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Bill Maris: Here’s why Google Ventures didn’t invest in Theranos

Bill Maris: Here’s why Google Ventures didn’t invest in Theranos

Bill Maris, founder of Google Ventures, is happy that his firm decided not to invest in biotech-company Theranos. It’s been a tense few weeks for… Read More ›

Paul Ryan says he’d run for House speaker — but there’s a big catch

Paul Ryan says he’d run for House speaker — but there’s a big catch

  US Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) says he’d seek the House of Representatives speakership if he is the “unity candidate” for the party. Ryan is seeking assurances… Read More ›

America’s companies might be running out of people to hire

America’s companies might be running out of people to hire

The number of employers saying that they can’t fill open jobs is surging while the number of people being hired each month is starting to fall.… Read More ›

Newark, NJ – New Jersey Governor: No Cuba Flights Until Fugitive Returned

Newark, NJ – New Jersey Governor: No Cuba Flights Until Fugitive Returned

  Newark, NJ – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants the bistate agency that controls the state’s airports to reject any efforts to launch flight… Read More ›

Buffalo, NY – At 100, Woman Still Working 11 Hours A Day, 6 Days A Week

Buffalo, NY – At 100, Woman Still Working 11 Hours A Day, 6 Days A Week

Buffalo, NY – Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours day, six days a week at a Buffalo laundromat and says she has no plans to quit… Read More ›

Dallas, TX – Texas Teen Arrested Over Clock, Met With Obama, Is Moving To Qatar With His Family

Dallas, TX – Texas Teen Arrested Over Clock, Met With Obama, Is Moving To Qatar With His Family

  Dallas, TX – The Texas boy arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to Qatar,… Read More ›

Joe Biden changes story on Osama bin Laden raid

Joe Biden changes story on Osama bin Laden raid

Washington – Vice President Joe Biden offered an account Tuesday of the decision to launch the raid that killed Osama bin Laden that differed from some… Read More ›

Grief, disbelief after former U.N. official found dead in Turkish airport

Grief, disbelief after former U.N. official found dead in Turkish airport

  London – Dumbfounded friends of a former BBC journalist and U.N. official found dead in a bathroom in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport are calling for a… Read More ›

Video shows Syrians near Aleppo hiding from airstrikes under mattresses

Video shows Syrians near Aleppo hiding from airstrikes under mattresses

From under a mattress, a small child emerges on all fours, oblivious to the danger in the skies. Out from another mattress crawls a baby.… Read More ›

With Obama’s new plan for Syrian rebels, new worries

With Obama’s new plan for Syrian rebels, new worries

It is not only Islamic radical groups that critics of the plan fear could end up gaining US-supplied firepower.   WASHINGTON – US President Barack… Read More ›

Donald Trump hit a new high-water mark in a poll

Donald Trump hit a new high-water mark in a poll

  Real-estate-tycoon Donald Trump’s presidential campaign got some good news in a new poll released Monday evening. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey found Trump… Read More ›

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s first big hire got a $7.8 million signing bonus

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s first big hire got a $7.8 million signing bonus

  Microsoft paid a lot of money to poach Peggy Johnson from Qualcomm. When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella convinced Johnson to work for the company as… Read More ›

The latest data shows where Amazon might be headed next — and it should terrify UPS and FedEx

The latest data shows where Amazon might be headed next — and it should terrify UPS and FedEx

  Amazon is continuing to bulk up its fulfillment-center network, indicating it’s serious about stepping into a territory historically owned by companies like UPS, FedEx, and… Read More ›

Washington – While Clinton Used Home Email, State’s Networks Were At Risk

Washington – While Clinton Used Home Email, State’s Networks Were At Risk

Washington – Hillary Rodham Clinton has come under fierce criticism for doing business over personal email while secretary of state, putting sensitive data at risk… Read More ›

Montreal – Canadian Media Say Trudeau Will Be Next Prime Minister, Ousting Harper

Montreal – Canadian Media Say Trudeau Will Be Next Prime Minister, Ousting Harper

  Montreal – Justin Trudeau, the son of one of Canada’s most charismatic politicians, will be Canada’s next prime minister, according to projections Monday by… Read More ›

Anderson, NC – Trump Talks Money While Campaigning In South Carolina

Anderson, NC – Trump Talks Money While Campaigning In South Carolina

  Anderson, NC – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says that money won’t make the difference for candidates this election cycle. Speaking Monday evening in… Read More ›

Norwegian hunter shoots two moose — then realizes they’re in a zoo

Norwegian hunter shoots two moose — then realizes they’re in a zoo

  A hunter in Norway shot dead two moose before realizing moments later that he was shooting through the fence of a zoo. The animals… Read More ›

China and UK: Signs of a new ‘special relationship?’

China and UK: Signs of a new ‘special relationship?’

Hong Kong – Does the UK have a new “special relationship?” That’s what some are wondering as China’s President Xi Jinping visits London and Manchester this… Read More ›

Oscar Pistorius released from prison, under house arrest

Oscar Pistorius released from prison, under house arrest

Oscar Pistorius was released from prison in South Africa Monday and placed under house arrest, Correctional Services spokesman Manelisi Wolela said. The former Olympic athlete… Read More ›

The problem with being gay in South Korea

The problem with being gay in South Korea

Seoul, South Korea – Micky Kim remembers the day two years ago when he married Tony Ruse in California. “All the people from City Hall suddenly… Read More ›