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www.freep.com Kevyn Orr's report, mandated by the state after an emergency manager's first 45 days in office, confirms a city in desperate shape, with costs for retiree benefits eating up a third of its budget and public services suffering as Detroit's...
blogs.smithsonianmag.com Count Victor Lustig once sold the Eiffel Tower to an unsuspecting scrap-metal dealer. Then he started thinking really big
jonathanturley.org -Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger At a time when recording a conversation is as easy as whipping out a cellphone or iPod, the FBI policy on electronic recording of witness interviews i...
hyperallergic.com If getting fired is unpleasant, what of that special hell where hundreds of your staff and colleagues publicly call for your resignation? Just ask Cooper Union president Jamshed Bharucha, whose imp...
www.capitalisminstitute.org The IRS just formally admitted to targeting tea-party groups during the election. Make this viral:
www.mindbodygreen.com Some health experts believe that our pH balance is extremely important, others say it is essential, there are a few who clearly state that it is a matter of life and death. The only people who
www.salon.com The inside story of how the government let one company squash biotech innovation, and dominate an entire industry
www.usatoday.com Wesley Snipes has moved from prison to house arrest.
gizmo.do In a display of blatant disregard for Nancy Reagan and her pleas to the contrary, Russia's bears, no longer able to resist the sweet temptation of gasoline, have found themselves suffering from a good, ol' fashioned jet fuel addiction. More specifically,...
spectrevision.net "Interestingly, the only segment of the population that isn’t vulnerable to optimism bias are people with major depressive disorder."
www.thenation.com In the last half-century of American politics, conservatism has hardened around the defense of economic privilege and rule. Whether it’s the libertarianism of the GOP or the neoliberalism of the Democrats, that defense has enabled an...
www.reuters.com TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan unleashed the world's most intense burst of monetary stimulus Thursday, promising to inject about $1.4 trillion into the economy in less than two years.
www.businessweek.com Banks including Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., along with congressional staff members and trade groups, received potentially market-moving Federal Reserve information 19 hours before the public in a release the central...
slaveryfootprint.org How many slaves work for you? There are 27 million slaves in the world today. Many of them contribute to the supply chains that end up in the products we use every day. Find out how many slaves work for you, and take action.
www.youtube.com Most of the material for this video was adapted from Kevin Ryan's landmark article on who had "Demolition access to the WTC Towers": video credit ~ http://ww...
www.huffingtonpost.com WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend the opening of former President George W. Bush's presidential library later this month in Dallas. Bush and former first lady Laura...
labofii.wordpress.com October 2012, Notre dames des Landes, France. Chris leans forward, her long fingers play with the dial of the car radio “I’m trying to find 107.7 FM“ … a burst of Classical music, a fragment of che...
growtest.org Matt from Bonsai Terrarium covers nearly everything you need to know to start your seeds indoors.
arstechnica.com Mice left to explore new environments get DNA damage in their neurons.
The punk rock band "Pussy Riot" remains a voice of dissent in Russia, even though some of its members are in prison or in hiding. Lesley Stahl
www.extremetech.com DARPA has created a technology that can index and analyze video in real-time, marking the end of anonymity in public places.
www.plosone.org Red: the trend for Fear, the emotion with the highest final value. Blue: the trend for Disgust, the emotion with the lowest final value.
www.huffingtonpost.com WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter King's (R-N.Y.) public thanks to Jordan this month for helping capture Osama bin Laden's son-in-law has upset a delicate U.S. government agreement to keep Jordan's role in the operation secret, U.S. officials...
www.rawstory.com Former MSNBC host and author of the book Greedy Bastards Dylan Ratigan has announced that after leaving his show in June of 2012, he has re-launched his life as an organic, hydroponic farmer. In an open letter on his website DylanRatigan.com,...
www.guardian.co.uk Hosts of the 2014 World Cup react to threat of Maracanã stadium not being ready for June friendly with England
