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Federal health officials report 25 deaths in a dozen states due to listeria contamination from Colorado cantaloupe. Terrell Brown reports.
Read More »Slideshow: Punching bag? Fishing net? New uses for an ex’s wedding dress
One man's quest to find practical applications for a gown of silk nets him a successful blog — and a book deal.
Read More »Cantaloupe-linked listeria deaths up to 25
Country's deadliest known outbreak of food-borne illness claims more lives; 123 sickened overall
Read More »A Veteran Owner’s Battle Plan
Frank Campanaro, CEO of Trillacorpe Construction, steered his company through a 15-month investigation that almost put it out of business.
Read More »Production-Bound i8 ECO Supercar Is a Glimpse into BMW’s Future
Among aficionados of performance automobiles, the emergence of gasoline-electric hybrids and pure-electric vehicles was met with genuine concern: Would the quest for fuel efficiency and environmental friendliness take all the fun out of driving? Happily, several automakers have unveiled production (or at least producible) cars—vehicles like the Porsche 918 Spyder, ...
Read More »Sneak Peek: Hotel Bel-Air
The Dorchester Collection, a luxury hotel brand with eight properties from Los Angeles to London, is adding the famed Hotel Bel-Air to its five-star repertoire. Reopened this month after a two-year restoration, the hotel added 12 new accommodations, a fitness studio, a restaurant helmed by Wolfgang Puck, and a 4,134-square-foot ...
Read More »A Rosé by Any Other Name…
One has to admire the “out-of-the-snifter” approach of Courvoisier, founded in 1834 and one of the four leading Cognac houses, which has now taken this classic digestif from an after-dinner setting and placed it at the opposite end of the evening, as an aperitif. Or even as a before-lunch libation
Read More »Old Masters in Paris
Old-master paintings are finally getting their own dedicated international art fair. Ten Parisian dealers of old masters have joined forces to launch Paris Tableau in the French capital. It takes place from November 4 to 8 and features 20 galleries, including Noortman Master Paintings of Amsterdam, Galeria Caylus from Madrid, ...
Read More »Websense Is Facebook’s Bug (And Spam) Exterminator
Out of the 1-2 billion links shared each day on Facebook, plenty are bound to be spam.
Read More »Video: Pediatricians against TV for kids under 2
The leading group of American pediatricians has issued a policy stating that children under the age of 2 should not be watching any TV -- and their parents should cut back as well.
Read More »The Tech That Will Prevent The Next Big Foodborne Illness Outbreak
By tracking every step of the food production process, the next time people start getting sick from cantaloupes, it will be much easier to find which farms are clean, and which are responsible. Food contamination has been in the news recently, and for good reason; at this moment, people in the U.S. are still getting sick from cantaloupe tainted with listeria.
Read More »Apple Hits $28.27B In Quarterly Revenues, Virgin Galactic Dedicates Spaceport, Twitter Signups Spike After iOS 5
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Apple Posts Quarterly Revenue of $28.27 Billion . Riding record Mac and iPad sales, Apple reported $6.62 billion of net quarterly profit, up from $4.31 billion the same quarter last year.
Read More »Renewable Rubber The Next Step For Truly Oil-Free Cars
Replacing the oil that we use to make our car parts is just as important as replacing the oil we use to power our cars. Our vehicles are made from, and run on, petroleum.
Read More »Kinect TV And Sesame Street Hack The Next Generation Of TV
Xbox Kinect TV plans to bring interactive, immersive experiences to live action television and children's books with the help of National Geographic and Sesame Street's Workshop. Xbox is unveiling a sharp idea for the next generation of television: interactive, live-action content, produced in partnership Sesame Workshop and National Geographic
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