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Google Cardboard saves baby’s life

Google Cardboard saves baby’s life

A toy-like cardboard contraption that sells for less than $20 online has helped save the life of a baby who was so sick that doctors… Read More ›

I refused to put money into the office Powerball pool because of math — but my boss’ rationale for playing is economically sound

I refused to put money into the office Powerball pool because of math — but my boss’ rationale for playing is economically sound

  Business Insider considered the dollar costs and probabilities involved in winning Wednesday’s massive $500 million Powerball jackpot, and concluded that buying a ticket is… Read More ›

People keep emailing Apple to say the Apple Watch saved their life

People keep emailing Apple to say the Apple Watch saved their life

  The general consensus in the tech world is that the Apple Watch has not yet become a blockbuster hit for Apple. Revenue is so small… Read More ›

This could be the next CEO of Morgan Stanley

This could be the next CEO of Morgan Stanley

  The path has been cleared for Morgan Stanley executive Colm Kelleher. Currently president of the firm’s institutional-banking and trading division, he has been named sole… Read More ›

New Hampshire – Christie Under Attack As Rivals Sense Him Rising Share Tweet Share Mail

New Hampshire – Christie Under Attack As Rivals Sense Him Rising Share Tweet Share Mail

  New Hampshire – Chris Christie is the Republican presidential candidate to beat in second-to-vote New Hampshire — so say the super PACs helping the… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinians Ponder Succession After 11 Years Of Abbas Share Tweet Share Mail

West Bank – Palestinians Ponder Succession After 11 Years Of Abbas Share Tweet Share Mail

  West Bank – Unpopular after 11 years in power, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is starting to face some open machinations from would-be successors, as… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Says South Korea Pays ‘Peanuts’ For U.S. Troop Presence

Washington – Trump Says South Korea Pays ‘Peanuts’ For U.S. Troop Presence

  Washington – South Korea should pay the United States “very substantially” for maintaining 28,000 troops there to help defend it from the North, Republican… Read More ›

Alleged drug lord ‘La Barbie’ pleads guilty to U.S. charges

Alleged drug lord ‘La Barbie’ pleads guilty to U.S. charges

  Atlanta – A one-time Texas high school football player who achieved notoriety as an alleged cartel kingpin in Mexico pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug traffickingcharges… Read More ›

Cologne mayor’s ‘arm’s length’ advice to avoid sex attacks draws ridicule

Cologne mayor’s ‘arm’s length’ advice to avoid sex attacks draws ridicule

Berlin – Cologne’s mayor has come under fire for advising women to stay “an arm’s length” from male strangers after alleged sexual assaults and muggings during… Read More ›

Trump: North Korea is China’s problem to fix

Trump: North Korea is China’s problem to fix

New York – Donald Trump says he’s sick and tired of the United States acting as the world’s policeman. The day after North Korea claimed that… Read More ›

Chicago college moves to fire Christian hijab-wearing professor

Chicago college moves to fire Christian hijab-wearing professor

Larycia Hawkins disputes university administration’s account of discussions with officials about views they deemed contrary to school’s ‘doctrinal convictions’   CHICAGO (AP) — The professor… Read More ›

US, experts cast doubt on North Korea’s H-bomb claim

US, experts cast doubt on North Korea’s H-bomb claim

White House says initial analysis ‘is not consistent with the claim Pyongyang has made of a successful hydrogen bomb test,’ but it would take days… Read More ›

Intelligence Report: Sensitive tasks ahead for Mossad

Intelligence Report: Sensitive tasks ahead for Mossad

Yossi Cohen believes Iran remains Israel’s No. 1 challenge and will be charged with building ties with Tehran’s Arab foes.   Yossi Cohen took over… Read More ›

This new Samsung laptop is shockingly thin and light

This new Samsung laptop is shockingly thin and light

When I first picked up Samsung’s newest laptop, I almost sent it shooting out of my hand and into the ceiling. At first glance, it… Read More ›

TRUMP: Voters should be concerned about Ted Cruz’s birthplace

TRUMP: Voters should be concerned about Ted Cruz’s birthplace

  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) mocked Donald Trump’s apparent concerns about whether Cruz’s birthplace should be an issue in the presidential campaign. Cruz tweeted a famous scene of… Read More ›

REPORT: Valeant is appointing a new CEO

REPORT: Valeant is appointing a new CEO

  Embattled pharmaceutical firm Valeant is planning to appoint a new CEO to replace Michael Pearson, who is hospitalized, according to Dow Jones. Current CFO Robert… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Says Rival Cruz’s Canadian Birthplace Could Be ‘big Problem’

Washington – Trump Says Rival Cruz’s Canadian Birthplace Could Be ‘big Problem’

  Washington –  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has waded back into the topic of eligibility for the U.S. presidency, telling the Washington Post that… Read More ›

Chicago – College Begins Effort To Fire Professor For Comment On Islam

Chicago – College Begins Effort To Fire Professor For Comment On Islam

  Chicago – Officials of a suburban Chicago Christian college has begun efforts to fire a political science professor who was placed on leave after… Read More ›

Escape from Ramadi: I fed children sleeping pills to stop their tears

Escape from Ramadi: I fed children sleeping pills to stop their tears

Habbaniyah, Iraq – Five-year-old Tabarak had to be given sleeping pills to hush her crying as her family fled from ISIS. For months, her mother Nada… Read More ›

102-story Seattle skyscraper plan deemed a ‘hazard’ to aircraft

102-story Seattle skyscraper plan deemed a ‘hazard’ to aircraft

  With skyscrapers reaching higher each year, it seems the sky’s the limit — unless that sky is full of airplanes. That’s the problem facing… Read More ›