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Maine Hermit is the new Robin Hood
Knight gets Offers of Marriage, Bail ‘Bail for Christopher T. Knight — the North Pond Hermit — was hiked to $250,000 Sunday following two additional charges and a fear that people from across the country want to exploit him, the lead state police investigator said Sunday. ‘Those overtures include a marriage proposal from a woman […]
How To Charge Your Phone In An Emergency
‘Once the battery is flat, the phone becomes nothing more than a lump of plastic and metal. There are, however, a few ways to charge your phone in an emergency, when a power outlet or computer isn’t available. These solutions range from mundane to truly innovative…’ makeuseof How to Avoid Computer Crashes 7 scenarios, and […]
The Problem with Your Food is Drugs
Another hidden epidemic ‘Back in 2005, when I was a reporter based out of TIME’s Hong Kong office, I spent more time than I care to remember in the backyard chicken farms of Asia. This was the time of the H5N1 avian flu, which broke out regularly in chickens and occasionally (with fatal effects) in […]
NRA’s Anti-Hollywood Strategy
‘White House Press Secretary Jay Carney today called the National Rifle Association and their latest lobbying campaign centering on the president’s daughters “repugnant” and “cowardly,” but according to a new poll, the NRA’s tactics might just be working. After more than a month of attacking Hollywood, video games, and the David Gregory media elite, today’s […]
Trash Your Scamming Banks with Simple
A Financial Service for People Fed Up With Banks ‘Mr. Reich and a co-founder, Shamir Karkal, created Simple, an online banking start-up company based in Portland, Ore., that offers its customers free checking accounts and data-rich analysis of their transactions and spending habits. ‘Few entrepreneurs dare to set their sights on industries as large and […]
Why Big Bank Hates Net Tech
‘Internet Technology Will Break Up Big Bank Monopoly’ Peer-to-Peer Lending and Crowd-Funding Have the Power to Change Finance ‘We don’t need giant banks. ‘As we noted in July, small banks do much more lending than big banks: ‘Do we need to keep the TBTFs to make sure that loans are made? ‘Nope. ‘USA Today points […]
‘Healthy’ Dose of Radiation on Your Food?
‘If you believe GMO labeling is the only way the U.S. is flying under the radar with potentially dangerous food, you are sadly mistaken. In addition to the GMO-labeling controversy and the obvious promotion of Big Pharma over preventative, natural health, much of our food is given doses of the same stuff that destroyed Hiroshima […]
Online Shopping Swindle
Your Address Could Up the Prices ‘It was the same Swingline stapler, on the same Staples.com website. But for Kim Wamble, the price was $15.79, while the price on Trude Frizzell’s screen, just a few miles away, was $14.29. ‘A key difference: where Staples seemed to think they were located. ‘A Wall Street Journal investigation […]
Psy Tricks Malls Use on You
Ever wonder why small bottles have big mouths? That’s so the content would be consumed and even wasted faster then you will have to buy again. Do you ever wonder why malls are so dumb you feel as though they irritate you deliberately? Well, they do. They use sensory overstimulation so you will have “a […]
