You’re probably overpaying for financial advice
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MSNBC guest won’t apologize for remark about Jindal
After his speech on Monday, Jindal’s decision to invoke “no-go zones” was scrutinized by political analysts; some concluded that he is trying to position himself for the upcoming Republican presidential…
Republican debates: Media winners and losers
NBCUniversal hosted a total of four debates during the 2012 cycle. Two aired on MSNBC, although they weren’t moderated by MSNBC personalities. This cycle, NBC has two — one to…
How A Physicist From New York Ended Up Capturing Some Of The Most Iconic Civil Rights Images
Stephen Somerstein is a retired physicist who spent many years working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. But long before he devoted his days to researching the interactions of atomic nuclei,…
8 Freedom Songs That Promoted Social Activism (LISTEN)
Since the dawn of human history, black people have been the catalysts and contributors to pivotal moments that have greatly affected our world. And during the civil rights movement, music…
Anti-Gay Campaign Insists Dubious Petition Signatures Are Just Fine
A campaign to overturn Houston’s just-passed equal rights ordinance hit a roadblock last year when the city said it had found “irregularities” in a petition drive. Next week, the anti-gay…
Rev. Ralph Abernathy: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Overlooked ‘Civil Rights Twin’
(RNS) In a scene in the movie “Selma,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sits in a jail cell wondering where the civil rights movement is headed. His cellmate, the…
Davos creates air traffic jam from private jets
Zurich airport authorities have reserved roughly 60 parking spots exclusively for Davos-related jet traffic, but it hasn’t been enough. All the spots were booked well in advance. For the first…
A 1965 failure that still haunts America
Then, with a Democratic administration riding high on a string of major legislative victories, including landmark civil rights and voting rights legislation, six days of horrendous rioting broke out in…
Apple’s MLK Day honors stir controversy
“There is no greater way to celebrate [King’s] legacy than to serve the communities where we live and work,” wrote Denise Young Smith, head human resources at Apple, in a…
RadioShack’s big Super Bowl ad bet goes bust
“Our Super Bowl ad promised a new and improved RadioShack. And one of the keys to any successful rebranding effort is ensuring that there is consistency between the brand messaging…
5 things Steve Jobs said Apple would never do
“God gave us 10 styluses. Let’s not invent another,” Jobs said about the project, according to Walter Isaacson’s biography. Yet Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities said the widely expected 12.9-inch…
Amazon is going to make movies
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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…
Oil producers caught in a perfect storm
Saudi Arabia, which has long played the balancing role in world oil marketspumping more when demand is strong, trimming supply when it slowshas had enough. It’s time for other producers,…
‘Selma’ Stars Including Oprah March In Alabama, Honoring MLK
Oprah Winfrey and fellow actors from the movie “Selma” marched with hundreds Sunday ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, recalling one of the bloodiest chapters of the civil rights…
Rough seas: Stock market volatility is here to stay
Related: Falling oil’s next victim: banks Fed, earnings loom: Investors also remain antsy about when the Federal Reserve will attempt to slowly hike rates after years of keeping them incredibly…
Charlie Hebdo editor says Mohammed cartoons ‘defend the freedom of religion’
Furthermore, Biard said “we must stop declaring that those who write and draw are ‘provocateurs,’ and are throwing gas on the fire. We must not place thinkers and artists in…
Fox News apologizes 4 times for inaccurate comments about Muslims in Europe
Related: Murdoch and Fox draw online backlash “No-go zones” have been a theme on Fox. Critics have accused the network of advancing a frightening narrative that demeans peaceful Muslims. Earlier…
State of the Union spoilers: What you need to know about Obama’s proposal for the middle class
Require paid sick leave: Obama backs a proposed law that would allow workers who don’t already receive paid sick time to accumulate up to seven days each year. (A study…
Giant GM bus from the ’50s sells for $5 million
The driver’s seat was 10 feet off the ground. Parade organizers had to carefully plan routes to avoid low bridges or other obstacles. Eight tires held its 30,000 pound weight….
Where is Charlie Hebdo? My pursuit of the first copies in America
But places like Albertine and Book Culture, another Manhattan shop, went a different route. The stores made arrangements with Emmanuel Saint-Martin, the owner of a website catering to French ex-pats…
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…
Swiss shock crushes US currency broker
FXCM said it is “actively discussing alternatives” to restore its capital levels, but didn’t give any specifics about those talks. Investment bank Jefferies Group is in conversations with FXCM over…
Venezuela lacks a lot more than McDonald’s French fries
“It’s an adventure to buy milk, sugar, flour, oil, meat,” says Rodriguez, listing many other items. “The life of Venezuelans has changed a lot. It is sad to see.” Related:…
Fox News’s future: $1.50 per subscriber per month
He also speculated that the $1.50 figure includes both Fox News and its much smaller sibling Fox Business. “They are getting more aggressive with that channel,” he said. The new…
Davos: What you need to know
It’s safe: The organizers don’t release specific information, but it is estimated that around 5,000 Swiss troops, police and security personnel guard the town. It’s pricey: The ticket is around…
Gaza’s only accelerator gets support from Silicon Valley
There are 1.8 million Palestinians living in Gaza, a strip of land bordered by Israel, the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt. Since 2007, it has been governed by militant organization Hamas,…
7 biggest losers from Swiss currency blowout
UBS predicts the Swiss economy will expand by just 0.5% in 2015, down from an earlier projection of 1.8%. Expectations for 2016 have also been lowered, down to 1.1% from…
Self-service beer taps coming your way
He invested $20,000 of his own funds and partnered with a U.S. manufacturer to make beer tables with two to four self-service taps. In February 2009, Goodman landed his first…