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Get Every Book On The New York Times' 'Best Of 2012' List For Less
As the year draws to a close, editors everywhere are busy putting together their end-of-year / best-of lists. The New York Times jumps into the fray with its straight-forwardly-named list of The 10...
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Here's What Really Goes On When Banks Set Interest Rates
Interest rates today are expected to remain at a low well into 2015, which directly influences consumers’ ability to earn decent returns on deposit accounts. Despite this reality, not many Americans...
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What It's Really Like To Be Taxed Like A Rich Person When You're Not
In the “Money Mic” series, LearnVest hands over the podium to someone with a strong opinion on a financial topic. Today, one woman shares what it’s like to be disproportionately taxed based on her...
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The Best Television Episodes Of 2012
Atlantic contributors and staffers pick their favorite moments on Mad Men, Louie, New Girl, and more from the past year in TV.Check out the best of TV in 2012 >Girls: "All Adventurous Women Do"There...
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The 10 Most-Read Wikipedia Entries Of 2012
We journalists are warned not to rely on Wikipedia as a failsafe source of information.It’s good advice but the crowd-sourced online encyclopaedia is certainly irresistible as a vast site of...
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Curiosity Spent The Holidays At 'Grandma's House'
NASA's Curiosity rover worked through the holiday season on Mars by taking a close look at an intriguing bit of Martian terrain, a region scientists have lovingly nicknamed "Grandma's House."The...
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Police Arrested 41 People In Saudi Arabia For 'Plotting To Celebrate Christmas'
The next time you complain about having to get together with your “crazy” family for Christmas, remember this story.Forty-one apparent Christians and two Saudi Arabian and Egyptian Muslims were...
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This Girl Got A Restraining Order Against Her Own Parents
Are you a parent? Has your child ever accused you of meddling?While such accusations are many times levied on a whim, you may want to pay attention to this story and weigh in.There’s a term out there...
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Five Things Your Co-Op Board Wouldn't Dare Ask
While it’s true that a co-op board can turn down a buyer for everything from red hair to red-state political views or a desire to gut-renovate, there are also a host of reasons for which it’s illegal...
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The Mysterious Source Of Itching Has Been Found
A mysterious source of itchiness has been found.Certain nerve cells are specialized to detect itchy sensations, and those receptors don't detect painful sensations, according to a new study.The...
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The Top 5 Travel Trends of 2012
This post originally appeared at Oyster.com.The way we travel is always changing, and 2012 provided ample proof of that.To help you prep for your 2013 vacay, Oyster honed in on the top trends currently...
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How Humans Will Change On Ultra-Long Space Voyages
In the Disney film "Wall-E," a colony of humans becomes an obese population after hundreds of years locked inside a spaceship.A lack of activity and an abundance of food left the starship denizens with...
View ArticleEvernote CEO Phil Libin Explains How The Smartest Entrepreneurs Ask For Advice
Question from an entrepreneur in his 30's: I have found that being a CEO is a lonely job. Do you have someone you ask for advice? Have you ever received really beneficial advice? If so, from...
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These Are The Biggest Animal Stories Of 2012
Humans have a complicated relationship with our non-human cousins.Some animals we invite into our homes, and treat as members of our families.Indeed, in November of this year singer Fiona Apple made...
View Article7 Easy Ways To Be More Innovative
Trying to be innovative is, at least for most people, nearly impossible.Don't believe me? Try it. Right now. Think of something innovative. Come up with something new and different. I'll try it...
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The Victim Of The Brutal Gang Rape In India Has Died
The young woman whose gang rape and savage beating on a Delhi bus that sparked protests throughout India has died, hours after her organs began to fail and her vital signs deteriorated.Doctors said the...
View ArticleDANCE INTO THE NEW YEAR, TREADING ON TOES FOR THE GREATER RUSSIAN GOOD
By John Helmer, Moscow“I can promise to say nothing that is untrue”, wrote Giuseppe di Lampedusa, the Sicilian prince, the Italian writer, when introducing a chapter of his brief memoirs. “But I shall...
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WARREN BUFFETT: 'America Has Faced A Lot Tougher Problems Than This One'
Despite the intense political fighting over just the "fiscal cliff,"Warren Buffett is optimistic the nation's overall debt problem will eventually be fixed.In an interview on BBC Radio 4's "Today"...
View ArticleEveryone Wants To Know More About The Nuclear Technology France Is Selling To...
Technology transfers, whether on a contractual basis or through theft, have long bedeviled companies that want to benefit from China’s cheap labor and 1.3 billion consumers. Automakers, aerospace...
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Rail Traffic Is Ending 2012 With A Boom
Rail traffic is finishing 2012 in a big way. This week’s rail traffic data marks the second consecutive week of big gains with a 10.2% reading in year over year intermodal gains. This was an...
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