The International Finance Corporation, the investment arm of the World Bank, said it has made a $4 million commitment to two new funds as part of its $30 million Startup Catalyst initiative, which backs accelerators and seed funds in emerging markets. Read More
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The University of Massachusetts-Amherst now has a flow chart to help students figure out just how offensive their Halloween costume may be to others.
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No major surprises here: Earlier this month, Google announced that the Android 7.1 Nougat Developer Preview and its SDK tools would roll out to developers sometime later this month — and now that we have passed the middle of the month, the preview is indeed rolling out to those who have signed up for the Android Beta Program. While the Android Beta Program is mostly geared toward… Read More 
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The Iraqi Army advance into Mosul is going faster than expected, and Jihadist defenders are preparing for defeat.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted three Kansas men who are suspected of plotting to attack Somali immigrants in Garden City.
Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall says the grand jury indictment returned Wednesday is based on the same facts presented Friday in U.S. District Court in ...
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You're a train conductor speeding along when you suddenly see five people tied up on the tracks in front of you. You don't have enough time to stop, but you do have enough time to switch to an alternate track. That's when you see there's one person tied up on the alternate track. Do you pull the lever to make the switch, or stay the course? Read More 
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The Hillary Clinton campaign privately argued that "platitudes" would better serve its defense of forced unionism than details about "fees."
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A Democratic consultant plotted to arrange for female campaign operatives to be bullied by men at a rally for Republican Donald Trump, according to a newly released video by Project Veritas Action.
The footage released Wednesday shows Aaron Black, an associate at the Democratic consulting firm Democracy Partners, ...
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Yahoo secretly scanned its users emails at the behest of a U.S. government agency — and now it wants the government to explain why. In a letter to James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, Yahoo carefully avoids admitting that it scanned users' email or that it received an order to do so, but asks Clapper to "clarify this matter of public interest." The… Read More 
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Iran is seeking "many billions of dollars" in payments from the United States in exchange for the release of several U.S. hostages still being detained in Iran, according to reports by Iran's state-controlled press that are reigniting debate over the Obama administration's decision earlier this year to pay Iran $1.7 billion in cash.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal prosecutor's office says North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory won't face any legal action stemming from an examination of state prison contracts held by a company led by a political donor.
The U.S. Attorney's office in Charlotte confirmed Wednesday that U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose ...
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Circle has lit up two more European markets as it works to rapidly build out its presence in the region. Users of the p2p payments app in Spain and Ireland can now connect any Spanish or Irish bank account to the app to send and receive money within their own countries and across borders. Read More 
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Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers:
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NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune on Louisiana marriage laws:
Out Xanamane was born at home in Laos in 1975, the year the Southeast Asian nation was taken over by communists. His family fled the war-torn country and ended up in Louisiana in 1986 after stints ...
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Leanplum started out as a mobile A/B testing platform but has since built on this foundation to become a fully-fledged mobile marketing platform. The company has now raised a $29 million Series C round led by Canaan Partners with participation from existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Shasta Ventures. This brings Leanplum's total funding to 46.4 million to… Read More 
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Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers:
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The Sun Herald on the lottery:
Gov. Phil Bryant says he's willing to discuss a state lottery.
We think it is a discussion worth having.
You've seen the pictures and videos this news organization publishes. Mississippians pour across the state line to ...
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Why do some companies scale to millions of users while others wallow in obscurity? What explains the runaway success of a company like Facebook while a startup like Viddy, a mobile app for video, attracted millions of users and millions of dollars in financing, only to lose both? When it comes to startup success, there's never a magic bullet. Read More 
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