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10 years ago+24 25 1 x 1Here's What Happened When 17 Ordinary People Met Steve Jobs
Everyone "knows" Steve Jobs, or thinks they do, in the sense that we saw him do those legendary on-stage product launches of the iPhone and the iPad. But what was Jobs like when he was off stage, when he wasn't changing history with St ...
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10 years ago+31 31 0Who Killed Michael Hastings?
Reflexively distrustful, eager to make powerful enemies, the young journalist whose Mercedes exploded in Los Angeles one night couldn’t possibly have died accidentally, could he?
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10 years ago+11 11 0What We Found at Hart Island, The Largest Mass Grave Site In the U.S.
It’s a place where few living New Yorkers have ever set foot, but nearly a million dead ones reside: Hart Island, the United States’ largest mass grave, which has been closed to the public for 35 years. It is difficult to visit and off-limits to phot ...
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10 years ago+15 16 1Volunteers Wanted for Yearlong Mock Mars Mission in Canadian Arctic
If you're ready to take a timeout from your life and spend a year living in the Arctic on a simulated Mars mission, the Mars Society wants to hear from you.
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10 years ago+13 14 1Playing the Obamacare Blame Game
According to a new Gallup poll, forty-five per cent of Americans approve of the health-care reforms, up from forty-one per cent in in August, even though the new poll was taken in the midst of all the publicity about the disastrous rollout of the Web ...
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10 years ago+9 10 1A School With No Teachers, Where Students Teach Themselves
A new computer school in Paris has been overwhelmed by some 60,000 applicants. The school, called 42, was founded by a telecom magnate who says the French education system is failing young people. His aim is to reduce France’s shortage in computer pr ...
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10 years ago+13 13 0The 10 scariest places on Google Street View
From abandoned houses to simple glitches in its photography, Google Street View is just as effective at Halloween scares as goblins or amateur Lady Gaga makeup.
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10 years ago+15 16 1The Loch Ness monster's Hollywood origins
OF ALL THE "real" monsters that stir the Western imagination, there are few so romantic as the Loch Ness monster. I'm not even slightly immune to that romance. My love affair with Nessie blossomed early and strongly. What could be more ...
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10 years ago+17 17 0I disappeared for 30 years
Shelagh McDonald: 'I missed my old life, but it seemed forever out of reach'
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10 years ago+18 19 1 x 1Teen victim of Taliban Malala Yousafzai leaves Jon Stewart in shock and awe on Daily Show
Discussing her new book 'I Am Malala' the 16-year-old's profound response to one of Jon Stewart's questions left him in awe.
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10 years ago+6 6 0How To Oil and Maintain Wood Cutting Boards in 5 Minutes a Month
My wooden cutting boards are one of my most used and beloved kitchen tools. In fact, while a good chef's knife is often the sexier choice for most favorite kitchen implement, the truth is a good knife is nothing without a good board to use it on ...
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10 years ago+9 9 0Europe Aims to Regulate the Cloud
Even before revelations this summer by Edward J. Snowden on the extent of spying by the National Security Agency on electronic communications, the European Parliament busied itself attaching amendments to its data privacy regulation. Several would ch ...
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10 years ago+19 20 1 x 2Age of Internet Empires: One Map With Each Country's Favorite Website
Two researchers, Mark Graham and Stefano De Stabbata, at the Oxford Internet Institute have depicted the world’s “Internet empires” in a map, below. The map shows each nation’s most popular website, with the size of nations altered to reflect the num ...
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10 years ago+14 15 1Obama Open to Name Change for Washington Redskins
President Barack Obama says he would "think about changing" the Washington Redskins' name if he owned the football team as he waded into the controversy involving a word that many consider offensive to Native Americans.
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10 years ago+5 5 0Keeping Your Laptop Plugged in All the Time Will Kill Its Battery Faster
Laptops are our indispensable lifeline to the majesty that is the Internet. We use them to work and play from anywhere in the world. But if you’re like most people, you probably keep yours plugged in when you’re at work or home. Stop doing that.
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10 years ago+6 6 0The Best Way to Find a Cheap Airplane Ticket, According to Two Guys Who Set Fares
Travelers often bemoan the gambling in airline ticket-shopping: Do I buy now or wait to see if the fare decreases? One reason for that casino feel is the computerized alchemy of what’s known as revenue management, the airlines’ 24/7 effort to improve ...
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10 years ago+11 11 0United Nations reports 'dramatic' progress in fight against AIDS
LONDON (Reuters) - The global rate of HIV infection and the number of AIDS-related deaths have been dramatically reduced, thanks to expanding access to treatment, the United Nations said in a report issued
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10 years ago+13 13 0Microsoft offering $200 trade-in for your iPad towards purchase of a Surface
Bring in your gently used iPad 2, 3, or 4 and get a minimum of a $200 gift card to the Microsoft store.
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10 years ago+9 9 0Jail recorded nude women after arrests
Police are accused of recording DUI suspects in a jail bathroom with surveillance cameras. KIRO has more.
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10 years ago+7 8 1Uber valued at $3.5B thanks to major funding round
Alternative taxi service Uber has raised a funding round worth hundreds of millions of dollars from TPG, Benchmark, and reportedly Google Ventures.