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Young Teens Ask YouTube Commenters If They're Pretty, And The Results Are Often Damaging
Business Insider - 4 Aug 2014 13:02
Young teenagers want to know if they're pretty, so they upload videos to YouTube posing the question to hundreds of thousands of strangers. "People at school will tell me I'm ugly, but then my friends will say I'm pretty...
The Rise Of The Roomba Vacuum Shows There Is Huge Business Potential In The Home Robot Industry
Business Insider - 4 Aug 2014 20:00
iRobot, a Massachusetts company, has shipped more than 10 million Roomba robotic vacuums since the device launched in 2002, and it's shipping over 1 million Roomba units annually. In a new report from BI Intelligence�...
First of 3 people go to trial Monday in 2 Joliet men's deaths
Chicago Tribune - 4 Aug 2014 02:24Five of the best coffee machines
Pocket-lint - 4 Aug 2014 10:00
Coffee is a tricky thing to get right. There are so many different preferences, thinking about them makes the "this little piggy went to market" nursery rhyme pop into our heads. This little piggy went for milky, this li...
Google sees alleged child porn in man's email, alerts police
CNET - 4 Aug 2014 00:17This Has Been The Most Violent Week Of The Entire Syria War
Business Insider - 4 Aug 2014 19:39
When ISIS ransacked Iraqi army bases during its June blitz through the country's north and west, the radical jihadist group emerged with a number of possible next targets. With its new armor and materiel in tow, it coul...
'No Chance' of Finding 159 Nepal Landslide Victims
Time - 4 Aug 2014 06:54
After finding two more bodies on Monday, the death toll has now reached 10
How to Choose Work that Works for You - Infographic
The Huffington Post - 4 Aug 2014 06:00Tiny force measurement could have big implications
Gizmag - 4 Aug 2014 05:25
Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California Berkeley have measured what is believed to be the smallest force yet recorded - 42 yoctonewtons, or a septillionth of a newton.....
Thousands Stranded After California Storms; 1 Dead
ABC News - 4 Aug 2014 12:25
Thousands stranded after Southern California storms; 1 dead
Police arrest mother suspected of killing toddler at Oregon hotel
Fox News - 4 Aug 2014 07:41
Police in Oregon have arrested the mother of a toddler who was found dead Friday morning at a coastal resort.
Several Texas players dismissed, suspended
News Observer - 4 Aug 2014 06:44
Texas head coach Charlie Strong announced Sunday that three potential starters will miss at least one game for team rules violations and several other players had been dismissed.
Bits Blog: Cloud Revenue Jumps, Led by Microsoft and IBM
The New York Times - 4 Aug 2014 04:05
Titans from earlier heydays of computing have both seen recent increases that outstripped the cloud-computing industry generally, according to industry reports.
Elon Musk (and the Gigafactory) Ruled Social Media Last Week
inc - 4 Aug 2014 23:11
Social media went crazy after Musk made news for two very different reasons.
Vanguard To Acquire Hunt Oil's Assets In North Louisiana, East Texas
Bidness etc. - 4 Aug 2014 22:50
Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (VNR) announced the signing of an agreement with Hunt Oil Company to acquire 23,000 acres of land which currently produces 17.5 MMcfe per day, which consist of 67% natural gas and 33% oil ...
Marijuana Should Be Legal, But...
Time - 4 Aug 2014 20:41
We must treat drug use for what it is: a health, not a criminal, issue.
Why open access advocates aren't thrilled with the DOE's plan to expand public access to its research
Washington Post - 4 Aug 2014 20:29
On Monday, the Department of Energy released its plan to implement a White House directive aimed at opening up more federally funded research to the public. "Increasing access to the results of research funded by the Dep...
Gun Control Advocate James Brady Has Died
Business Insider - 4 Aug 2014 20:14
James Brady, a former White House press secretary, who became a leading advocate for gun control after he was shot in an assasination attempt against President Ronald Reagan in 1981 died Monday at the age of 73-years-old...
Surf's up in the Arctic: Record-high waves seen in 2012
Fox News - 4 Aug 2014 14:25
Record-high waves hit Alaska's Beaufort Sea in September 2012, when Arctic sea ice shrank to an extreme summer low, a new study reports.
Asylum-seekers 'given lifeboats by Australia'
Al Jazeera English - 4 Aug 2014 08:03
Lawyer says group of 157 Christian Tamils held on customs vessel for weeks told to make their own way back to India.
Airlines Have Been Issued With Guidelines on Handling Ebola
Time - 4 Aug 2014 07:43
The CDC says anyone who may have been exposed to the virus should not board a commercial flight until they have undergone 21 days of monitoring
S Korea invitations withdrawn on Ebola fears
Al Jazeera English - 4 Aug 2014 07:18
University rescinds conference invitation for Nigerians amid concerns about spread of deadly virus from West Africa.