At Long Last, The Thorium Age Is Coming
Thorium, an element named after the Norse god of thunder, may soon contribute to the world's electricity supply.Well begun; half done. That proverb--or, rather, its obverse--encapsulates the problems...
View ArticleThe NSA Flat-Out Denies It Knew Anything About The Heartbleed Bug Before It...
Earlier today, Bloomberg reported that the NSA has been using the Heartbleed bug to gather information about Internet users for years. But the NSA quickly denied the report in a tweet, saying that the...
View ArticleHow Stephen Colbert Cracked Into Comedy And Made It To The Very Top
Earlier this week, CBS announced that Steven Colbert, of "The Colbert Report," will take over the "Late Show" when David Letterman retires in 2015.Colbert has hosted his own political news program...
View ArticleCITI: We Don't Know Why Markets Are Falling, But We're Sure This Is Not A...
Citi's Matt King is the latest to join the growing list of Wall Street strategists struggling to identify the catalyst of the ongoing market sell-off, which has seen the Nasdaq plunge by 8% in a...
View ArticleThe Collapse Of Momentum Stocks Is An Ominous Change
Nasdaq’s recent weakness signifies an important change in market leadership that seldom happens without a strong reversal of overall market direction as the market seeks new leaders. Nasdaq has now...
View ArticleCalifornia Ordered To End 'Cruel And Unusual' Punishment Of Mentally Ill...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been ordered to curtail its usage of pepper spray and isolation when dealing with the 33,000 mentally ill prisoners in the California...
View ArticleOBAMA: The GOP Threatens Voting Rights In A Way Not Seen In Five Decades
President Barack Obama warned Friday that Republicans were suppressing the right of African Americans to vote in a way not seen in 50 years.In unusually sharp language, the president accused his...
View ArticleWhen You Put It This Way, The Nasdaq Is Doing Great
With the Nasdaq down around 8% from its March 5 high, it may feel like the whole world is just caving in.The sell-off in the tech heavy index compares to the 3% decline in the S&P 500 during that...
View ArticleInternal Documents: Samsung Wants To Abandon Android
The ongoing patent trial between Apple and Samsung has provided a treasure trove of internal documents that let outsiders finally get an idea of how each company thinks of the competition.Last week,...
View ArticleHere Are The Two Soviet Propaganda Posters Hanging In The White House Press...
Washingtonian MOM magazine's spring issue has a profile of White House Press Secretary Jay Carney's wife, ABC News contributor Claire Shipman, that features a picture taken inside their home. In the...
View ArticleThe Secret To Making Dinosaur Bar-B-Que's Famous St. Louis-Style Ribs
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View ArticleThis Free App Will Verify If Your Android Phone Is Vulnerable To The...
Security company Lookout has released a free app called Heartbleed Detector to help verify if your Android device is at risk.As we previously reported, the bug is not affecting most devices, however,...
View ArticleRand Paul Takes A Direct Shot At Hillary Clinton
DOVER, N.H. — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul took a direct shot at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton here on Friday, giving a small preview of strategies he may use if they face off in the 2016...
View ArticleIsraeli Hacker Reportedly Exposes 'Anonymous' Members Behind #OpIsrael...
An Israeli hacker calling himself "Buddhax"has reportedly exposed some of the participants of an Anonymous-backed cyberattack that hit a number of Israeli websites this week, Haaretz reported.Posting...
View ArticleTwo Associates Of Ex-NFL Star Aaron Hernandez Charged In Murder Case
Two associates of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez were charged Friday with the murder of a semi-pro football player, for which Hernandez has already been charged.Carlos Ortiz and...
View ArticleWhy A Big Stock Market Sell-Off Is No Reason To Panic
Is this the end of the bull market? Is this the beginning of the crash?We can't help but ask these questions when we see stocks take a tumble from their highs.Currently, the S&P 500 is down 2.8%...
View ArticleMarines' Top Leader Took So Much Heat After Saying Lower Pay 'Raises...
The Marine Corps' top enlisted leader, Sgt. Maj. Micheal Barrett, testified before the Senate Armed Services commitee on Wednesday, telling members he truly believed that lower pay for Marines would...
View ArticleSan Franciscans March In Protest Of A Google Lawyer Who Evicted Teachers From...
On Friday, Eviction Free San Francisco, tenant rights activists and other concerned citizens gathered in the Mission District in San Francisco to protest the recent evictions of several teachers from...
View ArticleThe Strange Fashion Choices Of European Men
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View ArticlePeople In Los Angeles Take Group Photo As Man Considers Suicide On A Freeway...
With the freeway shut down due to a man threatening to kill himself on an overpass, a bunch of people in Los Angeles got out of their cars and figured it was a great time to take a group photo.Because...
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