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There are so many reasons to love Woot, including their recent awesome letter and video about their acquisition. But, even better may be that in today's Woot offering , they mock the Associated Press for its coverage of the Woot acquisition , because the AP just happens to have also copied text from the awesome Woot le... |
Amazon.com Inc. has purchased deal-a-day website Woot.com.
In a joke-laden message on the company blog, Woot CEO Matt Rutledge said the deal won't change how the site is run _ "with a wall of ideas and a dartboard."
"For Woot, our vision remains the same: somehow earning a living on snarky commentary and junk,"... |
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Hey, The Associated Press! Great to see you! And thanks so much for noticing our little blog post the other day. But, well… we wanted to talk for a second.
The AP, we can’t thank you enough for looking our way. You see, when we showed off our good news on Wednesday aftern... |
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It’s very, very doubtful that Barack Obama is really running 13 points ahead of Mitt Romney, as a new Bloomberg poll shows. With so many outlets conducting surveys so frequently these days, the occasional funny result is inevitable. Remember when Barack Obama’s approval rating seemed to crash o... |
President Barack Obama disembarks Air Force One upon his arrival at Joplin Regional Airport in Joplin, on May 21, 2012.
President Barack Obama disembarks Air Force One upon his arrival at Joplin Regional Airport in Joplin, on May 21, 2012. Close
Barack Obama has opened a significant lead over Mitt Romney in a B... |
A plurality of Americans now say they are better off than they were when President Barack Obama was inaugurated, providing a surprising lift to Obama’s re- election campaign despite troublesome economic news.
Forty-five percent of those surveyed in a Bloomberg National Poll say they are better off than at the begin... |
It has become fashionable to give a psychiatric diagnosis to those Republicans teeing up a government shutdown.
“They’re on a different planet,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Democratic leadership, said last week. “Off the deep end.”
Dana Milbank writes about political theater in the natio... |
The fall television season kicks into gear this week, with tons of new stuff, but before you check out any of it, you owe yourself a bigger treat. Go back and watch Chris Wallace’s interview with Ted Cruz on “Fox News Sunday.”
That’s entertainment. For starters there’s Wallace’s demeanor: I would almost swear I cau... |
Please. Cruz has been casting stones since he first moved into his Senate offices nine months ago. His quarry is bottomless. Let us not soon forget the hearings into Chuck Hagel’s confirmation as secretary of defense, when Cruz wondered aloud whether Hagel had taken honorariums from countries hostile to the United Stat... |
CHICAGO (AP) — A new study says surgery isn't always needed for appendicitis and that antibiotics instead can often do the trick.
The results from Finland contradict decades of thinking about the best way to treat an inflamed appendix. The condition has long been thought to be a medical emergency because of the ris... |
Following publication of the Appendicitis Acuta (APPAC) trial in 2015,1 some were quick to criticize the report. APPAC compared outcomes for open appendectomy with antibiotic therapy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis, finding that antibiotics were a reasonable alternative to appendectomy. The study failed to meet it... |
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Benioff (left) and Weiss will get their own Star Wars film as soon as Game of Thrones ends
The creators of the Game of Thrones TV series are to make a series of films for the rapidly-expanding Star Wars universe.
David Benioff and DB Weiss will begin work on Star Wars ... |
David Benioff and DB Weiss take charge of films separate from the pre-existing franchise and Rian Johnson’s previously announced trilogy
Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and DB Weiss will pilot a new Star Wars trilogy.
The announcement was made on the official site on Tuesday. The films will exist separat... |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — For months before he was fatally shot by police, a man walked the streets of Los Angeles' Skid Row, with few or no one he encountered knowing anything about his past bank robbery conviction, his wanted probation status or that even the false name he lived under had been purloined from a Frenchman yea... |
According to federal court documents, he and an accomplice were armed, respectively, with a handgun and a rifle. They entered the bank from the rear and ordered everyone to the floor. He jumped over the counter and demanded money from a teller, then dragged the teller to the vault area. When the teller did not have the... |
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Shares of Weight Watchers International (WTW) jumped as much as 20 percent after Oprah Winfrey said she shed 26 pounds using the program, while eating bread every day.
