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NBA players want NYPD officer records in 'highly unusual case'
New York Post - 16 Jun 2015 19:55
They want to check for flagrant fouls. Lawyers for two Atlanta Hawks basketball players busted for allegedly interfering with an investigation into the stabbing of ex-Knicks forward Chris Copeland outside...
Watch a giant robotic hand turn a car into mangled steel
Digital Trends - 16 Jun 2015 02:10
At the 2015 Geek Picnic in Moscow, Russia, artist Christian Ristow presented a giant robotic hand called 'The Hand of Man.' Controlled by a special glove, the machine is 30 times larger than a human hand and crushes cars...
The US has the most millionaires, but China is making millionaires faster
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 16:10
If you judge a nation by its millionaires, the you're going to hold the US in high regard. But China is actually creating millionaires at a faster clip than US. The data come via CNBC's Robert Frank, who handles the we...
Here's the first trailer for the next 'Hitman' game
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 04:04
Sony is showing off its wave of next-gen games at E3 Monday evening. Among the titles is the highly-anticipated next "Hitman" title, which will be called just that. It will be the sixth console game in the series. PlaySt...
5 Amazing Facts About Kirk Kerkorian
Time - 16 Jun 2015 23:41
98-year-old billionaire might have truly been "world's most interesting man"
Deon Cole Takes On Rachel Dolezal
Team Coco - 16 Jun 2015 11:00
When Spokane's NAACP President was revealed as white, Deon got to thinking about other celebs who might be hiding their true race.
Angry bird is no game for some Canadians
CNN - 16 Jun 2015 06:06
An angry bird is attacking pedestrians near the parliament building in Ottawa. CNN affiliate CBC News reports.
Goldman Sachs turns focus toward 'Main Street' customers
New York Post - 16 Jun 2015 06:01
Having long ago become a key source of financing on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs is now turning its attention to Main Street. The banking behemoth is about to launch its...
Star Wars v. Star Trek in a battle over nerd supremacy
Cult of Mac - 16 Jun 2015 00:40
If the fight card featured the urbane intellect of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard against Darth Vader and his command of the Force’s Dark Side, who would win? We won’t spoil it for you. One fired the fatal shots, but the othe...
Adobe Stock opens photo sales channel straight into Photoshop
CNET - 16 Jun 2015 06:00Bing To Start Encrypting Search Traffic By Default
Ubergizmo - 16 Jun 2015 04:02
While most of the time our searches tend to be rather innocuous in nature, sometimes you just don't want people to know what you're searching for, and if features like incognito mode weren't enough, Microsoft might have ...
The Pizza Cutter and Server gives a clear path to pizza eating
CNET - 16 Jun 2015 23:40Sony Reveals New PS4 Games, Firms Up Morpheus VR and Vue TV Plans
Wall Street Journal - 16 Jun 2015 07:40
Sony Corp. showed off a slew of exclusive new PlayStation 4 games and virtual-reality titles, plus new details on its streaming TV service, at Monday's Electronic Entertainment Expo event.
Iconic photos of the Vietnam War
CNN - 16 Jun 2015 06:23HSBC, JPMorgan may move parts of businesses to Luxembourg: The Times
Reuters - 16 Jun 2015 06:20
(Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc and JPMorgan Chase & Co are in talks to relocate parts of their businesses to Luxembourg from the UK as they weigh the possibility of a British exit from the European Union, the Times report...
US Drone Strikes Reportedly Kill Senior Al Qaeda Leaders In Libya and Yemen
IBTimes - 16 Jun 2015 06:07
United States drone strikes in Yemen and Libya reportedly killed two major al Qaeda leaders in the past two days. Among the militants was the second-in-command of al Qaeda's global terrorist franchise. He was killed on M...
Kurdish Fighters Seize Large Parts of ISIS Border Stronghold
Time - 16 Jun 2015 06:05
The seizure of Tal Abyad threatened to flare tensions between Kurds and ethnic Arabs
The timing is right for a merger, two Southland home builders say
L.A. Times - 16 Jun 2015 06:05Graphene used to create world's thinnest light bulb
Gizmag - 16 Jun 2015 04:46
Over 130 years ago, Thomas Edison used carbon as the conducting filament in the very first commercial light-bulb. Now a team of scientists and engineers have used that very same element, in its perfectly crystalline form...
'Silicon Valley,' Season 2 Finale: 'Two Days of the Condor'
Re/code - 16 Jun 2015 23:42'Wayward Pines' producer M. Night Shyamalan hopes show lures in fellow 'lazy viewers'
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 23:20
It's always risky to take a show off-air in the middle of the season -- even if it is just for one week. Fox is taking that chance with its event series "Wayward Pines," which just gave viewers tons of answers to the sho...
Marvel sent an awesome congratulations to 'Jurassic World' for breaking the Avengers' box-office record
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 23:09
"Jurassic World" had a record-breaking opening weekend. It became the first film to ever cross $500 million worldwide in its first weekend. The Universal Pictures' film also holds the title for top opening weekend in Nor...