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Cool Material - 7 Oct 2013 15:00
Have you ever talked to friends about your underwear? Don’t worry, we’ll start. Underwear shopping sucks. Guys don’t talk about their underwear. MeUndies keeps it brief with the “most comfortable basics in the wo...
Gerber Impromptu Tactical Pen
Cool Material - 7 Oct 2013 16:15
It could be the fact that we all have so many of them of them, but we seem to demand more and more from our tools on a daily basis. That applies to pens, too. We like the simplicity of only having a cool ink deployment s...
The Most Impressive Students At Harvard Law School
Business Insider - 7 Oct 2013 21:51
What makes Harvard the best law school in America? It's more than just its accomplished faculty, challenging curriculum, and post-grad opportunities—it's also the unbelievably impressive students who walk the Crimson...
Al Michaels Jinxed Matt Schaub Into This Pick-Six By Talking About How Bad He Is
Sports Grid - 7 Oct 2013 16:33
Al Michaels was discussing Matt Schaub's pick-six record and then OH LOOK HE JUST BROKE IT. Video, after the jump.
Four Men Were Busted For Trying To Smuggle $1.4 Million Worth Of Gold Bars Via An Air India Lavatory
Business Insider - 7 Oct 2013 23:24
Ever find something weird in an airplane bathroom? How about $1.4 million in gold? Four men have been arrested for stashing 32 kgs of gold biscuits in the lavatory of an Air India flight, according to the Press Trust of ...
How To Talk To Elderly Person About Giving Up The Keys To His Car
Business Insider - 7 Oct 2013 16:03
After a certain age, driving becomes a liability. Vision deteriorates, reaction times slow, and just getting into and out of a car safely can prove challenging. But it's not easy to convince someone — especially a pare...
Bridget Jones Exclusive: How Helen Fielding Broke the News About Mark Darcy to Colin Firth
Time - 7 Oct 2013 06:23
How do you tell the leading man of the wildly successful film adaptations of two of your novels that in the third novel his character is no more? If you're Helen Fielding, you break it to him as gently as possible. Field...
Braves' Simmons Is Turning Heads and Double Plays
The New York Times - 7 Oct 2013 03:50
The hitting and fielding of shortstop Andrelton Simmons in Game 2 helped the Braves tie their playoff series with the Dodgers.
Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 Is Larger Than A Pop-Tart And It Completely Dwarfs The Tiny Little iPhone
Business Insider - 7 Oct 2013 16:01
Samsung's latest phone, the Galaxy Note 3, is its largest yet. At 5.7 inches, it's a touch larger than the Galaxy Note 2 and it makes the iPhone 5 and 5s look downright tiny. For a comparison, I bought a pack of Pop-Tart...
Source: Free agent Freeman to join Vikings
ESPN - 7 Oct 2013 06:05
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman is signing with the Minnesota Vikings, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Once again Woods proves the clincher at Presidents Cup
Reuters - 7 Oct 2013 01:41
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The Huffington Post - 7 Oct 2013 17:27Kerry assures CEOs on US role in Asia-Pacific
Boston - 7 Oct 2013 12:20
BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- Filling in for an absent U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday sought to assure Asia-Pacific business leaders that nothing will shake America's commitment to the reg...
Twitter tunes in to TV partnerships ahead of IPO
News Observer - 7 Oct 2013 06:03
People don't just watch TV anymore; they talk about it on Twitter. From the comfort of couches, they share reactions to touchdowns and nail-biting season finales --and advertisers and networks…
Franchitti's scary crash puts safety in spotlight
Reuters - 7 Oct 2013 02:36
(Reuters) - A terrifying crash put three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti in a Houston hospital with a spinal fracture on Sunday and left over a dozen spectators injured.
World Bank, Rooted in Bureaucracy, Proposes a Sweeping Reorganization
The New York Times - 7 Oct 2013 00:54
The new leader has a plan to sort the sprawling bank's operations by the kinds of projects involved, like agriculture or energy, rather than by region.
Republicans Do Crazy Things Because They Have Crazy Beliefs
Business Insider - 7 Oct 2013 23:58
National Review's Robert Costa reports that many House Republicans already hate John Boehner's debt limit plan, which they haven't seen yet. And he has a choice quote from Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) about why he's not prepa...
Construction crane gets stuck above NYC street
Miami Herald - 7 Oct 2013 18:03
Authorities have closed West 57th Street between 6th and 7th avenues in Manhattan after a tower crane hoisting a load apparently got stuck about 20 floors up.
Government Shutdown Enters 2nd Week With No End In Sight And Debt Limit Looming
Business Insider - 7 Oct 2013 12:33
Gov't shutdown enters 2nd week with no end in sight, ominous signs about debt limit prospects WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown entered its second week with no end in sight and ominous signs that the United Sta...
Americans Are Saving Too Much-Sort of
Time - 7 Oct 2013 11:45
Are Americans saving too much? Is that a trick question? The difference between what Americans have saved and what they will need in retirement is $6.6 trillion, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston ...
N.Y. probes rights sold to 'World Trade Center'
Boston - 7 Oct 2013 11:37
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York is expanding its probe nationwide into the 1980s sale of the rights to the name "World Trade Center" to a nonprofit for $10, resulting in millions of dollars in fees for use of the name in 2...
New Zealand narrows deficit more than forecast
News Observer - 7 Oct 2013 05:53
New Zealand's government says it's on track to return to a fiscal surplus next year after finding its books are in better shape than forecast.