Rapper 50 Cent says he’s broke after losing lawsuit
AFP From Business Insider New York (AFP) – He calls himself 50 Cent, but the hip-hop mogul says he may not be worth even that. The rapper known for the album and movie “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” filed for…
Very soon, robotic drones will automatically follow you (or your kids) around
By Julie Bort From Business Insider By now, most of us have seen a remote-controlled camera drone flying around taking pictures from above. There’s about 1 million of them out there used by hobbyists, according to Helen Greiner, CEO of…
Oscar-Winning Director of Snowden documentary trying to find out why she’s been detained at airports so much
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Laura Poitras recently won the Academy Award for CITIZENFOUR, her documentary on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, but the director claims that she’s long been hassled by U.S. federal authorities for years, resulting in multiple unmerited…
Senior Tibetan monk dies in Chinese prison
By Sui-Lee Wee Reuters From Huffington Post BEIJING, July 13 (Reuters) – A Tibetan monk who was one of China’s most prominent political prisoners has died in jail, a relative said on Monday, and a rights group said security forces…
Escaped drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ targets Trump in Twitter rant
By Jim Meyers from Newsmax Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called on the FBI to investigate threats against him on Twitter by Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who escaped from prison over the weekend. On the Twitter…
Man extradited from Caribbean to face sexual assault charge in Aspen [USA
By Chad Abraham, From Aspen Daily News A Texas man charged with sexually assaulting an Aspen woman appeared in court Friday after he was extradited from the Caribbean. Bond for Peter Duane Watkins, 40, of Naples, Texas, was set at…
Bank misconduct fuels surge of Federal DPAs and NPAs
By Sue Reisinger, From Corporate Counsel Thanks mostly to massive misconduct by banks, U.S. enforcement officials are en route to signing a record number of deferred and nonprosecution agreements (DPAs and NPAs) this year. A new study from Gibson, Dunn…
President calls for change in region’s education system
By Verne Burnett from Trinidad & Tobago Newsday President Anthony Carmona yesterday expressed concern about the “internalisation” of tertiary education in the Caribbean where, he said, every island is establishing their own universities and tertiary level institutions in an effort…
Bold video series shows how rarely people of color actually speak in films 2.1k
By Yohana Desta From Mashable A simple video series could forever change the way you watch films. Actor and writer Dylan Marron takes films and boils them down to only show every single word spoken by a person of color,…
Cornell is building an insanely energy efficient dorm in New York City, and it could change how we make buildings forever
By Ariel Schwartz From Business Insider Cornell Tech, an applied sciences program out of Cornell University, is building a giant futuristic campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island. But the most exciting part of the campus isn’t in the academic…
