Jay Nixon Calls For Special Session On Missouri Boeing Jobs Project
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon wants state lawmakers back at the Capitol next week in hopes of persuading the Boeing Co. to land its new 777X jet plant in Missouri. Nixon on Friday called a...
View ArticleMichael Goodman, One-Time Mugger, Apologizes To Victim Claude Soffel On Facebook
A one-time mugger has come forward to apologize to his victim, 35 years later. Michael Goodman, 53, told the New York Post that he's felt guilty since the 1970s, when he mugged Claude Soffel, now 52,...
View ArticleObamacare Website Is Making Strides, Officials Say
BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- Visitors to the government's health care website encounter fewer errors and the system now works most of the time, administration...
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Amazon Drones Will Have The Best Missed Delivery Slips
Amazon may not be able to deliver your packages via drone for another 4 to 5 years, but we already have an idea of what their new missed delivery slips will look like. Clever Twitter user...
View ArticleInstagram Hits New Record, Courtesy Of 'Thanksgivukkah' Food Orgy
Last Thursday saw two holidays at once, and one big day for Instagram. For the first time in 125 years, the Jewish holiday of Hannukah and the American holiday of Thanksgiving overlapped. Because both...
View Article'Cheating Universities' Ranking Names Colleges With The Most Alumni On...
A website devoted to assisting adults in cheating on their spouses has created a college ranking most schools would probably like to forget. AshleyMadison.com polled 10,350 of their members and...
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Protect Your Teen From Dangerous Dark Net Drugs
More than 60 percent of teens report that drugs are purchased, bought, and used at their school. Unfortunately for parents, teens are accessing some of the most dangerous drugs such as heroin and...
View ArticleObamacare Still Alive -- Daily Intelligencer
On Saturday, the Obama administration announced that it had mostly fixed healthcare.gov, and how you choose to interpret that is largely a matter of spin.
View ArticleThe Real Reason Amazon Says It's Building A Fleet Of Octocopters
The aerial drone is actually the perfect vehicle--not for delivering packages, but for evoking Amazon's indomitable spirit of innovation.
View ArticleThe One Thing All Introverts Need To Do At Work
Quartz: One of the best networking tips for shy people might be simply, “Move your desk at work.” From the book Achieving Success Through Social Capital: Tapping the Hidden Resources in Your Personal...
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'Glasses For Noah' Facebook Page Shows A 4-Year-Old That His Glasses Are Cool...
Four-year-old Noah Fisher loves superheroes, but he didn't feel like one in his new glasses. Mom Lindsey Fisher told USA Today that when she told Noah to put his glasses on, he started crying. "I...
View ArticleAndroid Won't Autocomplete 'Uterus,' 'Butt' And 1,400 Other Words
If you want to text a friend that you're taking the LSAT next week, Google won't help you out. An exhaustive investigation by Wired revealed that the latest version of Google's Android, the most...
View ArticleFirst Victim of Amazon Drones: The Credibility of CBS and 60 Minutes
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos runs one of the world's most notoriously secretive organizations. Yet last night he went on national TV and showed off a bunch of dazzling delivery drones that he says won't...
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26 Slogans That Frankly Make More Sense Than the Real Ones, Pt. 2
As a follow-up to my previous post, here are 26 more honest slogans that reveal what people really think of popular brands. Enjoy! 1. honestslogans.com 2. honestslogans.com 3. honestslogans.com 4....
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Lindsay Lohan Suing Grand Theft Auto V Makers For Using Her Likeness (REPORT)
Lindsay Lohan reportedly plans to sue the makers of popular video game "Grand Theft Auto V" for using her likeness in promotional material. The actress has allegedly reached out to her lawyers to...
View ArticleThe MOOC Backlash -- Udacity's Pivot
Wrapping up my response to the MOOC backlash (if only to allow me to return to my more comfortable role of MOOC curmudgeon), it's time to look at the biggest story that has gotten MOOC critics all...
View ArticleObama Reveals $100 Million HIV Research Initiative
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative at the National Institutes of Health in pursuit of a cure for HIV. Obama says his administration is redirecting $100 million into...
View ArticleWhat I Learned From Facebook on Thanksgiving
During most of my life, I use Facebook to procrastinate grading papers at night or to decompress after caring for my two children. After a Facebook binge of 20 minutes, I usually have that grossed-out...
View ArticleYou Know Seflies Are Evil When Darth Vader Starts Doing Them
2013 was very much the year of the selfie, for better or worse. (Worse.) So in some very early promotion for the new "Star Wars" trilogy, slated to start in December 2015, Disney joined the...
View ArticleSnapchat Founder's House In Venice Marks The Official, Official Arrival Of...
Tech entrepreneurs are creating a hot spot of their own, literally. The purchase of a Venice house for $2.1 million by Snapchat co-founder Bobby Murphy is just one more bit of evidence that the area is...
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