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Friday, June 6, 2014

Donald Sterling's last laugh: Tax-free $2 billion Clippers sale

By Robert W. Wood: L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling seems to be sitting pretty. Sure, he endured bad press and probably would not have sold the team were it not for the NBA action. He may not even get to do his own negotiating, since the NBA stepped in. But a $2 billion sale to Microsoft’s Steve... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Wall Street: 98% Risk of Crash This Year

Moneynews: Earlier this year, a select group of Wall Street Insiders were surveyed, and the results were ominous. These financial experts and fund managers predicted a 98% chance a stock market crash will happen in the next six months. Gary Shilling, one of Wall Street’s top economists, says the S&P... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

China mulls building high-speed train from China to U.S.

outfront.blogs.cnn: It's an engineering feat that could make the great wall look small: a high-speed train from China to the U.S. According to a report in the Beijing times, Chinese officials are considering building a high-speed rail line that would start in northern China, go up through Russia and... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Bible Belt states watch the most gay porn, site stats show

by Matt Knight: Residents of the Bible Belt may (or may not) be surprised by new info pegging them as the biggest consumers of gay pornography over anywhere else in the nation, according to numbers released by Pornhub, one of the world’s biggest porn sites. The site set out to answer the question,... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Adultery may be the key to a long, happy marriage, psychologists claim

ByTomas Jivanda: Allowing your partner to sleep with other people could be the key to a happy marriage, psychologists have claimed. “Outsourcing” areas of the marriage such as sex to other suitors could make a relationship work in the long run, they argue. For marriages in which the passion and... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Youth Unemployment Is Costing The World Billions

By Jillian Berman: NEW YORK -- Every morning Brett Lalli wakes up and spends two to three hours searching for jobs. The 22-year-old has sent out about 50 resumes over the past several months, but has received just one request for an interview. For a few months after graduating in May, Lalli did have... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

5 Reasons Why 2013 Was The Best Year In Human History

By Zack Beauchamp - Think Progress: Between the brutal civil war in Syria, the government shutdown and all of the deadly dysfunction it represents, the NSA spying revelations, and massive inequality, it’d be easy to for you to enter 2014 thinking the last year has been an awful one. But you’d be... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen in massive hack

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million accounts at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, according to a report released this week. [ Read on Here ] Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Tuberculosis Is Back, and Nastier Than Ever

By Polly J. Price: You might not recall hearing about an undocumented Nepalese man who was picked up by U.S. border cops in south Texas a year ago. His case didn’t make the news at first, perhaps because federal health officials wanted to avoid a panic. But earlier this year, when a Wall Street... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Mafia are considering assassinating the Pope...

By Hannah Roberts: The Mafia are considering a lethal strike on Pope Francis, a senior prosecutor in Italy's crime-torn deep South has warned. The pontiff's life is in danger because his desire to sweep away corruption in 'a total clean-up' is making organised criminal groups 'nervous', the deputy... Sign in to see full entry.

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