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10 years ago+17 17 0More people prefer a male boss, but gender gap is narrowing
Sorry, ladies of the working world. Those are comments we received in response to my recent piece about how companies with more women in C-suites and corporate boards do better financially.
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11 years ago+12 12 0Philly Councilman Makes Cheesy Plea to Woo Hot Sauce Maker
Just as a judge rejected an effort to halt production of Sriracha hot sauce in Irwindale, Calif., over chili smoke odor complaints, a Philadelphia city council member wrote a letter to the manufacturer with 10 reasons why it should move to the warm & ...
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11 years ago+21 21 0Why Schwarzenegger, Stallone Aren't Movie Stars Anymore
Twenty years ago, or maybe even 10-15 years ago, the idea of a big-budget action film starring both Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger would have been a pretty big deal. But yet here we are, with their first official team-up picture, Escape ...
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11 years ago+16 16 0Life After Death? New Methods Halt Dying Process
The line between life and death is not as clear as once thought, now that developments in the science of resuscitation have made it possible to revive people even hours after their heart has stopped beating and they are declared dead, medical experts ...
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11 years ago+19 19 0Tyler Cowen’s 10 Reasons Texas Is Our Future
It's big. It's hot. It's cheap. And, according to Tyler Cowen, it's where America's 'new cowboys' are blazing a path for the nation to follow
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11 years ago+8 9 1Story of Jesus Christ was 'fabricated to pacify the poor', claims controversial Biblical scholar
A controversial American biblical scholar is set to make his first appearance in London next week to present a discovery that he claims proves the story of Jesus Christ was invented as a system of mind control to enslave the poor.
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11 years ago+9 9 0The Forest Mafia: How Scammers Steal Millions Through Carbon Markets
An ambitious real estate developer, David Nilsson hoped to ink joint venture agreements with the regional government of Loreto province and the leaders of the indigenous Matses community to preserve vast thickets of the tribe's remote rainforest ...
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11 years ago+17 17 0 x 1KFC Invented A Way For Americans To Eat Fried Chicken From The Cupholders Of Their Cars
KFC's new "Go Cups" let you eat fried chicken in your car.
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11 years ago+6 6 0So Mars Has Water. Could We Drink It?
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered that Martian soil actually contains a small amount of H2O.
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11 years ago+4 4 0How the Internet is letting ’90s kids relive their glory days
I am the youngest of The Switch bloggers. So I was a kid in the 1990s. The world at large hasn't been particularly kind to my Generation Y cohorts. A lot of people deride us as materialistic, self-centered whiners while somehow glossing over the ...
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11 years ago+6 6 0Facebook's Zuckerberg says U.S. spying hurt users' trust
Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said revelations about U.S. government surveillance hurt users' trust in Internet companies and that knowing more about the programs would help relieve some of the public concerns.
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11 years ago+18 19 1At least 7 dead in Navy Yard shooting. Two possible suspects at large
At least seven people are dead after as many as three shooters dressed in military style uniforms opened fire in a rampage at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, police said, spreading fear and chaos across the region as authorities tried to contain ...
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11 years ago+6 6 0Virgin Galactic aircraft cruises to supersonic speeds
The commercial spaceline, co-owned by billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group, just pushed its flagship aircraft higher and faster than ever before in a second rocket-powered flight.
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11 years ago+8 9 1Here's proof French is for lovers
French has long been considered the most romantic language. The YouTube pranksters at Whatever finally put it to the test.
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11 years ago+12 12 0Facebook considers adding profile photos to facial recognition
Facebook Inc is considering incorporating most of its 1 billion-plus members' profile photos into its growing facial recognition database, expanding the scope of the social network's controversial technology.
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11 years ago+21 21 0Hey, Washington Post: Print that forbidden NSA interview!
The Post gets a huge story, but still allows the government to jerk its reporters around.
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11 years ago+3 5 2Canada's Valerie Grand'Maison wins Paralympic swimming gold.
Valerie Grand'Maison of Montreal won Canada's first gold medal at the Paralympic swimming world championships, taking the women's 100-metre butterfly in the visually impaired category in Montreal.
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11 years ago+15 15 0People Are Boycotting Shark Week Because Of A Fake Documentary About A Giant Shark
A "mockumentary" about the ancient giant shark Megalodon, called Megalodon: The Monster Shark That Lives, has created an uproar by their viewers.
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11 years ago+8 8 0Is the Snowden case Manning, Part II? Not quite, experts say
How are the cases of WikiLeaks document provider Bradley Manning and NSA leaker Edward Snowden different, and how are they the same?
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11 years ago+14 14 0Are We Really That Crazy About the Remote Control?
Someone had to do it, and I'm glad it's finally happened: Chromecast gives us a chance to move on.