Defends Bain Capital for the first time
Going into the mind of accused ‘cannibal cop’
In September Gilberto Valle’s estranged wife contacts the FBI after discovering “alarming†information on his home computer. She flees to her out-of-state family. The FBI and NYPD seize the computer and begin examining its contents, particularly focusing on Facebook postings and instant messages dating back to January. What they find is an alarming trove of evidence that takes them deep into the mind of a sick man.
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Antarctic ice rift growing, satellite images show
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French rogue trader ordered to pay back $7 billion
The Paris appeals court has upheld former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel’s conviction for covering up massive losses, sentencing him to three years in prison and ordering him to pay back a staggering €4.9 billion (about $7 billion) in damages.
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Twitter principles of social networking increase family success in nesting birds
New research reveals for the first time the importance of social networking in producing a successful family. The study found that, regardless of how big and healthy individual chicks are, what really matters to their chances of surviving and breeding is how siblings in the nest interact with each other, with cooperative families faring best.
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Fossil study helps pinpoint extinction risks for ocean animals: When it comes to ocean extinctions, range size matters most
What makes some ocean animals more prone to extinction? An analysis of roughly 500 million years of fossil data for marine invertebrates reveals that ocean animals with small ranges have been consistently hard hit, whereas population size has little effect. This means that reductions in range size — such as when a species’ habitat is destroyed or degraded — could mean a big increase in long-term extinction risk, even when remaining populations are large, the authors say.
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Formula unlocks secrets of cauliflower’s geometry
The laws that govern how intricate surface patterns, such as those found in the cauliflower, develop over time have been described, for the first time. Researchers have now provided a mathematical formula to describe the processes that dictate how cauliflower-like patterns – a type of fractal pattern – form and develop.
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Obama Supporters Continue Threats To Riot, Assassinate Romney…
Obama Supporters Continue Threats To Riot, Assassinate Romney…
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DC Looks to Ban Large Sodas…
DC Looks to Ban Large Sodas…
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Fact check: Where Obama and Romney dropped the ball
Romney flubbed on the Middle East. Obama got Romney’s record as Massachusetts governor wrong.
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