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Government Pledges Millions To Save Monarch Butterfly
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and environmental partners announced a program Monday aimed at regrowing critical habitat for the imperiled monarch butterfly. The Fish and Wildlife Service…
Sidecar, a Ride-Hailing Start-Up, Pushes Into Package Delivery
That is exactly what Sidecar, a ride-hailing start-up in competition with the likes of Uber and Lyft, aims to make happen. The company announced on Monday it plans to use…
U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director Steps Down
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service is leaving his post, the agency said on Monday, in the latest top level departure this year…
You Won’t Need Cable To Watch The Final Episodes Of ‘Mad Men’
Cord cutters who are fans of Don Draper and Rick Grimes are in luck. Sling TV, Dish’s $20-per-month live-TV streaming service, will add AMC to its small lineup of channels,…
Another Secret Service departure in the works
The latest departure is the Deputy Director of the U.S. Secret Service, A.T. Smith, who is stepping aside for another position within the Department of Homeland Security, according to the…
Had enough snow Boston? Here’s some more
The National Weather Service predicts between 1 to 2 feet of snow to fall in northeastern Massachusetts through Monday night. – CNN’s Sean Morris and Ed Payne contributed to this…
Wall Street Pays Bankers To Work In Government And Wants It Secret
Citigroup is one of three Wall Street banks attempting to keep hidden their practice of paying executives multimillion-dollar awards for entering government service. Read the whole story at The New…
Comcast calls customer ‘Super B—-‘ on bill
Related: Comcast vows to fix customer service This is not a first for Comcast. Last month, the company sent a bill to Ricardo Brown addressed to A–hole Brown after he…
Stan McChrystal: A million young people to empower America
Duty. Honor. Country. These words were chiseled in granite above me, printed on the diploma in my hands and engraved on my class ring. I had just completed a four…
Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’ Netflix Series Just Got Its First Trailer
He’s just trying to make his city a better place. Netflix’s “Daredevil,” the first of four Marvel series to debut on the streaming service, now has its very first trailer….
Uber Tries to Ease South Korean Concerns
SEOUL, South Korea — Uber, the ride-hailing service, said on Wednesday that it was asking the South Korean government to register Uber drivers so that it could overcome legal challenges…
Veterans Group Wants Data On Military Service Academies Gender Admission Policies
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Tuesday by plaintiffs including an advocacy group for female service members is pressing the Pentagon for information on gender targets and recruiting policies…
Uber to Open Center for Research on Self-Driving Cars
In the future, however, the humans may not be so important. Uber on Monday announced plans to open a research and development center in Pittsburgh, where the company plans to…
Hard-Charging Uber Tries Olive Branch
Travis Kalanick did not build Uber into a global force by playing nice. Mr. Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, a ride-hailing service, aggressively pushed the start-up into new markets,…
FCC To Consider New Net Neutrality Proposal
Whose Internet is it anyway? Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, says he’s keeping that question in mind as he pitches the biggest regulatory shake-up to the telecommunications…
More than 1,100 Sunday flights canceled due to weather
Approximately 1,161 flights have been canceled so far, according to Flightaware.com, an online flight tracking service. – CNN’s Joe Sutton contributed to this report
Louisiana Squeezed as Oil Prices Drop
CUT OFF, La. — “The first thing you hear is, ‘Can you cut 10 percent?’ ” explained Jimmy Lafont, whose towboat operation is one of the countless oil-field service companies spread…
Drone maker says it’s ‘highly unlikely’ White House drone malfunctioned
Early Monday morning, the drone’s owner, who asked not to be identified, says his friend was operating the quadcopter inside his apartment which is located within 10 blocks of the…
Stalking North Korea’s odd Cold War time machines
Patriotic military music filled the cabin. Flight attendants handed out Communist propaganda magazines. As Leighton put it, that 2012 flight on Air Koryo airlines from Beijing to Pyongyang was an…
Amazon To Launch An Email Service
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) accelerated its efforts to win over corporate clients on Wednesday by announcing an email and scheduling service that will compete with Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and…
Comcast changes customer name to A-hole on bill
Comcast (CCV) is fully aware of its reputation for bad customer service, and has apologized for it before. In one of the more public incidents, Comcast customer Ryan Block posted…
Comcast Apologizes After Changing Customer’s Name To ‘Asshole Brown’
A Comcast customer received a shocking bill recently, and it wasn’t the dollar amount that stood out. It was the name on the bill, which someone at the company had…
No drones: FAA only wants pigskin in the air at Super Bowl
The FAA released a 15-second video on YouTube Wednesday reminding everyone that the Super Bowl is a “No Drone Zone.” – Drones are sparking security concerns as well. Earlier this…
American actor arrested arrested on voyeurism charges in Canada
It started when two women in their mid-twenties rented a condo from the actor. According to the Toronto Police Service, the women alerted them after they “discovered hidden cameras and…
New York City Is Spared the Worst Effects of Snowstorm
The conditions were expected to worsen throughout the evening and then, after midnight, intensify rapidly, with winds topping 50 miles per hour.” New York City was spared from the worst…
Here’s Why Uber Is Tripling Prices During A State Of Emergency
Uber announced Monday that it won’t charge riders more than about three times its normal fare during “Winter Storm Juno,” the blizzard hitting the Northeast. In an email to customers,…
Man Claims Responsibility For Drone That Crashed On White House Grounds
A man has come forward to say he was responsible for the drone that crashed early Monday on the White House grounds. A U.S. official says the man made contact…
Government Employee Flies Small Drone Over White House Fence
Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, says that a small electronic device found on the White House lawn overnight is not thought to pose a threat to anyone within…
‘Historic and destructive’ storm could hit Massachusetts
Areas of New York, including the New York City metropolitan area, and the city of Boston are in the storm’s path. Coastal New Jersey and parts of New England will…