As the Olympics are rapidly approaching, the United States and Russia have banded together to attempt to secure the Sochi Olympic grounds. Russia has spent $50 billion to host the Olympics, including the construction of the “Ring of Steel”. However in the last week,...
The chips continue to fall in an illegal gambling ring that stretched from coast-to-coast and, allegedly, contained ties to the Russian mob operating in the United States. The latest participant to cop a plea was Edwin Ting, of New York City, who was recently...
Margaret Sullivan, the public editor of the New York Times, wrote a lengthy open letter to readers expounding on a rule a past Washington bureau chief, Phillip Taubman, taught her: “Always err on the side of publishing.” And that rule is paramount in...
While it may not grab headlines with the same vigor as last year’s ebook price-fixing scandal involving Apple and a handful of publishers, the German Federal Cartel Office released news Monday that a group of beer brewers has been hit with a $145 million dollar fine...
The city that never sleeps apparently doesn’t know how to take a day off from exercise either. During the “polar vortex” yesterday the temperature in New York City fell to 4° Fahrenheit, a 118-year record for January 7. And yet 6,669 people felt like...
If you plan to make an offer to buy The New York Times make sure you don’t tell every news publication first. Although the paper of record was never for sale, a wealthy Chinese businessman decided he couldn’t bear to not own the paper for just one more...
Google+ finally found a way to force people into taking them seriously, by inadvertently having a man arrested. Thomas Gagnon, a 32 year old from Massachusetts, was taken into custody after his ex-girlfriend received a request to join his circle on Google+. Earlier in...
Three years ago Gabrielle Giffords was among the severely injured in a shooting spree that left six dead and 12 wounded on a sidewalk in Arizona. Today, despite lingering injuries that make it difficult for her to speak or walk, the former congresswoman will mark the...
Everyone loves the holidays; it’s the time of year for family, food and of course lots of presents. But while the season of giving is the most exciting for shoppers and the most profitable for retailers, it’s also often the most vulnerable for both...
Internet privacy may be a myth in the 21st century. Just look at the news cycle for the past several months: it has been dominated by the classified documents that Edward Snowden leaked from the National Security Agency. The documents show that the United States...
