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Vile: Illegal Trade in Bear Bile Flourishes throughout Asia

The sale of bear bile for use in traditional medicine is rampant throughout 12 Asian countries, despite national and international laws banning or limiting the practice, according to a new report from TRAFFIC International, the wildlife trade monitoring network. Bile, also known as gall, is a fluid produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder to help with digestion.

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Flying in the Coffin Corner–Air France Flight 447

When Air France Flight 447 disappeared in June 2009, it was in the middle of the tropical Atlantic and had likely entered a mesoscale convective complex , a system of strong thunderstorms thought to have been at least four storms deep along 447's flight path. Flight 447 was also flying at a cruise altitude of 35,000 feet, an altitude where the relationship between an aircraft's stall speed and the speed of sound has gained the name "the coffin corner"

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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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Program Hides Data in Executable Files

Imagine that you want to send a secret message to your colleague at the CIA. You can encrypt it to prevent counterspies from reading it

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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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Do you have a toxic friend?

Ever have a pal who leaves you feeling drained, bad about yourself or perpetually frustrated — even though she claims to want the best for you?

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U.S. Approves Shell Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan

By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. offshore drilling regulator has approved a Royal Dutch Shell plan for deepwater oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Injured Tiger pulls out of Players

PGT: Tiger Woods withdrew from The Players Championship after playing nine holes and shooting a 42 Thursday, citing problems with his knee and Achilles' tendon.

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