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If Gas Prices Go Any Higher, They're Going To Start Eating Away At Growth
US fuel prices continue to rise. August NYMEX gasoline futures price cleared $3 a couple of days ago and is now at the highest level for 2013.This introduces two new challenges for the US economy:1....
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Texas Passes One Of America's Strictest Abortion Laws
The Texas senate late on Friday approved a bill setting some of the strictest limits on abortion in the United States, just weeks after a filibuster by opposition Democrats dramatically thwarted the...
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A Connecticut Town Is Trying To Ban The Sale Of Puppies
BRANFORD >> In what observers said was a largely partisan vote, Democrats at Wednesday night's Representative Town Meeting put an end to further discussions about a proposal that would have...
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12 Unexpected Things That Exist Because Of Linux
It feels like Linux doesn't get enough love.Apple's OS X and Microsoft's Windows operating systems are always in the spotlight, but the free and open-source Linux quietly churns away to power a...
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The 15 Most Iconic Items Of Clothing In Film
A great film can change national sentiment and give a human face to an intangible problem. Or, in one take, a well-crafted scene can make watchers rethink their entire closet. Sometimes, a piece of...
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There's A Guy Suing Apple Just Because Its Devices Can Display Porn (AAPL)
Tennessee lawyer Chris Sevier is taking legal action against Apple because (in the words of CNET's Chris Matyszczyk) "its products are exposing him to rottenness at his core."Put it another way: Sevier...
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Why It's Insane That No One Cares About Apple's Price-Fixing Conspiracy (AAPL)
Imagine that Apple CEO Tim Cook secretly called the heads of the Big Four record labels, which control most of the music on the planet, and said, "Hey, next month let's all agree to raise the price of...
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The Truth About Taking Vacation On Wall Street
“Vacation time? People come and work at this firm for one reason: to become filthy rich. That’s it. We’re not here to make friends. We’re not savin’ the bleepin’ manatees here, guys. You want vacation...
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After Being Rejected By Y Combinator, This 26-Year-Old Landed Twitter's Biz...
Being turned down for the Y Combinator accelerator program was the best thing that ever happened to 26-year-old Cemre Gungor, cofounder and lead designer at New York startup Branch, he told Business...
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Russia Says It Has Not Yet Received An Asylum Request From Snowden
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia kept former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden at arm's length on Saturday, saying it had not been in touch with the fugitive American and had not yet received a formal...
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Bentley's Brand New Race Car Is Finally Here
Bentley’s new Continental GT-based race car made its official world debut today at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where the big bruiser also made a dramatic run up the event’s famous hill...
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10 Things 'Back To The Future 2' Got Right About Today's Tech
While "Back to the Future: Part 2" slightly overestimated where we'd be in 2015 — flying cars and hoverboards aren't readily available, after all — there's a surprising number of things that the film...
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Military Special Ops: We First-Aid Train On Live Animals For Good Reason
The public has always been fascinated by the training that US Special Operations Forces receive. What goes in to making an elite warrior? What skill sets are cultivated and polished in these young...
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Man Swims 5 Hours To Shore While His Family Clings To A Capsized Boat
DEAL ISLAND, Md. (AP) — John Franklin Riggs swam for hours to reach help for his family, including two children, after their boat capsized in a storm.Riggs climbed rocks along the shoreline in the dark...
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Startup 2013: Now Accepting Bitcoin
Bitcoin is being accepted more readily, from doctors offices to British Pubs -- and now Startup 2013. You can now use Bitcoin to buy your Startup 2013 tickets.NYC's preeminent entrepreneurship...
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Guys On Reddit Are Creepy Snapchat Users
If you want to meet new people on Snapchat, there isn't a built in method like Twitter or Instagram's hashtags. That's why people started using other services to meet new people. On Twitter, people use...
View ArticleBoomer Disengagement Costs Firms Over $450 Billion
Employers and hiring managers often label workers over 50 as bored, lethargic and unengaged. I resent and disagree with that description.But according to a new Gallup report, The 2013 State of the...
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Take A Wild Motorcycle Tour Through The Alps
Take a trip on the Edelweiss Bike tour, and soon the hills will be alive with the sound of… your Ducati Monster twisting and burning around the Alpine roads of Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein,...
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Rolling Stone Portrays Alleged Boston Bomber As Dreamy Teen Heartthrob
The August issue of Rolling Stone hasn't even hit newstands yet, but its cover is already stirring up controversy on social media.On the front of the magazine is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving member...
View ArticleFox Used A Weird 'Saturday Night Live' Intro For The MLB All-Star Game
The Major League All-Star game is in New York this year, and "Saturday Night Live" is very much a New York City institution. But SNL is also on NBC, so it was a little weird when Fox chose to use an...
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