In a video posted to Twitter, Winfrey, an investor and spokesperson for the company, declared her fondness for bread, saying she consumed it each da... |
Donald Trump Donald TrumpWhite nationalist Trump backer says he's stopping anti-McMullin robocalls Trump announces 0M in Oct. small-dollar donations The presidential 'bully pulpit' shouldn't take aim at Americans MORE early Sunday blasted a report in The New York Times about how he has treated women in private.
The... |
President Obama delivered a commencement address at Rutgers University on Sunday that steered clear of the typical graduation advice and sounded a lot like a tough, aggressive takedown of the Republican presidential front-runner.
The president, who spoke before a crowd of more than 50,000 in the school’s football s... |
LONDON (Reuters) - Donald Trump said he was unlikely to have a good relationship with David Cameron because the British prime minister cast the U.S. presidential candidate as “divisive, stupid and wrong” for proposing a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.
Cameron criticised Trump in the British par... |
The Trump administration is preparing to add Venezuela to the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism in what would be a dramatic escalation against the socialist government of Nicolás Maduro, according to U.S. officials and internal government emails.
The list is reserved for governments accused of repeatedly pro... |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering adding Venezuela to its list of state sponsors of terrorism but no final decision has been made, a person familiar with the deliberations said on Monday.
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with ministers at Miraflores Pala... |
Lake Mary police arrested a Winter Springs man Friday on charges related to a shooting involving George Zimmerman earlier this week.
Matthew Apperson, 35, turned himself in Friday evening, police spokeswoman Bianca Gillett said.
Apperson was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated batte... |
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman, acquitted in the high-profile killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, listens in court, in Sanford, Fla., during his hearing.... (Associated Press)
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman, acquitted in the hig... |
Pope Francis on Wednesday (Jan. 21) praised big families for “welcoming children as a true gift of God,” just days after igniting a controversy by saying Catholic parents need not reproduce “like rabbits.”
The Roman Catholic Church considers abortion and most modern methods of birth control as sinful. Large familie... |
Once and future presidential candidate Rick Santorum joined me on the program Tuesday, and we covered Pope Francis’ comments on the Catholic birth rate as well as the early line on 2016:
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POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities have confirmed that a cyanide trap intended to kill coyotes in eastern Idaho instead killed a dog in an incident that local law enforcement officials say also injured a 14-year-old boy.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture acknowledged Friday that workers with its Animal an... |
POCATELLO — As he walked his dog along the ridgeline of the hillside just south of his family’s home on West Buckskin Road, 14-year-old Canyon… |
It was Lady Gaga's night, however, and "Bad Romance" also won Best Pop Video, Best Dance Video and Best Female Video. Her other award was Best Collaboration, for "Telephone" with Beyoncé. Her acceptance speeches were all polite, while those of another often volatile character, Eminem, were nonexistent. After he opened ... |
2010 MTV Video Music Awards: Lady Gaga wins eight moonmen, Video of the Year with 'Bad Romance'
Winter/Getty Lady Gaga wins eight moonmen at the MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year with 'Bad Romance.'
Lady Gaga didn't even have to buy a new dress to run the table at the Video Music Awards Sunday... |
Millennial text-speak might soon find its way out of your smartphone—and onto your detergent. The multi-national consumer goods maker, Procter & Gamble, have filed trademark applications for four popular acronyms: WTF (what the f***), LOL (laughing out loud), NBD (no big deal), and FML (f*** my life).
The Cincinnat... |
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Bob Dylan has a new whiskey brand—but he's gotta defend the brand name in court. More on that below, along with details on Oprah's lates... |
Procter and Gamble wants to trademark three-letter acronyms including 'LOL' and 'WTF' to use in an unlikely category: dishwashing detergents and soap.
