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Nation Dec 06
Digitally departed: A guide to avoid being haunted by an online afterlifeWhen someone dies, he or she inevitably leaves behind a digital footprint composed of social media profiles, e-mail accounts, photos and other documents that may otherwise hang in an online limbo. How can we tie up these loose ends before…
Nation Aug 23
Report: More than 1,000 U.S. companies targeted by cyber attacksThe Department of Homeland Security says that more than 1,000 U.S. businesses have fallen victim to hacker malware that steals financial and personal information from customers after they swipe their credit cards.
World Aug 17
Kurdish forces move to retake parts of Mosul DamWith the aid of U.S. airstrikes, on Sunday, Kurdish forces were able to regain partial control of the Mosul Dam which Islamic State extremists captured nearly two weeks ago.
Nation Aug 17
Bumming rides, hitchhiking robot completes Canadian journeyA hitchhiking robot completed a 3,700-mile journey across Canada Sunday, capping off a research project that explores the relationship between robots and humans.
Nation Aug 17
Holder orders second autopsy of Michael BrownU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered the Department of Justice Sunday to oversee a second autopsy of Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old shot by police officer, Darren Wilson, on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo.
Nation Aug 16
Curfew imposed in Ferguson, Mo., after protests escalate overnightMissouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency in Ferguson, Missouri and is imposing a curfew between midnight and 5 a.m. to respond to continued unrest in the St. Louis suburb.
Science Aug 10
Study: More coffee may prevent your ears from ringingDrinking coffee may prevent tinnitus, or chronic ringing of the ears, according to new research from Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston. Doctors previously thought that people with tinnitus should give up drinking coffee, in fear that caffeine may increase…
World Aug 09
Malaysia Airlines to be bought out by governmentThe Malaysian government announced its plans to take financial control over Malaysia Airlines on Friday, in an effort to reinvigorate a company that had been struggling even before it faced two major crises--the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine and…
World Aug 09
British police raid pub in search of Holy Grail relicTwelve British police officers raided a pub in the rural England this week, in pursuit of a missing wooden cup that some believe to be The Holy Grail.
Nation Aug 03
Following ‘Rim Fire,’ what should be done with the trees left behind?A year after a California wildfire known as the “Rim Fire” burnt through over 250,000 acres of Sierra Nevada forests, environmentalists and loggers are debating what to do with the blackened woodland it left behind. The timber industry believes…