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Why Censoring Climate Science Doesn’t Make Sense

Rick Perry's administration has forced a report on the effects of climate change on Texas to remove all references to, well, climate change. But that doesn't change what's happening to the state's climate. Scientists associated with a major study of environmental changes in the low-lying coastal region around Galveston, Texas, have withdrawn their names from the final report after high-level officials appointed by Governor Rick Perry removed references to sea level rise and climate change from the document.

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Dropbox Raises $250 Million

Online storage start-up Dropbox raised $250 million for its expansion, one of the largest fundraising rounds in Silicon Valley this year. Online storage start-up Dropbox announced it has raised $250 million for its expansion, one of the largest fundraising rounds in Silicon Valley this year. The investment values the company at $4 billion.

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Two Laptops And A Mobile Phone: Startup Music From SoundCloud’s Alex Ljung

SoundCloud started in a cafe on a couple of laptops. A few years later, 29-year-old Alex Ljung and his cofounder, Eric Wahlforss, are squeezing 50 employees into an office to oversee a sound-sharing platform used in over a hundred mobile apps

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TechStars Winners and Losers

Six months after the first New York City Demo Day, the inaugural TechStars class officially graduated in the TechStars TV season finale last night, which recapped a series filled with successes, failures, and a even a break-up. One-hundred days: that's how long they had to build a viable company

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Video: South Beach Diet doc: Why America is getting fatter

Erica Hill and Jeff Glor talk to Dr. Arthur Agaston, author of the famed South Beach Diet series, shares tips from his new book, "The South Beach Wake-Up Call: Why America Is Still Getting Fatter," on how to develop and stick to a healthy diet and lifestyle.

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