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Online hits of a different nature
As with other online businesses, the site promised convenience and efficiency. With a few clicks of the mouse, one could hire a professional hit man ready to kill "at a moment's notice." On the "employment" section of the site, would-be assassins...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, Firearms, International Law, Crimes, Blackmail and Extortion
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says launch 'a giant weight ... off my back'
Billionaire Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of SpaceX, sent his Falcon 9 rocket into space early Tuesday morning with an unmanned Dragon capsule after an original mission was aborted over the weekend. How’s he feeling? Extremely relieved....
Tags: Cape Canaveral, Technology, Satellite Technology, Space Programs, Science and Technology
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Alibaba.com shareholders OK $2.5 billion privatization bid
Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese e-commerce giant that looks a bit like a mash-up of EBay, PayPal and Amazon, plans to pay $2.5 billion to snatch back Yahoo Inc.’s 27% stake in Alibaba.com. Minority shareholders approved a plan Friday to offer...
Tags: Company Privatization, China, Consumer Goods Industries, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Elon Musk: Is the head of SpaceX, Tesla the real-life Tony Stark?
Tony Stark, alias Iron Man, is suave, brilliant, mega-rich and dripping with beautiful women. Sounds an awful lot like Elon Musk, the South African entrepreneurial wunderkind who spent his Tuesday shooting a rocket into space and making a major advance in...
Tags: Jon Favreau, Companies and Corporations, Iron Man (movie), Economy, Business and Finance, Space Programs
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Facebook investor Peter Thiel opens Mithril venture capital fund
Peter Thiel, a PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor, is launching a $402-million venture capital fund focused on mid-stage companies dealing with major global problems. He’s calling it Mithril Capital Management. If that sounds familiar,...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Social Media, Economy, Business and Finance, Media Industry, Peter Thiel
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Yahoo reports first-quarter earnings that beat expectations
Troubled Yahoo Inc. had a bit of good news Tuesday, reporting first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s estimates despite revenue that was essentially flat. For the three months ended March 31, the online search company said profit rose 28% to...
Tags: Online Advertising, Earnings Forecasts, Companies and Corporations, Thomson Corporation, Economy, Business and Finance
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Feds bust online drug market in international sting
L.A. NOWOperators running an online narcotics marketplace through an anonymous virtual network facilitated sales of illegal drugs to 3,000 people in 34 countries and every single state in the U.S., according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday in Los Angeles.... -
Banking now going mobile
The Kansas City StarDan Brower fished a much-awaited check from his mailbox but didn't have time to swing by his bank's branch. So the Kansas City resident fired up his 2-week-old iPhone, and with just a flick of his finger -- disappointment. Commerce Bank's mobile...Tags: Computer Hardware, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Federal Reserve, Apple iPhone
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Eelsnot makes a splash
The Virginia GazetteJAMES CITY – Whether or not they buy it, people tell Toby West they'll never forget the name of his new product: Eelsnot. As in "eel snot." No eels were harmed in formulating the protective coating, West assures. A commercial painter and...Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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Editorial: Will George Zimmerman get a trial by jury, or by Twitter?
If you live in Illinois, where we've just begun experimenting with cameras in the courtroom, you might be surprised to learn that jury selection in the Trayvon Martin case is being live-streamed, live-blogged and live-tweeted, straight to your iPhone or...
Tags: Social Media, Defendants, Justice System, Fox News Channel (tv network), Radio
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Own the Night app aims to hack nightclub VIP scene
RedEyeAs anyone's who stood outside a club in snowy, rainy or windy Chicago weather can attest, waiting in line sucks. Frequent clubgoers and friends of the club promoter might have a free pass, but a new app called Own the Night hopes to extend the VIP...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Apple iPhone, Bars and Clubs, Banking
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Weight Watchers points
I opened up my computer on Wednesday evening intending to play "Criminal Case" when a pop-up ad for Weight Watchers took over the screen. I would have clicked through it but for some crazy reason the word "sale" flashing over and over tricked me into...Tags: Body Mass Index
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