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| Taking on DOMA, Edith Windsor wins case in Supreme Court Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 06:44 PM PDT Power Players When she found out that the Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, the first thing plaintiff Edith "Edie" Windsor did was cry. "Cried, first thing," Windsor told ABC News' Diane Sawyer about her first reaction. "And the room was full of people both screaming and crying at the same time. Almost [...] Full Story | Top |
| Computer from ‘WarGames’ going up for sale Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 02:36 PM PDT Good news for anyone looking to buy a computer capable of starting World War III. One of the computers used in the 1983 film "WarGames" is going up for sale, IT World reports. "WarGames," the classic hacker flick starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, told the story of a high school student and computer genius [...] Full Story | Top |
| Edith Windsor, the woman who took on DOMA Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 01:16 PM PDT The Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is much more than a symbolic victory for 84-year-old Edith Windsor, the plaintiff in the suit. In 2009, Windsor's partner of 40 years, Thea Spyer, died after a battle with multiple sclerosis. Spyer left her estate to Windsor, but because their marriage [...] Full Story | Top |
| Own a tablet? You probably think you know more than your friends Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 11:59 AM PDT Own a tablet? Well, this story might be old news to you. Then again, you might be lying. A majority of Americans think they are smarter and better informed than their peers. But the number who hold themselves in higher regard swells among those individuals who use a tablet such as an iPad or Kindle, [...] Full Story | Top |
| National Institutes of Health plans to reduce use of chimps in research Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 11:41 AM PDT The National Institutes of Health announced that the agency plans to "substantially reduce the use of chimpanzees in NIH-funded biomedical research." The agency also plans to designate for retirement most of the chimps currently on its roster. All told, about 310 chimps will be retired to the Federal Sanctuary System in the next few years. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Giraffe chases Jeep during South African safari Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 11:18 AM PDT A group of friends on safari in South Africa had a startling surprise when a wild giraffe began chasing their Jeep. The high-speed chase went on for several miles before one of the passengers screamed at the giraffe and banged her hands on the side of the vehicle. The giraffe, standing at well over 10-feet-tall, [...] Full Story | Top |
| London ‘levitating’ magician’s secret revealed Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 08:02 AM PDT Sad news, levitation fans: Dynamo, the magician who caused a stir in London earlier this week by appearing to levitate alongside a double-decker bus, was not, in fact, levitating. It was an illusion. According to a crowdsourced investigation conducted on Australia's news.com.au Facebook page, Dynamo's "arm" was actually a steel prosthetic that was fastened to [...] Full Story | Top |
| New Jersey man falls into coma, wakes up in Poland Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 07:43 AM PDT Sixty-nine-year-old Wladyslaw Haniszewski had lived in the U.S. for about 30 years. But when the New Jersey resident fell into a coma he awoke to find himself in his native country of Poland. The New York Daily News reports that Haniszewski fell victim to a growing phenomenon in which uninsured immigrants are deported by U.S. hospitals [...] Full Story | Top |
| Paying by Phone – Conveniences and Cautions Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 07:15 AM PDT It seems like every time I get to the register of a chain store, they offer me a new way to pay with my phone. But these new modes of paying have serious pros and cons – and there may be compelling reasons not to dive into mobile payments just yet, despite their growth. Mobile [...] Full Story | Top |
| Undocumented: The faces behind the immigration debate Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 04:03 AM PDT Power Players In many ways, Jose Antonio Vargas is an American success story. He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. There's only one problem: he didn't immigrate to the United States legally. When Vargas was 12 years old, his mother sent him from the Philippines to live with his grandparents, who are naturalized [...] Full Story | Top |
| Cronut Creator Dominique Ansel Isn’t a One-Pastry Chef Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 09:56 AM PDT Time in the pastry world can be divided into two distinct periods: Before the Cronut and In the Cronut Era. Before the Cronut, a hybrid treat created this past May by New York City-based patissier Dominique Ansel, consumers had to settle for the pedestrian doughnut, or the highfalutin'-but-somehow-unsatisfying croissant. By marrying these two standards, Ansel [...] Full Story | Top |
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