In Vino Veritas. In Napa, Deceit.
When you buy a bottle of Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon, you trust that the bottle is filled with wine actually made from cabernet sauvignon grapes that were grown in the…
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Standalone HBO Could Inspire Millions To Ditch Cable, Survey Says
As many as 7 million people might cut the cord once HBO launches its new streaming service later this year. At least that’s how a market research firm read the…
SkyMall’s Parent Files for Bankruptcy Protection
The parent of the in-flight shopping magazine SkyMall said on Friday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection, citing in-flight Wi-Fi access as one of the factors luring shoppers away…
The White House Wants To Upgrade 1.5 Million Light Poles
WASHINGTON — The White House is planning to announce Friday an initiative to help convert 1.5 million light posts in the United States to more efficient technologies. – The Mid-American…
Gay Mecca On Fire Island Sells For $10.1 Million At Auction
A strip of commercial real estate along the harbor in Fire Island Pines sold for $10.1 million at auction on Thursday to developers with plans to continue the revival of…
Tim Cook on his way to the billionaire club
Despite his big payday, Cook was one of the lowest-paid executives at Apple (AAPL, Tech30) last year. New Apple Store chief Angela Ahrendts got a $73.3 million pay package, most…
JPMorgan’s Dimon Gets Cash Bonus, Total Pay Unchanged
Jan 22 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co paid Chief Executive Jamie Dimon a first cash bonus in three years, part of a total 2014 pay package of $20 million…
The Vinyl Comeback In America Isn’t Really A Thing (Yet … Maybe)
In comparison to recent years, vinyl has made a significant surge, clawing back from what seemed like extinction. With a 52 percent increase in vinyl purchase in 2014, hitting the…
Pro-LGBT Campaign One Million Kids Launches Ahead Of Supreme Court’s Marriage Equality Ruling
Ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s forthcoming ruling on same-sex marriage, a group billing itself as “an organization of folks from all walks of life” who support equality for the…
New stats spur rivalry between Chicago and Atlanta airports
The score for 2014: Chicago, 881,933; Atlanta, 868,359. Hey, this is important. It’s about who’s No. 1. It’s about bragging rights. “Chicago reclaims its place” as the “world’s busiest airport,”…
1 in 4 Americans Believe God Will Decide Who Wins The Super Bowl
Is the Super Bowl divinely rigged? – Come Super Bowl Sunday, 184 million Americans are expected to watch the game. For those praying for divine intervention, God will have to…
Inside Mauritius: The tropical paradise with a booming economy
Benefiting from a long history of political stability, a good governance record and an open and flexible regulatory system, Mauritius overtook South Africa last year to become the continent’s most…
Of Course Colorado Guesses It Will Cost $420 To Pull Marijuana PSA Records
A recent records request targeting a new series of Colorado public service announcements on legal recreational marijuana has turned up the perfect cost — $420, obviously. Earlier this month, Beryl…
One Million Dads, A Men’s Counterpart To Anti-Gay Group One Million Moms, Launches Online
The conservative group best known for threatening to boycott JC Penney when the retail chain hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokeswoman is branching out. Monica Cole, Director of One Million…
And the winner of the English Premier League is …
Football Manager is a computer game which allows players to take control of their favorite team. Using the game’s encyclopaedic database, which contains data on nearly a quarter of a…
‘Exploding Kittens’ Card Game Is Probably The Next ‘Cards Against Humanity’
Cats against humanity. After just 20 minutes on Kickstarter, a card game known as “Exploding Kittens” had been reached its $10,000 goal. Within an hour, its backing was at 1000…
Jasmine Whitbread: First And Third World ‘Not Geographic Anymore — They Cut Right Across’
Jasmin Whitbread, CEO of Save the Children, spoke with HuffPost Live at Davos on Wednesday about the major progress that has been made to help lessen the severity of issues…
Obama shows 6 companies the love in State of the Union
Brands are willing to pay a whopping $4.5 million for a 30-second ad in this year’s Super Bowl. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago…
ISIS’ Japanese hostage video raises new questions about ‘Jihadi John’
The black-clad ISIS militant shown in a video demanding a $200 million ransom to spare the lives of two Japanese citizens looks and sounds similar to the man who has…
Should nations just pay ISIS ransom?
The black-clad, masked British ISIS terrorist who has taken center stage in the group’s hostage videos appeared in a new video on Tuesday threatening the lives of two Japanese hostages,…
Q&A: ISIS threat to Japan sheds light on harsh realities of kidnappings, ransom
In a video posted Tuesday to social media, a black-clad ISIS militant stood over two men he said were Japanese citizens. Both would die, he said, unless the Japanese government…
Islamic State Threatens To Kill Japanese Hostages Unless $200 Million Ransom Is Paid: Video
(Adds quotes, detail, background) DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The Islamic State armed group which holds swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria issued a video online on Tuesday purporting…
Prankster Dad Turns His House Into A Giant Ball Pit
A quarter of a million plastic balls and an elaborate prank transformed one dad’s home into a giant ball pit (aka every little kid’s ultimate fantasy). With the help of…
Netflix Stock Is Soaring
Shares of Netflix surged more than 13 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday, after the company reported subscriber growth that topped its own forecasts. The world’s biggest subscription streaming service…
9 Blockbusters With Smaller Opening Weekends Than ‘American Sniper’
Following three weeks of incredible limited release grosses, Clint Eastwood’s “American Sniper” shattered box office records over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend. “American Sniper” earned an estimated $90.2…
New York City condo sells for record $100,471,452.77
According to real estate website StreetEasy, there are currently 10 active sales in the building: a three-bedroom, four-bathroom residency is listed for just under $39 million, while a five-bedroom, 5,475…
NFL conference championships bring big ratings for Fox, CBS
Overall, this weekend’s conference championships averaged 46.1 million viewers. While high, these totals were down from the comparable week last year, when 55.9 million viewers watched the NFC championship and…
Charlie Hebdo now printing 7 million copies
The magazine’s French distributor, MLP, has been tryingmostly unsuccessfullyto keep pace with demand. Roughly one million copies each were distributed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Technical problems limited the number…
Google, Apple and other tech giants settle antipoaching case for $415 million
The settlement said that the tech workers entitled to a share of the settlement will get just under $6,500 each under the deal, which is only a small fraction of…
Wet Seal sinks into Chapter 11 bankruptcy
In addition to a $20 million loan from B. Riley Financial, Wet Seal has about $31 million of cash on its balance sheet to fund its business. – Chicago Mercantile…