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main NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Fox News took time out of four broadcasts on Saturday to apologize for four separate instances of incorrect information that portrayed Muslims in a negative light. Several of the cases involved incendiary comments about “no-go zones” in Europe, where Islamic law supposedly supersedes local law and where non-Muslims fear to go….
The man at the opera tells me I’m disgusting, but in a lot of ways, he’s lucky. There is no moisture in the air. I slept the night before in braids. It’s a matinee, so I’m holding a very strong day vibe: more Tracee Ellis-Ross in Black-ish than Diana Ross’s 1983 Central Park performance. My…
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo main NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told CNN Tuesday she intends to sue Fox News in the wake of the channel’s coverage of supposed “no go” zones for non-Muslims. She said the channel “insulted” her city. “When we’re insulted, and when we’ve had an image, then I think we’ll…
A bipartisan group of senators is looking for a fresh start for legislation to help out start-ups. On Friday, six lawmakers are introducing a bill that they hope will lend a hand to new small businesses. “As somebody who has spent longer in venture capital than I have in politics, getting a start-up is about…
1. Mr and Mrs Granger of London were proud to say that they had a witch for a daughter. View this image › Warner Bros. Not that they said it much, or at all, to anyone. But they were proud all the same. 2. Proud, that is, until their daughter, Hermione, wiped all trace of…
Illustration by Susie Cagle.Illustrations by Susie CagleIf you can brave the cold to walk over to the Southern District of New York courthouse in downtown Manhattan, where U.S. v. Ulbricht, the trial of the man accused of being the operator of a online drugs marketplace, is currently in session, the first thing you’ll see are…
Illustration of Day 1 of the Ross Ulbricht trial. (Illustration by Susie Cagle)To his family, he was former Eagle Scout Ross Ulbricht. To his housemates, he was “Joshua Terrey.” To the U.S. government, he’s “The Dread Pirate Roberts” – the criminal mastermind who created and operated the billion dollar black market website Silk Road. His…
AOL Inc. (AOL:US), the owner of the Huffington Post, TechCrunch and Engadget, is considering closing some websites as part of a restructuring at the company, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The Web portal is looking to close underperforming sites and switch resources to other AOL-owned properties that are performing better, the…
Facebook report says the social network adds more than $200 million to the global economy. Photo: Reuters class:cT-imageLandscape/cT-imagePortrait SAN FRANCISCO: With 1.35 billion users of its Internet social network, Facebook Inc would rank as the world’s second-most populous nation if it were a country. While its users may populate only a virtual country, Facebook says…