``The cancellation of this trip is another consequence of the House Republicans forcing a shutdown of the government,'' White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement. </b><br />
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<b>``This completely avoidable shutdown is setting back our ability to create jobs through promotion of U.S. exports and advance U.S. leadership and interests in the largest emerging region in the world.''</b><br />
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<b>Obama had been due to depart Washington late Saturday night.</b><br />
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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama cancelled a trip to Asia next week because of the government shutdown, the White House announced late Thursday. Obama had already shortened the trip from four countries to two. The White House announced earlier in …

US Navy Yard shooting toll rises to 13, suspect named

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<b>WASHINGTON: A US naval reservist launched out a shooting rampage on a base in the heart of Washington on Monday, killing 13 people and exchanging fire with police before losing his own life.</b><br />
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Police identified the alleged shooter as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis, of Forth Worth, Texas, who served full-time in the Navy from 2007 to 2011, the the FBI and Pentagon said.<br />
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The FBI appealed to the public for information on the suspect, who reportedly had once been arrested but not charged in Texas for shooting a bullet through his apartment ceiling.<br />
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"No piece of information is too small. We are looking to learn everything we can about his recent movements, his contacts and his associates," said Valerie Parlave, assistant director of the FBI's Washington field office.<br />
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The FBI released a photo of Alexis, an African-American who held the rank of an Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class and had served full-time in a logistics support squadron in Forth Worth, according to the Navy.<br />
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The shooting sparked a massive show of force as police and federal agents surrounded the Navy Yard, cordoning off streets only blocks from the US Capitol, home of Congress.<br />
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Officials gave no indication of any link to terrorism but said the motive for the attack on the installation was unknown.<br />
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Washington DC Mayor Vincent Gray said "we don't have any reason at this stage to suspect terrorism, but certainly it has not been ruled out."<br />
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He announced the number of dead from the shooting spree was at 13, with about dozen more wounded, including a police officer.<br />
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Police said a second suspect was still being sought, an African-American male aged 40 to 50, clad in an olive-drab military-style uniform. And a possible third suspect was later cleared.<br />
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Earlier media reports had said the shooter was armed with an assault rifle and had allegedly barricaded himself in a room in a headquarters building.<br />
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After the first reports of shots came at 8:20 am (1320 GMT) in the headquarters building of the Naval Sea Systems Command, police arrived within three minutes and exchanged fire in "multiple engagements" with the suspect, police chief Cathy Lanier said.<br />
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It was unclear how the attacker could have penetrated the heavy security that surrounds the Navy Yard, which is located on the Anacostia River, less than two miles (three kilometers) from the Capitol.<br />
Details on the suspect's background in the Navy raised the possibility that the shooter had a pass or identity card that could gain him entry to the facility, which includes an office that oversees ship-building programs and other buildings.<br />
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A Washington DC police officer was among those injured in the rampage, and hospital officials said he suffered serious wounds to his legs but was expected to survive.<br />
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One employee at the Navy Yard, Patricia Ward, said she had just paid for her breakfast at a cafeteria when shots rang out.<br />
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"I was waiting for my friend to pay when we heard the gun shot. It was three gun shots straight in a row, 'pow-pow-pow,'" she told reporters.<br />
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"Three seconds later it was 'pow-pow-pow.' So it was like a total of seven gun shots. And we just started running."<br />
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The guard "told all of us to just run, to get away as fast as you can."<br />
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She said employees do not have to pass through a metal detector when they enter the building.<br />
Police earlier blocked off intersections around the Navy Yard as military troops in uniform stood guard at street corners and patrol boats moved in near the site along the banks of the Anacostia river.<br />
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Crowds of onlookers stood on sidewalks watching the drama unfold, as helicopters swarmed overhead.<br />
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Flights out of the nearby Reagan National Airport were briefly delayed and schools were on lockdown until anxious parents came to pick up their children in the afternoon.<br />
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The US Senate adjourned for the day as a precaution and Washington's baseball team, the Nationals, whose stadium is adjacent to the Navy Yard, called off its Monday evening game.<br />
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About 3,000 people work at the headquarters, which oversees the building and buying of warships and combat systems. The site, which includes a naval history museum, dates back to the early 1800s.<br />
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The complex also has a residence which serves as the home of the four-star chief of the US Navy, Admiral Jonathan Greenert.<br />
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President Barack Obama called the shooting a "cowardly act" and lamented that America was confronting "yet another mass shooting," saying troops in the military should not have to confront danger at home. (AFP)<br />
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WASHINGTON: A US naval reservist launched out a shooting rampage on a base in the heart of Washington on Monday, killing 13 people and exchanging fire with police before losing his own life. Police identified the alleged shooter as 34-year-old Aaron…