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Face-Chewing Attack Victim Thankful
ABC News - 22 May 2013 00:32
Miami face-chewing victim Ronald Poppo thanked his supporters in a new video nearly one year after he endured severe injuries from a gruesome cannibal-like attack.
Fortress Is Betting On Bill Collectors With Mortgage Servicer Nationstar
Forbes - 22 May 2013 17:26
The tedious business of mortgage servicing is now the sexiest profitmaker on Wall Street.
US urged to permit self-defense retaliation on hackers
ZDNet - 22 May 2013 21:30
Would retaliatory attacks make hackers think twice?
Watch this Google I/O session on Android design principles because it's awesome
Android Central - 22 May 2013 00:29
Real world examples and practices from the Android design team make this session from Google I/O 2013 a must-watch -- even if you'll never write your own app. See how Android apps should look and act, and see what the fo...
John McCain Is the Latest Senior Senator to Have Had Enough of Junior Ted Cruz
The Atlantic Wire - 22 May 2013 23:45
For two days John McCain and Ted Cruz have been fighting on the Senate floor over the rules for negotiating a budget, but, like so many fights, it's also about so much more. Cruz is being annoying about the budget, but w...
How a German physicist fooled Albert Einstein
The Verge - 22 May 2013 10:47
For his work on canal ray sources in the 1920s, German physicist Emil Rupp was regarded as one of the most important figures in his field. His research captured the interest of Albert Einstein, resulting in a collaborati...
Bill Nye Jabs Inhofe on Climate Change
ABC News - 22 May 2013 23:57
Bill Nye may be known as the Science Guy, but his Twitter feed reveals that he has another interest - politics. Early Tuesday morning Nye wondered what Oklahoma senator and well-known climate change denier Jim Inhofe tho...
Creative Dxm Signature Series Wireless Speakers
Ubergizmo - 22 May 2013 19:19
The folks over at Creative have lived up to their name yet again, where the latest modular wireless speaker systems that rolled off their production lines come in the form of the Creative Dxm Signature Series, where thes...
Curiosity Drills A Second Hole On Mars
Forbes - 22 May 2013 07:29
Earlier this week, the Mars rover Curiosity used its robotic arm to drill a hole into a Martian rock and collect a sample from its interior. This marks both the second time that Curiosity has collected such a sample, and...
The Moore Tornado May Have Done $2 Billion Worth of Property Damage
The Atlantic Wire - 22 May 2013 23:46
The mayor of Moore provided an estimate of the total cost stemming from Monday's tornado: $2 billion -- a sum that's about a quarter the size of Oklahoma's state budget. It would make the Moore tornado the third-most cos...
Creator of GIF files insists it's 'jif' - Internet in turmoil
NBC News - 22 May 2013 23:22
And the battle rages on: After the White House weighed in on the "gif" versus "jif" issue, some thought it was settled in favor of a hard "G" -- but the creator of the .gif image format himself has made a final pronounce...
'Noodle Dance' Restaurant To Open First U.S. Location
The Huffington Post - 22 May 2013 18:39Vermont sues patent troll over small business shakedowns
GigaOM - 22 May 2013 20:42
Patent trolls have been bleeding legitimate businesses for years -- now a state government has turned the tables and asked a troll to pay $10,000 for each of the hundreds of threatening letters it has mailed out.
Imran Khan discharged from hospital
Al Jazeera English - 22 May 2013 08:02
Pakistani politician return to Lahore home after treatment for back injuries incurred during election campaign fall.
Square Feet: Ambitious Paris Project Takes Shape in the Suburbs
The New York Times - 22 May 2013 01:57
The 154-acre Clichy Batignolles, named for the adjoining neighborhoods in northwest Paris, will include offices, housing, a park and a court complex.
Nightclub Investigated for Installing 2-Way Mirror in Women's Bathroom
Gawker - 22 May 2013 04:33
A new nightclub in Scotland is being investigated by police and other Glasgow city officials after a newspaper investigation revealed the club had installed two-way mirrors in its women's bathrooms, exposing the women to...
Chuck E. Cheese Killer Gets Reprieve
ABC News - 22 May 2013 23:59
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has indefinitely delayed the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap, saying that he had doubts about the death penalty, much to the dismay of victims' families and a furious district ...
Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps
Boston - 22 May 2013 23:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states.
Target, Zale, Saks are big movers
Boston - 22 May 2013 23:58
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:
Anti-Islam Protesters March On Streets Of London After Grisly Murder
Business Insider - 22 May 2013 23:57
Following a brutal murder this morning that is believed to have been an act of terror, a large number of anti-Islam protesters are marching in South East London. The protesters are affiliated with the English Defense Lea...
HP profit falls as PC and server sales decline
PC World - 22 May 2013 23:55
Hewlett-Packard reported a 32 percent drop in profit for its second fiscal quarter, due partly to slower sales of PCs and servers. HP's revenue for the quarter, ended April 30, was $27.6 billion, down 10 percent from the...
How the Dow Jones industrial average fared
Miami Herald - 22 May 2013 23:54
Stock indexes fell on Wall Street on fear the Federal Reserve could pull back from its stimulus programs soon.