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How To Buy A Lot Of Video Games With Very Little Money
Life Hacker - 23 Jun 2014 23:00
Any good hobby requires investment, through time or money. Gaming requires both.
[HomeTechTell] Onkyo debuts Dolby Atmos support on its new home theater components
Technology Tell - 23 Jun 2014 20:28
[From HomeTechTell] Onkyo today unveiled three new AV components that feature Dolby Atmos "multidimensional sound": the THX Select2 Plus-certified 9.2-channel TX-NR1030 Network A/V Receiver, the 11.2-channel TX-NR3030 Ne...
African entrepreneurs share advice
CNN - 23 Jun 2014 03:18
CNN's African Start-Up hosted a Tweet chat on entrepreneurship on June 19. If you were unable to join us, here's what you missed.
Woman Says She Began Affair With Frankie Valli At 16
Inside Edition - 23 Jun 2014 17:34
April Kirkwood has written a new book about her days with Frankie Valli that started when she was just 16 years old. INSIDE EDITION has her story.
Argentina Put A Scathing Full-Page Ad In Three Major Newspapers This Weekend
Business Insider - 23 Jun 2014 16:01
This weekend a full page ad decrying the hedge funds that sued Argentina for over $1.3 billion in sovereign debt appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. “Paying the vulture fun...
Shark Week Takes a Larger Bite This Year With More Episodes
Variety - 23 Jun 2014 21:33
The Discovery Channel is feeding viewers' voracious appetite for sharks by adding two more episodes to its annual Shark Week lineup. This year's Shark Week, which will begin on August 10, marks the 27th anniversary of th...
China June HSBC Flash PMI Shows First Expansion In 6 Months
IBTimes - 23 Jun 2014 08:31
(Reuters) - Activity in China's factory sector expanded in June for the first time in six months as new orders surged, a preliminary HSBC survey showed on Monday, offering new signs the economy is stabilizing thanks to B...
Argentine fight has just begun
New York Post - 23 Jun 2014 06:47
Argentina's crying all right -- in a full-page newspaper ad. The ad Sunday in the New York Times charged the US Supreme Court and Manhattan federal judge Thomas Griesa threaten...
Ex-American Apparel CEO to sue in ouster over 'sex slave' case
New York Post - 23 Jun 2014 04:15
Call it "The Case of the Smutty Blog: Part 2." A short-lived blog from spring 2011 that showed naked pictures of an ex-American Apparel employee is at the center of...
The Next Medal Of Honor Recipient Crawled Through Rocket Fire During One Of Afghanistan's Deadliest Battles
Business Insider - 23 Jun 2014 22:53
A former Army staff sergeant will receive the Medal of Honor on July 21 for his heroics during one of the deadliest battles of the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. Staff Sergeant Ryan Pitts spent an agonizing 90 minutes f...
Comite River dispute over ATVs at standoff
Miami Herald - 23 Jun 2014 07:01
Locked metal gates were no match for dogged ATV riders prepared to scale any obstacle to gain access to the bed of the Comite River. At one point, the frustrated private property owner installed surveillance cameras to c...
Mormon church excommunicates founder of women's group
Fox News - 23 Jun 2014 22:30
The Mormon church excommunicated the founder of a prominent women's group, a rare move that brings down the harshest punishment available on an adherent who created an organization and staged demonstrations in a push for...
Mexican Billionaire Slim Backs Biotech Firm Focused On Cancer and Kidney Disease Treatments
Forbes - 23 Jun 2014 19:47
Atara Biotherapeutics Inc., a company in which Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim owns shares, filed for an initial public offering to expand kidney disease research - an illness that runs in the Slim family.
ISIS Takes Control Of Rutba On Iraq's Western Border With Jordan
IBTimes - 23 Jun 2014 08:30
Sunni Iraqi militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, on Sunday took control of the western Iraqi city of Rutba, which lies 90 miles east of the Jordan border.
Hundreds of toddlers are sneaking into the US without their parents
New York Post - 23 Jun 2014 08:15
The Border Patrol has picked up hundreds of tots, including 95 under age 1, who crossed from Mexico with people other than their parents over the past year, according to...
Iraq's army probably isn't strong enough to defeat ISIS
The Week - 23 Jun 2014 07:57
Given the speed and apparent ease with which the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces have captured territory and military and financial assets in Iraq, it will come as no surprise that U.S. military officials a...
Parents of South Korean Soldier Who Allegedly Killed 5 Plead With Him to Surrender
Time - 23 Jun 2014 07:09
Troops on Monday surrounded Yim so closely in the forest about 7 kilometers (4 miles) from the border outpost that they could toss him a mobile phone to talk to his father. Yim, who still refused to surrender, had ammuni...
South Korean troops corner fugitive soldier wanted over shooting spree
The Guardian - 23 Jun 2014 06:37
Parents plead with sergeant who killed five comrades to surrender after manhunt tracks him down to forest hideout South Korean troops have surrounded a fugitive soldier who killed fivecolleagues in a gun and grenade atta...
Tempers flare at dog meat festival
CNN - 23 Jun 2014 05:56
Tensions run high at an annual festival in China that has become a flashpoint between animal rights activists and those who defend eating dog meat as a tradition.
Rio Slashing Hotel Prices, But FIFA Fans Still Won't Find A Room
Forbes - 23 Jun 2014 05:19
Brazil's hotel industry brags about price declines, but rooms are non-existent during FIFA World Cup.
'Spread Of Terror' Fears As ISIS Tightens Grip
Sky News - 23 Jun 2014 05:01
Barack Obama and John Kerry give their warnings as militants capture four more towns in western Iraq with little resistance.
Ukraine ceasefire under pressure as fighting flares again
The Guardian - 23 Jun 2014 04:25
Ukraine presses Putin for unqualified support for peace plan as both sides report violence despite Friday's truce Fighting has flared between Ukrainian and pro-Moscow separatist forces, both sides reported, further strai...