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Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5 billion

NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker's 36-year history.

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At least 2 killed, 8 injured in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island

A shooting in the engineering building at Brown University left at least two people dead and eight critically injured Saturday, Providence’s mayor said, as authorities searched for a suspect.

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