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The Weekly Oil & Gas Follies
Forbes - 4 May 2014 16:01
The Weekly Oil and Gas Follies – Volume 44, May 5, 2014
First OS X Mavericks 10.9.4 'Epic' build seeded inside Apple as 10.9.3 release approaches
9 to 5 Mac - 4 May 2014 03:36How One Woman Paid Off $23,000 Of Debt In 15 Months
Business Insider - 4 May 2014 23:27
In 2009, Anna Newell Jones was deep in debt — $23,605.10 to be exact. "I felt hopeless about money, and the whole idea of trying to get out of debt was such a drag," recalls Newell Jones. "Not surprisingly, I did every...
Such Dogecoin. Much Validity. How one altcoin may have turned into cryptocurrency's best marketing tool
GigaOM - 4 May 2014 17:00
The meme-based altcoin is worth a fraction of a penny, but its true value is in its ability to introduce people to cryptocurrency.
Stillwater CEO says layoffs, buyouts necessary
Miami Herald - 4 May 2014 16:56
The chief executive of Montana's largest mining company says layoffs and buyouts potentially affecting about 100 workers are needed to ensure the company's future growth.
The Best Jokes From The White House Correspondents Dinner
Time - 4 May 2014 06:36
The best jokes from Joel McHale and comedian-in-chief Barack Obama.
How Ai Weiwei, bit by bit, overcomes the Chinese surveillance state
The Verge - 4 May 2014 02:17
Ai Weiwei is one of most highly-regarded, controversial artists of his time. In the West, he is viewed as China's preeminent artist and cultural critic; his written and visual work has been viewed hundreds of thousands o...
Casino law hinges on Massachusetts high court case
Miami Herald - 4 May 2014 17:06
The fate of casino gambling in Massachusetts may hinge on a case before the state's highest court Monday.
In Iran, my counterpart faces prison
CNN - 4 May 2014 08:16
At first blush, the biography of Iranian actress Pegah Ahangarani could read very much like my own. Ahangarani is a working actress who supports social causes in her time away from set.
South Korea Ferry Was Routinely Overloaded
ABC News - 4 May 2014 07:22
South Korea ferry that sank was regularly overloaded; never caught for 13 months
Air marshal: We lack fitness, training, weapons to stop terrorists
New York Post - 4 May 2014 06:35
Retired US Air Marshal Allen Robinson spent 10 years zig-zagging across the world protecting airline passengers from terrorists. Here, the 44-year-old former Marine marksman describes to The Post's Michael Gartland...
Three dead as explosions hit Kenya
CNN - 4 May 2014 06:16
At least three people were killed and scores injured in a blast in downtown Mombasa on Saturday, the Kenyan Interior Ministry said.
U.S. Asian Allies Wonder: Is U.S. Ready To Fight China Over Islets?
Forbes - 4 May 2014 05:18
President Obama's much-hyped "pivot" to Asia is leading to misunderstandings between what America's Asian allies expect and what the U.S. is likely to do in case serious trouble blows up in the seas and small islands cla...
S. Korean ferry death toll rises
CNN - 4 May 2014 04:57
The grim reality has begun to set in for the relatives of those aboard the South Korean Sewol ferry, as officials have confirmed yet more deaths.
GM Recalls Nearly 52,000 SUVs for Inaccurate Fuel Gauge
NBC News - 4 May 2014 02:35
General Motors Co is recalling 51,640 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia SUVs of the 2014 model year because faulty software may cause the fuel gauge to read inaccurately, U.S. regulators said on Saturday.
Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks April 28th To May 2nd And Year-to-Date
Forbes - 4 May 2014 01:31
The five highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date in the Cloud Computing Index are F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), Riverbed Technologies (NASDAQ:RVBD), a...
9 Circus Performers Injured in Fall in Rhode Island
The New York Times - 4 May 2014 23:56
Eight of the performers fell during a Ringling Brothers "hair hang act" and landed on a dancer below during a show in Providence, officials said.
WEARABLE APPS: Inside The Race To Create A New App Ecosystem
Business Insider - 4 May 2014 23:06
Several prominent wearable devices have hit the market in the past year — Samsung Galaxy Gear, the Pebble Smartwatch, and the Explorer version of Google Glass. But despite the flurry of launches, there is a surprising...
This Documentary on Clark Little is Basically 3 Minutes Of Wave Porn
Cool Material - 4 May 2014 16:30
If you love to surf, or just happen to appreciate the majesticness of nature, this short documentary on Clark Little is well worth a watch. The wave photographer had no training when he first decided to start snapping th...
Gunman, 3 others killed in Ark. shootings
Fox News - 4 May 2014 09:00
A gunman shot six people at an Arkansas home Saturday, killing a man and a teenager and critically wounding two boys, before fatally shooting a worker at a nearby business, police said.
Watch Barack Obama & Joel McHale Make Jokes at the 2014 White House Correspondents' Dinner
Mother Jones - 4 May 2014 06:33
The White House Correspondents' Dinner was tonight. President Obama told some jokes. Joel McHale told some jokes. None of these jokes were terribly funny, I thought. They weren't awful, but they weren't great. McHale sor...
How To Prevent the Next Heartbleed
Slashdot - 4 May 2014 04:05
dwheeler (321049) writes "Heartbleed was bad vulnerability in OpenSSL. My article How to Prevent the next Heartbleed explains why so many tools missed it... and what could be done to prevent the next one. Are there other...