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New York's Worst Winter Ever? Actually, It's Pretty Close
For weeks, New Yorkers have heard the mutterings. This winter is hellish. The snow is worse than it’s ever been. The resurging Polar Vortex is a ripe gift from Satan.Turns out it’s all true — mostly....
View ArticleToday in Tabs: MFA vs TAB
Marc Andreessen is hatching ideas about the news business! Has he got things scrambled? Has he just poached his analysis from the tech industry? Maybe Andreessen's vaunted business albumen is not all...
View ArticleAs Bee Populations Vanish, USDA Tries to Keep Them Fed
Bee populations in the U.S. are struggling, which means farmers are, too. Now the USDA is trying to keep up.Each summer, beekeepers truck their hives to the pastures of the Upper Midwest, where their...
View ArticleRonald Reagan Would Have Opposed Arizona’s Anti-gay Bill
Update: Jan Brewer said Wednseday evening that she has vetoed SB 1062, a bill that would have given Arizona businesses the right to assert their religious beliefs to deny service to gay and lesbian...
View ArticleIf Facebook's Purchase of WhatsApp Seemed Steep at $19 Billion, Think of What...
Have a spare $19 billion sitting around, and getting itchy to spend it? There are plenty of things you could buy. Why not pick up 25 double-decker Airbus A380 aircrafts, a steal at $10 billion? Or...
View ArticleCalifornia Couple Finds $10 Million in Buried Treasure While Walking Dog
(Reuters) - A trove of rare Gold Rush-era coins unearthed in California last year by a couple as they walked their dog may be the greatest buried treasure ever found in the United States, worth more...
View ArticleGoogle Ordered to Remove Anti-Islamic Film from YouTube
REUTERS - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ordered Google Inc to remove from its YouTube video-sharing website an anti-Islamic film that had sparked protests across the Muslim world.By a 2-1 vote, a...
View ArticleObama No Longer Wants America to Depose Tyrants
What ever happened to regime change?In President Obama’s Washington, officials often say that a leader of this or that country has lost “legitimacy.” They coordinate with other countries in attempts to...
View ArticleA Trove of 33,000 Pages of Records From the Clinton White House Still Aren't...
She's not even running for president yet — but already Hillary Clinton's past is coming back to haunt her.If the former secretary of state decides to make a run for the White House in 2016, she can be...
View ArticleKepler Mission Finds Hundreds More Planets, Some That May Support Life
The number of known planets nearly doubled on Wednesday after NASA announced that it had found 715 planetary bodies orbiting distant stars. And some, the space agency says, may support life.This most...
View ArticleArizona Governor Vetoes Bill Widely Criticized as Anti-Gay
(Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a bill on Wednesday that has been derided by critics as a license to discriminate against gays in the name of religion, saying the controversial measure...
View ArticleTop Twelve Most Homophobic Nations
NigeriaNigeria is the most homophobic country in the world, according to a 2013 poll, which found 97 percent of citizens think society should not accept homosexuality. The laws reflect that: Same-sex...
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From Uganda to Russia, Homophobia Spreading Worldwide
When Uganda’s president Yoweri Musevini signed into law a bill on Tuesday that imposes draconian sentences on people accused of homosexual acts and homosexual propaganda, he was greeted by applause...
View ArticleUkraine Warns Russia After Gunmen Seize Crimea Parliament
(Reuters) - Armed men seized the parliament in Ukraine's Crimea region on Thursday and raised the Russian flag, alarming Kiev's new rulers, who urged Moscow not to abuse its navy base rights on the...
View ArticleGroundhog Day Star Andie MacDowell on Harold Ramis: ‘There Was Not an...
Late actor and director Harold Ramis was “a kind, gentle soul” who valued not the sleazy world of Hollywood nor the trappings of fame but his family, actress Andie MacDowell recalled in an interview...
View ArticleMt. Gox Bitcoin Customers Could Be Out of Luck, Experts Warn
(Reuters) - What can you do if you deposited bitcoins at Mt. Gox, which shuttered on Tuesday with little explanation? Probably not much.Customers of the bitcoin exchange may have little chance of...
View ArticleU.S. Attorney General Hospitalized, in Good Condition: Statement
(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was in good condition after being taken to a Washington, D.C., hospital on Thursday for feeling faint and short of breath during a morning meeting with his...
View ArticleStudy Offers a Clue in Autism’s Gender Divide
One of the great mysteries of autism is why many more boys are diagnosed with the disorder than girls. In the United States, 80 percent of people with autism spectrum disorder are male. It’s long been...
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New Bridgegate E-Mails Reveal Christie Aides Made Fun of Rabbi
Allies of Gov. Chris Christie who are embroiled in the George Washington Bridge Closings controversy didn’t just get a kick out of blocking traffic: They seem to have enjoyed mocking a prominent rabbi,...
View ArticleFederal Complaint Over Berkeley's Handling of Sex Assault Cases Expands
More than 30 current and former students filed federal complaints against the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday, alleging that the university violated federal law by inadequately...
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