Environmentally worse to travel by air or car?
By David Nolan, Green Car Reports From Business Insider Eco-activists often indict air travel as a carbon-spewing threat to the global climate. Worldwide, commercial jets pour an estimated 700 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, leading to…
A record-breaking wildfire in Canada forces an entire town to evacuate
By Jen Kirby From New York Mag A massive wildfire has engulfed the area around the Canadian town of Fort McMurray in Alberta. The blaze has destroyed homes and forced almost the entire town — about 80,000 people — to…
Fugees star gets Do-Over in defamation case against New York Post about Page Six
By Celia Ampel, From Daily Business Review Just because it’s on Page Six doesn’t mean it’s not defamatory, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The appellate court Monday revived a defamation lawsuit against the New York…
The CEO of a $300 million company says she only hires ‘missionaries’ — here are the questions she asks to find them
By Rachel Gillett From Business Insider Jessica Herrin wants to hire “missionaries, not mercenaries,” she tells The New York Times’ Adam Bryant. “Missionaries” are driven by passion for the mission, while “mercenaries” are more concerned about the material reward. To find missionaries,…
Madonna backs Sean Penn in defamation suit against Lee Daniels
By Celia Ampel, From Daily Business Review The Miami attorneys defending “Empire” creator Lee Daniels in a defamation suit filed by actor Sean Penn are not deterred by Madonna’s affidavit swearing the actor never assaulted her. “The fact that Penn…
UN officials ‘shocked’ by ex-Antiguan diplomat arrest
By Nelson A. King from Caribbean Life Top United Nations officials say they are “shocked” and “deeply troubled” to learn about the “very serious allegations” announced by United States’ federal prosecutors against Dr. John Ashe, a former president of the…
Judge: It’s not nice to leave nasty notes on speeding tickets, but it’s your constitutional right to do so
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist No one gets a speeding ticket and rushes out to pay it with glee, at least, no one who likes holding onto their money. But even if it’s pretty rude to scrawl an obscene…
NBC News’ Richard Engel says he misidentified the Syrian group that kidnapped him
By Margaret Hartmann From New York Mag No one doubts that NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel suffered a terrifying and dangerous ordeal when he and five colleagues were kidnapped in Syria in December 2012, but thanks in part…
Will the Ebola virus go airborne?
By Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American From Nature.com Experts say the possibility remains remote. Could Ebola go airborne? That’s the fear set off last week by a New York Times op-ed entitled “What We’re Afraid to Say about Ebola” from…
Why a lawmaker defied other Southerners and changed his mind on civil rights
By Allan Smith From Business Insider President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law 50 years ago today, just hours after Congress formally approved the bill on a dramatic day for America. The height of that drama…
