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apple Courtroom gaffe reveals Google pays Apple 36%of revenues in search deal Rob Beschizza

law Judge orders Intuit to stop lying about TurboTax being "free" Rob Beschizza

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movies On this day in 1943, the Office of War Information won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Elías Villoro

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war Meet Jackie, the baboon war hero who became a corporal David Pescovitz

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trump Senators to U.S. Ethics Official: 'Ensure COVID-19 Decisions Serve the American Public, Not President Trump's & Jared Kushner's Financial Interests' Xeni Jardin

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