CrowdSolve wants to give serial’s legion of armchair detectives a crime-solving platform
By Darrell Etherington From Techcrunch A new project called CrowdSolve debuting on Indiegogo today asks the question: What happens if you use the “wisdom of the crowd” to solve crime? It’s a marked contrast from the heroic image of the…
Boies Schiller takes on Forbes over Mexican Corruption List
By David Bario, From The Litigation Daily It’s been an awfully busy year for the folks at Boies, Schiller & Flexner—what with the big Apple trial in California, the Barclays/Lehman brawl, Hank Greenberg’s showdown with the feds, the Trinity guardrail…
High Court sides with N.C. police officer who misunderstood law
By Marcia Coyle, From Supreme Court Brief Police officers who base searches and seizures on a mistaken understanding of the law do not automatically run afoul of the Fourth Amendment, according to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Monday in…
Historic 13 Agreements signed between Belize And Guatemala
From Belizean Otto Fernando Pérez Molina and Dean Barrow SICA Belize Guatemala President Otto Fernando Pérez Molina, left, is greeted by Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow, right, on arrival in Belize for SICA summit. Image Credit: G.O.B. Thirteen agreements between…
UN says Ebola-hit nations at risk of hunger
From Aljazeera Up to one million people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone face starvation due to border closures and quarantines. Up to one million people are at risk of going hungry in West African nations battling the Ebola virus…
Christmas on the beach
By Chris Wild From Mashable Sun, sea, sand … and Santa 1890 A vintage colour illustration featuring children playing at the seaside and Christmas greetings. IMAGE: POPPERFOTO/GETTY IMAGES 1930 Beauty queen as Christmas tree: Girl in her bathing…
First-ever Universal Health Coverage Day urges “Health for all – everywhere”
By: PAHO/WHO, In Latin America and the Caribbean, 30% of the population lacks access to health care for financial reasons—a situation PAHO member countries have pledged to change. Washington, D.C., 12 December 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World…
Even weak thunderstorms emit some of the most high-energy light on Earth
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable SAN FRANCISCO — Thunderstorms of all shapes and sized produce high-energy gamma ray bursts, which are potentially harmful to pilots and passengers of aircraft in extraordinarily rare circumstances, scientists reported for the first time on…
Activists: Africans and Blacks from Caribbean biggest losers in immigration fight
By Saeed Shabazz From The Final Call Activists are arguing that President Barack Obama’s executive action announced in November granting deportation relief to millions who have entered the United States illegally does not cover the status of African immigrants and…
Lost-Item tracker tile arrives on Android
From Techcrunch When Tile, the square-shaped lost-item tracker that attaches to bags, bikes, key chains and more, announced this fall that it had raised $13 million in funding (a combination of a seed round and Series A investment), the company…
