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“A federal judge grudgingly approved Morgan Stanley’s $4.8 million settlement of electricity price-fixing charges over activity estimated to have cost New York consumers about $300 million, turning aside claims by a major nonprofit that the accord let the bank off too easily. The case, which also involved the electricity generator …

Before we pack the Summer Olympics away, Bomani & Jones has a few suggestions for what to name these 2012 Olympics. Bolt was the star, Lolo was too big a story (ditto Gabby’s hair), and somehow nut-punching was deemed more “in the Olympic spirit” than badminton position jockeying. But the …

Who knew that there were so many sweet things to learn about chocolate or that a dozen delicious details about peanut butter would show up on a page with a few splotches of jelly to whet our appetites? Find out in the pages of “National Geographic Kids 5000 Awesome Facts …

For centuries, the mystery of how the colossal stone statues of Easter Island moved captivated scientists. See their theories come to life. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo Live: http://bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLive About Nat Geo Live (National Geographic Live): Thought-provoking presentations by today’s leading explorers, scientists, and photographers. Get More …

Easter Island archaeologists Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo offer a radically different theory of the island’s history. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo Live: http://bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLive About Nat Geo Live (National Geographic Live): Thought-provoking presentations by today’s leading explorers, scientists, and photographers. Get More National Geographic: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoOfficialSite …

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“Neil Barofsky, the former Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Fund, can sum up the state of the nation in two words: “Pretty fucked.” The concise assessment came Tuesday during a question and answer session on Gawker…Barofsky insisted that President Obama’s administration, of which Geithner is a part, isn’t …

“Roger Penske’s sons, Jay and Mark Penske, were arrested by Nantucket police Thursday morning for an alleged break-in at the Nantucket Yacht Club after a woman accused Jay of urinating on her boots…”.* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur break it down on The Young Turks. *Read more here from Nick …

“A man was shot in the head at an apartment building in Port St. Joe, Florida, by another tenant who remarked to police that he was unsure why they were arresting him because he “only shot a ni**er.” The man survived the attack and is in the hospital. The trouble …