P&G, owner of brands such as Febreze, Tide and Mr Clean, has applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to use 'LOL' (which stands for Laughing Out Loud), 'WTF'... |
Targeting a particular generation in an advertising campaign is not a new strategy, especially with millennials. This generation has been fodder for negative stereotyping and endless jokes.
Whether these stereotypes are fitting is negotiable. What isn’t up for debate is this generation’s immense spending power of m... |
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In what must have been a security nightmare for the Secret Service, Malia Obama attended the Lollapalooza music festival this weekend in Chicago.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times:
The Obama's tall 15-year-old was with three friends and was happily chatting away as she left the muddy venue. Despite blending qu... |
Malia Obama kicked a (presumably) American citizen at Lollapalooza, and not only did the Secret Service fail to act, the kicked victim was happy about it.
Bridget Truskey was minding her own business at the music festival, when the president’s daughter kicked her. “It was awesome,” Truskey tweeted, apparently dange... |
About 10,000 Arizonans have been forced to flee from their homes as wildfires continue to consume wide swaths of the southwestern United States today. Three dozen fires are raging across parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and California, as well as Texas and Georgia, forcing additional evacuations and slowing traff... |
Sen. John McCain flip-flops on Wallow fire
Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain did a one-eighty Monday, blaming National Forest Service officials for providing him with information that undocumented immigrants and drug cartel members were partially responsible for the Wallow fire.
“During our tour of the damaged a... |
Some nine months after KFC opened its first "fast casual" restaurant KFC eleven in Louisville, parent company Yum Brands is almost ready to unveil another new concept. Ad Age reports that Yum Brands is behind a new fast food operation called Super Chix opening this week in Arlington, Texas.
The Super Chix website m... |
People camp out at the latest Chick-fil-A opening in west Houston, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The first 100 customers to walk through the doors tomorrow will receive a free Chick-fil-A meal per week for a year.
People camp out at the latest Chick-fil-A opening in west Houston, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The first 100... |
In an email, Yum Spokeswoman Virginia Ferguson said the concept "is not being considered to go up against U.S. competitors" but rather for international purposes. Yum periodically has new concepts like this, the spokeswoman added.
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× KFC owner launches ‘secret’ restaurant ‘Super Chix’ to rival Chick-fil-A
ARLINGTON, Texas — KFC’s parent company Yum Brands has quietly launched a new concept restaurant in Arlington, Texas that will take aim at Chick-fil-A.
This week, Super Chix opened with a limited menu including chicken sandwiches, chicke... |
NEW YORK (AP) — As KFC struggles in the U.S., parent company Yum Brands is testing a new chicken restaurant called Super Chix.
A website for the restaurant in Arlington, Texas, shows a menu that seems positioned as a more premium offering than KFC, in line with the trend toward foods people feel are higher in quali... |
Abstract Bacterial and viral infections are often clinically indistinguishable, leading to inappropriate patient management and antibiotic misuse. Bacterial-induced host proteins such as procalcitonin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and Interleukin-6, are routinely used to support diagnosis of infection. However, their perf... |
Tirat Carmel, Israel - March 19, 2015 - MeMed, Ltd., today announced publication of the results of a large multicenter prospective clinical study that validates the ability of its ImmunoXpert in-vitro diagnostic blood test to determine whether a patient has an acute bacterial or viral infection. The study enrolled more... |
"Ugly Betty" actor Michael Brea is accused of stabbing his mother to death in her Prospect Heights, Brooklyn home, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
Brea, who appeared on "Ugly Betty" as well as in "Step-Up 3D," is accused of killing his mother with a samurai sword while reciting Bible passages.
"Michae... |
Michael Brea killed mom with sword, police say, neighbors say cops were slow to respond
Nicastro for News The body of Yannick Brea is removed from the scene of the crime.
FaceBook Michael Brea once appeared on the show "Ugly Betty."
