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Climate Change Won't Be A Problem When We Run Out Of Oil
They say that every cloud has a silver lining.If future energy consumption (which is mostly fossil fuel) drops because of a financial collapse brought on by high oil prices and other limits, then, at...
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Why We 'Grasp' The Truth, 'Dodge' Questions, And 'Fall' In Love
Jon Hamilton has a very interesting segment on NPR about how the brain interprets language:“Just a few decades ago, many linguists thought the human brain had evolved a special module for language. It...
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Saks Fifth Avenue Explores A Sale, Woos Investors With Prime Manhattan Real...
Will one of the retailers for the 1% get a new owner? Luxury department store retailer Saks Fifth Avenue is exploring a sale, according to media reports.Although luxury goods sellers have fared better...
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When It Comes To The Boston-NYC Rivalry, New Yorkers Pay Way More For Tickets
New York and Boston fans don't like each other. Whether it's Bucky Dent, the Bloody Sock, Aaron Boone, or the Red Sox 3-0 comeback in 2004, memories of past victory and defeat die hard. With three...
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3 Reasons You'd Be Better Off Skipping Grad School Altogether
If you thought grad school would guarantee a great job and a solid pathway to paying off your student loans, think again.The unemployment rate in 2012 was 4.5 % for undergraduate degree holders and...
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Here's What We Can Tell About You Just Based On Your Credit Score
Credit scores, as with most attempts to make sense of our world, operate on the assumption that the near future will look a lot like the recent past, and that going forward, people can be expected to...
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Mysterious 'Alien Hand Syndrome' Is Embarrassing And Terrifying
Although modern medicine has made tremendous advances in many areas, even mapping the human genome, there remain aspects of human health that continue to elude our full understanding.Alien hand...
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Yep — I Am A Trust Fund Baby And I Did Nothing To Earn It
Just before my 16th birthday, my mom wrote a check from my account to buy me a BMW 328i, and that is where I learned to drive a stick shift.That car had a lot of power under the hood, and I used and...
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What It's Like To Be Christian, Gay And Celibate
Between the faction of gay Christians who are happy with their sexual identity and "ex-gays," who say they've removed their homosexual yearnings, is a third group that gets little attention.These...
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America's Top Colleges Have A Rich-Kid Problem
In case you ever wondered just how much wealthy students dominate America's top colleges, here's a nice illustration from a new report by the Century Foundation.At the most selective schools in the...
View ArticleGovernment by Eurocrats: The Olive-Oil Dispenser Debacle
Like so many debacles in the EU, it started with the unelected European Commission. It’s immune to voters, but not to lobbyists and corporations.Under the guise of “consumer protection” or “food...
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Pop-Up Stores Are Way More Than Low-Budget Halloween Emporiums Now
If old-time department stores were comprehensive, mom-and-pop stores friendly and big-box always low price, what kind of message does pop-up retail whisper into the ear of today's customer?"New, fun,...
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Anti-Muslim Activity Has Soared In Britain After Wednesday's Attack
Anti-Muslim attacks in Britain have soared since Wednesday's murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich.Faith Matters, an organisation that works to reduce extremism, said it had been told of about 150...
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How Michael Bloomberg Can Destroy The New York City Taxi Industry
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg told the head of a taxicab fleet that he plans to “f*****g destroy” the city’s taxi industry when he leaves office on January 1. Bloomberg’s frustration with New...
View ArticleOne Statement Tells You Whether A Business Is Truly Groundbreaking
To create something entirely new--something that the world has not seen before--requires contrarian thinking.Peter Thiel, a co-founder of Paypal who's now one of the world's best-known venture capital...
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How North Korea Became A Hacking Superpower
SEOUL, South Korea — This year, North Korea has been flaunting its nuclear hardware in an effort to extort concessions from the United States and South Korea.But the tactic has failed to provoke panic...
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The 5 Biggest Summer Box-Office Showdowns
Summer is when Hollywood studios roll out their heavyweight contenders and look for knockouts. There are 41 movies set for wide release between May and August this year, and the overall box office is...
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Stockholm Riots Send Sweden's Dreams Of Perfect Society Up In Smoke
A week of disturbances in Sweden's capital has tested the Scandinavian nation's reputation for tolerance, reports Colin FreemanLIKE the millions of other ordinary Swedes whom he now sees himself as one...
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Vintage Apple Computer Sells For $668,000
BERLIN (AP) — An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers — a functioning 1976 model — has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000).German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian...
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An Architecture-Lover's Guide To New Orleans
These days New Orleanians describe their lives using the terms "pre-Katrina" and "post-Katrina."The devastating hurricane and its aftermath are still felt nearly eight years later. But since...
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