The 'Indiana Jones' Of Egypt Says There's Treasure Inside The Great Pyramid
TORONTO — Zahi Hawass is back.The famous, and at times controversial, Egyptologist is free of legal charges, free to travel and is launching a worldwide lecture tour with the aim of getting tourists...
View ArticleJOB OF THE WEEK: Senior Analyst, Ralph Lauren
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View ArticleHow To Come Up With A Bank Account PIN No One Will Ever Guess
Want a shock? One in ten people uses the most popular PIN number out there: 1234. Sadly, we aren’t kidding. This is just about the first thing that a thief is going to try if he gets his hand on your...
View ArticleHere's The $2 Billion Facility Where The NSA Will Store And Analyze Your...
The National Security Agency (NSA) is in the information harvesting business — and business is booming.That's why the nation's premier covert intelligence gathering organization has been building a...
View ArticleA Massive, Unauthorized 'Man Cave' Was Found In An EPA Warehouse
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is dedicated to preserving natural spaces, but apparently "man caves" are not considered critical wildlife habitat.That's why the agency dismantled the...
View ArticleWhy You Should Pay Off Your Mortgage Before You Retire
Being debt free by retirement used to be the dream of almost everybody, but data suggests that most seniors are increasingly becoming accustomed to retiring with a mortgage. According to the Federal...
View ArticleFeds Shut Down Another Discount Bus Service For Safety Violations
CHINATOWN — Lucky Star has hit a road bump.The bus service that ferries passengers on the cheap between Chinatown and Boston has temporarily ceased operation as ordered by the federal Department of...
View ArticleA Company's Greatness Can't Just Be Measured In Profit
Perhaps no business consultant enjoys higher esteem in the corporate world than Jim Collins. Over three decades, he has sold millions of copies of his books describing the characteristics of what he...
View ArticleHow To Manage Your Way Into More Freedom At Work
It's not just you. Even your boss is probably asked to do more with less. So she or he may not have time to help you when you need it. And make too many requests and you could be written off as...
View ArticleHere's The Real Cost Of Owning A Home With A Swimming Pool
While the decision of whether or not to buy a home with a pool is a personal choice for homebuyers, there are several factors to consider which will have a serious financial impact over the short and...
View ArticleCarl Icahn Already Has A Short-List Of CEOs If He's Able To Take Over Dell
NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc are short-listing potential candidates to become the next Dell Inc chief executive should they succeed in a proxy battle...
View ArticleFamily Receives Letter From US Soldier Captured Nearly Four Years Ago In...
US family says it's 'greatly relieved' after receiving letter from prisoner of warBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The family of a U.S. prisoner of war captured nearly four years ago in Afghanistan says it has...
View ArticleI Married A Debt-Ridden Drug Addict And It Nearly Ruined Me
I met Steven* when I was 19.It was the summer after my first year of college, and he was one of several guys renting the house my parents owned next door to ours.We spent about two weeks making eyes at...
View ArticleEvery Company Named In NSA Spying Case Has Now Denied Knowledge Of It
America's tech giants continued to deny any knowledge of a giant government surveillance programme called Prism, even as president Barack Obama confirmed the scheme's existence Friday.In a blogpost...
View Article5 Risqué Items You Still Can't Buy With A Credit Card
Credit card brands always brag about their cards' ability to expand your purchasing power and vie with each other for the greatest universal acceptance worldwide.Remember MasterCard's priceless slogan:...
View ArticleOfficials: NSA Has Mistakenly Intercepted Phone Calls And Emails Of Innocent...
The National Security Agency (NSA) has on occasion accidentally intercepted the private emails and phone calls of innocent Americans with no links to terrorism, two former U.S. intelligence officials...
View ArticleScientists Invent An Invisibility Cloak That Can Hide Data In Time
It sounds like a spectacular failure: this new technology works less than half the time and only for half the parties involved.But a paper published in Nature today announces that scientists have found...
View ArticleUS OFFICIAL: Our Spying Helped Disrupt A Plot To Bomb NYC Subways
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's broad programs to collect U.S. phone records and Internet traffic helped disrupt a 2009 plot to bomb the New York City subways, a senior U.S. intelligence official...
View ArticleNobody Makes Moonshine Like Iran's Armenians
THE middle-class northern suburbs of Tehran are the wet part of Iran. In no other place in the Islamic Republic are piety and conservatism less evident and alcohol consumption more so. But a run on the...
View ArticleCalifornia School Asks Kids To Swap Their Toy Guns For A Free Bike
An elementary school in Hayward, Calif. will sponsor a toy gun trade-in, encouraging kids to swap their harmless toy weapons for a chance to win a new bicycle.The purpose of the trade-in is to stop...
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