Neighbors of a Brooklyn woman savagely slashed to death by her deranged, sw... |
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Read into it what you will: Apple is staying coy about its math behind the $3 billion acquisition of Beats, but Beats Music -- the headphones company's fledgling subscription-streaming music service -- got the first shout-out in the computer maker's release about the deal.
A potential focus on Beat... |
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Is Dr Dre - born Andre Young - hip-hop's first billionaire?
"The Forbes list just changed."
That is the boast made by singer-songwriter Tyrese Gibson in a video posted on Facebook (and later removed), before he is pushed aside by Dr Dre, the co-founder of the Beats Ele... |
Apple Inc. (AAPL) agreed to buy Beats Electronics LLC for $3 billion, its biggest-ever acquisition, nabbing a popular line of headphones and a nascent subscription music-streaming service as the iPhone maker seeks to rev up growth.
Beats founders Dr. Dre and music-industry executive Jimmy Iovine will join Apple, th... |
Participants were included in the imaging substudy if they were safe to undergo MRI and able to give informed consent. Exclusions were due to incomplete or poor quality imaging data or gross structural abnormality (such as a brain cyst), incomplete data on alcohol use (>2 study phases data missing), and missing sociode... |
CLOSE Scientists have linked moderate or heavy drinking to early symptoms of memory loss. Angeli Kakade (@angelikakade) has the story. Buzz60
Moderate drinking is associated with worrisome brain changes in a new study. (Photo: Garik_Klimov, Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Here’s one more reason to think before you dr... |
Moderate alcohol consumption can impair cognitive function, says study, countering suggestions that low levels of drinking can help protect the brain
Drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol can damage the brain and impair cognitive function over time, researchers have claimed.
While heavy drinking has previou... |
(CNN) Drinking in moderation can help our health , some research has showed. Many doctors recommend a glass of wine or beer a night as part of diet plans such as the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet , which have been proven to keep your heart and brain healthy. However, a new study suggests that even moderate drink... |
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A linguist from the University of Houston is proposing a solution to a centuries-old puzzle: What sparked the “nonsense” language in “Gulliver’s Travels”?
Irving N. Rothman, a professor of English literature and Jewish studies at UH, says the mystery words are, in fact, variations of Hebrew. H... |
Published in 1726, “Gulliver’s Travels” is Jonathan Swift’s best-known work, a romp of a sociopolitical satire that remains a canonical text for English majors at most universities.
“Gulliver’s Travels” follows the journey of Lemuel Gulliver to several fictional lands, including Lilliput (whose inhabitants are six ... |
Afghanistan's National Army soldiers guard, blocking the main road to the Bagram Airfield's main gate in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. An explosion at the U.S. airfield... (Associated Press)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion at a U.S. airfield in Afghanistan early Saturday kille... |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) Four Americans were killed in an apparent suicide bomb attack early Saturday at Bagram Airfield, the largest US base in Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said.
Two of those killed were service members, and two were contractors, he said, adding he was "deeply saddened" by the news... |
Thirty-five years after he made them, Bob Jones III, one of the country's most influential evangelical Christian leaders, has apologized for comments calling for gay men and lesbians to be killed "as the Bible commands."
Jones, chancellor and former president of Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., issued the ... |
Former BJU president Bob Jones III issued a public apology Saturday for anti-gay comments he made in 1980 calling for homosexuals to be stoned. (Photo: FILE)
Former BJU president Bob Jones III issued a public apology Saturday for anti-gay comments he made in 1980 calling for homosexuals to be stoned.
"I take pe... |
Bob Jones University campus (photo courtesy of BJU).
A former president of Bob Jones University, a conservative Christian school in South Carolina, has issued an apology for a statement he made in 1980 on stoning homosexuals.
BJU Chancellor Bob Jones III was president of the university in March of 1980 when... |
Former Vice President Joe Biden Joseph (Joe) Robinette BidenObama deserves far more credit for his own 'raid on Entebbe' Bernie Sanders: Dem platform for last 15 years has been a 'failure' Violence Against Women's Act is a true product of Washington's swamp MORE in a new op-ed says President Trump’s “contempt for the U... |
If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now: We are living through a battle for the soul of this nation.
