You have probably heard a lot about Julian Assange in the past year. You probably think that you know quite a good deal about him from all that you have heard, read and seen in the media. What you most likely don’t know, however, is his story from him personally. Well, we will soon...
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Julian Assange Signs $1.7 Million Book Deal
Something’s Missing From Facebook’s Map of the World
A man named Paul Butler recently made a map of the world. His map is a bit different from the maps that we are used to as he made it using data graphs. He is a Facebook intern, so it was not unusual that he would use his information there to make a graph....
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Craigslist Shuts Down “Adult Services” Section Worldwide
You may remember how in September Craigslist decided, with pressure from American lawmakers, to shut down its “Adult Services” section in the United States. That was great news to many Americans who didn’t approved of the controversial portion of the classified ads website. That was great news at the time, however, now comes even...
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New African Elephant Species Discovered
Recently, scientists have discovered a new species of elephant. It’s not an entirely new discovery as we’ve seen them around, however, the discovery that it’s a different species is quite new information. On Tuesday a paper was published in the PLoS Biology scientific journal that shows that African elephants are two species that separated...
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Emirates Palace Hotel Didn’t Actually Pay $11 Million for Christmas Tree
The Emirates Palace Hotel has received some criticism for it’s extremely ostentatious Christmas tree. The tree has received world-wide media attention due to it’s net worth of over 11 million dollars. This makes for a very valuable tree. The reason this tree is worth so much is because of the jewelry that adorns it....
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Facebook Rolling Out New Features: Facial Recognition
Facebook will be rolling out some new features in the next couple of weeks. One of these new features will be the addition of facial recognition tagging suggestions. This means that when you upload photos Facebook’s new algorithm will analyze the photos to see if it finds any matches in your friends. When it...
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London gets new buses: Public ride becomes spicier with added technological flavor
London’s Mayor Boris Johnson has recently revealed a brand new, open platform double decker bus for London commuters. Back in 2007, when he was running for Mayor of London as a conservative party candidate, he was backing a project known as ‘New Bus 4 London’. The new bus gets an aluminum space frame chassis...
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Juan Williams Got Fired From NPR
Juan Williams, a news analyst at National Public Radio, has been fired after making comments about Muslims. Juan Williams told Bill O’Reilly’ on “The O’Reilly Factor”, as courant.com wrote: “But when I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you...
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German Chancellor Incites Hate, Should be Arrested
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, captured headlines worldwide when she stated that Germany’s attempt at multiculturalism “has failed…totally” and that Muslim immigrants within Germany had made the country “more stupid” and less productive. The conservative chancellor added that the Muslim immigrants needed to adopt Germany’s Christian...
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Liu Xiaobo Receives The Nobel Peace Prize for 2010
On October 8, 2010, the The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 to Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. Peace and human rights go hand in hand. Without honoring human rights no real peace between nations is possible. Alred Nobel in...
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