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Meet the proud owners of the world's 15 most expensive mega-yachts

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It's just absurd that the Silk Road founder got a life sentence without...

On Friday, a 31-year-old man who started a website where people bought and sold drugs and engaged in other illegal behavior got sentenced to life in prison without parole.The man, Ross Ulbricht, was...

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The most important technology for moms hasn't changed in nearly 100 years

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This exercise might be critical to your success

For inspiration, motivation, and amusing historical anecdotes about the lives of famous people, we turn to the biographies of others.But according to Aliza Licht, SVP of global communications at Donna...

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Greece's Tsipras attacks creditors over 'absurd' reforms

Athens (AFP) - Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday attacked its creditors for insisting on what he described as absurd reforms which have only held up progress in negotiations for a deal...

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Watch 24-year-old chess champ Magnus Carlsen destroy 3 players simultaneously...

Twenty-four-year-old chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen destroyed three opponents simultaneously while playing blindfolded in a timed match early this month at the Sohn Conference in New York...

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Why the founder of Silk Road got life in prison without parole

On Friday, a judge sentenced the founder of the world's largest online drug marketplace to life in prison without parole, ruling that his website was not harm-reducing but "terribly destructive to our...

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LinkedIn's top talent executive shares her best career advice for college...

The most stressful thing about graduating college is figuring out what your next step should be. Getting a job straight out of school isn't easy — there are only so many entry-level jobs, and millions...

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One issue could dominate upcoming elections in Latin America

This year, tens of millions of voters will go to the polls in several Latin American countries shaken by violence and stuttering economies.But the issue that decides their vote may be as close as the...

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The most expensive weapons system of all time is about to make its debut

Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet will drop weapons and take part in a major U.S. military exercise this week for the first time, another milestone for the Pentagon's largest weapons program, Air...

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Stunning video of a man swimming through millions of jellyfish

This remarkable underwater video was captured near the remote island of Palau when a man recorded his "surreal" swim through millions of jellyfish. He was able to do this safely only because the local...

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A perfect ACT score couldn't get this student into Yale, Princeton, or...

With a perfect ACT score and 13 Advanced Placement courses under his belt, Michael Wang applied to seven Ivy League universities and Stanford in 2013.As an Asian-American, Wang suspected his race might...

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THE GLOBAL SMARTPHONE MARKET REPORT: Forecasts, vendor and platform wars, and...

The global smartphone market is still growing at a steady pace thanks to more widespread adoption in emerging markets. The market surpassed the 1 billion shipments milestone for the first time last...

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Berlin, Paris urge Brussels to rework EU asylum plan

Berlin (AFP) - Germany and France on Monday urged the EU to find a fairer way to admit and distribute asylum seekers, as their leaders met the European Commission chief in Berlin.The Greek debt crisis...

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Companies with narcissists for CEOs tend to use shadier accounting practices

It's hard to get to the top without being confident and ambitious, but some CEOs take this to an extreme and exhibit signs of narcissism.A paper by J. Scott Judd of the University of Illinois at...

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Here's everything new on Netflix in June

June is fast approaching, so that means there will be a slew of new movies and TV shows heading to Netflix.This coming month brings the return of "Orange is the New Black" as well as "Sense8,"...

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Elon Musk trashes story that argues Tesla relies on government handouts (TSLA)

Elon Musk has once again addressed the charge that his various companies are dependent on US government money. This time around, his response was provoked by a weekend article in the Los Angeles Times...

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How to make sure your Google account is as private and secure as possible

If your Google account information isn't secure then there's no way it's private. And if you've accidentally made a lot of information public, it doesn't matter how secure your account is overall. Want...

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American freed in Yemen as Oman hosts 'secret' US talks

Sanaa (AFP) - An American, among several believed to be held by Iran-backed Huthis in war-ravaged Yemen, was on Monday freed and flown to neighbouring Oman, which is hosting talks between the US and...

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Russia is drastically increasing its number of planned military exercises

The Kremlin has announced plans to dramatically increase the number of summer military exercises staged throughout Russia, Damien Sharkov reports for Newsweek citing the Russian Ministry of Defense....

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