Now in its 25th year, the Pro Am Regatta at the British Virgin Islands’ Bitter End Yacht Club hits the waves October 30 through November 5. As the only major pro-am yacht regatta in the world, the Bitter End event is unique in pairing world-class skippers with anyone with a ...
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The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City is revealing an intimate view of 20th-century artists such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Max Ernst, and Jeff Koons at its new exhibit, Picasso to Koons: The Artist as Jeweler, which runs through January 8, 2012. Rather than featuring ...
Read More »Audi’s A8 L W12 Arrives for 2012 with 500 hp and a $133,500 Price Tag
When the latest iteration of Audi’s A8 debuted for 2011, it presented a stupefying blend of artful design, cutting-edge technology, and business-class luxury. The standard A8 4.2 and the quick-to-follow long-wheelbase A8 L 4.2 made fine use of the automaker’s sonorous and refined 4.2-liter V-8 engine, producing 372 hp and ...
Read More »Video: CDC extends HPV vaccine recommendation to boys
A CDC panel made the controversial recommendation that the human papilloma virus vaccine, currently administered to 11 and 12-year-old girls, should be extended to boys of the same age range. Dr
Read More »10th Anniversary Of The Patriot Act
Wednesday, October 26 In an age of wireless everything, spies have gone from bugging phone wires to pulling data from smartphones, tracking not just your voice but your whereabouts too. Forty years ago, spy cameras were strapped to pigeons; now video cameras are hidden in the bridge of glasses
Read More »McRib’s Magic Marketing Sauce
McDonald's brought back the McRib this week, but once again just for a limited time. Cruel and unusual?
Read More »Is it autism? Facial features that show disorder
New study suggests "facial geometry" of common neurodevelopmental disorder
Read More »Trade Up Like Steve Jobs
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Read More »Coffee helps prevent skin cancer? What study shows
Drinking lots of coffee was tied to 18 percent skin cancer risk reduction for women, 13 percent reduction for men
Read More »Human papillomavirus vaccine for boys? Panel says yes
Controversial shots could protect boys from genital warts and cancer - and stop them from giving sexually transmitted virus to girls
Read More »HPV may raise women’s heart disease risk: study
Research finds women exposed to HPV were twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those who didn't have HPV
Read More »Mammograms save fewer lives than many think, study shows
Mathematical model estimated only 13 percent chance mammogram would save 50-year-old woman's life
Read More »Trickle-Forward Economics: Scott Harrison’s Water-Based Experiment In Viral Philanthropy
WaterForward transforms the concept of pay-it-forward into a viral philanthropy campaign for clean water projects. "I believe there's an enthusiasm around giving that we would hope to infect the world with," says charity: water founder Scott Harrison, whose breakout nonprofit has raised over $40 million for clean water projects worldwide
Read More »Yuck! 7 everyday objects ranked for germiness
Escalator rails, ATM buttons, mailboxes among objects swabbed for germs in six U.S. cities
Read More »Master Marketing to Moms
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