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Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. April 7, 2016, 10:50 AM GMT / Updated April 7, 2016, 10:50 AM GMT / Source: Reuters By Reuters Alphabet is expanding its testing of self-driving cars to the Phoenix, Arizona metro area, the c... |
While it sleeps. . . Electrolytic Rust Removal © Frank Ford 2005; Photos by FF I bought this little plane at a garage sale, and it sure is orange with rust! Thanks to the Internet, I've been reading about this cool way to eat rust using simple household gear. All I have to do is mix up some baking soda in water in a pl... |
Buy Photo Glenn Alan Bates, 57, of Saline schemed to steal money from the VA retail store — or canteen — he managed in Ann Arbor, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. (Photo: Steve Perez / The Detroit News)Buy Photo A former federal employee admitted... |
As Glenn Greenwald ably demonstrates this morning, ABC News (and Brian Ross specifically) was instrumental in convincing the American public that the Anthrax sent after 9/11 came from Saddam Hussein (based on the false claim that it contained bentonite, which ABC said was "a trademark of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s b... |
By Rick Reeno BoxingScene.com has been advised that former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32KOs) will fight Germany's Dominik Britsch (32-2-1, 11KOs) on December 10th in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. The fight was originally targeted for December 3rd, but Zanfer Promotions - who are promotin... |
The iPhone 5 has been out for nearly two months now. But judging by the overall app landscape, you'd hardly know it has been seven weeks (or eight, if you start counting at the date of the announcement) since the iPhone 5 made its debut. While some apps have been updated to take advantage of the iPhone 5's larger scree... |
Women may be less likely to pursue careers in science and math because they have more career choices, not because they have less ability, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Although the gender gap in mathematics has narrowed in recent dec... |
Girl Power 3 Sunny Beach Results Women’s kickboxing tournament Girl Power 3 Sunny Beach was held on Friday June 23 at Platinum Casino and Hotel. The event produced by the Bigger’s Better Boxing and the World Kickboxing Network aired live on European sports network SFR Sport 5. Eight international contenders battled out... |
American football player Trindon Jerard Holliday (born April 27, 1986) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist who is currently a free agent . He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He played college football at LSU. At 5'5", Holliday is one of the shortest pl... |
The GTX 780 may have launched over a year ago at this point, but the Asus Poseidon is such a unique design it’s worth revisiting the architecture. The overwhelming majority of video cards are air-cooled; water cooling is reserved for die-hard enthusiasts or AMD’s R9 295X2. Asus has taken the water-cooling concept and d... |
When Anthem Entertainment announced they’d officially acquired Global Force Wrestling (GFW) earlier this week, many people asked what it was they were acquiring. It was an easy joke, yes, but GFW didn’t have much in the way of tangible assets. What they did have, however, was a name that wasn’t a double entendre and th... |
Brad Friedman Byon 3/31/2011, 3:55pm PT Tony Pierce, filling in for Andrew Malcolm (columnist and Laura Bush's former press secretary) at Los Angeles Times' "Top of the Ticket" blog picks up (with attribution, gracias) on our scoop earlier this week about the 100% unverifiable, yet highly hackable Diebold touch-screen ... |
Researchers have discovered flaws in products from some of the world’s biggest security firms that could potentially expose hundreds of thousands of users to attack. The flaws all revolve around incorrect implementation of code hooking, according to researchers at data protection firm enSilo. Code hooking is a techniqu... |
Being the youngest person in the room could feel like a major handicap for aspiring business moguls. Finding a mentor to guide you through uncertain territory can instill confidence, but, ultimately, your growth as a leader will come from within. Here are a few key tips to boosting your success, from entrepreneurs who ... |
There was something bothering me about Scootaloo, but I couldn't work out what. I'd missed out the cream underbelly collaring on the Wonderbolts costume. Normally I don't edit comics if I can help it (unlike George Lucas...) but this one irritated me enough to warrant it.I'm sure everypony saw that one coming...Anyway,... |
Google has been known to break whatever market they step into, offering great products and services while undercutting competing prices. An example is their Google Fiber initiative, which brings Gigabit speeds to select markets for insanely affordable prices. Before that, they took on the cloud storage commerce with Go... |
The numbers or analytics revolution that has transformed sports like baseball or basketball has undoubtedly reached our beautiful game as well. Most of the top teams in England employ entire analytics departments and the Bundesliga is certainly embracing this aspect of the game, be that data-driven scouting, expected g... |
