Eric Cantor Lands $3.4 Million Investment Banking Job
Eric Cantor plans to join investment bank Moelis & Co. as vice chairman and managing director, where he will earn a salary of $3.4 million, the company announced in an SEC filing this morning....
View ArticleJoseph O’Neill’s latest novel, 'The Dog,' Falls to Poor Messaging
In the spring of 2009, a still-sunny President Barack Obama declared that he was bored with briefing books and, consequently, had begun Joseph O’Neill’s novel Netherland in what little free time he...
View ArticleCeeLo Green Tweets ‘It’s Not Rape If Person Is Passed Out,’ Deletes Twitter
R&B singer CeeLo Green posted a series of controversial tweets about rape over the weekend, then deleted his account after receiving criticism for his comments. According to Billboard, Green’s...
View ArticleUK Authorities Withdraw Arrest Warrants for Parents of Ashya King
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that it will withdraw the European arrest warrants for Brett and Naghemeh King, the parents who triggered an international manhunt when they...
View ArticlePalestinian Negotiator to Push statehood case with Kerry
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat will present plans to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday calling for a time table on ending Israel's occupation of the West...
View ArticleUkraine Rebels Claim Massive Gains After Russian Escalation
BRUSSELS/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - EU officials proposed sanctions on Tuesday to starve Russian firms of cash as punishment for Moscow's role in Ukraine, where rebels said they were storming Donetsk...
View ArticleISIS Allegedly Beheads Second Captive American Journalist
A new video allegedly depicts the beheading of captive American journalist Steven Sotloff, the Associated Press reported. If the video does indeed depict Sotloff's death, it would make him the second...
View ArticleWild Teens on the Loose! 32 Felons Escape From Nashville Detention Center
In case you needed another reason to not get out of bed tomorrow, 32 teens escaped from a juvenile detention center near Nashville, Tennessee.The Tennesseanreports that the youths busted out of the...
View ArticlePhotos: Burning Man Comes to an End
Counterculture festival Burning Man gathered nearly 66,000 revelers this year in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. The annual festival famously builds a temporary city, relying on community solidarity,...
View ArticleSocial Status Changes Monkey Brains, Study Says
Social status affects the size of some regions of primates’ brains, as well as how these parts communicate with one another, a study by Oxford University revealed Tuesday.For those on extreme ends of...
View ArticleRemembering Steve Sotloff, and Too Many Others
I heard the news that Steve Sotloff might be dead in the same place I heard about the planes crashing into the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001: in the Paris Métro.Everybody remembers where they were...
View ArticleKremlin Dampens Ukraine Ceasefire Claims
The Kremlin said on Wednesday President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko had agreed on steps towards peace in eastern Ukraine but a ceasefire had not been agreed between Moscow and...
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Can Mass Meat Be Both Cheap and Safe?
Meat is a nasty business, filled with blood, guts and, yes, shit. While there’s nothing in the U.S. today that matches the hellish conditions described in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle at the turn of the...
View ArticleRussia's Strategic Nuclear Forces to Hold Major Exercise This Month
The forces responsible for Russia's strategic nuclear arsenal will conduct major exercises this month involving more than 4,000 soldiers, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of...
View ArticleGet a Job: Latest 'Sims' Is Believable, if Not Realistic
I am a benevolent God. I am watching myself flirt successfully with my strapping neighborhood crush. I have just eaten a hefty portion of mac and cheese and enjoyed every bite. I’m painting again and...
View ArticleMore Riddles in Case of Suspended USC Captain Josh Shaw
“Frankly,” says Donald Etra, the attorney for suspended USC cornerback Josh Shaw, “I don’t think there’s anything left for me to do.”One week ago Etra, a high-profile Los Angeles–based criminal defense...
View ArticleNY Cops Make Racist Comments About West Indian Day Parade
New York City’s West Indian Day Parade, one of the most popular Labor Day fetes in the U.S., attracted more than 1 million people on Monday. The four-mile procession celebrates the city’s Caribbean...
View ArticleEscaped Yazidi Girl Was Given as a 'Gift' to Islamic State Fighters
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Adeba Shaker arrived at a house in Raabia, Iraq, after being kidnapped by Islamic State militants last month, one of her captors received a phone call.A few...
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Huge Scale of Criminal Investment in Europe Revealed
“Your casino loses money,” Michael Corleone tells Moe Greene in The Godfather. “Maybe we can do better.” Don Corleone’s son should have met the organised crime groups currently operating in Europe....
View ArticleThe Half-Billion-Pound IT Failure That Has Left Britain’s Borders Vulnerable
The failure of an IT project that has so far cost the UK government nearly half a billion pounds has left Britain potentially vulnerable to attack by Islamist militants, according to a senior...
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