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FIFA’s Sepp Blatter facing suspension?

FIFA’s Sepp Blatter facing suspension?

  Is Sepp Blatter going to be off the job sooner than expected? That’s the question after initial reports suggested the president of soccer world’s… Read More ›

Visitors ‘scream’ as China’s new 1,000-meter-high glass walkway cracks

Visitors ‘scream’ as China’s new 1,000-meter-high glass walkway cracks

  Walking on a glass walkway suspended 1,000 meters up a mountain is supposed to be terrifying — but not this terrifying. Just two weeks… Read More ›

Holocaust-era archive uploads thousands of documents

Holocaust-era archive uploads thousands of documents

Organizations posts photos and papers of Nazi victims online, which it hopes will help academic researchers, families of the victims, and students. The International Tracing… Read More ›

US hopes to change Iran through its youth, Khamenei says

US hopes to change Iran through its youth, Khamenei says

The reason for the ban on negotiations, Khamenei said, is that Washington “took any chance to infiltrate” Iran during the nuclear talks, which concluded in… Read More ›

Brazil’s richest man dreams of taking over Coca-Cola and firing all of its employees

Brazil’s richest man dreams of taking over Coca-Cola and firing all of its employees

  He already controls Burger King, Kraft, Stella Artois, and Heinz. And for a while now, Brazil’s richest man, Jorge Lemann, has been eyeing $178.2 billion beverage-giant Coca-Cola,… Read More ›

The guy who sold Oracle to a company for $950 million just got $85 million for his next startup

The guy who sold Oracle to a company for $950 million just got $85 million for his next startup

  Not many people get to run two fast-growth companies, but that has been the case with Code 42 CEO Joe Payne. His company, best… Read More ›

Airbnb just pulled out a clever trick to fight a proposed law in San Francisco

Airbnb just pulled out a clever trick to fight a proposed law in San Francisco

  Airbnb has already spent $8 million to fight a ballot measure in San Francisco, but now it has taken the campaign to its own website.… Read More ›

Borough Park, NY – 2nd Body Recovered After New York City Building Explosion

Borough Park, NY – 2nd Body Recovered After New York City Building Explosion

Borough Park, NY – A second body was discovered Monday in the rubble of an apartment building that exploded over the weekend. No identification had… Read More ›

How a 3-D-printer changed a 4-year-old’s heart and life

How a 3-D-printer changed a 4-year-old’s heart and life

Mia Gonzalez spent the first 3½ years of her life missing out. She had to skip day care and dance classes because she constantly had… Read More ›

United Airlines flight diverts after co-pilot passes out

United Airlines flight diverts after co-pilot passes out

  A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing in New Mexico on Tuesday morning after the co-pilot passed out, an airport spokesman said. United… Read More ›

Edward Snowden’s ready to go to prison, waiting on answer from U.S.

Edward Snowden’s ready to go to prison, waiting on answer from U.S.

Edward Snowden says he’s offered “many times” to go to prison in the United States as part of a deal to return from exile in… Read More ›

Apple has reportedly dumped VMware in a move that could save it millions

Apple has reportedly dumped VMware in a move that could save it millions

  Apple is not renewing a contract with server virtualization software provider VMware, reports CRN — a move that could save the company millions of dollars.… Read More ›

The panicked capital flight from China is a red herring

The panicked capital flight from China is a red herring

  When I lived in Hong Kong in the 1990s, Asia was a place of great mood swings. Today is no exception, with pessimism fast… Read More ›

Employees of FanDuel and DraftKings could be using inside information to win big money on rival sites

Employees of FanDuel and DraftKings could be using inside information to win big money on rival sites

  There may be some major misconduct involving DraftKings and FanDuel, the two biggest daily fantasy-sports websites. Last week, a user on a fantasy-sports forum noticed that… Read More ›

New York – Dozing Baseball Fan’s $10 Mln ESPN Lawsuit Is Thrown Out

New York – Dozing Baseball Fan’s $10 Mln ESPN Lawsuit Is Thrown Out

New York – A New York state judge has thrown out a baseball fan’s $10 million defamation lawsuit claiming that ESPN announcers poked fun at… Read More ›

Central Islip, NY – How Drunk? Estimates Questioned In Drunken-driving Cases

Central Islip, NY – How Drunk? Estimates Questioned In Drunken-driving Cases

  Central Islip, NY – The way prosecutors see it, Oneil Sharpe Jr. was drunk when he raced down a Long Island highway at nearly… Read More ›

Amman – Jordanian MP Says Son Joined IS, Carried Out Suicide Attack

Amman – Jordanian MP Says Son Joined IS, Carried Out Suicide Attack

  Amman –  A Jordanian parliament member said he learned from Islamic State-linked media that his son carried out a suicide attack in Iraq, three… Read More ›

Facebook to beam free internet to Africa with satellites

Facebook to beam free internet to Africa with satellites

  Facebook is one step closer to finally beaming Internet down from space. The social network is teaming up with the French satellite company Eutelsat… Read More ›

Fleeing ISIS tyranny: Agony of the Yazidis

Fleeing ISIS tyranny: Agony of the Yazidis

  Lalish Temple, Iraqi Kurdistan – “Goodbye,” a woman dressed in a black shawl murmured in Kurdish, as she kissed the outstretched hand of an elderly… Read More ›

Iraq PM ‘would welcome’ Russian attacks against Islamic State

Iraq PM ‘would welcome’ Russian attacks against Islamic State

Moscow says it will consider extending airstrikes in Syria to Iraq if Baghdad requests its help   Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Thursday that… Read More ›