President Barack Obama announced today that U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year.
Photo: Obama in the briefing room of the White House on Friday. Credit: Joshua Roberts / Reuters
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
Will the Wall Street Occupiers morph into a movement that has as much impact on the Democratic Party as the Tea Party has had on the GOP? Maybe. But there are reasons for doubting it.
Tea Partiers have been a mixed blessing for the GOP establishment – a source of new ground troops and energy but…
BREAKING NEWS: Steve Jobs has died, Apple reports. “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.”
U.S. anti-corporate movement expands |
The Occupy Wall Street protest movement spreads to other cities and gains big-name supporters.
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Hollywood downloads a post-DVD future: The movie studio business model is poised for its biggest shift in years as Hollywood turns to Internet delivery as the only way to boost home entertainment revenues.
Photo: Rocket Video, a mecca for L.A. cinephiles, is closing after more than 30 years. It offered obscure art-house and foreign films. Sales plummeted as users switched to on-demand services. Credit: Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times
Across Hollywood, a quiet revolution is brewing that’s about to transform living rooms around the world.
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
The American justice system: as clear as black and white.
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That puts things in perspective.
"All that your brain does when you ask it a question is hit “search” and return the first hit it finds. So be careful how you phrase your question."
— Your inner Google - Less Wrong (via joshuakaufman)
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"Really there was no brief. But the really funny thing was the only direction we got from Steve Jobs is: “don’t make it cute”."
— An interview with Rob Janoff, who designed the Apple logo (via curiositycounts)
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