February 3, 2016

Amazon Echo Can Now Order Your Pizza

amazon-echo In case you needed another reason to buy Amazon's Internet-connected speaker, the Amazon Echo: the device can now order pizza for you, following your verbal command. Have all my dreams come true? Yes. Yes, they have. The feature is actually being made available by way of a third-party application from delivery chain Domino's, which has been experimenting with new digital… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

FLASHBACK: Chris Matthews, Who Does This 'For A Living,' Predicted Rand Paul Would Be 2016 GOP Nominee

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Donald Trump on Iowa caucus: 'Ted Cruz didn't win Iowa, he stole it'; votes should be 'nullified'

Donald Trump said Ted Cruz "stole" his win in the Iowa caucus after the Texas senator's staff spread rumors that Ben Carson was dropping out of the race with the hopes of garnering the retired neurosurgeon's votes — and as a result, Mr. Cruz's votes should be "nullified"

"Based on ...

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This Is What O.J. Simpson Told Kris Jenner About His Wife's Murder

'It was unprompted...'

Via: The Daily Caller

Man Becomes Example of Why Some Gun Owners Prefer Concealed Carry Over Open Carry

The suspects pushed him to the ground. 

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Watch Bill Clinton Explain Why Bernie Sanders Appeals to More Young Voters Than Hillary

"End of story."

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Rand Paul Suspends Presidential Campaign

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is suspending his run for the Republican presidential nomination, he said Wednesday after finishing near the bottom of the pack in the Iowa caucuses.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Crypter Encrypts Your Facebook Chats For Maximum Security

IMG_0529 Imagine you're Edward Snowden with a Facebook profile. You text an ace reporter at the Guardian and have a new bit of information to share: you totally found a great new coffee place in the heart of Moscow where the CIA can't poison you with thallium. How do you send that news securely over Facebook Messenger? Crypter is the answer. Created by a Max Mitchell, a student at Sussex… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Rand Paul to Suspend Presidential Campaign

Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) will end his 2016 presidential campaign Wednesday, according to multiple reports Wednesday morning.

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Rand Paul suspends presidential campaign

Sen. Rand Paul is suspending his presidential campaign, CNN is reporting.

The Kentucky Republican has been lagging in the polls and finished as an also-ran in the Iowa caucuses.

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Sanders Says The Clinton Campaign Is 'Nervous' [VIDEO]

'Now suddenly they're very interested in more debates'

Via: The Daily Caller

Passenger Sucked Out of Plane at 14,000 Feet After Suspected Bomb Blasts Hole in Side of Jet

"It was my first bomb. I hope it will be the last."

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Rand Paul Suspends Presidential Campaign

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Fitbit Announces The Alta, A $130 Customizable Fitness Band

Fitbit Alta Family 2 Meet the new face of Fitbit. Called Alta, this new $130 fitness tracker is set to invigorate the company's aging product line — if it's not too late. The Alta is packed with the standard affair of Fitbit abilities, lacking only heart rate monitoring. Inside the band is activity tracking, sleep tracking, move reminders, a clock and smartphone notifications. The Alta even has… Read More

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Trump's Iowa Postmortem: Skipping Debate, Lax Ground Game Hurt

Donald Trump said he's proud of his second-place finish in the Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa but skipping the Fox News debate and his inexperience with mobilizing voters on the ground hurt his campaign.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Donald Trump: 'I think that polls for a caucus don't work very well'

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said his second-place finish in Iowa — after many surveys had projected a victory for him — doesn't mean he's swearing off polls.

"I think that polls for a caucus don't work very well," Mr. Trump said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "The polls for ...

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Chicago Seminary Launches 'White Privilege Glasses' Campaign

Of course it includes a white police officer

Via: The Daily Caller

Petcube Scoops Up $2.6 Million So You Can Entertain Your Pet From Anywhere

IMG_3627 Petcube, which is part of Y Combinator's Winter 2016 class, is a young startup that wants to bring together pet care and the connected home to improve the lives of our pets. To do this, the company has raised $2.6 million for their first product, the Petcube Camera. Read More

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Santorum Postpones S.C. Campaign Events

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is delaying South Carolina tour and Wednesday's events are postponed, campaign says in news release. Santorum will do "media activites" in Washington on Wednesday, release says Campaign is working to reschedule South Carolina events, release says NOTE: Santorum won 2012 Iowa caucuses; finished in 11th place in Monday's caucuses, according to AP Earlier: Santorum to Spend 'A Couple of Days' Deciding What's Next: Paper

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Judge reduces prison sentence of former mayor

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - A judge has reduced the prison sentence of a former mayor convicted of embezzlement.

The Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/1o5peNN ) reports Rankin County Circuit Judge William Chapman III re-sentenced former Terry Mayor Rod Nicholson to 10 years with nine suspended and one year of house arrest on Monday. ...

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Tennessee School Board Considers Ban On Classroom Material From TERRORIST GROUPS

'I don't think our teachers are going to Hamas and pulling down supplementary materials'

Via: The Daily Caller

Bill requires some immigrants to serve full sentences

PHOENIX (AP) - A proposal barring judges from giving sentencing breaks to immigrants in the country illegally and making them ineligible for parole is set for a hearing in the Arizona Senate.

Republican Sen. Steve Smith says his proposal is designed to ensure that people who already broke immigration laws ...

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Thumzap Scores $3M To Let You Pick Up Your Kid's Online Shopping Bill

Thumzap — presuming it can get decent traction with online sellers and app developers — is a pretty neat idea. The U.S.-registered startup, with R&D out of Tel Aviv, has developed a payments platform that reduces the friction for teens, who might not otherwise have a means of paying, to shop online. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Clinton Rakes in Millions Through State Channels

Fundraising alliances with 33 states netted the candidate $26.9 million before the first vote was even cast.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Chinese Defector Reveals Beijing's Secrets

A defector from China has revealed some of the innermost secrets of the Chinese government and military, including details of its nuclear command and control system, according to American intelligence officials.

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Fugitive real estate heir to have change-of-plea hearing

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A fugitive New York real estate heir held in Louisiana on a weapons charge is scheduled for a plea agreement that will let him return to California to face a murder charge.

U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt has scheduled Robert Durst's re-arraignment for Wednesday on a ...

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Mifold Raises $1.5 Million For Its Grab-And-Go Booster Seat

Back Pack If you have young children, or your children aren't so old that you can still remember what a complete and utter pain clunky car seats can be, you might want to acquaint yourself with three-year-old, Ra'anana, Israel-based mifold. The founders of King Digital Entertainment did. In fact, after seeing the Indiegogo campaign of the company and its accompanying video, they reached out… Read More

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APNewsBreak: NYC vets public-info requests for 'sensitivity'

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio denied he was micromanaging his image last year when his lawyers issued a sweeping mandate to review all public records requests that could "reflect directly on the mayor."

But the first batch of more than 50 requests forwarded to ...

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India's Housejoy Makes First Acquisition Following $23M Round Led By Amazon

Screenshot 2016-02-03 13.53.56 Housejoy, the India-based home services on-demand company backed by Amazon, has made its first acquisition after it snapped up on-demand laundry and cleaning company MyWash. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

What happened to John Cornyn?

(Paul Mirengoff) Thanks in no small part to the efforts of Sen. Tom Cotton, the bipartisan congressional effort to reduce the mandatory minimum sentences for certain federal drug felonies, and to release many drug felons from jail, is on hold in the Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has called for what Politico calls "a breather of sorts on the bill," so that Republican Senators can examine the issue more closely. Sen. John

Source: Power Line

Feds Cover Up Numbers On Fake Science

National Science Foundation annually awards $7 billion for research, but keeps the requests rejected for plagiarism and fake data secret.

Via: The Daily Caller

As First Lady, Hillary Did Not Have Security Clearance But Received Classified Information Anyway

2007 interview resurfaces

Via: The Daily Caller

New Video Alleges Planned Parenthood Used 'Accounting Gimmicks' to Hide Profit From Sale of Fetuses

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'I Don't Know if He Was There to Kill Me': MSNBC Host Pens Harrowing Column About Iowa Incident

"…the hairs on my arm stood on end."

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