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How Serial Entrepreneur Kim Loan Duong Launched Three Businesses By Age 32
Forbes - 15 May 2013 15:56
Kim Loan Duong is 32, and onto her third business. She is co-owner of Empire Society, which she co-founded in 1999 and organizes events worldwide. She then branched out into Prestigious Models in 2002, an Asian and Pan-A...
Photos: Diamond Sells for $27M
ABC News - 15 May 2013 23:53
A Christie's employee displays the largest color "flawless" diamond ever to be offered for sale, weighing 101.73 carats, which sold for $27 million at Christie's auction house in Geneva, Switzerland. The largest pear-sha...
The Amateur's Guide to Dabs
The Atlantic Wire - 15 May 2013 23:39
Dabs, wax, earwax, honey, honey oil, shatter--whatever you want to call Butane Hash Oil, it's how people are getting stronger, faster, more expensive, and arguably more dangerous THC highs. All the talk also reminds us h...
O.J. Simpson takes stand for request for new trial
Chicago Tribune - 15 May 2013 19:04American Retirees Find Paradise in Ecuador
ABC News - 15 May 2013 23:41
Ecuador, nestled in the Andes Mountains, seems to be a kind of paradise that has lured thousands of Americans away from home.
Mexico fires official in flap over influence abuse
Boston - 15 May 2013 23:38
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The Mexican government has fired an official whose daughter sent inspectors to shut down a restaurant that didn't give her the table she wanted.
Benghazi emails show State Department had heavy hand in watering down account of attack
Fox News - 15 May 2013 23:18
State Department officials repeatedly objected to -- and tried to water down -- references to Al Qaeda and prior security warnings in the administration's initial internal story-line on the Benghazi attack, according to ...
White House releases 100 pages of e-mails, notes on Benghazi
USA Today - 15 May 2013 23:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House releases 100 pages of emails and notes on Benghazi attacks.
Everhart Tweets 'Thanks' From Hospital
ABC News - 15 May 2013 22:46
Angie Everhart is thanking fans from her hospital bed after receiving a flurry of well wishes following her revelation that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. "I'm in the hospital with my gown and my phone readi...
How to turn your bike into a 'Tron Cycle'
CNN - 15 May 2013 12:21
Anyone that bikes dreams of riding a Tron Light Cycle. Revolights, a set of wheel-mounted LEDs, now makes that dream a little closer to reality, and a new built-in version is helping that system become even more lightwei...
Legal challenges begin against ND abortion laws
Boston - 15 May 2013 23:57
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Abortion rights activists on Wednesday filed the first of what they expect will be several legal challenges to laws recently approved in North Dakota that would make that state the most restrictive in...
Raimondo: cap payday loan rates
Boston - 15 May 2013 23:56
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo is urging lawmakers to limit the interest rates charged on payday loans -- a proposal that has failed repeatedly in recent years in the face of strong opposit...
Lawyer: Is boy mature enough to aid murder defense
Boston - 15 May 2013 23:56
VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) -- Attorneys for a 12-year-old California boy charged with killing his sister said Wednesday they wonder if he is mature enough to aid his defense.
North Miami mayoral candidate says voters chose Lucifer 'over Jesus'
Miami Herald - 15 May 2013 23:52
A North Miami mayoral candidate who received the fewest votes on Tuesday is questioning the accuracy of the numbers.
Zach Braff Didn't Really Need Your Money
The Atlantic Wire - 15 May 2013 23:51
Today in show business: Zach Braff's Kickstarter movie just got some real funding, two non-singers are joining the Into the Woods cast, and Bradley Cooper is headed to the kitchen.
Kepler's Planet-Hunting Mission May Be Over
Discovery News - 15 May 2013 23:51
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has shut down due to an apparent problem with its positioning system, suspending indefinitely its science mission.
Los Angeles apartment evacuated after devices found
Fox News - 15 May 2013 20:26
A police bomb squad was detonating homemade explosive devices found in an apartment on Wednesday after a traffic stop revealed a potentially dangerous liquid in a man's car, authorities said.
DealBook: Banks' Lobbyists Win Softer Rule on Derivatives Trades
The New York Times - 15 May 2013 23:53
A rule set for regulators' approval could protect Wall Street's control over the $700 trillion derivatives market, a lucrative business that helped cause the financial crisis.
NW Wisconsin wildfire consumes 8,700 acres
Boston - 15 May 2013 23:52
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Authorities are investigating whether logging operations may have sparked a massive wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that destroyed dozens of buildings and forced at least 60 people from their homes, ...
Scottish cardinal to atone for sex misconduct
Boston - 15 May 2013 14:32
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican says the Scottish cardinal who resigned as archbishop after admitting to sexual misconduct will leave Scotland for several months of prayer and atonement.
Obama's assets worth between $1.8M and $6.8M
Boston - 15 May 2013 23:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama held assets last year that were worth between $1.8 million and nearly $7 million, according to federal financial disclosure forms the White House re...
GPS satellite launched into space from Florida
Boston - 15 May 2013 23:50
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A new GPS satellite has been launched into space.