Yesterday, while we dug through thousands of tweets throughout the day about the Deferred Action for Chiidhood Arrivals, we noticed a few cautious tweeters asking questions about the next steps. Though it’s an amazing moment for thousands of young people all over the country, no one is asking all those people who are lining up, “Now what?”
Here’s the tweet that got us thinking:
The end of the MF Global drama is near, as Federal officials are winding down the investigation into how the commodities trading firm lost $1 billion of customer money, Azam Ahmed and Ben Protess of Dealbook report.
Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum seized the opportunity at an Ohio campaign event for Mitt Romney on Wednesday to warn Catholics that supporting Obamacare is a sin in the eyes of the Catholic church.
“We have a president who, for the first time in American history, is directly assaulting the First Amendment and freedom of religion,” Santorum said, referring to the provision in Obamacare that requires most employers to offer insurance plans that cover contraception. “He is going to tell you what to do in the practice of your faith. He is forcing business people right now to do things that are against their conscience, that they will have to — if you’re a Catholic — you’ll have to go to confession … to confess that you are complying with a government program that is a sin in the Catholic church.”
The argument that President Barack Obama is forcing Catholics to violate their faith by paying for birth control, a common Republican talking point, is problematic. Data shows that 98 percent of Catholic women who have had sex and are of child-bearing age have used an artificial method of contraception that is against the teachings of the church. Many Catholic universities, including Wheaton College, which is suing the Obama Administration over the law, already covered contraception before the law was announced.
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This is quite possibly the cutest video of baby animals on the Internet, and yes, we know there are many of them.
But Mango and Milkshake, delightful to the point of seizure, are seriously poised to conquer the cute animal world.
In this YouTube video, a 2-week old kitten named Mango unabashedly smothers some love on tubby little Milkshake, whose clearly his favorite little pup in the whole wide world.
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Apparently a guy in Salt Lake City named Valter had no takers on his original price of $150 for a 1/3 replica TIE Fighter, because he’s lowered the price to a cool zero dollars. So if you’re in Salt Lake City, call Valter ASAP to get something totally amazing for absolutely no money. More »
Occupy Our Homes, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, launched a national ad campaign this week aimed at inspiring beleaguered homeowners to battle foreclosure and eviction. The organization has created a foreclosure-resistance template and support network that it hopes borrowers will use to fight off repossession of their homes.
Toshiba has long been acquainted with the visual facets of home theater setups, and now the firm is entering the audio side of the equation with the SBX4250 — the first in a line-up of sound bar speaker systems. Featuring SRS TruSurround HD and accompanied by a wireless subwoofer, the strip packs two tweeters and four speakers in a 3.6-inch tall, 2.2-inch deep and roughly three-foot long form factor. In addition to the included HDMI and optical audio inputs, the box boasts Bluetooth connectivity for streaming audio from PCs, tablets, smartphones and other compatible devices. For those willing to part with $329.99, the 300-watt rig can already be snapped up online and at select brick-and-mortar establishments. Check out the glamour shots and the full press release below.
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STORRS, Conn. — Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma said he has no interest in returning as head coach of the U.S. national team for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Auriemma met with reporters at UConn, five days after coaching the U.S. team to a fifth straight Olympic gold medal.
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It would appear that Apple is really, really interested in implementing fingerprint sensor technology with its devices. Last month, Apple announced that it had agreed to buy AuthenTec for $356 million, and today we’re getting a better idea of the events leading up to this purchase. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday (uncovered by The Next Web), Apple’s offer to purchase the company came when the iPhone maker decided it didn’t want to enter a commercial agreement with AuthenTec during talks of a licensing deal.
That wasn’t always the case, though. Apple and AuthenTec had been talking about a licensing deal for months before Apple came back with an offer to buy the company outright. The deal which was announced last month is still pending shareholder approval, but provided everything works out the way Apple is hoping (which it should), then AuthenTec will be wholly owned by Apple before long.
Now we know that this acquisition is the result of Apple wanting to begin using AuthenTec’s fingerprint sensor technology as quickly as possible. During licensing talks, AuthenTec was still entertaining offers from other companies, and it wasn’t long before Apple decided that an outright purchase was the best route for it to take. It isn’t hard to see why, either. Implementing fingerprint sensor technology on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad would make Apple’s line of products stand out from the competition in a big way.
It would also do a lot to put users’ minds at ease, during this time when device security is a high-profile issue. Apple has a lot gain from this deal with AuthenTec, so it’s no wonder that it wanted talks to progress as quickly as possible. AuthenTec’s share holders are getting a pretty good deal if they choose to allow an Apple buyout too – Apple is offering $8.00 per share, which is a 58% premium on AuthenTec’s stock price as of July 26 – so it seems like it won’t be long before we’re hearing that shareholders have approved the deal. After that, expect Apple to begin including fingerprint sensors in its devices and talking about it at every chance.
[via CNET]
Apple targets fingerprint scanners with incoming AuthenTec purchase is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Vanessa Bryant might have filed for divorce from Lakers star Kobe Bryant last December, but it turns out she enjoys the life of a basketball wife. And she wants everyone to know the if you can’t win championships, you can’t put a ring on it.
In an interview with New York magazine about the fashionably lavish lives of basketball wives, Bryant revealed that any man she calls “husband” must be a champion.
“I certainly would not want to be married to somebody that can’t win championships,” she told the magazine’s Vanessa Grigoriadis. “If you’re sacrificing time away from my family and myself for the benefit of winning championships, then winning a championship should happen every single year.”
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