A very intelligent piece by BuzzFeed's Mat Honan said that Google's self-driving car would bring about the "ugly end of driving." He's correct in almost every way; cars are "giant, inefficient, planet-and-people-killing death machines," killing, as he cited, 1.2 million people a year. This is a good enough argument that removing a whole bunch of… Read More
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The Obama administration will reject the Keystone XL pipeline, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
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Hoping to boost Obamacare signups in a tough third year, the White House on Friday challenged 20 cities across the U.S. to root out their uninsured residents and drive them into Web-based exchanges set up under the law.
The participating cities span the nation — from Atlanta to Phoenix — ...
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Famo.us' 15 minutes of open source fame have come to an end. JavaScript rendering engine Famo.us has pivoted out of its hardcore open sourced engineering platform which had raised over $31 million. It's now refocused on commercializing the idea of powerful mobile web apps with a content management system for branded marketing apps. Read More 
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(Reuters) - Teneo, a global consulting firm with ties to White House contender Hillary Clinton, has dismissed a U.S. Senate panel's suggestion that it had undue influence at the State Department when Clinton was the top U.S. diplomat, calling its work in Washington "insignificant" in a letter.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Activists are seeking more aggressive cleanup measures at a former federal weapons manufacturing site in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/1WEyfHE ) that members of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, a coalition of organizations from communities located near Department of Energy nuclear facilities, ...
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"The correlation isn't perfect."
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"… whether such elements should be part of a Christian worship service."
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Did you miss the deadline or just forget to get early-bird tickets to Disrupt London? You're in luck! We're giving you one more week to stop procrastinating and get your tickets for £400 off the total retail price of £1,200. You'll hear wonderful things from some of the best and brightest investors, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in the business at Disrupt,… Read More 
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has an 18-point lead over Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont in a new poll on the early presidential state of Iowa, essentially retaining the sizable advantage she had over Mr. Sanders in August in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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"This is a fantastic jobs number at this point in the recovery."
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HTC has released a new commercial whose primary message is Be Different. While this would be fine in general, I suspect many of us will notice a distinct similarity between this commercial and a number of other commercials, including one filmed three decades ago, in which a troublemaker tears down the status quo in order to sell consumer electronics. This idea, obviously, doesn't belong… Read More 
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"…that's what you guys love to do."
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There were numerous suspensions due to sexual harassment allegations and even complaints that he intimidated an emergency dispatcher with guns.
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On the heels of a $75 million investment from Accel, Chinese drone king DJI is putting some of its funding to use by making some investments of its own. The company this week announced that it would be taking a stake in Hasselblad, a camera maker from Sweden that focuses (!) on high quality equipment, often used in more challenging environments. This is a minority stake and neither… Read More 
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state Senate plans to vote on eliminating Wisconsin's nonpartisan elections board on rewriting campaign finance laws.
Both measures were scheduled for votes Friday in a specially called session to pass the bills after Republicans reached a compromise following a weekslong impasse.
The Assembly passed them ...
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As someone who has never particularly cared for the James Bond series, the Daniel Craig era has been a breath of fresh air. It's too bad, then, that his latest adventure feels more like an homage to Bond's past than a continuation of his hot streak.
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The writing is on the wall for more consolidation in the world of startups… both literally and figuratively. Today Anoto, a digital writing company based out of Sweden, announced that it would acquire longtime partner Livescribe, another a smart pen maker, for $15 million in a deal that is expected to close this month. Specifically, Anoto says this is an all-cash deal and is based… Read More 
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If you're still putting off getting your tickets to Disrupt London 2015, you're going to want to act now. Today is the final day to get early-bird tickets to Disrupt before they jump £400 to the final retail price of £1,200 plus VAT. Read More 
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing an aggressive push to regain ground in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, combining a series of ads, policy speeches and appearances before key groups of voters in a bid to ignite his challenge to front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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