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Erdem Gunduz  ‘Standing Man’ Inspires Turkish Protesters in Istanbul

Erdem Gunduz ‘Standing Man’ Inspires Turkish Protesters in Istanbul

A Turkish protester dubbed the “standing man” has led a vigil on Istanbul’s Taksim Square days after the authorities evicted demonstrators. Performance artist Erdem Gunduz stood silently for…

Teen Allegedly Beheads Father After He Repeatedly Raped Her

Teen Allegedly Beheads Father After He Repeatedly Raped Her

Community leaders are protecting a teenager from police after she was accused of beheading her father, who allegedly raped her in their Papua New Guinea village, according to…

US

FBI Tipster: Jimmy Hoffa was Hit with Shovel, Buried Alive

FBI Tipster: Jimmy Hoffa was Hit with Shovel, Buried Alive

The attorney for the tipster who led the FBI to a field in Oakland Township,…

Chen Guangcheng, Chinese Dissident: NYU Bowed to Beijing Pressure

Chen Guangcheng, Chinese Dissident: NYU Bowed to Beijing Pressure

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping…

Secret to PRISM Program: Even Bigger Data Seizure

Secret to PRISM Program: Even Bigger Data Seizure

In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft…

Deck Collapses at Popular Miami-Area Sports Bar Shuckers Bar & Grill

Deck Collapses at Popular Miami-Area Sports Bar Shuckers Bar & Grill

The outdoor deck at a popular Miami-area sports bar partially collapsed during the NBA Finals,…

Massive Storm System Surges Toward Mid-Atlantic

Massive Storm System Surges Toward Mid-Atlantic

A massive storm system originally forecast to affect one in five Americans from Iowa to…

Business

Pa. McDonald’s Franchise Sued Over Payroll Debit Cards

Pa. McDonald’s Franchise Sued Over Payroll Debit Cards

A single mother who worked briefly at a northeastern Pennsylvania McDonald’s franchise is suing the owners after she said she was given a fee-laden debit card and told…

Whole Foods Revises Wording of English-Only Policy

Whole Foods Revises Wording of English-Only Policy

Just days after an on-line petition gathered more than 15,000 signatures to boycott Whole Foods, the nation’s largest natural foods chain has revised its English-only language policy for…

Kingfisher Airlines Staff Go on Indefinite Hunger Strike Over Unpaid Wages

Kingfisher Airlines Staff Go on Indefinite Hunger Strike Over Unpaid Wages

Defunct airline grounded in October 2012 over safety and financial problems Unpaid staff desperate after appeal to Government for assistance On strike outside Mumbai headquarters Staff at a…

US Economy Adds 175,000 (Moslty McJobs) Jobs in May

US Economy Adds 175,000 (Moslty McJobs) Jobs in May

US employment rose by slightly more than economists had predicted during May. The latest US non-farm payrolls show that 175,000 jobs were created last month. But the unemployment…

Apple Fights US Charges Over E-Book Price-Fixing

Apple Fights US Charges Over E-Book Price-Fixing

Technology giant Apple is to begin its defence against charges by the US government that it tried to fix the prices of e-books. The iPad-maker is accused of…

J.C. Penney Removes Offending ‘Hitler Teapot’ Billboard After Complaints

J.C. Penney Removes Offending ‘Hitler Teapot’ Billboard After Complaints

The huge billboard over 405 Interstate Highway in California has been removed Commuters claimed the kettle bore a striking resemblance to the Nazi leader The product sold out…

Tech

Digg Previews Its Google Reader Replacement

Digg Previews Its Google Reader Replacement

The new Digg team just announced a launch date for its highly anticipated RSS reader, which should be here in plenty of time…

Apple: “Can’t Decrypt FaceTime and iMessage Data”

Apple: “Can’t Decrypt FaceTime and iMessage Data”

In the wake of the PRISM scandal, Apple has issued a public statement detailing the extent of US government data requests. In the statement,…

Saudi Arabia May Block WhatsApp Within Weeks

Saudi Arabia May Block WhatsApp Within Weeks

Popular mobile chat app warned of possible blockage after voice and messaging app Viber was blocked last week. Saudi Arabia plans…

Rumors About Facebook Introducing RSS Reader

Rumors About Facebook Introducing RSS Reader

Facebook has sent out invitations to an event where it will unveil a “new product,” prompting some to speculate about Facebook…

Scrabble App Changes Anger Players on Facebook

Scrabble App Changes Anger Players on Facebook

Thousands of players have taken to Facebook to complain about changes made to a popular mobile Scrabble app. The changes have…

Sports

Sri Lanka Hold Their Nerve to Reach Semi-Final

Sri Lanka Hold Their Nerve to Reach Semi-Final

Sri Lanka 253 for 8 (Jayawardene 84*, Thirimanne 57, Johnson 3-48) beat Australia 233 (Voges 49, Kulasekara 3-42) by 20 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details A victorious Sri Lanka will…

Luxury

Height of Luxury: Disused Soviet Era Aircraft Transformed Into a Luxury Hotel

Height of Luxury: Disused Soviet Era Aircraft Transformed Into a Luxury Hotel

The former East German government aeroplane is now a plush suite It once flew the Communist nation’s most important politicians It boasts a sauna, Jacuzzi, bar, and…

Entertainment

Charles Saatchi Cautioned Over Nigella Lawson Chokehold

Charles Saatchi Cautioned Over Nigella Lawson Chokehold

Art collector Charles Saatchi has been cautioned by police for assaulting his wife, the celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, after being photographed grabbing her by the throat in…

Satire

New Iranian President Really Impressed With Country’s Nuclear Arms Program

New Iranian President Really Impressed With Country’s Nuclear Arms Program

After touring various energy plants and fusion reactors throughout the country, newly elected Iranian President Hasan Rowhani told reporters Monday that he is incredibly impressed with the…

Food and Drink

Gingery Salmon With Peaches

Gingery Salmon With Peaches

About This Recipe Yield: Serves 4| Hands-On Time: 10m| Total Time: 20m Ingredients 1 tablespoon rice vinegar 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil kosher salt and pepper 2 medium red onions,…

Travel

Kitesurfing in Lefkada, the Greek Island

Kitesurfing in Lefkada, the Greek Island

Lefkada’s Milos Beach is something of a windy mecca for high flyers. I’m here for a course in kitesurfing and have just set eyes on the 13-metre monsters…

Home & Garden

9 Designers Decorated Their Kids’ Rooms

9 Designers Decorated Their Kids’ Rooms

Whether for a toddler or a teen, you want it to be fun and functional. Nine designers share how they transformed their children’s rooms — the decorating ideas are…

Health

Rotavirus: India Unveils Cheap Rotavac Diarrhoea Vaccine

Rotavirus: India Unveils Cheap Rotavac Diarrhoea Vaccine

Scientists in India have unveiled a new low-cost vaccine against a deadly virus that kills about half a million children around the world each year. Rotavirus causes…