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• Oct 26, 2011

  Prince William and Kate Middleton to Make Humanitarian Mission

  St. James’ Palace has announced that Prince William and Kate Middleton’s next public engagement will be a visit to UNICEF. The royal couple will visit UNICEF’s supply center in Denmark to view the effort to distribute food and medical supplies to East Africa.

• Oct 26, 2011

  IBM Appoints First Female CEO

  IBM has announced the appointment of its very first female chief executive on Tuesday. The company’s senior vice president Virginia “Ginni” Rometty will succeed current CEO Samuel J. Palmisano when he retires early next year.

• Oct 26, 2011

  Hurricane Rina Projected Path: Will Smash Cancun, Could Hit US

  Hurricane Rina, currently a category 2 storm, is heading towards Mexico’s top tourist destination, Cancun.

• Oct 26, 2011

  Amy Winehouse Cause of Death: Too Much Alcohol

  The verdict in the inquest of Amy Winehouse’s death has officially recorded the incident as death by “misadventure.”

• Oct 26, 2011

  Group Launches Campaign Against Racist Halloween Costumes

  Racist Halloween costumes have been highlighted by an Ohio University student group. Students Teaching Against Racism in Society (STARS) have launched a poster campaign to highlight racial stereotypes in Halloween costumes.

• Oct 26, 2011

  Man Shoots Sister and Himself Dead in Front of Church

  A 76-year-old man shot and killed his 86-year old sister before turning the gun on himself outside his church where they had served for a number of years.

• Oct 26, 2011

  Google, Apple and Yahoo Executives Send Children to School With No Computers

  Children of America’s top tech executives from companies such as Google, Apple, Yahoo, and HP, are attending a private school in Silicon Valley that has no computers in the classrooms.

• Oct 26, 2011

  Another China Toddler Killed as Driver Runs Over 5-Year-Old Twice to Avoid Hospital Fees

  A truck driver in China has shocked the international community by running over a five-year-old boy and then reversing back over him again to make sure that the boy died to avoid paying hospital bills for the child.

• Oct 26, 2011

  Netflix Shares Fall 36 Percent After 800,000 Customers Leave

  Netflix has suffered a 36 percent plunge to its stock market price Tuesday. The drop comes after the company announced the exodus of 800,000 customers in the third quarter.

• Oct 26, 2011

  iPad 3 Release Date: Apple's New Tablet Coming Spring 2012?

  CNET has reported that Apple’s iPad 3 will arrive sometime in spring 2012 with a thinner version of its connector.