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cxenseparse_start Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (Photo: Craig Ruttle, AP) Bernie Sanders may not be quite ready to formally end his Democratic presidential bid, but he says he will vote for Hillary Clinton in November. Speaking on MSNBC Friday morning, he was asked if he planned to vote for Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, in the fall…
image: Buster Hein/Cult of Mac Requiem for a Headphone Jack The latest bit of antiquated technology Apple is going to kill. Thank god. I can’t wait for how much this is going to piss some people off. But I say YES, please. I tweeted that last November in response to a rumor that Apple would…
How does drinking affect your dating life? Slo Down Wines pulls back the covers to find out. Does your date become more attractive after a little (or a lot) of booze? Does a glass of wine make you want to take your pants off and dim the lights? Does getting buzzed prevent you from getting…
(The following story has been updated and was originally published on Real Money on June 17, 5:48 p.m. ET) Ask Chip Wilson who is to blame for the plight of the company he founded, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) , and he loudly and clearly points at the yoga-apparel maker’s longest-standing board members. Lululemon has been under…
Tire drag tracks, by Richard Misrach. Near Calexico, California, 2014. To track migrants, Border Patrol agents use an old Native American tracking technique called “sign cutting” or “cutting for sign.” They drag tires behind trucks to smooth out the dirt and desert sand, making it easy to see footprints or other signs of life….
One chilly afternoon in March, Michelle Malliett came home to her Mission district apartment to find a legal notice taped to her door. The notice gave her three days to move out of her two-bedroom apartment, an illegal in-law unit that she shares with her 17-year-old daughter. Her reaction? “I panicked,” she recalls. Malliett, 49,…
Picture a messy, frightening, real-life Pieter Bruegel painting in 21st century Louisiana, and you get a sense of what Shane Bauer’s life was like for four months in 2015. Seemingly interminable fights and stabbings. Prison guards with rap sheets. Rapes, suicidal inmates, and lockdowns. Cost-conscious bosses who endangered guards and prisoners with deep cuts to…
Power-lunch mecca The Four Seasons, which will serve its last meal on July 16 after 57 years, plans a “hush-hush” farewell party for famous customers two days earlier — but loyal employees will get only crumbs. Longtime staffers at the landmark Seagram Building eatery that’s a favorite of boldfacers such as Henry Kravis, Barry Diller…
Nintendo has publicly denied that joke from an E3 demo for the upcoming Wii U game Paper Mario: Color Splash is a reference to a harassment campaign that targeted game designer Zoe Quinn. The company says it’s a nod to the Watergate scandal from the 1970s. The jokes drew scrutiny yesterday as they were passed…
WILKES-BARRE, PA—Oblivious to the intense feelings of arousal coursing through the pre-adolescent’s body, local man Pete Strahl reportedly introduced his children to the film Field Of Dreams Monday evening, not knowing that its male lead, played by Kevin Costner, was sparking his son’s sexual awakening. Source: Blood-Drenched, Berserk CEO Demands More Web Videos