Vice President Biden claimed in an interview with NBC News that Bill Clinton’s sexual misconduct “shouldn’t matter” because he’s already “paid a price” – though he hammered Donald Trump as a “sexual predator.” The vice president tried to draw a distinction between the similar allegations against Clinton and Trump that ... |
Asian markets had a solid start on Thursday, following a strong lead in US markets where the S&P500 closed almost 2% higher. Japanese equities were trading almost unanimously higher on Thursday morning, with the weaker yen helping out exporters' stocks and investors embracing risk as China's volatile equity markets clo... |
History is replete with disquieting figures, it is often difficult to know whether they deserve our support or mistrust. Julian Assange seems increasingly to be one of these figures. When I started writing about whistleblowers a few years ago, there was genuine sympathy for whistleblowers across international public op... |
LONDON -- When it was suggested he has not been his normal self, physically or emotionally, for the last six months, Novak Djokovic bristled. "What makes you say that?" he replied, indignantly. The question came straight off the bat at his pre-tournament news conference Friday afternoon at the O2 Arena. The four-time d... |
WHEN LEBRON JAMES walks onto the court for tipoff against the Detroit Pistons, he might as well tug up his shorts, bend his knees and get in his defensive stance right away. James may not know it, and the millions watching may not know it either, but there's almost no chance he'll retrieve the ball on the opening jump.... |
This post is about an idea I had around 1997, when I was 16 years old and a freshman computer-science major at Cornell. Back then, I was extremely impressed by a research project called CLEVER, which one of my professors, Jon Kleinberg, had led while working at IBM Almaden. The idea was to use the link structure of the... |
The bipartisan Surveillance State Repeal Act, if passed, would repeal dragnet surveillance of Americans’ personal communications, overhaul the federal domestic surveillance program, and provide protections for whistleblowers. House lawmakers Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) are co-sponsoring bill H.R.1466,... |
Donald Trump speaks during a rally at The Palladium in Carmel, Ind., on May 2. | AP Photo Poll: World-weary Trump backers turn inward When it comes to the rest of the world, the majority of Donald Trump’s supporters are ready to shut it out for the next four years, if the results from the latest Pew Research Center stu... |
(Getty Images) Mark Zuckerberg has cleared hurdle after hurdle in building Facebook (ticker: FB) from a small social media network into a global empire. From monetizing his platform to figuring out mobile growth to turning acquisitions into gold, Zuckerberg has checked off every box and made Facebook shareholders much ... |
Image: Sarah Jamie Lewis/Twitter Sites on the so-called dark web are designed to protect the anonymity of both their visitors and owners. But plenty of administrators make mistakes in setting them up, sometimes leading to the server's real IP address being leaked, or they might leave identifying metadata in files uploa... |
New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly is likely to replace Duncan Fletcher as the next coach of the Indian cricket team, according to reports. As per a report published in a leading English newspaper, an unindentified insider from Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), Ganguly is believed to have had an infor... |
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) vetoed a bipartisan bill last month that would have protected student journalists from being punished for criticizing their schools. Despite passing both the Senate and House of Representatives with bipartisan support, Ducey sided with SB 1384’s few detractors in his veto statement, acco... |
Some people may look down on gifts consisting mostly of sweets, but this one was actually perfect for me. Exactly what I wanted! I had it in my notes that I keep taking care of everyone around me, not for myself enough - and I just want something to brighten my day... And the sun surely came out when I opened the box! ... |
NFL teams have played 768 regular-season games over the past three seasons. Quarterbacks have made 1,536 starts, and in all but 30 cases, they logged at least 15 "action plays" -- defined as plays other than handoffs, spike plays and kneel-downs. 2010-12 Total Starts With 90+ Total QBR* Those quarterbacks' cumulative T... |
MEXICO CITY — It might have been any other day in El Salvador, but as the hours ticked into evening it became notable not for what happened, but for what didn’t. An entire day had passed without a single murder in one of the world’s most violent places. There was no particular reason the count was zero on Wednesday, Ho... |
Introducing the latest Dragon Rebound: The Dark Half It’s time for a brand new rebound book! We are giving the Dragon Rebound treatment to The Dark Half. What started out as a prank, has now evolved into the next book in the custom-bound series of 1st edition novels by Stephen King. For those who don’t know, some membe... |
