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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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.
Read More »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
Read More »Hip replacement worries spark FDA inquiry
Hip replacement patients may have toxic amounts of metal in the blood, according to new FDA concerns
Read More »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
Read More »Why are teens embedding objects in their bodies? (PICTURES)
One in four teens engage in self-embedding or another form of self-injury, experts say
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Can physical pain blunt emotional pain? Teens who resort to self-embedding behavior think so
Read More »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.
Read More »GolfChannel video: Tiger looks like he needs rest
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Read More »"Smart" cigarette pack brings social networking to smokers: Will it help them quit?
Wireless e-cigarette package designed to help smokers find one another online and off
Read More »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.
Read More »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
Read More »Tricorder X Prize To Allow Patients To Diagnose Themselves
Qualcomm and the X Prize are offering money for a device that can spot diseases better than a doctor.
Read More »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
Read More »Facebook-Google Privacy PR Smear Is A Campaign In An Epic, Escalating War
The battle between the Silicon Valley greats isn't typical corporate warfare.
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