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Here's A Great Story About That Time Apple Launched A Videogame Console And It Was A Massive Flop (AAPL)
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2013 16:01
There's an excellent article over on Gameological about the Pippin, Apple's failed video game console from the '90s. At the time, Apple was the largest computer manufacturer in the world, but was quickly losing ground to...
The 20 Most Popular Cities In The World To Visit In 2013
Forbes - 10 Jun 2013 19:33The World's Most Dangerous Oceans
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2013 21:36
The South China Sea and East Indies, eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea, North Sea, and British Isles are the most dangerous seas in the world, with the greatest number of shipping accidents in the last 15 years, according...
Primetime Television's Nudity Epidemic
Time - 10 Jun 2013 23:50
Primetime Television's Nudity Epidemic
Man wearing headphones killed on Vt. train tracks
Boston - 10 Jun 2013 03:42
WEST RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) -- State police say a man listening to music on his headphones while walking on railroad tracks in Vermont has been struck and killed by a train.
Driver hits cow on Vt. road
Boston - 10 Jun 2013 14:00
BRIDPORT, Vt. (AP) -- A driver has been hospitalized in critical condition after crashing into a cow on a Vermont road.
America To NSA: Read My Emails, Please
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2013 23:44
The Pew Research Center asked Americans this month about the balance between investigating terrorist threats and protecting personal privacy. And they found that we're not all that into privacy -- by about two-to-one, we...
A Subprime Lender Wants To IPO
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2013 23:57
Springleaf Finance Corp. is talking to banks about doing an initial public offering, WSJ's Mike Spector reports. The company makes subprime loans primarily for car and home repairs, Spector says. It employs about 3,600 p...
Man-Made Lights Are Killing Endangered Sea Turtles
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2013 23:50
Light pollution along the Mediterranean is changing the nesting habits of sea turtles in Israel, according to new research. Orbital pictures of the region, coupled with sea turtle nesting data from Israel's National Park...
Tourist from France drowns in rip current off South Beach
Miami Herald - 10 Jun 2013 14:36
A tourist from France who went for a swim with his wife apparently drowned on South Beach on Monday.
INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: We've Seen The Guardian Report On The NSA Leaker, And It Is Damaging
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2013 01:04
The Director of National Intelligence has seen The Guardian's report revealing the identity of NSA "whistleblower" Edward Snowden and is "reviewing the damage," according to a statement released by DNI James Clapper's of...
Witch Hunts Still Take Place Worldwide
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2013 23:55
The witch hunts and subsequent killings that took place in colonial New England are considered a dark chapter in U.S. history. But across Papua New Guinea and in other places around the world, accusations of witchcraft a...
Ronaldinho Is Still Playing Soccer, And He's Making Ridiculous Chest Passes
Sports Grid - 10 Jun 2013 17:02
Ronaldihno: alive, well, Brazilian and somehow making highlight reels on chest passes.
Patent Wars: Barack Obama Fights the Trolls
Time - 10 Jun 2013 05:20
Rampant patent litigation is impeding innovation and ultimately increasing the costs of gadgets for consumers. Now the President says he wants to reform the system
DealBook: A Rise in Requests From Brokers to Wipe the Slate Clean
The New York Times - 10 Jun 2013 23:57
As investors rely increasingly on Finra's database to vet Wall Street professionals, some brokers and executives are trying to remove complaints.
Man Reportedly Approached Main Gate Of Texas Army Base And Opened Fire
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2013 23:50
A retired Army sergeant major reportedly walked up to the main gate of Fort Sam Houston U.S. Army base near San Antonio and opened fire today, reports the Houston Chronicle. Sky News and the Associated Press are reportin...
Good News Or Bad News? Booz Allen Could Use A Few Good Wall Streeters
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2013 21:57
If you're an unemployed, underpaid, morally ambivalent banker or ex-banker who's fed up with the grunge of Wall Street or the City of London, you could be forgiven for thinking that Edward Snowden was onto a good thing. ...
How To Be Less Alone
The Huffington Post - 10 Jun 2013 07:01Adobe releases Lightroom 5 for $149
The Verge - 10 Jun 2013 06:01
Adobe has just released Lightroom 5, the latest version of its professional photography software for OS X and Windows. If you've been taking part in the Lightroom 5 beta you already have a good idea of what to expect, bu...
WWE Pushed to Punished, Edition 31: The Barren Barrage of Wade Barrett
Bleacher Report - 10 Jun 2013 00:36
In March of 2011, I initiated a new column here on Bleacher Report entitled "WWE Pushed to Punished," where I analyze the controversial careers of past and present WWE Superstars who had major potential but somehow lost ...
A Latino White House "Champion of Change" Works the Other Side of Silicon Valley
Forbes - 10 Jun 2013 23:55Sallie Krawcheck Says Wall Street Has Gone Backwards In The Advancement Of Women In The Women In The Workplace
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2013 23:55
Former head of Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney Sallie Krawcheck, who now owns high-achieving women's network 85 Broads, spoke about women's leadership in the workplace. "I'm a buyer. I'm really a buyer of women in the wor...