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Twitter recently announced the launch of its advertising API, a move that will allow marketers to create more sophisticated ad campaigns and integrate Twitter advertising into their broader marketing plans rather than simply purchasing ads directly...

In the days following the massacre of 27 adults and children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, there have been many reports of skyrocketing gun sales.
This is said to be typical.

Nick Woodman is the 36-year-old founder and CEO of GoPro, a wearable camera produced by Woodman Labs that can capture footage for athletes as they whiz down a mountain or surf 6-foot waves.

Over the final ten days of this year, we’re going to finish off this series by looking at ten tactics that demonstrate how you can transform all of the little savings you’re getting from frugality into life-affirming changes.

BEFORE Apple launched iCloud in 2011, Steve Jobs allegedly offered to buy Dropbox, a file-sharing service founded in 2007, for $800m. When Dropbox declined, Apple's late boss disparaged it as a feature, not a company.

A charter middle school will open in School District 15 in August 2013, to be housed in Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School.

The first time I heard about Groupon was from a small business owner Surfy Rahman Co-owner of Indique Heights in Washington DC. in 2009. He mentioned it as a user and not as a business owner.

More weakness in this week’s rail traffic report.  The AAR reported a -0.3% reading in intermodal.  This is the second consecutive negative weekly reading.  This brings the 12 week moving average down to 1.3%.

Portraits of Conn. shooting victims show lives at their very start, ended in hail of gunfire
Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age.

This story was written and reported by Harriet Alexander, David Barrett, Laura Donnelly, Jon Swaine in Newtown, CT.

Shinzo Abe, the former PM of Japan, has won a gigantic victory in today's Japanese parliamentary election.
Results indicate that his LDP party (which once ruled Japan for 50 years) has won a sweep of both houses of parliament.

Want to help the ailing Greek economy? Buy an island!
Private Islands Online has the listings for some of the most gorgeous pieces of paradise floating in the Mediterranean.

Deciding where to host a website or blog can be tricky since there are so many different options available.

There has been a lot of talk over the past couple of years about how laptops and desktops are toast and everything's going mobile.

The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Commission has released the latest report on Traffic Volume Trends, data through October.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson points out a bizarre dichotomy:
Walmart sells assault weapons but bans music that contains swear words.
That policy tells you a lot about this country.

CHRISTMAS AT DISNEY WORLD
Disney resorts are becoming great stops for families to spend time for the holidays. So why not tell Santa that you will be some place different this holiday season.

Britain’s economy, like many other Western countries, looks precarious. The solution to the malaise is in building a thriving entrepreneurship eco-system.

The most detailed account yet of the Sandy Hook massacre has been written by Edmund Mahony and Dave Altimari of the Hartford Courant.
A link to their story follows.
The details are beyond horrific.

"Trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see." "Hundreds of trillions in unfunded liabilities." "Washington is broke." "Only cranking up taxes, and slashing benefits can save us from leaving a crushing burden on future generations." Those...