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10 years ago+3 4 1The secret time-saving trick hidden inside every New York City taxicab
Next time you’re riding in a New York City taxicab, try this hack: Even before reaching your destination, you can tap the fare on the television screen and swipe your credit card ahead of time. No need to conduct the transaction if you’re in a rush a ...
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10 years ago+19 19 0Syria on track to meet April deadline for chemical weapons disposal, OPCW says
Syria has destroyed a majority of its chemical weapons material, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Saturday. "The Syrian Arab Republic has removed or destroyed in-country approximately 80 percent of its chemical weapo ...
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10 years ago+25 25 0Ukraine says it can prove that Russia coordinated weekend attacks
Ukrainian officials say that Russia coordinated the takeovers of several Donetsk Oblast government buildings seized over the weaken by heavily armed and masked men in military uniforms. “We have all concrete proof of Russia's secret agency invol ...
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10 years ago+14 14 0Obama signs ban on public funding of presidential campaigns into law
A ban on public funding of presidential conventions was quietly signed into law by Barack Obama on Thursday in a move that could further increase the dependency of US political parties on wealthy donors. A day after the supreme court removed aggregat ...
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10 years ago+19 19 0NATO Must Be Ready to Counter Russian Threat, Top Commander Says
U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove said the buildup of Russian troops on the country’s border with Ukraine means NATO forces need to reposition themselves and increase their readiness.
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10 years ago+13 13 0Proposed Senate Bill to Ban New Painkiller
Even before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Zohydro extended release in October 2013, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has opposed the drug. On March 13, Manchin announced a plan to ban the potent painkiller through Congress. “I have t ...
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10 years ago+18 18 0U.S. SEALs Take Control of Diverted Libyan Oil Tanker
United States Navy commandos seized a renegade tanker carrying illicit Libyan oil in the Mediterranean southeast of Cyprus on Monday, thwarting a breakaway militia’s attempt to sell the oil on the black market. No shots were fired, no one was injured ...
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10 years ago+19 19 0Saudi Arabia bans 50 'blasphemous' and 'inappropriate' children's names
Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry said it had ordered a ban on the names because they contradicted the religion or the culture of the Kingdom. Along with western names such as Sandy, Linda and Elaine, the interior ministry has forbidden Saudi parents ...
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10 years ago+23 23 0Prehistoric grave-site could challenge our assumptions about the history of Bronze Age
Some 4,000 years ago people carried a young woman’s cremated bones – charred scraps of her shroud and the wood from her funeral pyre still clinging to them – carefully wrapped in a fur, along with her most valuable possessions packed into a basket, u ...
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10 years ago+25 25 0Thousands in Guatemala facing evacuation as Pacaya volcano erupts Pacaya volcano, Guatemala
A volcano has erupted in Guatemala, prompting the authorities to consider the evacuation of some 3,000 people living in the area. The Pacaya volcano began spewing ash and lava after a powerful explosion on Saturday afternoon. New explosions were seen ...
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10 years ago+15 15 0Why Groupon's Gmail Problem May Be a Good Thing
When Groupon’s third-quarter revenue missed analyst expectations, CEO Eric Lefkofsky finally acknowledged the obvious: Recent changes to how Gmail filters marketing emails were hurting the deals company. The changes arrived in the second quarter of 2 ...
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11 years ago+17 17 0People Sure Tweet "Fuck" a Lot, Finds Science
The study analyzed about 51 million tweets from 14 million users to see if English speakers swear more often online than off, and more importantly, how those swear words are used. Frequency-wise, swearing is more prevalent on Twitter than in real lif ...
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11 years ago+18 19 1Bill Nye - The Joy of Discovery
A marvelous excerpt from Bill Nye's recent debate set to original music.
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11 years ago+26 26 0Video: Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Reunite
The remarkable true story of how they found one another after 25 years.
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11 years ago+15 15 0Aerial view after devastating rock fall on January 21st 2014 in Termeno
A documentary about the devastating rock fall on January 21st 2014 in Termeno (South Tyrol), Please help the family!
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11 years ago+15 15 0Super Bowl Snipers
Along with excited and eager fans, SWAT teams and Snipers will be attending Super Bowl XLVIII. The reason for such high precautions is because the Super Bowl is a level one national security event. Former FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam explains how snipe ...
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11 years ago+12 12 0Afghan soldiers still can't read, despite $200M US-backed program, report finds
The U.S. government has committed $200 million to a program teaching Afghan soldiers to read - but a new report shows more than half of them still may be illiterate. The report, released Tuesday from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Rec ...
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11 years ago+20 20 0Where Does Obesity Come From?
We think poverty makes people obese and that obesity makes people poor. It's harder to understand exactly why.
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11 years ago+18 18 0Aaron Hernandez Update: Ex-NFL star eyed as gunman in 2012 slayings
The ex-NFL star is already charged in the June 2013 death of Odin Lloyd - and a newly released search warrant reveals police are eyeing him as the possible gunman in a 2012 double homicide.
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11 years ago+15 15 0What You Don’t Know About Pussy Riot, and Life in Russia’s Gulag-Like Prison Colonies
Vanity Fair contributor Masha Gessen has written acclaimed stories for the magazine about Vladimir Putin (“Dead Soul,” October 2008), the ordeal of Mikhail Khodorkovsky (“The Wrath of Putin,” April 2012), and the lawsuit brought by the late Boris Ber ...