On November 9, the en banc US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in an extremely important patent infringement case (mp3 of oral argument here).

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Speaking on board a US military plane en route to the two-day Nato meeting, Mr Gates said the new US administration was "prepared... to make additional commitments to Afghanistan, but there clearly will be expectations that the allies must do more as well".

BBC: US faces fresh Afghan obstacles

Returning to the money issue, if they say they were en route to the US to find work because of the harsh conditions in their country of origin, where did they get the money to do all this?

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Ford, GM and Chrysler were caught flat-footed when US consumers began switching en masse to smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles.

BBC: Fresh troubles for US car giants

The Iranians acted as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was en route to the region.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Condi's embrace of jihadist 'peace'

Every year on Veterans Day , we baby boomers look around and see fewer and fewer members of the Greatest Generation--our parents and grandparents who rose en mass to fight a terrible war and keep us safe.

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Mario Gomez - at 63 the oldest of the men, who has been in the mining industry since the age of 12 - wrote the now famous note: "Estamos bien en el refugio los 33 - All 33 of us are fine in the refuge".

BBC: World media gear up for Chilean mine rescue

Soon, tiny white dishes appeared before us, each containing a tapas portion of slippery-looking seafood en escabeche, none of it recognizable.

WSJ: Escabeche: A Seafood Dish for the Fish-Phobe

Jose Ojeda penned the note "Estamos bien en el refugio los 33" ("We are okay in the refuge, the 33 of us") which was discovered attached to a probe 17 days after the mine collapse.

BBC: Message which brought hope now copyright of Chile miner