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Astronauts Complete Repairs On International Space Station

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At 2:23pm EST, Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins successfully completed the installation of a new ammonia cooling pump on the International Space Station, completing a repair of a faulty...
    






TheTaxVox 2013 Lump Of Coal Award: Wait ‘Til Next Year Edition

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Tax Vox proudly announces its seventh annual Lump of Coal Award for the worst tax and fiscal policies of 2013. The year was a curious mix of really bad ideas and dithering. After all, Congress’s...
    






TheTaxVox 2013 Lump Of Coal Award: Wait ‘Til Next Year Edition

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Tax Vox proudly announces its seventh annual Lump of Coal Award for the worst tax and fiscal policies of 2013. The year was a curious mix of really bad ideas and dithering. After all, Congress’s...
    






5 Big Energy Stories Of 2013

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The U.S. is awash in oil and natural gas. China’s air pollution is so bad some cities were nearly shut down. A massive typhoon wreaked havoc in the Philippines. These are some of the top stories of...
    






DOOMED TO REPEAT: When The Death of Stars Like Paul Walker Shape A Production’s Fate

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   It is the worst-case scenario for any production. Throughout Hollywood history, the death of a star during filming can force one of the most complicated, gut-wrenching and costly business...
    






Feds Indict Three More Alleged Employees Of Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts

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Ross Ulbricht, the alleged Dread Pirate Roberts and administrator of the Silk Road drug website, may be spending Christmas in a jail cell in Brooklyn, New York. But as the FBI widens its crackdown on...
    






Microsoft Disrupts ZeroAccess Botnet with FBI, Europol and Industry Partners

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Some sites on the Internet seem to think they can get away with anything they want to. One of these was ZeroAccess botnet, a site that illegally redirected the information from SERPs that people...

Yahoo acquires movie-making mobile app Ptch

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Yahoo is no stranger to mergers and acquisitions. This year alone, the company bought more than 20 companies, with Tumblr being the largest and most expensive bet. That number increases today, as...

Eagle Deaths Caused by Wind Farms Triggers $1 Million Fine

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Renewable energy is great, but there are also negative side effects. Duke Energy Renewables announced that it settled with the Department of Justice over the death of 14 golden eagles in the past...