January 9, 2016

Winning Numbers for Record Powerball Jackpot Have Been Drawn

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American B-52 Bomber Flies Over South Korea in Show of Force After North Korea Nuclear Test

North Korea will likely see the landing as a threat.

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How Startups Are Solving A Decades-Old Problem In Education

storybook In 1984, educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom published research on a new method of teaching, commonly called Bloom's 2 Sigma Problem. The term "2 Sigma" comes from the results of the study, which showed that students who were provisioned with a combination of one-on-one mentorship and mastery learning performed two standard deviations ("sigma") higher than… Read More

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Europe's Dishonest Elites, and Ours

(John Hinderaker) A reader writes to comment on the mass sexual assaults that have been taking place in Germany, and efforts to cover them up or mischaracterize them: The German situation is even worse than you presented. Sure, the Cologne police chief got fired, but the despicable mayor hasn't resigned. And, sure, there has been some scrambling and slithering by left politicians, including, miracle dictum, Angel Merkel, Mutti herself, to tap dance

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VA Allows Phoenix VA Execs Under Investigation For Almost Two Years To Return To Work

'Once again, the VA has shown that it does not take accountability, or Congress, seriously'

Via: The Daily Caller

'RAPEfugees Not Welcome': Protests Over Sexual Assaults Blamed on Asylum Seekers Ignite Streets of Cologne

"And who is to blame mainly? These young, testosterone-driven time bombs with their image of women from the Middle Ages."

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Rolling Stone Granted Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Approval Power Over Entire Exclusive Profile on Him

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Where a 3-Year-Old in His Diaper Is Found Driving His 'Power Wheels' Mini Car Has Officials Investigating

"Could have ended a lot differently …"

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Nest's Smart Home Apps Are Back Online Following Outages

Nest 1 Nest users who depend on their connected products to monitor their homes experienced a hiccup in connectivity Saturday that left users scrambling to figure out what was happening. In the absence of any initial details from Nest, many users flocked to Twitter to vent their frustrations with the company's products, and also reflect on the risks inherent to trusting connected devices… Read More

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Shock Video: Russian Hospital Doctor Punches Patient in the Head — and the Patient Later Dies

"If the victim had stayed on his feet or hit his head on a less hard surface, the consequences would not have been so critical."

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C-Way Is An Apple Watch For Kids

10481132_1447265222242236_5169752802573327530_o While wandering the Eureka Park floor at CES, we ran into C-Way, a cool French startup that is making GPS-enabled smart watches for kids. So what exactly does a smart watch for kids do? Well first off, it helps parents keep track of their kid's location. By embedding a GPS sensor in the device, parents can open C-Way's app and see where your child is at all times, thanks to a… Read More

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A "smoking gun" in the Clinton email saga? Part Two

(Paul Mirengoff) Yesterday, I suggested that the following email sent by Hillary Clinton might represent a smoking gun in terms of the mishandling of classified information: If they can't fix [the secure server], turn [the document that rules require be sent on the secure server] into nonpaper w no identifying heading and send nonsecure. I wondered, however, what "nonpaper" meant in this context. The most persuasive answer came from a recently retired

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Sanders, O'Malley criticize immigration raids at Iowa forum

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley used a liberal forum in Iowa on Saturday to rail against holiday-season raids seeking Central American immigrants for deportation.

Before about 1,000 people packed into a Des Moines church, Sanders said that while he works closely with ...

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'Disturbing' Clinton Email: More Detail Arises, but Many Questions Remain Unanswered

The agency "checked its records and found no indication that the document in question was sent to Secretary Clinton using nonsecure fax or email."

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What To Know Before You Co-Invest

shutterstock_212710381 One of my investors candidly asked me recently, "Shelly, if I have an opportunity to invest with people I've just met, how do I avoid getting screwed over?" This is a good question; for most investors interested in startups, co-investing is the de facto way to invest. Just like you scrutinize the entrepreneur, the technology and the market opportunity before investing, you… Read More

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Breaking News: El Chapo May Be Extradited To The US

El Chapo has three days to appeal his extradition

Via: The Daily Caller

Man Who Police Say Claimed He Shot Philly Cop in Name of Islam Charged With Attempted Murder

Investigators said Archer told them he was "following Allah" and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

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Tesla Model S Can Now Drive Without You

Image1 for post Live Unveiling Of The Tesla Model S Sedan Well, authorities in Hong Kong aren't going to like this one bit. Back in November, they told Tesla to remotely disable its semiautonomous driving technology until they can confirm that the features, released in mid October, are safe. They were concerned (sort of understandably) by widely reported hijinks by drivers who were using Tesla's new Autopilot software to shave and sit… Read More

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'Tax Wall Street,' Trump Pledges After Stock Market Selloff

There's a bubble, the billionaire mogul says.

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How Many Democrats Do You Suppose Would Switch Sides and Vote for Donald Trump? New Poll Reveals the Numbers

"100 percent sure"

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Google And Amazon Talk About Managing Drone Traffic At CES

Figuring out how to manage drone traffic over the United States to allow for drone delivery services and other drone-based service is going to be critical if Amazon and Google ever want to deliver packages to the backyards of their customers. Earlier this week, Amazon's VP of Global Public Policy Paul Misener and Dave Vos, Google's lead of Project Wing, as well as… Read More

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State Senate president accuses assistant of embezzling

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico Senate president is accusing a longtime assistant of embezzling thousands of dollars in campaign funds.

Senate President Pro Tem Mary Kay Papen made the allegations in amended campaign finance reports filed with the Secretary of State's Office.

Sandra Fish of New Mexico ...

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Chinese Immigrant's Powerful Response to Obama's Executive Action on Guns

"I once was a slave before and I will never be one again."

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The Cruel Inequities

animal-farm There are few people in technology more infuriating than Y Combinator's Paul Graham, who earlier this month dropped a brilliant summary and analysis of the ongoing refragmentation of modern societies, followed immediately by a blinkered, muddled, wrong-headed essay on technology's role in economic inequality. The response from his fellow tech VCs was remarkable. Read More

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