The standard sets of stock headphones being shipped by companies like Apple and Samsung are, by in large, garbage. For consumers looking to achieve more of a high-end audio experience, their best bet is traditionally in securing a new pair of cans. A new company, BoomCloud 360, is looking to help consumers boost audio quality more easily with their first portable product offering. The… Read More
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"There was always someone who shot at the terrorist or the shooter."
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The meteoric rise of Vladimir Putin from mid-level intelligence apparatchik to president of Russia has been chronicled by numerous biographers. Few have captured the complexities and influencing forces in Putin's life as well as Steve Lee Myers's meticulously researched and vividly written portrait of "the new tsar."
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HONOLULU (AP) - President Barack Obama is returning to the rancor of the nation's capital after two weeks of fun and sun in his native Hawaii, saying he's "fired up" for his final year in office and ready to tackle unfinished business.
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"ALL PATRIOTS ITS TIME TO STAND UP NOT STAND DOWN!!! WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! COME PREPARED."
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Slack's rocket ship has a new co-pilot. April Underwood, Slack's former head of platform who just launched its App Directory and Slack Fund, has leveled up to become the startup's VP of Product. Underwood joined Slack in June after nearly five years at Twitter where she was a Director of Product. Putting the head of platform in charge of the entire product shows… Read More 
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"If I had braked harder, I could have avoided impact, but it initially appeared the piece was going to fall in front of me."
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"There is nothing wrong with that and do not let anybody tell you that there is anything wrong with that."
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We are now in a new year. Like most people, you'll likely start 2016 setting a bunch of resolutions. If you are an entrepreneur, or want to become one, do yourself a favor and make the one resolution that can make 2016 your best year: Stop believing the Silicon Valley lies and those who tell them. Read More 
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"They start giving me some kind of crap because I'm a big guy and I have this little fluffy dog."
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"He told them if there was a problem he WILL appeal it."
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Brown was freed from felony probation last year, more than six years after he attacked then-girlfriend Rihanna.
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"This is a sad day in our city."
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Iran's parliament speaker warned that the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr would prompt "a maelstrom" in Saudi Arabia.
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This past year will be remembered as the year of the on-demand economy. For many people, especially those outside of Silicon Valley, it seemed to come out of nowhere. On the consumer side, this was almost universally a welcome surprise. The impact on workers was, of course, much more hotly debated. Read More 
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"The suspect did not listen, quickly began to advance on the officers, concealing his right hand, which the officers believed was holding a firearm."
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"This people-powered campaign is revolutionizing American politics."
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Technology promises to transform healthcare. It's redefining how we interact with, and act on, our health data, and reshaping how care is delivered and coordinated. But uptake so far has been limited — particularly among the elderly, those with chronic conditions and others who could benefit most from a better, smarter healthcare system. To understand why, we need to look at… Read More 
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York lawmakers returning to Albany this week face a long list of challenges as they seek to move past a disastrous 2015.
The Legislature kicks off the 2016 session on Wednesday. It will likely be dominated by debates about a $15 minimum wage, education funding ...
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - With same-sex marriage now legal nationwide, lawmakers in numerous states are preparing for a new round of battles in 2016 over whether to grant discrimination protections to LGBT people or religious exemptions to nonprofits and businesses that object to gay marriage.
The tussle over civil ...
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"Total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States."
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Syrian refugees seeking asylum in Toledo are finding the process long and difficult to navigate.
The state Department of Job and Family Services reported that 48 Syrian refugees settled in Ohio during the 2015 fiscal year, which runs from July until June. Lucas County, where Toledo ...
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"You are wrong, uncertain and mistaken if you think that killing will stop demands for rights."
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"We don't cure, but we control the disease."
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Today, as modern automobiles have evolved to moving machines bristling with sensors, software, processors and networks, future predictions are all about technology. Read More 
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"There's no reason to think that [the pilot] was trying to harm anyone but himself."
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I have spent most of my life living and traveling in Southeast Asia; the last two years as the mentor to Asian startups. Southeast Asia — home to 620 million people across 11 countries — has been skyrocketing with tremendous growth; case in point, the 16 percent increase in Aggregate Investment Deal Value, to US$1.05 billion in 2014. Read More 
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If there is one proposition on which there is a consensus among Middle East experts—from academia to the media, and to politicians who echo them both—it is that the "root cause" of present problems in the region are the Western imperialists who imposed their will on its hapless indigenous peoples. According to this narrative, Western powers had been nibbling at the margins of the Ottoman Empire and seized on the opportunity offered by its siding with Germany in World War I. Secret agreements between imperialist powers determined new political boundaries without regard to the needs or interests of those who lived in the region, or to any promises made in the past.
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CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood of Illinois says constituents have "turned the page" since he was elected to replace former Rep. Aaron Schock, who resigned amid questions over his spending.
LaHood, a 47-year-old Republican, took Schock's House seat after a special election in September.
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