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Holland America’s Westerdam hits ice in Alaska

Holland America’s 1,916-passenger ms Westerdam sustained damage after striking a large piece of ice while maneuvering through Alaska’s Yakutat Bay, south of Kluane National Park.

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Bourdy sets course record to lead Mallorca Open

SON SERVERA, Spain (AP) -Gregory Bourdy set a course record with a 7-under 63 Thursday to take the lead after the first round of the Mallorca Open.

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Music Sales Up, Taliban Joins Twitter, Gilt Worth A Billion, And More…

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Music Sales Up Thanks To Hipsters, Old People Nielson released a piracy apocalypse-busting stat about the music industry: sales are up 1.6% in 2011. Premium content, such as the Beatles' albums , and a 37% surge in vinyl (thank your local hipster, everybody), helped propel a trend for a sector that hasn't always had much to celebrate lately

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Inside The Mystery Of Comcast And The Great Pirate Bay Blockade

Many users are finding themselves unable to access the torrent site today. Comcast says it doesn't restrict websites to any of its customers, and indeed, the problem seems to be global. Then what's going on here

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Starting HIV meds quickly helps protect partner

Starting treatment for HIV immediately is the most effective method yet discovered for preventing an infected partner from passing the virus that causes AIDS to a healthy partner, according to a new study.

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FCC Commish Joins Comcast

Earlier this year, the FCC approved the merger of Comcast and NBC with a four to one vote among its panel of commissioners. One of the four commissioners that cast her vote for the merger back in January was Meredith Attwell Baker. Ms.

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Crowd-Funding Websites Eye Shift

The SEC reviews rules that ban social network sites from facilitating equity investments, Gilt is valued at $1 billion, and the rest of today's news. Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today

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Will You Be Taxed for Driving?

States, fearing that more energy-efficient cars mean less money to maintain roads, begin testing a mileage-based tax. I was driving in Minneapolis several weeks ago when I heard on the local radio news that Minnesota would be conducting a study to research whether it made sense for the state to start charging drivers a mileage-based tax

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