“A Wilmington couple is suing a southwest suburban school district because their 10-year-old daughter was humiliated on a field trip last January when teachers allegedly refused to stop for a bathroom break and forced her to urinate in a cup on a moving school bus. Todd and Lisa Holmes filed …
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NRA Slams Biden’s Gun Task Force, Ignores Deaths
“The National Rifle Association released a statement Thursday afternoon criticizing the White House Gun Control Task Force meeting earlier that day, but the pro-gun group has yet to offer any public comment on a morning shooting at Taft Union High School in California that left two students wounded. The statement …
Read More »Does Obama’s Treasury Nom Understand Deregulation?
“Jack Lew, likely the next Treasury secretary, may be a lot of things: budget maven, cool negotiator, native New Yorker, weird handwriter. But he is not a financial regulator. That suggests financial reform will not be nearly as much of a priority in President Obama’s second term as the federal …
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The Shorty Awards honor the best in content creators in social media; recognizing outstanding people and organizations across the social web. The Young Turks are in the running, but we need your help to make it to the top. All you need is a twitter account, and voting is open …
Read More »Rendition Kidnappings Thrive Under Obama
‘The three European men with Somali roots were arrested on a murky pretext in August as they passed through the small African country of Djibouti. But the reason soon became clear when they were visited in their jail cells by a succession of American interrogators. U.S. agents accused the men …
Read More »Cheap Apple products, Amazon AutoRip, and more – 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, January 10, 2013
Two pair. Three of a kind. Straight. Flush. Full house. Four of a kind. Straight flush. Royal flush. This is 90 Seconds on The Verge. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on …
Read More »CES 2013 VEGAS MEETUP!
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Read More »90 on 90: Day 4, Update 4
Greetings Professor Falken. You are a hard man to reach. Could not find you in Seattle and no terminal is in operation at your classified address. This is 90 on 90. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The …
Read More »Massive 100-inch Laser TV — LG HECTO (CES 2013)
Subscribe for complete CES 2013 – http://bit.ly/UnboxCES This is a quick look at the new HECTO laser TV from LG. This 100-inch TV is the world’s largest hanging display. It uses short-throw technology to project a massive image from a minimal distance. Stay tuned for complete coverage from CES 2013. …
Read More »Science is Pretty Freaking Awesome!
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