Motorola Xoom: Motorola is now testing Android 4.1.2 as a potential update for the WiFi variant of this tablet.

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The modern variant of this expression substitutes half trillions for billions.

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Cynics mutter that this is just a variant of jam tomorrow, but for the moment no one really knows.

ECONOMIST: The trouble with free trade

This year's tacky new variant: supersized claims for phone tax refunds.

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Dr. Lisa Ferguson, a veterinarian for the National Animal Health Policy Programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said this variant of swine flu was first detected in 2010.

CNN: CDC: Cases of new swine flu strain rising