Illinois leads multistate probe of Sallie Mae's student loan practices
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - SLM Corp, better known as Sallie Mae, faces a multistate probe led by Illinois into its student loan practices, a spokeswoman for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
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PHOTOS: Adobe's Historic San Francisco Office Is Filled With Charm And A Few...
If you're looking for a cool place to work, few can top the biggest names in tech.Companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft have built massive campuses with their own cafeterias, gyms, game rooms, and...
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Declassified Photos Give An Inside Look At The Ultra-Secret NSA
Last year, in celebration of its 60th anniversary, the National Security Agency published a digital memory book of declassified photos, audio tapes, and documents from its archives. The multi-billion...
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Angry and unpaid, Thai farmers poised for airport protest
By Pairat TemphairojanaBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of Thai farmers threatened to head for Bangkok's main airport in their tractors on Friday in protest against non-payment in a controversial rice...
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Anonymous Gossip App 'Secret' Is A Pit Of Self-Loathing And Narcissism
I really wanted to like Secret, the new anonymous gossip and confession-sharing app that hugely popular in tech circles right now.Secret pulls from your phone's contact list, adds friends of friends,...
View ArticleMexico criticizes fatal San Diego border shooting
By Marty GrahamSAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Mexican government officials criticized the U.S. Border Patrol on Thursday for the fatal shooting of one of its citizens in a confrontation in Southern California...
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World risks era of slow growth, high unemployment: OECD
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Sweeping reforms are urgently needed to boost productivity and lower barriers to trade if the world is to avoid a new era of slow growth and stubbornly high unemployment, the OECD...
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Citi CEO Corbat gets $14.1 million in 2013
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc Chief Executive Michael Corbat received a 23 percent pay rise in 2013, his first full year after replacing Vikram Pandit at the helm, a regulatory filing on Thursday...
View ArticleCalifornia senate leader: Carbon tax would return revenue to poor, transit
By Rory CarrollSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A carbon tax proposal outlined on Thursday by California Senate leader Darrell Steinberg would raise an estimated $3.6 billion in its first year, revenue he...
View ArticleNext-generation GPS satellite launched into orbit
By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A U.S. Global Positioning System satellite was launched into orbit on Thursday, buttressing a 31-member navigation network in constant use by the...
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Ex-NFL star Darren Sharper pleads not guilty to rape
By Dana FeldmanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former football star Darren Sharper pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that he drugged and raped two women in a Los Angeles hotel as investigations...
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What's WhatsApp? A messages service that spans borders, devices
By Molly Hensley-ClancyNEW YORK (Reuters) - What in the world is WhatsApp?The online messaging platform has been catching on for a few years with younger users and international sets of friends, but a...
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WWII Diary Of Legendary Navy Admiral To Be Released
The 4,000 page diary of legendary U.S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz is to be unveiled on Monday by the Naval War College.Held on what would be Nimitz' 129th birthday, the release of the diary is sure to...
View ArticleFour dead in attack at Native American tribal office in California: CNN
(Reuters) - Four people were killed and two wounded on Thursday when a woman opened fire at a Native American tribal office in Northern California, CNN reported, citing the county sheriff.The suspect,...
View ArticleArizona lawmakers pass bill to allow faith-based refusal of services
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawmakers gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that would allow businesses to refuse service to customers when such work would violate their religious...
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China urges Obama to cancel meeting with Dalai Lama
BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged the United States on Friday to scrap plans for U.S. President Barack Obama to meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama later in the day, warning that the...
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Southwest gets two free Reagan slots but won't use them -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines said on Friday they will not use two of the 56 take-off and landing slots at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport which they received from American...
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Here's Why Venezuela Is Imploding
David Smilde, the moderator of Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights, recently did an interview on the ongoing Venezuelan protests with Isabel Fleck, a journalist with Folha de Sao Paolo, Brazil's most...
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Obama, Putin discuss Syria concerns, Iran talks by phone: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to talk about several global crises where the two powers have not seen eye-to-eye, including Syria's...
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This Nasty Court Case Helped Make Surrogacy Illegal In New York
New York is one of a handful of states that bans surrogate pregnancies, thanks to a nasty 1980s court battle that pitted a baby's biological father against the surrogate who decided she wanted to keep...
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