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Volkswagen stops academics from revealing car hack
Boston - 30 Jul 2013 19:54
LONDON (AP) -- A British university is delaying the release of an academic paper on how the anti-theft systems of millions of Volkswagen vehicles are at risk of being hacked after the German carmaker took legal action ag...
MIT report finds university never pushed for prosecution or punishment for Aaron Swartz
Boston - 30 Jul 2013 18:05
In a long-awaited public response to the death of Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide in January after being charged with hacking into MIT computers and illegally downloading millions of academic journal articles, MIT of...
China's Tallest Building To Take The Spotlight In Shanghai This Week
Forbes - 30 Jul 2013 08:25No fatalities after blast at Florida gas plant
Fox News - 30 Jul 2013 06:03
All the night shift workers at a central Florida gas plant are safe after a series of explosions rocked the facility late Monday.
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Gets Smaller
Time - 30 Jul 2013 18:05
But any dead zone is still toxic
Serbian leader to oust finance minister in shakeup
Boston - 30 Jul 2013 18:00
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Serbia's prime minister says he is ousting the finance and economy minister as part of a government reshuffle designed to speed up the Balkan country's economic recovery.
Cuba criticizes US embargo fine for AmEx, bank
Boston - 30 Jul 2013 17:54
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba on Tuesday criticized recent U.S. government sanctions against American Express Co. and an Italian bank for apparent violations of the 51-year-old economic and financial embargo against the island.
Judge rejects 'Whitey' Bulger request to sequester jurors once deliberations begin
Boston - 30 Jul 2013 17:25
US District Court Judge Denise J. Casper today refused to sequester jurors in the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, saying from the bench that she was "not inclined to inconvenience these jurors."
Are 90% Of FDA Drugs Approved In Last 30 Years No More Effective Than Existing Drugs?
Forbes - 30 Jul 2013 16:34
In an article entitled: "Risky Drugs: Why The FDA Cannot Be Trusted", author Donald W. Light of School of Public Health, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, states the following.
Al Sharpton and the grievance industry strike back
Fox News - 30 Jul 2013 03:03Fox News interview draws ridicule
CNN - 30 Jul 2013 01:49
An interview with religious scholar Reza Aslan has Twitter in a tizzy. CNN's Leone Lakhani explains.
Companies Embrace Dogs in Workplace
ABC News - 30 Jul 2013 23:59
With all the ball-chasing, tails wagging and playful barking, a day at the office of URBN is truly for the dogs. For Emily Netter, who works in bridal attire for the company's BHLDN subsidiary, the workday includes havin...
'Private Benjamin' actress Eileen Brennan dies at 80
Fox News - 30 Jul 2013 23:58
Brennan's managers, Jessica Moresco and Al Onorato, said she died Sunday at home in Burbank after a battle with bladder cancer.
Firefighters Find Room Full of Snakes
ABC News - 30 Jul 2013 23:47
There were diamondbacks and deadly Gaboon vipers.
Courtesy, Collaboration, And Being A Gentleman
Forbes - 30 Jul 2013 23:44Sherwin-Williams Earnings Estimates Drop Amid Softening Housing Market
Forbes - 30 Jul 2013 23:42The Moral Verdict on Bradley Manning: A Conviction of Love in Action
OpEdNews - 30 Jul 2013 23:39
No verdict handed down by the military judge can change the moral verdict that has emerged from people all over the world, reciprocating what Bradley Manning expressed online a few days before his arrest: "I can't separa...
An Obamacare scorecard Part 1: What's gone, what's on hold, and what's still in place
OpEdNews - 30 Jul 2013 23:38
For all the controversy about the Affordable Care Act, confusion and lack of knowledge among the public is still widespread. Meanwhile, it keeps changing, as portions are altered, fixed, or dropped. After all those chang...
Against All Odds -- Launching A Retail Organic Foods Business
Forbes - 30 Jul 2013 23:35Why The SAC Capital And Fabulous Fab Cases Matter
Forbes - 30 Jul 2013 23:33
The Feds have opened their substantial arsenal this week to take down Steve Cohen, the Biggest Fish on Wall Street, and a minnow, Fabulous Fab, or Fabrice Tourre, the former Goldman Sachs executive who allegedly defraude...
Behar Excited for Life After 'The View'
ABC News - 30 Jul 2013 23:27
Before Joy Behar started her 16-year, daily run on "The View," the Brooklyn-born comedian said, she had a pretty creative life. "I like to do a lot of different things, I don't like to do just one thing," Behar told ABC ...