Scientist figures out how those big-ass ‘sailing stones’ move themselves across Death Valley
Posted by hipstomp / Rain Noe From Core77 “Racetrack Playa” sounds like the screenname of an online teenager you’re competing against in Need for Speed, but scientists recognize it as the name of a dried-up lake in Death Valley. For…
5 beautiful flowers you probably didn’t know you could eat
By Miche bacher From the kitchn Candied rose petals on cakes and stuffed squash blossoms are yesterday’s news! Here are five edible flowers that will make you look at your flower bed in a new and delicious light. I have…
Cayman says ‘Yes’ but Bermuda says “No”
Bermuda refuses to sign up to Cameron’s tax evasion deal From The Guardian UK David Cameron’s G8 agenda to close down cross-border tax evasion dealt blow by Bermuda Prime Minister Craig Cannonier. David Cameron’s ambitious G8 agenda to close down…
Conyers advises Yahoo! Inc. in US$7.6 billion share repurchase
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China’s largest e-commerce provider, agreed to repurchase a 20 percent stake from U.S. Web portal Yahoo! Inc. for a minimum of US$7.1 billion ahead of a potential initial public offering. David Lamb, an M&A partner based…
America’s 50 worst charities rake in nearly $1 billion for corporate fundraisers
By Kris Hundley and Kendall Taggart, Tampa Bay Times/CIR special report The worst charity in America operates from a metal warehouse behind a gas station in Holiday. Every year, Kids Wish Network raises millions of dollars in donations in the…
Cayman Islands committed to building cruise terminal, says Minister
By Brian Major From Travel Pulse The Cayman Islands will build a long-awaited cruise ship terminal in George Town and redevelop the island’s airport within the next several years, said tourism minister Moses Kirkconnell in a briefing with local press…
Rape, stabbing, and rats on leashes
‘Special Needs’ Prison Is allegedly hell on earth By Lucy Nicholson From Business Insider The East Mississippi Correctional Facility keeps mentally ill prisoners in squalid conditions and denies them basic mental health care, the ACLU says in a new lawsuit….
Taking the kids to the Caribbean in summer
By Eileen Ogintz, Tribune Media Services From Chicago Tribune Travel Cabdriver Sam Rogers remembers the days when there was just one car on the Caribbean island of Anguilla; when islanders grew their own vegetables and picked salt for a living…
UPDATE: Olympic gold medalists to compete in Flowers Sea Swim
Olympic Fever In The Cayman Islands By Steve Munatones From Open Water Swimming Walking down the gorgeous Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands, it is amazing how many Olympians are preparing for the 21st annual Flowers Sea Swim. Lounging on…
How total could US government surveillance be?
By Gideon Lichfield from Quartz Amid revelations (confirmed) that the US National Security Agency has been collecting basic data on most of the phone calls made in the US, and new claims (so far strenuously denied) that it can directly…
