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MTV News - 17 Jan 2015 02:12Holder Announces Changes to Asset Forfeiture Program
The New York Times - 17 Jan 2015 01:35
Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday announced sweeping changes to a federal civil asset forfeiture program that local law enforcement agencies have been able to use to seize property.
EPA faces internal review over scrubbed text messages
Fox News - 17 Jan 2015 07:00
The Environmental Protection Agency, on the heels of the controversy at the IRS over missing emails, is facing a probe of its own over whether it improperly scrubbed text messages.
2 GOP lawmakers unveil net neutrality bill
L.A. Times - 17 Jan 2015 04:13A New Generation of CT Scanners Turn Your Insides into Anatomical Art
Nerdist - 17 Jan 2015 21:00
“CT scan” is much easier to say than “translating the differential absorption of x-rays in your body’s tissues into 2D images that can be stacked into 3D images,” but it doesn’t sound nearly as cool. At least...
Scented Snippets: End of Year Delights/Peace Love and Perfume Project
Fragrantica Perfumes - 17 Jan 2015 18:41
There exist SO many perfume boards these days: forums, blogs, you name it--when once there were but a few. Each seeks to distinguish itself from the others. Goodsmella Carlos J. Powell began his own forum in August, thre...
Wet Seal the latest teen clothing chain to file for bankruptcy
New York Post - 17 Jan 2015 04:49
The bankruptcy courts have claimed yet another fashion victim. Wet Seal filed a Chapter 11 reorganization plan on Friday, the latest mall-based teen-clothing retailer to succumb to brutal competition in...
GoPro falls into the ocean, captures incredible footage of marine life
BGR - 17 Jan 2015 04:45
GoPro videos never cease to amaze us and this latest one looks like it could have come straight from National Geographic. In reality, though, this video was created when a GoPro 3+ Black Edition owner strapped the camera...
Suspect in Disappearance of 43 Mexican Students Is Held
The New York Times - 17 Jan 2015 04:28
Families of the missing young men have questioned the assumption that they were killed.
Energy Is Becoming Cleaner And More Plentiful -- Whatever The Price Of Oil
Business Insider - 17 Jan 2015 03:40
A careful observer might note the chunky double glazing on the elegant windows and the heat pump whirring outside the basement entrance. From the outside the five-storey house in London's posh Notting Hill district looks...
DeGeneres lauds court for taking on gay marriage
USA Today - 17 Jan 2015 01:03
The comedian, married to Portia de Rossi, wants court to approve gay marriage nationally.
Oil May Explain Why China Is Sending Its Infantry To A UN Peacekeeping Mission For The First Time
Business Insider - 17 Jan 2015 01:01
An advanced party of Chinese peacekeepers is in South Sudan and the rest of the 700-strong contingent is due to arrive by early April, a UN official told Reuters on Friday, part of a surge in a UN mission to protect civi...
The Wall Street Journal: Belgium deploys soldiers in cities after terror raids
Market Watch - 17 Jan 2015 21:02
Belgium started deploying soldiers to guard Jewish community institutions, foreign embassies and buildings belonging to the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Saturday, as governments across Eur...
U.S. companies attracted most venture capital money since 2000 last year
Washington Post - 17 Jan 2015 07:01
Investors poured more venture capital money into companies during 2014 than any year since the turn of the century, according to a report released Friday.Companies collected a staggering $48.3 billion in 4,356 separate i...
Caesars bankruptcy ratchets up pressure on other AC casinos
New York Post - 17 Jan 2015 05:24
It will get worse before it gets better for Atlantic City's beleaguered casinos. Gaming giant Caesars put its biggest unit into bankruptcy this week -- a move that will add...
Police: Teenage sweethearts disappear from Kentucky hometown, go on crime spree
Chicago Tribune - 17 Jan 2015 05:08Samsung Galaxy S6 May Feature Fingerprint Sensor More Like An iPhone's
IBTimes - 17 Jan 2015 03:34
In the race to make smartphones more secure, many manufacturers have implemented fingerprint sensors on them. We've seen such technology on the iPhone 5, 6 and 6 Plus by Apple Inc., the Ascend Mate 7 by Huawei and the se...
Sold For $23.5 Million: Ranch Where Bush And Thatcher Met As Iraq Invaded Kuwait
Forbes - 17 Jan 2015 03:19
The Woody Creek, Colo., ranch where George H. W. Bush and Margaret Thatcher gathered on the day that Iraq invaded Kuwait, sold this week for $23.5 million.
Caning of Saudi Blogger Is Delayed Amid Protests
The New York Times - 17 Jan 2015 02:40
Saudi Arabia delayed a second round of caning against a writer jailed for criticizing the religious establishment after a video of the first round appeared online and drew international condemnation.
DealBook: PepsiCo Reaches Truce With Nelson Peltz After 2 Years of Locking Horns
The New York Times - 17 Jan 2015 00:45
The settlement will most likely end a long-running campaign by Mr. Peltz and his team to break up PepsiCo, who have asserted that investors would benefit by spinning off the company's beverages business.
Check out this Vine of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket exploding on an ocean landing pad
Digital Trends - 17 Jan 2015 00:21
SpaceX's much-anticipated first attempt at landing a rocket on a floating drone barge didn't exactly go as planned -- and now the company has posted a short video of the explosion for you to enjoy The post Check out this...