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  • Google's Android and Apple's iPhone are vying for number one and two in the smart phone market. BlackBerry comes in third with 11% of the market and 90 million users around the world, but just who are these users?

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  • Walmart stores in a handful of cities will double as distribution centers as the online giant moves into super quick delivery.

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  • A growing group of websites lets you cash in on your opinion.

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  • The technology for 3-D printing has been around for a while, but it's been too expensive for regular folks. That's changing.

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  • The phone offers a bigger screen; it’s faster; and it’s the lightest smartphone in the world. What the iPhone no longer offers? Google Maps, which used to come pre-installed.

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  • The U.S. seafood catch hit a 17-year high last year. All regions of the country are showing increases. That's according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which has just come out with its annual report.

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  • If you're not intimately familiar with the term "mobile payments," get ready to start hearing it a lot more. Basically, it means "paying for something with a smartphone." Right now some of the big players are Google and a company called Square. But today there's news Groupon is getting in on it.

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  • Slow but steady might be the best way to describe the housing market right now. Groundbreaking on new home construction rose 2.3 percent last month, while homebuilder confidence jumped to a six-year high

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  • Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says 47 percent of Americans pay no net income tax — ergo, they are predisposed to vote for President Obama. We break down the numbers.

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  • After the usual hype and secrecy, Apple unveils a phone — and another way to lure consumers into its eco-sphere.

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