After being divorced for decades, Terry DeMeo and her ex-husband reunited when she became his caregiver as he was dying.
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Feed SubscriptionSouth Africa tour announces $10 million WGC event
The commissioner of the Sunshine Tour says South Africa will host a World Golf Championship event in 2012 offering prize money of $10 million, making it the richest tournament in world golf.
Read More »Yuck: Ad Subsidized Kindles
Amazon has announced it will begin selling an ad-supported version of its Kindle eReader starting May 3rd. The "Kindle With Special Offers" will sell for $114, an 18% discount from the current $139 sticker price
Read More »Tiger says swing change starting to pay off
DONGGUAN, China (AP) - Tiger Woods feels like his new swing is starting to pay dividends after tying for fourth at the Masters last weekend.
Read More »Cherry Hills to host 2014 BMW Championship
Cherry Hills Country Club has notified its members that the famed Colorado course will host the 2014 BMW Championship.
Read More »Unseen Works by Egon Schiele to Be Unveiled
Art dealer Richard Nagy is showing some unseen works by Viennese artist Egon Schiele for the opening of his new gallery on Old Bond Street. The exhibition, which runs from May 19 through June 30, is entitled Egon Schiele: Women and focuses exclusively on the artist’s “Mature Period” (1910–1918). Schiele was ...
Read More »New Zealand–Based Diverse Projects Delivers Black Pearl
The unique virtual shipyard Diverse Projects, based out of Auckland, New Zealand, handed over the custom 103-foot (31.5-meter) long-range displacement yacht Black Pearl to its owners at the end of January. Named after a Tahitian black pearl, the yacht carries out a lighthearted pirate theme while proving to be more ...
Read More »The Rum Maestro’s Overture
On April 23, 2003, to celebrate the opening of the new state-of-the-art Visitor Centre at the Bacardi distillery in Cata
Read More »Amazon Debuts Kindle for $114, Packed With Visa, Olay, Buick Ads, Sponsored Screensavers
The ad-fortified WiFi-only e-reader will save you $25 but beg you to ultimately spend more with its sponsors.
Read More »Why Google Is Investing $168 Million in a Giant Solar Farm
We had a feeling that BrightSource Energy was destined for big things when Google first announced it was investing $10 million in the solar thermal startup in 2008. After all, Google only invests in impressive ( TechnoServe , eSolar ) and profoundly weird ( wind power from kites , anyone?) companies.
Read More »Americans Want to Toss Adorable Gay Penguin Tale on Banned-Book Pyre
As a taxpaying American citizen, you are entitled to write your local public or school library and formally request that they remove a book from their shelves.
Read More »Microsoft Imagine Cup: Student Innovators Converge in Washington State
It's down to the final four in the U.S. nationals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup, in which student entrepreneurs develop apps and other products using Microsoft software. They all got there with a little help from what Microsoft called "academic evangelism." Alex Ryu, now a senior at Penn, was doing an internship in the healthcare field in India when he noticed two things: that many women forgot to come in for certain appointments, and that mobile technology was ubiquitous, even in rural areas.
Read More »New, Unlikely Startup Frontiers Include Estonia, Kenya, and Ghana
Garage48, the biggest name in 48-hour hackathons in Estonia, is coming soon to several African countries. When you think of startups, what cities come to mind
Read More »How Benetech Slays Monsters With Megabytes and Math
The company recycles everyday consumer tech to aid activists and imprison dictators. When a crisis map won't cut it, they're the A-Team to call
Read More »Black women’s hair loss tied to braiding, weaving
Very tight braiding or weaving is linked to a permanent type of hair loss that affects many African American women, new research suggests.
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