NTSB: Crashed UPS Cargo Jet Was Flying On Autopilot Seconds Before Impact (UPS)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - The UPS cargo jet that crashed in Alabama this week, killing its two crew members, was flying on autopilot until seconds before impact, even after an alert that it was...
View ArticlePriest Being Robbed By Two Men At Gunpoint Defiantly Tells Them: 'Shoot Me'
Think an armed thug who points a gun at Catholic priests and demands they empty their pockets is like taking candy from a baby?Think again.Authorities say two priests were walking the grounds of the...
View ArticleTIME Senior US Correspondent Tweets Statement Advocating Julian Assange Being...
TIME senior national correspondent Michael Grunwald sent out a controversial tweet Saturday evening that advocated for a drone missile strike against Wikileaks founder and Australian citizen Julian...
View ArticleANALYSTS: Gold Is Vulnerable To A Short Squeeze (GLD)
Gold prices have risen in seven of the last eight trading sessions.Since the brutal sell-off that gripped the gold market throughout much of the first half of 2013 came to an end at a price of $1179 an...
View ArticleTraders Need To Be Ready For Two Key Market-Moving Events This Week (SPY, TLT)
We're in the middle of the summer doldrums, and with so many investors on vacation, trading volume has been substantially lower than usual.With less market liquidity comes more pronounced market moves,...
View ArticleHow Whitey Bulger Smuggled 7 Tons Of Weapons To The IRA In Coffins
The coffins carrying departed members of Boston’s Irish-American clan back across the Atlantic for burial in the land of their fathers were unusually heavy. But no one suspected a thing.“We were able...
View ArticleAdmissions Officer Explains Why Boys Are Better Than Girls At Taking Exams
Girls may be outraged by this, but the man in charge of admissions at Oxford University believes boys do better in exams like science because they are better at taking risks.“It depends on the subject...
View ArticleRetail investors piled into all sorts of European assets last week
"Retail investors put money into almost all asset classes last week despite the backdrop of sharply rising yields. Bond funds, credit funds, loans, equities and money market funds all saw varying...
View ArticleHere's What Caused That Epic Fat-Finger Trade In The Chinese Stock Market On...
BEIJING (AP) — A trading frenzy that caused Chinese stock prices to swing wildly last week was caused by a design flaw in a brokerage's computer, the market regulator said Sunday.The avalanche of...
View ArticleThese Teens Are Solving The Skills Shortage By Teaching Other Kids How To Code
Last Wednesday, 20 excited teens gathered on the 28th floor of the Bloomberg Tower in Manhattan. They were graduating from a six-week summer program that turned them into programmers.It was demo night,...
View ArticleHow You'll Know On Wednesday Whether Or Not The Fed Is Likely To Begin...
September is almost here.Right now, the Federal Reserve is buying $85 billion of bonds every month indefinitely ($45 billion of U.S. Treasuries and $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities) in an...
View ArticleGoogle's Crash Took 40% Of Internet Traffic Down With It
In what may be an unprecedented outage, all of Google's services briefly went dark about 4:52 on Friday afternoon Pacific time. The outage, which reportedly affected most of Google's services...
View ArticleResearchers Create An App That Decodes A Baby's Cry
Babies cry. The cry can mean a whole bunch of things: the baby is hungry or tired or uncomfortable or doesn't feel well.Sometimes the baby cries a lot and even a doctor can't tell if the crying...
View ArticleJPMorgan Is Being Investigated For Hiring Kids Of Chinese Politicians To Help...
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities have opened an investigation into whether JPMorgan Chase & Co <JPM.N> hired the children of powerful Chinese officials to help it win business in China, according...
View ArticleAn MLS Player Scored An Incredible Backheel Rainbow Kick Goal Last Night
New England Revolution forward Juan Agudelo scored what might be the MLS goal of the year last night against Chicago Fire.After overrunning a long aerial pass, Agudelo flicked it over his head with a...
View ArticlePaulina Gretzky And Dustin Johnson Are Engaged!
Paulina Gretzky, Wayne's daughter, has been dating golfer Dustin Johnson for almost a year now and it looks like they are taking it a step forward.Last night, Gretzky posted a photo on her Instagram,...
View ArticleHere's What It Takes To Get Into America's Best Law Schools
Job prospects for entry-level lawyers look terrible right now, and some experts are debating whether a law degree is even worth the money.If you decide to apply (and your wallet can take the beating),...
View ArticleThe Most Important Part Of The Next iPhone Announcement Won't Be The Next...
It's all but confirmed that Apple will announce the next iPhone on September 10. And it's all but confirmed that most of the changes on that phone, which the press has dubbed the iPhone 5S, won't be on...
View ArticleAmerican Rail Traffic Is Gaining Momentum
More decent news here in rail trends as we begin to see some signs of life in traffic. Intermodal jumped 6.1% year over year and total traffic was up 2.7%. Carloads were down marginally. This week’s...
View ArticleFormer Amazon employee on Jeff Bezos: “H
Former Amazon employee on Jeff Bezos: “He just makes ordinary control freaks look like stoned hippies.”Join the conversation about this story »
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