The giant forward steps we have taken in recent years on civil liberties and civil rights and human rights are being met by a ferocious pushback from the oldest and darkest forces in America. Are we really surpris... |
If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now: We are living through a battle for the soul of this nation.
The giant forward steps we have taken in recent years on civil liberties and civil rights and human rights are being met by a ferocious pushback from the oldest and darkest forces in America. Are we really surpris... |
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Yelp just can't stop living the thug life.
Five years ago, I asked whether the popular review site was a shakedown racket for merchants. I quoted a number of small-business owners who said Yelp had threatened to run negative reviews more prominently if they didn't pay for advertising.
Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp's ... |
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Parents of girls are 5 percent more likely to divorce than parents of boys. Economists first analyzed the data that way in 2003, when Gordon Dahl at the University of Rochester and Enrico Moretti at U.C.L.A., identified that gap, and noted that it widened as you added boys or girls to a ... |
Yes, it's true. In generation after generation across many countries, of girls divorce more than do parents of boys.
As Steven E. Landsburg put it in his Oct 2003 article for Slate magazine, "All over the world, boys hold marriages together, and girls break them up."
Economists Gordon Dahl (at the University of... |
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Destiny's Child have performed together at Coachella.
Beyonce brought band mates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams on stage during her headline set at the festival in California last night.
The trio began their surprise performance with their 2004 hit Lose My Breath, followed ... |
I don’t think you’re ready for this reunion.
During Beyoncé’s highly anticipated headlining performance at Coachella on Saturday — her first since welcoming twins Rumi and Sir last June — the superstar brought out her former Destiny’s Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
DC3 wowed with memorable... |
The company that manages the Radio City Rockettes and the union that represents the dancers said Friday that any performer could choose to skip President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony, after criticism online.
The announcement by Madison Square Garden and the American Guild of Variety Artists came after... |
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, file photo, the Rockettes perform before the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York. The Radio City Rockettes have been assigned to dance... (Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — The Radio City Rockettes will be dancing at President-elect Donald Trump's in... |
Within hours of confirming plans to appear at the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, the Radio City Rockettes were plunged into a maelstrom of social media outrage on Friday amid reports that the performers were contractually obligated to dance at the ceremony or lose their jobs.
But as the day wore on, both the Madi... |
An exterior view of the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen, in Benghazi September 12, 2012.
An exterior view of the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen in Benghazi September 12, 2012.
The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed... |
The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012.
WASHINGTON Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in... |
Kim Jong-Il's eldest son 'under Chinese protection'
SEOUL — The eldest son of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il has arrived in Beijing as Pyongyang prepares a state funeral for his father, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday.
Citing what it called a source familiar with Kim Jong-Nam's activitie... |
Eldest son of N. Korea's late leader in Beijing under Chinese protection: source
By Kim Kwang-taeHONG KONG/SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- The eldest son of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-il has arrived in Beijing, a source said Monday, as North Korea is preparing a state funeral for Kim.Kim Jong... |
Mr. Kim thanked the South Korean visitors, the official North Korean news agency, K.C.N.A, said.
Ms. Lee and Ms. Hyun laid wreaths and walked around Kim Jong-il’s glass coffin to show their respect, K.C.N.A said. In a message in the visitors’ log, Ms. Lee wrote that she hoped the two Koreas would achieve an “early ... |
Research In Motion is slashing its global work force by 5,000, nearly a third of its employees, as the one-time icon of Canadian innovation suffers through the darkest days of an already dramatic decline.
RIM, a rare beacon of high technology in a country more famous for natural resources and banks, essentially inv... |
Research In Motion Ltd. shares plunged 19% Friday after the BlackBerry maker posted a sizable quarterly loss and said its next smartphone—a device the company has bet its survival on—won't be ready until next year.
