10 Of The Saddest, Weirdest Kickstarter Projects We've Ever Seen
Kickstarter is a tool for making your creative dreams come true. Of course, you have to convince others that that dream is worth pursuing. And then you have to convince them that it's worth giving you...
View ArticleThe Navy's New BAMS Drone Sees Everything That's Happening In The Persian...
While visiting the Persian Gulf last month for an international mine clearing exercise it was mentioned that the whole area was under constant surveillance by a Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS)...
View ArticleThe Spooky Stories Behind 10 Of America's Most Famous Haunted Houses
Creaking floors, inexplicable cold drafts and eerie sounds usually don’t top the list of dream house features. Unless, of course, we’re talking about dream haunted house features. It’s October, and...
View ArticleEurope Has Another Big Crisis, And It's MUCH Bigger Than Sovereign Debt
Europe is in crisis, and it's not just about occasional flare-ups in peripheral sovereign debt markets anymore. In fact, it's really never been about that. The European continent has for decades since...
View Article9 Android Features That Blow iPhone Out Of The Water (GOOG, AAPL)
While iPhone fans prattle on about their beloved devices, Android fans will grin knowingly and take comfort in the fact that there are at least nine solid reasons to stick with—or switch to—their...
View ArticleThe Future Of 'Smobile' -- Social Networking And Mobile [SLIDE DECK]
A few weeks we ago, at our Social Media ROI conference, we spoke about the convergence of social and mobile. We looked at the continued shift of social networking to mobile, how smartphones compound...
View ArticleOld-School Lomography Cameras Are The Ultimate Hipster Travel Accessory
In a world of Instagram and Facebook, film photography has taken a major nosedive. Look no further than the once-almighty Kodak's financial difficulties to see how far analogue photography has truly...
View Article12 Faces Of The Law School Underemployment Crisis
This is part of our comprehensive ranking of The Best Law Schools in America. With law firms cutting back, thousands of law school graduates are still unemployed while stuck with six-figure student...
View ArticleInside The $32M Conservatorship That Controls Britney Spears' Money
Despite her reported $15 million "X Factor" paycheck and landing a spot as Forbes' second-highest paid woman in Hollywood this year, Britney Spears spends a lot to maintain her image (hair extensions...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Tweets That Sum Up The Response To Ray Lewis' Season-Ending Injury
Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh announced yesterday afternoon that All-Pro linebacker Ray Lewis would be lost for the rest of the season after tearing his triceps muscle in his right arm...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: These 11 Small-Cap Stocks Are Ready To Surge
Goldman Sachs's equity strategy team led by Robert Boroujerdi recently identified 11 small-cap stocks that offer a projected average upside to their price target of about 26%. Small-cap stocks are...
View ArticleThe 50 Most Expensive Boarding Schools In America
It can be just as tough to get into some of the nation's most elite boarding schools as some top colleges—and cost just as much money. Of course, the hefty price tag attached to a boarding school...
View ArticleCirca Is Trying To Fundamentally Change How We Read The News
In a world full of news readers like Flipboard, Google Currents, Pulse, and Prismatic, is there really any more room on your home screen for another one? Circa believes there is—and not just because...
View ArticleArianna Huffington Might Have Bought One Of These Gorgeous Townhouses On E....
It seems life on the Upper East Side could suit Arianna Huffington. The New York Daily News is reporting that Huffington may have purchased a townhouse on E. 80th Street. But which one? The famed...
View ArticleWe Would Drop Everything To Enroll In This Fancy Culinary School In Napa Valley
Last week, Nissan flew me and other journalists out to California to test drive the new Pathfinder. As a treat, they took us for a special dinner at the Culinary Institute of America, aka the CIA, in...
View ArticleThe Long, Ugly Downfall Of Lance Armstrong
Nike terminated Lance Armstrong's contract today in the face of "insurmountable evidence" that he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career. Even though it seems like Armstrong's world...
View Article7 Ways Your Brain Is Making You Lose Money
"Investors are 'normal,' not rational," says Meir Statman, one of the leading thinkers in behavioral finance. Behavioral finance aims to better understand why people make the financial decisions they...
View ArticleRestaurants Are Starting To Make Instagram Menus [Photos]
Instagram has proven that it only takes a smartphone to become a food photographer with a following. It was only a matter of time until restaurants would start capitalizing on the trend. Click here to...
View ArticleThis Marine Infantry Course Proved Too Much For Its First Two Women Applicants
The Marine Corps sent two female Lieutenants to Marine Corps Infantry Officers Course in Quantico on Sept. 24 for the first time ever. By last week both women had washed out. Tom Bowmen at NPR reports...
View ArticleTake A Tour Of The New Most Expensive Zip Code In America
A new zip code jumped to the top of Forbes' newest list of the most expensive zip codes in America: 10065. The zip code covers part of Manhattan's Upper East Side, from 60th to 69th Streets, and from...
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