Dec 19 Social media and water don't mix Cellphones may not only be distracting while in cars, a recent incident in Australia suggests. Photo by Flickr user Highways Agency A tourist walking along St. Kilda pier in Victoria, Australia learned Thursday that browsing social media on one's… Continue reading
Dec 19 When you're the target of credit card theft, arm yourself with these tips Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr user Philip Taylor PT The credit and debit cards of 40 million shoppers may have been compromised in a widespread security breach at Target stores. The retail giant said customers who swiped their cards… Continue reading
Dec 19 Residents of poor countries have greater sense of meaning in life than those in rich nations, research says According to new research, people living in poor countries have a greater sense of meaning in their lives than those living in wealthy countries. These new findings, published in the Association for Psychological Science's academic journal "Psychology Science,"… Continue reading
Dec 19 Record number of Americans expected to travel by planes, trains and automobiles this holiday season Photo Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Whether by road, rail or air, a record number of Americans will travel this Christmas and New Year's Eve. AAA expects the number of Americans traveling during the holiday season to increase… Continue reading
Dec 19 Disappointing unemployment and housing data follow Fed's vote of confidence in economy Photo by Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Disappointing unemployment and housing reports released Thursday initially depressed stocks after Wednesday's rally. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose to 379,000 last week -- almost a nine-month high, according to the… Continue reading
Dec 19 New Mexico's highest court declares same-sex marriage legal BREAKING: New Mexico's highest court declares same-sex marriage legal— The Associated Press (@AP) December 19, 2013 On Thursday, New Mexico's Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional to deny a marriage license to same-sex couples. In November, Illinois… Continue reading
Dec 19 Reporters list the best stories they didn't write in 2013 We've found your reading for the rest of the week and we wish we could say it's from us, but it's not. Businessweek published Wednesday their list of the stories they wished they wrote in 2013. Continue reading
Dec 19 L.A. Times report exposes favoritism in L.A. County Sheriff's Department Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca granted special treatment to friends and relatives of the police department in its hiring program, according to employment records and interviews gathered and reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. Continue reading
Dec 19 Threat of civil war looms in South Sudan South Sudanese seek shelter at UN compounds as fighting intensifies in Juba http://t.co/72iqu4kHZH pic.twitter.com/mYpgZ4Xadd— The Guardian (@guardian) December 19, 2013 Read more: U.S. suspends embassy activity in South Sudan… Continue reading
Dec 19 Data from 40 million credit and debit cards used at Target may be compromised By News Desk Shoppers wait in line at Target on the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Burbank, California, November 22, 2012. Photo by Photo by Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters Between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 data from 40 million credit and debit cards might… Continue reading