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How a Handful of Countries Control the Earth's Most Precious Materials

BY Kate Rockwood
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While the global market for ever more sophisticated tech gadgets grows, the metals and minerals that make them go are controlled by a handful of countries.READ»

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Candidates Look to iPad, Old Spice Guy, Steven Slater for Viral Votes

BY Austin Carr
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In the era of YouTube, political campaigns are creating Internet memes and takeoffs of popular brands to earn votes by going viral.READ»

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Investing in Post-Conflict Zone Startups Just Might Save the World

BY Lisa Katayama
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When Kevin Braithwaite tells fellow Silicon Valley types that he's investing in entrepreneurs in Lebanon, they usually look at him like he's crazy.READ»

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How Republicans Are Using Social Media to Win Mid-term Elections

BY Austin Carr
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Republican leaders such as Eric Cantor are pushing for social media to change elections and policy. READ»

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Blake Mycoskie, Founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS Shoes

BY David D. Burstein
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After seeing countless shoeless impoverished children in Argentina, Blake Mycoskie started TOMS Shoes in 2006 with a simple idea: If you buy one pair of shoes, TOMS gives one pair of shoes to someone who needs them.READ»

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United States Agency for International Development Launches Department of Innovation

BY Jenara Nerenberg
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The introduction of the DIV marks a new turn for USAID and the global aid industry.READ»

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America Reacts: 6 Campaign Ads That Cross Party Lines

BY Michael Maslansky
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Media coverage of the midterm elections has painted a picture of two parties, irreconcilable in nearly all respects. But are they? We selected a handful of Democratic and Republican campaign ads from across the country, and tested them for the second-to-second, gut reactions of 560 American voters.READ»

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Most Wanted Bosses: Mark Zuckerberg Ranks Low, Oprah High

BY Austin Carr
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A new poll suggests Mark Zuckerberg, Simon Cowell, and Tony Hayward are far from ideal bosses.READ»

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Health 2.0 Causes Industry Shift in Five Years

BY Francine Hardaway
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Since December 2006, when Matthew Holt and Indu Subiya almost single-handedly began the Health 2.0 movement with Matthew's blog and their first conference, the entire world of health care has begun to change. And that's not a simple ...READ»

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The Facebook Drama "The Social Network" Won't Show You

BY Ellen McGirt
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The Social Network is not the feel-good movie of the year--certainly not for Mark Zuckerberg, or for the dozens of exceptionally talented men and women who created Facebook. They were, and are, brilliant, hardworking and imaginative people who managed to survive the uniquely fraught early moments of an online start-up. It was a swirl alright, but not the way the film would have you think.READ»

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"Inside Job" Filmmaker Charles Ferguson Hopes to Help Send Bankers to Jail

BY Linda Tischler
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"This has cost the American people trillions of dollars," Ferguson tells Fast Company. If only he were talking about his film and not the deception behind the financial crisis.READ»

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Japan's Intervention Intentions

BY Shawn Baldwin
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Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses how the Bank of Japan's currency intervention will affect the Forex market.READ»

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Gulf Coast Oil's Disappearing Act Comes to an End

BY David Zax
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Giving the lie to claims that the oil had "disappeared," Greenpeace scientists went out sampling and found oil as far away as 300 miles from the spill site.READ»

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Twitter to Politicians: Your Money Is No Good Here

BY Kit Eaton
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Campaign ads may be all over TV and Google this election season, but the microblogging site isn't accepting them. READ»

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Congress Stops ShamWow, Snuggie Ads From SCREAMING AT YOU

BY Austin Carr
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Sick of advertisers jacking up the VOLUME on you during commercial breaks? The bane of every couch potato may finally soon end.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Truthy Maps Malicious Twitter Memes

BY Cliff Kuang
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This tool is a brilliant attempt to track lies across the internet. But how well does it succeed? READ»

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iFive: Spycam-Twitter Suicide, Net-Savvy Shoppers, Microsoft Fights Patents, Government Adopts Future Net Code, iPad Tethering

BY Kit Eaton
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It's Thursday, it's early, and it's time to read today's first bits of news:READ»

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Amtrak's $117 Billion Plan For High Speed Travel

BY Margaret Rhodes
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It's a dream to make Joe Biden weep: trains that connect East Coast cities at 220 miles per hour. But it won't be finished until 2040. Hear that sound? That's Europe and Asia laughing. READ»

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Obama's World-Beating Business Plan: Keep Kids in School Longer

BY Jenara Nerenberg
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Will extending the school year save innovation in America?READ»

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Republicans Dominate Democrats in Social Media

BY Austin Carr
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GOP Senate candidates are trouncing their rivals on Twitter and Facebook, a stunning reversal from 2008. But will that actually translate into votes?READ»

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Tweet Your Influence

BY Suzy Evans
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Researchers at Northwestern University have created an algorithm that determines which Twitter users are most influential on a given topic. Turns out it doesn't matter how many followers you have.READ»

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We're No. 3! U.S. Falls Behind in New Space Race

BY Kit Eaton
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China recently revealed its plans for Lunar (and Venusian) exploration. Last week Europe announced its moon lander. Are these two spacefarers leaving a stuttering NASA in their wake?READ»

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MIT: We've Got Plenty of Uranium

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Nuclear power advocates have a new weapon against detractors who claim that there isn't enough uranium to support a growing nuclear habit.READ»

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iFive: Schmidt's Facebook-Scraping, Diaspora's Open Social, Skyhook Sues Google, SMS Taxes, Europe's Moon Rover

BY Kit Eaton
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As you digest your breakfast, here's today's early news, pre-digested for your convenience.READ»

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105 Companies Join Forces With Obama to "Change The Equation" for Education

BY Austin Carr
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More than 100 companies are joining forces--from Facebook to Microsoft, DreamWorks to Google--to increase student literacy in science, technology, engineering, and math, which will account for some 8 million jobs by 2018. READ»

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