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Apple now lets you pay for digital goods using PayPal

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Hot Stocks Report: CoreSite Realty Corporation (COR), Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (CCRN)

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Microsoft's Azure Stack cloud service released

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NASA Spacecraft Gets Up Close With Jupiter's Great Red Spot

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