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The 6 best washer and dryers that will never ruin your clothes
USA Today - 20 Nov 2016 19:04
From basic top-loaders to the latest tech, these are the best washers and dryers.
8,800 geese to be culled amid new bird flu cases in Germany
Miami Herald - 20 Nov 2016 16:56
The news agency dpa reports that some 8,800 geese on two poultry farms will be culled in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein because some of the animals are infected …
Snapchat Spectacle vending bot lands at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena
TechCrunch - 20 Nov 2016 00:07
Another day, another Spectacles vending machine location. This is the fifth place the Snapbot has appeared, to sell its first-person video capturing sunglasses to droves of willing Snapchat fans (or at least people hopin...
How to choose the right amount for your FSA in 2017
USA Today - 20 Nov 2016 23:02
The money in an FSA is "use or lose" proposition, so choose wisely.
Giant hedge fund Elliott Associates has some ideas on how to answer one of the questions of our time
Business Insider - 20 Nov 2016 18:01
Reuters/ Steve Marcus What should be done to help those whose jobs are made redundant by technology? We just got our hands on a letter to investors from Elliott Associates, the nearly $30 billion hedge fund founded by Pa...
Shopkeeper's monkey pulls off girl's headscarf, sparked violence between rival groups in Libya that left 16 dead
Business Insider - 20 Nov 2016 16:38
Google At least 16 people died and 50 were wounded in Libya in four days of clashes between rival factions in the southern city of Sabha, a health official said on Sunday. According to residents and local reports, the la...
AMAs Red Carpet Live Stream 2016: When And Where To Watch Celebrities Arrive At The American Music Awards
IBTimes - 20 Nov 2016 16:24
Music stars love to make a fashion statement, so the red carpet at the 44th annual American Music Awards should be filled with daring outfits. The pre-show won't be on TV, though. The official "Coca-Cola Red Carpet LIVE!...
How the offshoot of an ancient Hindu practice popularized by the Beatles made its way to Wall Street
Business Insider - 20 Nov 2016 17:20
AP There was an utter media frenzy over The Beatles' journey to the Indian Himalayas in February 1968 to meet with their guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Several months prior, he had given each of them a mantra and taught th...
STAR WARS REBELS Recap: The Kids of "Iron Squadron" Fight the Empire
Nerdist - 20 Nov 2016 04:15
Warning: This recap contains spoilers for the Star Wars Rebels episode “Iron Squadron.” Jump into hyperspace and away from this page if you haven’t watched the episode yet. If you saw any previews for Star Wars Reb...
Programmers are having a huge discussion about the unethical and illegal things they've been asked to do
Business Insider - 20 Nov 2016 16:00
Flickr/Tim Regan Earlier this week, a post written by programmer and teacherBill Sourour went viral. It's called "Code I’m Still Ashamed Of." In it he recounts a horrible story of being a young programmer who landed a ...
Train in northern India derails, killing at least 45 people
Miami Herald - 20 Nov 2016 05:07
Fourteen coaches of a passenger train rolled off the track early Sunday, killing at least 45 people and injuring more than 120 in northern India, officials said. Volunteers and railway …
Obama's top counterterrorism adviser talks Trump, ISIS
CNN - 20 Nov 2016 03:43
President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said that she believes the United States and its allies are winning the war against ISIS and that the incoming Trump team needs to guard against the possibility of terrorism...
The best dishwashers of 2016
USA Today - 20 Nov 2016 16:03
For quick and easy kitchen cleanup, these are the best dishwashers you can buy.
Will this man be Trump's defense secretary?
CNN - 20 Nov 2016 03:37
President-elect Donald Trump is very interested in the idea of having retired Marine Gen. James Mattis serve in his administration and he can be considered a leading candidate for secretary of defense, an official famili...
Obama Tries to Reassure Latin America About a Future With Donald Trump
The New York Times - 20 Nov 2016 03:00
President Obama, speaking in Peru to students and young leaders, said it was "important for people around the world to not make immediate judgments."
Here's what hyper-advanced aliens might look like
Business Insider - 20 Nov 2016 14:00
RAW Embed What would hyper-advanced aliens even look like if we could find them.Director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University, New York,and author of "The Copernicus Complex," Caleb Scharf explains ...
Train Derailment in India Kills More Than 100
The New York Times - 20 Nov 2016 13:44
The death toll was likely to rise after one of the country's worst rail accidents in recent years.
David Heyman Signs On To Produce 'Warriors' For Alibaba
Deadline - 20 Nov 2016 06:06
China’s Alibaba Pictures Group has signed Harry Potter producer David Heyman to produce Warriors, a live-action film based on the hit series of children and young adult novels following four clans of warring feral cats...
Donald Trump Pauses Transition Work to Meet with Indian Business Partners
The New York Times - 20 Nov 2016 03:37
The meeting, with executives linked to an apartment tower bearing Mr. Trump's name, raises questions about how he will separate his business dealings from his politics.
Venezuelan first lady's nephews in US court
CNN - 20 Nov 2016 03:27
Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady, Cilia Flores, have been convicted in US federal court for conspiring to smuggle more than 800 kilograms (1,763 pounds) of cocaine into the United States.
Funeral for Gwen Ifill Draws Thousands of Mourners in Washington
The New York Times - 20 Nov 2016 03:12
First lady Michelle Obama and noted journalists attended a memorial service at Metropolitan A.M.E. Church for Ms. Ifill, the PBS anchor who died of cancer on Monday.
Increasingly paranoid ISIS leader reportedly refuses to sleep without suicide vest
Fox News - 20 Nov 2016 03:06
As US-backed Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State's hub of Mosul, the leader of the terror network has become so insecure about his own safety that he refuses to emerge from his underground hideouts and never sleep...