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A Qantas Airways A380 superjumbo aircraft bound for London has landed safely in Dubai after it was diverted due to an engine defect, a Qantas spokeswoman said today.

The aircraft with 258 people on board had an oil quantity defect in one engine and in line with standard procedure was shut off, she said, adding Qantas engineers would investigate the problem.

Qantas A380s are equipped with four Rolls Royce engines.

A Qantas Airbus A380 aircraft suffered a mid-air engine explosion last year forcing the carrier to ground its entire fleet of the superjumbos. Qantas and Rolls Royce had said they identified the problem and rectified it.

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HONOLULU — It happens daily in supermarket and convenience stores nationwide — digging into a bag of chips while waiting in line, sampling a couple of grapes in the produce section, opening a bottle of milk to appease a crying child.

The highly-publicized story of a pregnant Honolulu mom who was arrested last week with her husband after she ate a sandwich in a Safeway store and forgot to pay, leading to the couple’s 2-year-old daughter being taken away by Child Welfare Services, has sparked a national debate on the issue.

It also raised the question: Is it OK to consume food and beverages in the store before paying?

The woman in Hawaii who ate the sandwich has no problem with it.

“I didn’t know it was such a taboo thing,” said Nicole Leszczynski who was charged with fourth-degree theft, a petty misdemeanor, along with her husband, Marcin. The

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Reasons for hope: Sir Martin Sorrell warned against pessimism but said efforts to boost the economy were needed

The world’s biggest advertising group offered fresh hope today that the worst of the economic gloom is past as it reported surging revenues.

WPP, seen as a key barometer of the global economy, dismissed fears that clients were cutting spending as its UK revenues jumped 6.7% in the past three months.

Chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell claimed companies were still investing in advertising because they felt it was a safe way to maintain or increase market share.

“Because everyone is so cautious in the West, they’re not investing in capacity, they’re investing in brands,” he said.

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HP will kill off WebOS, its mobile operating system, the Guardian reports, citing internal HP sources.

WebOS staff will either be moved to a different division within HP or let go, the Guardian reports. There are currently about 500 people working on WebOS, but several high-level members of the division have recently left.

HP bought Palm in 2010 for $1.2 billion in order to acquire the WebOS platform. After disappointing sales from its TouchPad tablet, HP decided to stop production of all WebOS-based hardware.

Most people speculated that HP would try to sell Palm off, but the Guardians sources seem to think the entire division will be killed off instead.