When a small group of university scientists began linking computers on different campus sites at the very end of the 1960s, they had no idea that their work would one day spiral into a globally-accessible network in which the total number of pages is measured in the tens of billions. Such has been the Internet’s phenomenal and dizzying growth that much of the technology which supports it has grown organically and without much forward planning.
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Want to Save Money? Carry Around $100 Bills
For shoppers in today’s economy, there’s just too much temptation out there. Sure, your pockets are tight
Suit filed in alleged ‘fight club’ at school for mentally handicapped
A Texas woman claims in a lawsuit her 21-year-old son has suffered emotional trauma from being forced to participate in alleged "fight clubs" at a state school for mentally handicapped adults.
Pennsylvania acid spill forces evacuations
A tractor-trailer carrying 33,000 pounds of corrosive hydrofluoric acid overturned in eastern Pennsylvania early Saturday, spurring evacuations, authorities said. The acid was spilled at 3:30 a.m
‘I Love You, Man’: A Final Bromance?
For the past few years, as I’ve watched Paul Rudd in Judd Apatow’s comedy bromances, I’ve wondered why Apatow hasn’t promoted the actor to star status. In The 40 Year Old Virgin Rudd and Seth Rogen were the hero’s two closest buddies
How bending the rules can be good for business
Have you recently bent the official rules at work? Performed a task you’re not specifically trained to do, perhaps even claimed for 20 minutes more time than you actually did?
The Story of a Modern-Day Exorcist
When he first heard about a Vatican-sponsored course on exorcism for priests, journalist Matt Baglio was intrigued by the idea of this ancient ritual taking place in the modern world. In his new book The Rite, Baglio follows American priest Father Gary — sent to Rome to train as an exorcist — and his apprenticeship with Father Carmine. Baglio talked to TIME about belief, skeptical priests, and the particulars of the exorcism ritual
Taliban threaten to kill aid workers as spies
A top Taliban commander has issued a new threat to foreign aid workers, saying that under the insurgent group’s new "constitution" they will execute them as spies or hold them in exchange for the release of Taliban fighters. In an exclusive telephone interview Friday night with CNN, Mohammed Ibrahim Hanafi said the Taliban intelligence wing was actively gathering information on foreign aid workers. “If we get someone, that is how we will deal with it under our new constitution,” he said
South Carolina student wants stimulus money to rebuild school
Ty’Sheoma Bethea felt she had to speak up. Her school was crumbling, and Congress was not going to approve money that could be used to rebuild it. So she wrote a letter to lawmakers begging for help
Police warn students of spring break rapist
Women at two Kansas colleges are on edge after warnings that the same man may have raped 13 women at the schools in the last eight years. The University of Kansas and Kansas State University have alerted students to possible danger for those who stay in town during spring break, which starts Monday. Thirteen rapes have happened during breaks in the school year in the last eight years near the colleges.