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Feds permit natural gas export
News Observer - 18 May 2013 06:01
The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that...
Leading Pakistani Politician Zahra Shahid Hussain Shot Dead Outside Her Home
Business Insider - 18 May 2013 23:46
A senior female member of Imran Khan's Pakistan's Movement for Justice party (PTI) was shot dead outside her home in Karachi on Saturday. Reports suggested that Zahra Shahid Hussain, who was senior vice-president of the ...
Energy Department approves expanded LNG exports
Washington Post - 18 May 2013 04:10
The Energy Department gave a terminal near Freeport, Tex., permission Friday to ship liquefied natural gas to Japan, providing a new outlet for rising U.S. production of shale gas despite qualms of environmentalists and ...
Ben Bernanke Gives A Shout-Out To English Majors
Business Insider - 18 May 2013 20:16
For all the talk of how it's a waste to study American Literature or other majors with limited job prospects, even the Chairman of the Federal Reserve acknowledges a value to cultural pursuits. Ben Bernanke ended his com...
Ben Bernanke To Grads: You Will Have To Reinvent Yourself
The Huffington Post - 18 May 2013 19:29TORONTO MAYOR: That Wasn't Me Smoking Crack In That Video
Business Insider - 18 May 2013 23:58
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Parents Are Bribing Kids To Go To Boring, Booze-Free, Supervised Prom Parties
Business Insider - 18 May 2013 23:44
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Schooled by Google: How Google Apps is penetrating education (infographic)
Venture Beat - 18 May 2013 23:26
Education is a notoriously slow adopter of technology, but Google Apps is growing quickly, if not virally, doubling over the last two years.
This $22K sniper rifle comes with a WiFi server, USB ports, an iPad mini ... and aims itself
Venture Beat - 18 May 2013 21:13
"Think of it like a smart rifle. You have a smart car; you got a smartphone; well, now we have a smart rifle," company President Jason Schauble says.
Tumblr: 108M blogs and 51 billion posts are worth more than $1.1B
Venture Beat - 18 May 2013 18:59
Tumblr, which famously hates advertising and only started trying to make money after five years in existence, is in a bit of a pickle, as its $125 million in funding is running out, giving the service only a few-month wi...
Mastering trade show ROI (or, How to get sent to your favorite shows every time)
Venture Beat - 18 May 2013 18:08
Attending tradeshows is more than just cruising the aisles and looking and exhibitor booths. Understanding the inherent mechanics of trade shows, executing a well-defined game plan, and measuring the results in your prof...
Creating Adaptive, Personalized, Effective and Addictive Education System for the Next Century
Forbes - 18 May 2013 15:49
I suggested in my first article that our education system is not broken but has simply become obsolete. It?s doing exactly what it was designed to do but unfortunately, our needs have changed. We can?t just make incremen...
Valet protects you from parking tickets with Google's new location API (exclusive)
Venture Beat - 18 May 2013 01:33
24 hours after Google released three location tools for its app developers, startups are already integrating the APIs into their products. The founders of Valet stayed up all night to get the brand new API into their par...
Funding Daily: Communication is key
Venture Beat - 18 May 2013 01:04
Communication is important in any business and these investors spoke loud and clear giving millions to two companies.
Apple kicks out Bang With Friends from app store with little explanation
Venture Beat - 18 May 2013 00:30
Bang With Friends, the app that connects you with Facebook friends looking to hook up, was removed from the Apple app store only a week after it made its debut.
FACEBOOK IS NOT GOING TO BID FOR TUMBLR: Tumblr Is Yahoo's For The Taking, Say Sources
Business Insider - 18 May 2013 23:27
There have been reports that Yahoo's board will meet tomorrow to decide whether or not to make a $1.1 billion cash offer to buy Tumblr. There have been other reports that Facebook may swoop in with its own offer. After h...
Slices of History: Great Moments in Pizza Innovation
Time - 18 May 2013 23:16
Pizza has reached a new pinnacle. It's available in more places, and in weirder and more wonderful varieties, than ever before. And we're scarfing it down: The research firm Technomic estimates that Americans eat 350 sli...
The Most Ridiculous Excuses For Missing Work
The Huffington Post - 18 May 2013 23:05NewsWatch: Draining IRAs too soon poses big risks
Market Watch - 18 May 2013 23:00
Americans between the ages of 61 and 70 are withdrawing money from their IRAs in amounts that are larger, both in absolute dollar amounts and as a percentage of their IRA account balance, than those taken by older househ...
Restaurants Fear Proposed Stricter Drunk Driving Laws
The Huffington Post - 18 May 2013 22:56Insects Are Tasty -- But Eating Them Is Not Going To Solve World Hunger
Business Insider - 18 May 2013 22:48
A new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said that eating insects, known as entomophagy, can reduce world hunger. Not everyone agrees: Insect eater and researcher Tom Turpin, from Purdue Uni...
At Sony, Investor's Challenge Brings Unwanted Suspense
The New York Times - 18 May 2013 22:33
Sony Pictures is under pressure this summer, and not just to produce hit movies. Daniel S. Loeb, an activist investor, wants Sony to spin off part of its entertainment unit.