Three men confess to gang rape, murder of teen girls in India
By Kurt Wagner From Mashable Three men have confessed to raping and then murdering two teenage girls in India, police said Sunday, according to a report. The suspects, who face rape and murder charges punishable by the death penalty in…
Nonsensical Cuba embargo
7 Reasons the nonsensical Cuba embargo has got to go From The Huffington Post More than half of Americans want to put the U.S. embargo on Cuba to rest, according to a poll released this week by the Atlantic Council,…
These images of a ‘Tyco Roman Orgy’ helped put a CEO in prison
By Erin Fuchs From Business Insider Former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski is finally getting out of prison this week, so we thought we’d take a look at what landed him there in the first place eight years ago. Kozlowski and…
Pike Place Market
33 reasons why Pike Place is the best market in America By Harrison Jacobs ALL PHOTOS: Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider except 1 (noted) Seattle’s Pike Place Market may not be the oldest farmer’s market in America, but it is often rated…
Nice try, Dow Jones, but your “hot news” case is doomed — the news is everywhere now
By Mathew Ingram From GIGAOM Summary: Dow Jones is suing a British news service, alleging that it steals breaking news reports, and that this is illegal under a century-old court ruling. But the U.S. wire service is trying to close…