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Feed SubscriptionNPR CEO Vivian Schiller "Ousted" Amid Political Fallout
Barely two years after she arrived , Vivian Schiller has resigned from her post as CEO of NPR. David Folkenflik, NPR's own media reporter, has gone on record
Read More »How Designer Marc Ecko Is Using Foursquare to Spank School Spankers [Exclusive]
With social media and a unique civic iPhone app, Ecko is making a national issue feel locally relevant. In the United States, every class of citizen, from prisoners to soldiers, is legally protected from corporal punishment--except for children.
Read More »Egyptian Protesters Raid State Security, Post Government Secrets to Facebook
Egyptian rebels stormed the headquarters of the feared State Security Intelligence Directorate this weekend. They stole files indicated that secret policemen spied on Facebook accounts, harassed Coptic Christians and had advance knowledge of terrorist attacks.
Read More »Knowing Me, Knowing You: How Social Intuition Goes Awry in Autism
At the end of Casablanca , when Humphrey Bogart finally tells Ingrid Bergman to get on the plane back to her husband, the young mother watching the afternoon TV movie sheds a tear. Instinctively, her two-year-old tries to comfort her by offering his teddy bear to her
Read More »Stanley grabs Honda Classic lead
Kyle Stanley shot a 4-under 66 at a windy Honda Classic on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Rory Sabbatini, who tied the tournament record at PGA National with a 64.
Read More »Stanley ties record, leads Honda
Kyle Stanley shot a 4-under 66 at a windy Honda Classic on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Rory Sabbatini, who tied the tournament record at PGA National with a 64.
Read More »The New Digital Tribalism
Avatars, they're just like us! Or should be for maximum effectiveness, according to recent studies. Right or wrong, race, gender, and attractiveness matter in virtual incarnations.
Read More »Drinking from a Bottle Instead of the Tap Just Doesn’t Hold Water
Dear EarthTalk : Isn’t it a waste that we buy water in plastic bottles when it is basically free out of our taps?
Read More »Lessons From "The Kings Speech"
This is a guest blog post from Tim Askew, founder of bespoke sales outsourcing service, Corporate Rain , and a member of Inc. Business Owners Council . I was so touched by this year's Oscar-winning movie, “The King’s Speech.” It’s about King George VI, who accidentally became King of England upon the abdication of his older brother Edward VIII in 1936 on the eve of WWII.
Read More »Steve Jobs Announces iPad 2
Steve Jobs just wrapped up another one of his trademark announcements and it's now official: There is a new iPad.
Read More »Rango
Make room, Pixar and DreamWorks. Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects shop behind the
Read More »FrontRunners: Four Play
Collectors probably will not mind that the new Greubel Forsey Invention Piece 2 (www.greubelforsey.com) contains a mechanism the Swiss watchmaker initially unveiled several years ago. After all, that mechanism is a quadruple tourbillon, the company’s most complex and accurate creation.
Read More »Watches: Added Subtraction
To enhance a timepiece’s beauty, the designers at Piaget not so simply reduce its size. "Our business is to create thin and very elegant men’s watches," says company CEO Philippe L
Read More »Watches: Added Subtraction
To enhance a timepiece’s beauty, the designers at Piaget not so simply reduce its size. "Our business is to create thin and very elegant men’s watches," says company CEO Philippe L
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