Norquist's tax pledge has long been a litmus test for any conservative. | JAY WESTCOTT/POLITICO GOP rookies buck Norquist Grover’s grip may be loosening. A small but increasingly vocal group of freshman Republicans are publicly rejecting the idea they are beholden to Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform pledge fo... |
Introducing: Alternate Playstyles! You can now choose to play as Lucario without the Aura system! This version of Lucario will have consistent power regardless of his percent and stock deficits, making him a more consistent character! Have a lead? You've still got your strength! Marth gets the treatment as well! Prefer... |
You know the Tesla Model S, the $70,000 (and-up) electric car that "nobody can afford"? Well, evidently, more than a few people can afford it. In fact, in the first quarter of this year, more people bought a Tesla Model S than bought any of the similarly priced gasoline-powered cars from the top three German luxury bra... |
The "Orange Is the New Black" streamer told the CRTC that Canadian content is already doing well online, making new regulatory obligations unnecessary. TORONTO – Netflix has told Canada's TV watchdog not to tax the U.S. video streaming giant as it does business here, despite industry calls for Netflix Canada to subsidi... |
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’re probably very aware of all the new and old music festivals that have become all the rage. So, we decided to compile the top reasons that we KNOW make you music festival obsessed. Feel free to let us know if we missed any of the key reasons, but we’re... |
Nur Islam, 22, was filmed setting himself on fire after getting annoyed at waiting too long at a bank (Picture: 9 News) A disgruntled customer set himself on fire after waiting too long at a bank. Nur Islam, 22, was caught on camera calmly entering the Commonwelath Bank in Springvale and then pouring petrol from a 20-l... |
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(WSVN/CNN) - Two South Florida men have quite a story to tell after they snagged a massive, 15-foot python in the Everglades on Saturday. RELATED: VIDEO: Python attacks, takes down gator | Proposal to pay python hunters Nicholas Banos and trapping partner Leonardo Sanchez were driving in their car, keeping their eyes o... |
The ENDANGERED SAFARI project contains all of the large African mammals along with juicy info like animal size, family, population trend, range, and IUCN threatened species status. The static version, above, is an artsy layout that makes a great print, but to really dig into the data, including individual animal range ... |
The recent BRICS meeting in Xiamen formed the setting for what appeared to be a rapprochement between its two key members, India and China. It was preceded by a rather sudden diplomatic resolution to the recent Doklam (Donglang) crisis which saw Indian and Chinese troops step back from possible confrontation. This was ... |
Director's Cut features conversations with music video directors about their creations. The men and women behind the camera are often overlooked in today's YouTube era, so we aim to highlight their hard work here while showcasing the best videos currently linking around the Internet. A little behind-the-scenes dirt cou... |
Nine Myanmar police officers have been killed in coordinated attacks by armed men on posts in Rakhine state along the border with Bangladesh, authorities say, setting off a military operation that has killed at least eight people. The attacks hit three border posts before dawn on Monday near Maungdaw, in the western st... |
This is a part of an ongoing series following a campaign going on in central Illinois called Room for Doubt. For more background, check out the first article in the series, Is There Room for Doubt? A week or so ago, I previewed the Room for Doubt program, making some predictions about what it would entail. This past Su... |
Activists protesting outside FCC headquarters in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2014. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Consumer advocates everywhere are demanding that the Federal Communication Commission continue down its current path for shelving net neutrality and allowing a two-tiered internet. That is, if cable company... |
For two years, Anne Frank, her family and other Jews hid in a cramped clutch of rooms tucked into the back of a canal house in Amsterdam. Anne, who died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 but lived on through her famous diary, described in poignant detail what life was like hiding from the German secret po... |
Catching prospect Max Pentecost has had a tough time staying on the field since the Toronto Blue Jays selected him in the first round of the 2014 draft. The 24-year-old has already undergone three surgeries on his right shoulder and missed the entire 2015 season as a result. Now Pentecost is back healthy, and he’s made... |
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales responded definitively to a Change.org petition from holistic healing supporters to “allow for true scientific discourse” on the online encyclopedia. The petitioners say the representation of holistic healing on Wikipedia is biased, and they have not been allowed to amend the information. ... |
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