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Tattoo artist creates 3D nipples, closure for breast cancer survivors
USA Today - 20 Oct 2017 02:55
For women like Sarcich, getting a tattoo often marks the last breast cancer-related treatment.
Merck to cut 1,800 U.S. sales jobs, add 960 in chronic care
Reuters - 20 Oct 2017 18:45
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Merck & Co Inc , moving to a new sales team structure in the United States, plans to cut 1,800 sales positions, while adding 960 jobs to a new chronic care sales force, the company said on Friday.
Bitcoin spikes to a record high near $6,000
Business Insider - 20 Oct 2017 17:05
Markets Insider Bitcoin is closing in on the $6,000 mark for the first time on Friday,trading up 5.1%$5988 a coin, according to Bloomberg data. The reason for Friday's sudden spike is unclear. The cryptocurrency had been...
There's now a clear reason why September's jobs report was terrible
Business Insider - 20 Oct 2017 18:24
State-level data on employment in September shows that Florida's jobs market suffered the most from recent hurricanes. The jobs report last month showed that net nonfarm payrolls were negative for the first time in seven...
Stitch Fix files for IPO, testing investor appetite for online retailers
USA Today - 20 Oct 2017 18:03
The IPO will be the first test of investor reception to the newest breed of online shopping companies.
Donald Trump releases petition requesting support on standing during the national anthem
USA Today - 20 Oct 2017 04:10
President Donald Trump made another step to keep pressure on the NFL and its players over anthem protests.
Lupita Nyong’o says 'predator' Harvey Weinstein made unwanted advances
USA Today - 20 Oct 2017 04:11'I'll bet he's spinning in his grave': Obama jokes about distant relative Jefferson Davis
USA Today - 20 Oct 2017 03:57Substitute teacher in Texas allegedly duct-taped mouths of 10 students
ABC News - 20 Oct 2017 03:54
Child protective services were notified, and the teacher was barred from campus.
Pastor jailed for helping minister perform sick 'sex exorcisms'
New York Post - 20 Oct 2017 03:47
A pastor who helped a minister sexually assault female parishioners has been jailed for more than eight years. Laurence Peterson, 59, blocked doors and held victims down as Rev. John Wilson, 70, performed “grotesque”...
Microinvestor steps into neobanking clique
American Banker - 20 Oct 2017 19:04
Stash is the latest young fintech to pair debit and savings products with financial advice as it competes for millennial clients.
A $6 trillion investment chief says don't worry about stock valuations
Business Insider - 20 Oct 2017 16:43
Business Insider Business Insider executive editor Sara Silverstein speaks withRichard Turnill, global chief investment strategist at BlackRock, which oversees $6 trillion. She asks him about valuations, which many peopl...
Border Wall Prototypes Are Being Erected Outside San Diego
Time - 20 Oct 2017 04:44
Four of the wall models are made of concrete, four of concrete with steel reinforcements, and one is topped with spikes
The Senate passes its budget, clearing a huge hurdle for Trump's tax plan
Business Insider - 20 Oct 2017 03:34
The Senate passed a 2018 budget resolution 51-49. The resolution includes instructions for reconciliation, whichwould allow Republicans to pass tax reform without supportfrom Democrats. The Senate passedits fiscal year 2...
Unmarked school bus trying to pick up kids in Michigan
New York Post - 20 Oct 2017 03:01
A Michigan school district put students and parents on alert Thursday after police received multiple reports of an unmarked school bus trying to pick up students. The superintendent of the Van Buren Public Schools distri...
Puerto Rico's death toll is probably 10 times the 'official' number
Death and Taxes - 20 Oct 2017 18:47
49 bodies... 450 bodies — same thing, right?
AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrongly blames terror for UK crime jump
Fox News - 20 Oct 2017 18:45
An AP Fact Check finds that U.S. President Donald Trump erred by suggesting in an early morning tweet that a 13 percent increase in crime in the United Kingdom is linked to terrorism.
Widow of fallen soldier releases phone call with Trump
New York Post - 20 Oct 2017 18:42
The widow of a fallen soldier has released a recording of her call with President Trump — and she says he did a great job as consoler-in-chief. "At that moment when my world was upside down and me and my kids didn't kn...
Ryan says tax overhaul will include a bracket aimed at the wealthy
L.A. Times - 20 Oct 2017 18:20Here's the meaning behind all of those obscure IKEA product names
Business Insider - 20 Oct 2017 17:48
IKEAhas a very specific system in place for naming its products. For example, rugs are named after towns in Denmark or Sweden, while bed and bath accessories are named after flowers and plants. Following is a transcript ...
140 arrested in Malawi after mob attacks on 'vampires'
Miami Herald - 20 Oct 2017 16:56
Deadly mob attacks on people suspected to be "vampires" have led to 140 arrests in Malawi, police said Friday. The situation had spun out of control, the inspector general of …
Lebanon issues death sentences in 1982 killing of president
Miami Herald - 20 Oct 2017 16:56
Lebanese judicial officials say a court has sentenced in absentia two Lebanese citizens in to death over the 1982 assassination of President-elect Bashir Gemayel. More than three decades after Gemayel …