Apple is reportedly in talks to buy automaker McLaren

The Washington Post

The auto industry may soon get a new power player from the tech world: Apple reportedly in talks to buy the high-performance car company McLaren ...

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Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg pledge $3 billion to fight diseases

Pediatrician Priscilla Chan and her Facebook-founding husband Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday that they will invest $3 billion over the next decade to fight diseases.

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Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf offers a clinic in how to weasel out of real accountability

Wells Fargo CEO Stumpf tries to wriggle out of taking responsibility for the scandal, and fails

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With CuriosityStream, Discovery Channel founder seeks online success

The founder of the Discovery Channel, an early cable-TV hit, is turning to online streaming with a new subscription service called CuriosityStream.

John Hendricks started Discovery Channel in 1982, after watching HBO succeed in the 1970s. He made a fortune and left as chairman of parent company Discovery Communications last spring to pursue his new venture.

On Wednesday, CuriosityStream launched with about 600 series, feature-length documentaries and 20-minute-or-shorter clips on science, technology and history.

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Wells Fargo CEO faces bipartisan wrath during fiery Senate panel hearing

The trouble at Wells Fargo &  Co. started small, with a few employees at branches opening bogus accounts as they tried to meet aggressive sales goals and keep their jobs.

Now, after an incendiary hearing during which U.S.

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Sick: The biggest increase in healthcare costs in 32 years

The U.S. Labor Department reported that healthcare costs rose last month by the biggest amount in more than three decades.

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Don't expect this 'award' to help you enter college

The official-looking Certificate of Selection for Award comes in a thick red envelope along with a three-page letter and supporting materials.

It says the recipient, a high school student, "was selected for the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists Award of Excellence for outstanding academic achievement, leadership potential and determination to serve humanity in the field of science and technology."

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