Awesome Sketches From The Storyboard That Brought 'Oblivion' To Life
Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) heads down to planet Earth — or what’s left of it anyway — to find a downed surveillance drone that has landed in the charred remnants of the New York Public Library’s Rose...
View ArticleAthletes And Entrepreneurs Know That Failure Is Just One Step In The Process
Defeat is a part of life. Yet surely so is victory.Perhaps nowhere more readily can we see the ups and downs of life than in sports, where you and your team are always measured by the last game you...
View Article9 Habits That Are Ruining Your Reputation On LinkedIn
LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for networking and even finding jobs, but if you're not careful, you can end up using it in ways that alienate the very people with which you're hoping to form...
View ArticleWhy Krugman Is Like Voltron The Invincible
If you grew up in the 80s you probably remember Voltron. Although the show often had convoluted plotlines, it would somehow always end with Voltron (a super-powerful robot formed from five mechanical...
View ArticleItaly’s Corrupt Political Machinery Lurches Forward
After eight weeks of deadlock, the Italian political machinery suddenly lurched forward. It started Friday with the leadership implosion at the largest force in parliament, the center-left Democratic...
View ArticleVerizon Prepares To Pay $100 Billion For The Rest Of Verizon Wireless
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Verizon Communications has hired advisers to prepare a possible $100 billion cash and stock bid to take full control of Verizon Wireless from its partner Vodafone, two...
View ArticleEven No-Tax Republicans Are Embracing The Internet Sales Tax
Internet sales tax headed for Senate vote with strong support from anti-tax RepublicansWASHINGTON (AP) — You don't see this very often: a majority of Senate Republicans voting to make people who buy...
View ArticleZynga Management Pleads For Patience As Its Stock Gets Crushed
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zynga Inc's management on Wednesday pleaded for more time for its turnaround effort after the online game maker forecast a steeper-than-expected loss for the current quarter,...
View ArticleForget QWERTY, The KALQ Keyboard Will Make Touchscreen Typers 33% Faster
Smartphone and tablet typists are being urged to abandon the qwerty keyboard layout for a new design it's claimed will make them more than a third faster.Researchers at the University of St Andrews...
View ArticleMeet Apple, The New Microsoft
SeriouslyMicrosoft notched a high-water mark for market capitalization of $613.26 billion on Dec. 27, 1999, before making a sharp move lower in a matter off months.Apple peaked out at $658.05 billion...
View Article'House Of Horrors' Doctor Kermit Gosnell Isn't Calling A Single Defense Witness
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jury won't hear from an abortion provider before they weigh charges that he killed a woman and four viable babies.Dr. Kermit Gosnell decided Wednesday not to testify...
View ArticleJodi Arias Enthusiasts Are Starting To Treat The Trial 'Like A Yankees Game'
PHOENIX (AP) — Ticket scalping is nothing new in the sports and music world, but for a murder trial?Dozens of people flock to court each day for a chance to score one of a handful of seats open to the...
View ArticleThe TSA Won't Allow Small Knives On Planes After All
Last March the TSA created a media firestorm by announcing that it was changing its policies and letting passengers carry small knives — along with some sporting equipment — aboard airplanes.The people...
View ArticleGoogle Can Predict When Stocks Will Tank: Study
On Tuesday (April 23), a tweet from a hacked Associated Press account claiming there had been explosions at the White House sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting 145 points almost...
View ArticleHere's Who Holds The Real Power In The Republican Party
It used to be that think tanks did the bidding of lawmakers. They cranked out research papers to back the policies getting announced on Capitol Hill.But it now looks as though lawmakers are stuck...
View ArticleThe 10 Biggest Things Your Income Taxes Pay For
Now that tax season is over (except for those who filed for an extension), it's natural to wonder exactly where the hard-earned dollars you paid in tax over the past year actually went.To answer that...
View ArticleThe Most Important Supreme Court Cases Nobody Has Ever Heard Of
Q: What's the most important Supreme Court case no one's ever heard of?Alan M. Dershowitz, professor, Harvard Law SchoolThe 1919 Schenck v. United States decision contains the most famous sentence ever...
View ArticleWhy The GOP Is Dragging Its Feet On The Budget Talks
Congressional Republicans spent the past few months blasting Senate Democrats for not passing a budget these past three years. But when Democrats cleared a proposal 50-49, the GOP found itself a little...
View ArticleWhy America Might Become A Nation Of Renters Yet
The percentage of U.S. households that owns a home has dropped significantly in recent years, and experts say this downward trend might well continue for at least several more. Still, housing is...
View ArticleHow Paul Ryan Became The Critical Force For Immigration Reform
Paul Ryan shared a Republican presidential ticket last fall with a candidate who once offered up “self-deportation” as the answer to the country’s immigration woes, a formulation that helped send 70...
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