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You’re as likely to win the lottery as create a winning application for the iPhone. Serial tech entrepreneur Gabe Zichermann explains.
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Gabe Zichermann, the founder and CEO of rmbrME, could never remember anyone he’d met. So he started a business. This video is part of a “Profiles in Entrepreneurship” series with […]
Matthew Hoh thinks there is no good reason. And his opinion is significant, because he is the U.S. Government’s Senior Civilian Representive in the Afghan province of Zabul — or […]
Two men have been arrested in connection with a terror plot against the Danish newspaper which published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
Gunmen stormed a hotel in the Afghan capital this morning killing 12 people, including six UN staff.
The Chamber of Commerce is set to run TV advertising warning against Obama’s proposed healthcare reforms.
A nasty virus has been hitching a lift on Facebook’s password reset confirmation email, posing a risk for users.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has allegedly sent a hidden “f*** you” to one of his critics.
Reported ties between the Afghan president’s brother and the CIA call into question America’s strategy in the region.
Women under 45 who experience migraines with sensory disturbances are twice as likely to suffer strokes, new research has found.
A new book “The Lexicographer’s Dilemma” discusses the rage bad grammar can cause and calls on staunch advocates to chill out.
The Queen of England’s husband made a cringe-worthy gaffe at a reception for British Indians.
What if eating veal was actually more ethical than shunning it?
When soldiers talk about being “in the shit,” they sometimes mean it literally. This week Iraq veteran Jason Christopher Hartley, author of “Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground […]
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Jason Christopher Hartley on creating “Surrender,” a play about his Army experience.
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An Iraq veteran explains why the pen is more challenging than the sword.
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An Iraq veteran reflects on the disturbing ratio of enemies to innocents killed in combat.
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The author and former infantryman argues that homosexuals belong in the infantry—and women don’t.