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Intelligence Panel Chief Urges U.S. Aid for Ukraine
Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said today that the United States should help beef up Ukraine’s security forces to combat Russia’s evident designs on the former Soviet...
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Crimea Votes to Join Russia, Accelerating Ukraine Crisis
(Reuters) - Crimea's parliament voted to join Russia on Thursday and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum within 10 days on the decision in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the...
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The Murder Trial of Oscar Pistorius
The murder trial of South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius began last Monday in Pretoria with a false start. Inside the North Gauteng High Court, the trial interpreter, overwhelmed by the...
View ArticleVideo Surfaces of Microsoft's Version of Apple's Siri, Cortana Assistant
Just a day after new screenshots of Microsoft's Cortana digital assistant leaked, a video of the setup process has been published on YouTube. NoYesYesWebWhitelist
View ArticleJournalist Behind Bitcoin Story Speaks Out
He's wearing a rumpled T-shirt, old blue jeans and white gym socks, without shoes, like he has left the house in a hurry. His hair is unkempt, and he has the thousand-mile stare of someone who has gone...
View ArticleJustices Poised to Rule on Citizens United 2
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled on a case involving an Alabama county that wanted to see key sections of the Voting Rights Act eliminated. Shelby County mostly got its wish. Southern states no...
View ArticlePolice Investigate 'Apparent Suicide' of Bitcoin Exchange Firm CEO
Autumn Ratke, the American CEO of Bitcoin exchange firm First Meta, has been found dead in her Singapore apartment at the age of 28. Ratke was discovered on February 28, but details of her “unnatural...
View ArticleFake Goldman Sachs Elevator Tweeter Loses His Book Deal
The man behind @GSElevator, who was revealed last month to not work at Goldman Sachs at all, has lost the book deal he obtained while still publicly pretending to tweet from inside the Goldman...
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Today in Tabs: Tabs is a Flat Circle
sound of a million journalists hitting their heads against various walls— Kyle Chayka (@chaykak) March 6, 2014A coin is a flat circle: The long-mysterious creator of Bitcoin, "Satoshi Nakamoto,"was...
View ArticleMalaria Cases Could Rise with Temperatures, Study Says
After Dr. William Moss, a pediatric infectious disease expert and epidemiologist, returned from a trip to Zambia in 1998, he came down with a fever. He had gastrointestinal problems, including nausea,...
View ArticleUkraine: Fretting About the Old Country
In Kalinka, a small gift shop in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, sometimes known as Little Odessa, Irina, of Moscow, discusses the latest news with Larisa, of Kiev.“I just want peace!” Larisa says. She is...
View ArticleInsider Ted Cruz Embraces the Conservative Outcasts
National Harbor, Maryland - Senator Ted Cruz, the tea party rock star from Texas, had a busy day Thursday. At 9 a.m., he addressed adoring fans at the Conservative Political Action Conference, an...
View ArticleNewsweek's Statement on the Bitcoin Story
Leah McGrath Goodman’s recent cover story for Newsweek, investigating the identity of Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto, has generated an immense amount of international attention, including denials...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Rejects a Bid to Overhaul How Military Handles Sexual Assault
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted down a bill on Thursday seeking to overhaul the way the U.S. military handles cases of sexual assault by giving authority to prosecute sexual assault cases to an...
View ArticleExclusive: Ukraine's President Feared Overthrow, but Russia Pushed for...
The Kremlin made him do it.As Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych stared into a dark void of oblivion last month, he told the Russians a crackdown on demonstrators could likely lead to his demise, a...
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The Viral Photo Campaign That Reveals What It’s Like to Be Black at Harvard
“You don’t sound black… You sound smart.” “You’re the whitest black person I know.” “You’re dressed like you might shoot me right now.”Those are several of the brazenly racist comments black...
View ArticleUkraine Standoff Intensifies, Russia Says Sanctions Will 'Boomerang'
(Reuters) - Russia said any U.S. sanctions imposed on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine will boomerang back on the United States and that Crimea has the right to self-determination as armed men tried...
View ArticleCrimean Tourism Falls Off a Cliff
Crimea, which made its debut in most Americans’ consciousness by way of being recently invaded by Russia, is an extremely picturesque tourist destination. While news media is inundated by images of...
View Article'Too Drunk' Gambler Sues Las Vegas Casino Over $500,000 Debt
(Reuters) - A California man who lost $500,000 in 17 hours gambling at a Las Vegas casino was so drunk he could not remember the episode after waking up in his hotel room, said a lawsuit filed on his...
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Today in Tabs: Doxxing Satoshi
Creator of dogecoin, driving to his office, checks the rear view mirror to see if anyone's following him. Disappointment, every time.— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) March 6, 2014Shortly after Tabs...
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