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CES - LG Booth Display "Edge of the Earth" and LG Signature OLED R
The Mac Observer - 13 Jan 2020 16:41
LAS VEGAS - In recent years, LG has owned the “booth with impressive TV screens” title at CES, and this year was no exception. From their “Edge of the Earth” show on their “New wave” display to their Signatur...
Danforth Center Announces External Advisory Board of AgTech NEXT Summit
EurekAlert! - 13 Jan 2020 07:00
(Donald Danforth Plant Science Center) The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced the External Advisory Board (EAB) of AgTech NEXTTM, a bold new food and agtech innovation summit that will be held May 4 - 6...
Report: Thinx menstrual underwear has toxic chemicals in the crotch
Fast Company - 13 Jan 2020 10:00
A University of Notre Dame scientist finds significant levels of PFAS, a group of potentially harmful chemicals, in Thinx menstrual underwear. An intrepid reporter for Sierra, the Sierra Club’s magazine, has uncovered�...
A Volcano in the Philippines Is Erupting and the Government Is Ordering 'Total Evacuation' of a Half Million People
VICE - 13 Jan 2020 15:26
The Taal volcano started spewing out red-hot lava, and shot smoke, pebbles, and ash into the air on Monday.
Bellinger on Astros, Red Sox: LA did it 'right way'
ESPN - 13 Jan 2020 06:51
The Dodgers lost to the Astros and Red Sox in back-to-back World Series, and now both those teams are under investigation for alleged sign-stealing.
Ex Pope Benedict Breaks Silence to Defend Priest Celibacy as Pope Francis Consider Relaxing Rules
Time - 13 Jan 2020 03:50
(VATICAN CITY) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to reaffirm the value of priestly celibacy, co-authoring a bombshell book at the precise moment that Pope Francis is weighing whether to allow married m...
Have We Outgrown the Need for Affirmative Action?
The New Yorker - 13 Jan 2020 13:00
Louis Menand on the past and future of a long-embattled policy.
New Algerian Refinery Would Help End Dependence On Imports
Forbes - 13 Jan 2020 10:40
Algeria pumped just over one million barrels of crude oil in December, the vast majority of it for export to other countries. And yet it is one of several major crude exporters in the awkward position of needing to spend...
Supreme Court won't hear challenge to topless bathing ban
USA Today - 13 Jan 2020 17:0311 bankers and disruptors to watch in 2020
American Banker - 13 Jan 2020 04:30
Can Charlie Scharf fix what ails Wells Fargo? How will Kelly King and Bill Rogers manage the integration of the biggest bank merger since the early 2000s? And will New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy be able to beat back opposit...
Banks try pooling resources to help defray AML costs
American Banker - 13 Jan 2020 04:00
A North Carolina group is trying to take regulators' cue to work together. A successful effort could encourage others to follow its lead.
What can an employer do about strong fragrances in the workplace?
Boston - 13 Jan 2020 18:40
Q: I was just hired by a very cool company. I am thrilled to be working here. There is one problem. The man who sits close to my cube seems to use a heavy dose of irritating cologne every morning. Unfortunately, this sce...
Latino group launches effort to defeat Donald Trump in 2020
ABC News - 13 Jan 2020 04:15
The group is led by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Niti Aayog must stop plan to privatise public health
OpEdNews - 13 Jan 2020 21:24
This article underlines why it is so critically important to strengthen public health services and systems and stop privatisation. It is co-authored by Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Dr Sandeep Pandey.
Once Asking $125 Million And Layered With Hollywood History, An 18,000 Square Foot Home Now Asks $82M
Forbes - 13 Jan 2020 17:01
Head of the Olympic Committee for LA 2028, Casey Wasserman is selling his massive house built on land owned by Frank Sinatra and his legendary Hollywood mogul grandfather
350-pound grouper caught off Florida coast believed to be 50 years old
New York Post - 13 Jan 2020 16:30
A 350-pound grouper caught off the coast of Florida is believed to be 50 years old, making it the oldest fish caught in the state’s wildlife research program, officials said. Jason Boyll reeled in the massive Warsaw gr...
Australian prime minister's approval rating singed by bushfires
Reuters - 13 Jan 2020 04:09
A political poll showed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's popularity declined sharply as his government grappled with a bushfires crisis that has killed 28 people and destroyed 2,000 homes.
What A $500,000 House Looks Like In The Nation's Top Cities
Forbes - 13 Jan 2020 22:52
Two lucky Super Bowl views could get $500,000 toward their dream home. Here's what that home might look like in the nation's biggest cities.
Israeli police raid religious cult-like group in Jerusalem
ABC News - 13 Jan 2020 17:06
Israeli police say they had raided a residential complex in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem in which dozens of women and children were being held and abused under extreme, “slavery conditions
JOKER Nabs 11 OSCAR Nominations
Newsarama - 13 Jan 2020 16:49Man rescued after surviving for weeks in freezing Alaska wilderness
New York Post - 13 Jan 2020 16:40
A man who survived more than three weeks in sub-zero Alaska temperatures was rescued when troopers spotted his "SOS" message scrawled in the snow — and found him looking like Tom Hanks in “Cast Away,” authorities s...
Puerto Rico residents wait for relief from U.S. after powerful quakes
CBSNews - 13 Jan 2020 16:38
Several aftershocks jolted Puerto Rico over the weekend as thousands of residents continue to sleep in the streets following a series of earthquakes. Governor Wanda Vázquez officially submitted a major declaration reque...