TOP NEWS

Business

• Apple beats off succession query

  Apple sees off efforts to reveal succession plans for when Steve Jobs is no longer at the helm of the firm.
  

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• Oil spikes 'temporary', BASF says

• Wall Street cash bonuses down 8%

Technology

• Microsoft update failed 1 in 10

  Microsoft says that 1 in 10 users who tried to install an update to their Windows Phone system experienced problems.
  

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• 'Poisoned' workers turn to Apple

• Cyber criminals find new targets

Entertainment

• Ben Elton's Australian show axed

  British comic Ben Elton's new show in Australia is axed after three episodes, it is announced.
  

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• Chemical band win two NME awards

• McCartney to write ballet score

Sci/Environment

• Discovery poised for final flight

  The US shuttle Discovery is all set to make history by launching from the Kennedy Space Center for the very last time.
  

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• Record yellow diamond on display

• University pilots spyplane course

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Health

• Moderate alcohol 'good for heart'

  An alcoholic drink a day can keep heart disease at bay, according to a review of 30 years of research by a team in Canada.
  

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• Mobile phones 'affect the brain'

• Blocking enzyme cut cancer spread

Have Your Say

• Libya protests: Your stories

  Libyan residents and expats who have left the country describe the situation after Col Muammar Gaddafi's speech.
  

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• New Zealand earthquake aftermath: Your stories

• Bahrain protests: Your stories

Magazine

• Could the UK work with two different time zones?

  Plans to change UK time to improve tourism have been floated but have prompted objections in Scotland. So why couldn't Scotland and the rest of the UK have different time zones?
  

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• Just what is a 'non-job'?

• What exactly is a Cornish pasty?