The surprise delay shook investors, who had expected the phone in time for the crucial holiday-shoppi... |
Image copyright AFP Image caption The star of the auction was Marie Antoinette's Pearl, a natural pearl and diamond pendant
A pearl and diamond pendant that belonged to ill-fated French Queen Marie Antoinette has been sold for $36m (£28m) in what Sotheby's auction house says is a world record for a pearl.
The s... |
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Have you ever wanted to wear jewels fit for a queen? Now's your chance.
Jewelry that once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France before the French Revolution, is going under the hammer Wednesday evening at Sotheby's in Geneva.
The jewels formerly belonging to Marie A... |
It may be March, but Old Man Winter shows zero signs of slowing down. In fact, we will likely be below normal through at least mid-month. Despite the common case of the "winter blues" in most homes, this cold and snowy weather pattern we have been in for several month does have a silver lining. One of the biggest pluse... |
Lake Superior is now 91 percent covered by ice — the most since 1994 — and the great lake may even surpass a record dating back more than 30 years in coming days, experts say.
And that massive chunk of ice, it turns out, has not only become a maze-line jungle gym of ice structures for visitors to marvel at, it's he... |
The latest arctic outbreak, with morning low temperatures at record cold levels, has caused the Great Lakes to rapidly ice back up.
The overall entire Great Lakes system is rated at 90 percent iced over, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory(GLERL). This is the highest percentage of total i... |
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Asia Bibi's escape from Pakistan death row
A Pakistani court has overturned the death sentence of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, a case that has polarised the nation.
Asia Bibi was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the Prophe... |
Pakistani lawyers who are contesting the case against Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, speaks to media outside the Supreme court, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Oct.... (Associated Press)
Pakistani lawyers who are contesting the case against Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman c... |
Evolutionary anthropologist Robin Dunbar has a famous theory that the number of people with whom one can maintain a close relationship is limited to 150 by the size of the neocortex, the part of the brain used for conscious thought and language.
The Internet has made it quicker and easier to connect with far-flung ... |
Today we are proud to launch The Personal Network. Practically all of us carry a camera phone, and our photos tell the stories of our lives. Starting today, we hope that Path is the place you will always feel comfortable being yourself and sharing the story of your life with your closest friends and family via the phot... |
In Other Social Network News. How About Fewer Friends?
While we all anxiously, or not, await the Facebook announcement on email, another social network is launching today, based on an interesting number.
Let's start with the number. Robin Dunbar is a British anthropologist and evolutionary biologist. He wrote a... |
Irom Sharmila, center, who has been on a decade-long hunger strike protesting an anti-terror law is escorted by police for an appearance at Patiala House court in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 4, 2013.... (Associated Press)
Irom Sharmila has not eaten a meal in 12 years. The 40-year-old woman has been on a hunger... |
Irom Sharmila: World's longest running hunger striker charged with trying to commit suicide BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Activist Irom Sharmila, a woman from India’s north-east who has been force-fed for the past 12 years, was flown to Delhi so that a judge could charge her with trying to commit suicide. The 40-year-old decl... |
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s son Sam — who made it out of Egypt last week after being barred from leaving the country — said in his first television interview Tuesday that his detainment was a “de facto detention.”
Sam LaHood, the director of the Egyptian program for the NGO International Republican Instit... |
Sam LaHood: Former elements of Mubarak government inconsistent with democratic transition
Recently released, Sam LaHood explains to CNN’s Soledad O’Brien what he was charged with in Egypt and discusses the detention of himself and his coworkers.
LaHood says, “It was a de facto detention in the sense that we wer... |
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Explore the Lost City of Trellech, once the largest Medieval City in Wales, set in the heart of the Welsh countryside.
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Stuart Wilson told BBC Wales people thought he was "mad" when he bought the field in Trellech
An archaeologist who bet his life savings on a hunch he had found a lost medieval city in Monmouthshire has said people thought he was "mad".
Stuart Wilson, 37... |
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