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Kodak Agrees to Sell Online Gallery to Shutterfly

Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday it plans to sell its online photo service business to online photo publishing company Shutterfly Inc. for $23.8 million.

Eastman Kodak filed for bankruptcy protection in January and said it is narrowing its focus to its core printer businesses.

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New Test Detects Unseen Damage of Traumatic Brain Injury

The soldier on the fringes of an explosion. The survivor of a car wreck. The football player who took yet another skull-rattling hit. Too often, only time can tell when a traumatic brain injury will leave lasting harm — there's no good way to diagnose the damage.

Now scientists are testing a tool that lights up the breaks these injuries leave deep in the brain's wiring, much like X-rays show broken bones.

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3 Books by Hitchens to be Reissued in April

Three of Christopher Hitchens' most contentious books are coming back into print, and debuting in digital form.

Twelve, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group, announced Thursday that books on three of Hitchens' favorite enemies — Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger and Mother Theresa — will be reissued on paper and as e-books on April 10. Hitchens, the author and polemicist who died in December after an 18-month battle with cancer, would have turned 63 on April 13.

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Taiwan Biotech Sector Has New Rival: Samsung

The head of Taiwan's top research group says the island's budding biotechnology industry is facing a tough new rival — Samsung Electronics Co.

The South Korean electronics giant already poses a threat to Taiwanese chip and computer makers.

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Two-Thirds of China's Cities Fail on Air Standards

Two-thirds of China's cities currently fail to meet stricter air quality standards that the government wants to phase in over four years to combat notoriously smoggy skies, a senior Chinese environmental official said Friday.

The State Council, China's Cabinet, on Wednesday issued new limits on pollutants to go into effect nationwide by 2016. It also said major cities must launch programs this year to regularly monitor additional kinds of pollutants for the first time, including fine particles associated with health problems.

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New Zealand's Iconic Cathedral to be Demolished

Anglican church officials in New Zealand said Friday an iconic cathedral in downtown Christchurch must be demolished because earthquakes damaged it beyond repair.

Christ Church Cathedral is the city's best-known building, but its climbable spire collapsed in the February 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people and destroyed many other downtown buildings.

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7 U.S. Pro-democracy Workers Fly Out of Egypt

Seven Americans on trial over charges their pro-democracy groups fomented unrest have flown out of Egypt after the U.S. posted nearly $5 million in bail for them and nine others who managed to leave before a travel ban was imposed.

Thursday's departure of the seven eased a deep diplomatic crisis between the U.S. and Egypt that had been building for two months, following a crackdown on pro-democracy and human rights groups by the Egyptian government.

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F1 Veteran Barrichello to Race in IndyCar in 2012

Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello announced Thursday he will join the IndyCar series this season.

Barrichello has reached a two-year deal to race for KV Racing Technology and will make his debut at the season opener on March 25 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Divorce Lawyers: Pet Custody Cases Increasing

They still fight like cats and dogs in divorce court. But more and more they are fighting about cats and dogs.

Custody cases involving pets are on the rise across America.

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Under Lockdown: Life inside Dissident Tibetan Town

China's stifling lockdown of this Tibetan town has not only been about patrolling its sleepy streets, but also policing the minds of a community at the center of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.

Soldiers with helmets, rifles, sticks and shields march in rows along this monastery town's main road against a backdrop of snow-speckled mountains, while police stare at passing cars, scanning license plates and faces of passengers for unwelcome visitors. In school dormitory rooms in the county, there are random checks for books that go against the ruling Communist Party establishment — and the constant questions about political leanings.

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