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What "Wizard101" Gave Up To Break Into China: Exposed Bones, Points, Gold

The family-friendly online game Wizard101 is bigger than World of Warcraft and poised to grow even quicker as it spreads to China. But creators KingsIsle are making quite a few changes and installing esoteric systems so the Chinese government will let them play there

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Poachers Kill 200 Elephants During Six-Week Spree in Cameroon

By Tansa Musa YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a "massacre" fuelled by Asian demand for ivory. A local government official said heavily armed poachers from Chad and Sudan had decimated the elephant population of Bouba Ndjida National Park in Cameroon's far north in a dry season killing spree.

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All Employees Deserve Paid Sabbaticals

I've learned so much from my own wanderlust that I decided to pass it on to my employees: Everyone gets a free one-month trip every five years. Here's why

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Fiat 500 Abarth 695 Competizione Is Small, but Venomous

After three decades away from the American market, Fiat is back in a big way with a really small car. The Fiat 500 Abarth 695 Competizione made its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show last year, replete with a scorpion logo and $23,000 price tag. The small ...

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Fiat 500 Abarth Is Small, but Venomous

After three decades away from the American market, Fiat is back in a big way with a really small car. The Fiat 500 Abarth made its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show last year, replete with a scorpion logo and $22,000 price tag

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NextLot: $1 Billion in Auction Sales Online

Founder Scott Finkelstein is expanding NextLot, this week's Inc. 5000 applicant of the week, for the next generation of Web users. As we process applications for the 2012 Inc

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Trying to Catch His Breath With a Hole-Ridden Safety Net

I’m sitting here on a bed that constantly readjusts itself. It’s terribly annoying and when I lay down on it there is a low rumbling of the motor that pushes air to my legs and sucks it from butt. The noise makes that grey matter between the ears in my head shake.

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6 Steps to Define Your ‘True North’

Identifying your businesss one true objective will provide a strong foundation for all strategic decision-making. A few years ago we worked with the new CEO of a consumer packaged goods (CPG) company

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This Week In Bots: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Them Now–The Robot Revolution Is Everywhere

Quadrocopter Swarms Go Tiny If you're a fan of This Week In Bots you'll be exquisitely familiar with quadropters--the technology is blooming right now because the battery, motor, and control technology is ubiquitous and the stable flight platform offered by the design promises so much for the future of aerial robotics. That's why we've seen them dance, perform ridiculous aerobatics , and even build things .

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Tsunami Debris and North America: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?

Recent weeks have seen a spate of news articles (three examples here , here , and here ) claiming that wreckage from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami has started arriving on the west coast of North America. Is that likely? [More]

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Tsunami Debris and North America: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?

Recent weeks have seen a spate of news articles (three examples here , here , and here ) claiming that wreckage from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami has started arriving on the west coast of North America. Is that likely?

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High Cost of a Winter That Wasn’t

So Punxsutawney Phil says there will be six more weeks of winter. Who cares? This weather has really messed up businesses all around the country

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High Cost of a Winter That Wasn’t

So Punxsutawney Phil says there will be six more weeks of winter. Who cares? This weather has really messed up businesses all around the country

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