Prisoner-Turned-Chef Takes on Italian State Over Unpaid Wages
Italy, one of the most indebted countries in Europe, has ignored a court order to pay wages owed to a prison chef
The Movie Transcendence Takes On Consciousness and the Singularity
The characters in Transcendence are way beyond crushing on their OS: They’re having their consciousness uploaded onto the Internet
Princeton Review Founder Blasts the SAT: ‘These Tests Measure Nothing of Value’
“I taught America to beat the SAT,” John Katzman writes. “That’s how I know it’s useless.”
Ukraine on the 'Brink of Civil War' Ahead of Four-Power Talks
Government troops drove seven armored personnel carriers flying the Ukrainian flag into the town of Kramatorsk after securing control of a nearby airfield from the rebels
Over 280 Missing After South Korean Ferry Capsizes
Search operations continued at night under flares in what could be South Korea's biggest maritime disaster in over two decades
Impersonating Soldiers, Nigerian Rebels Abducted Schoolgirls
One girl who managed to escape reported that the men, believed to be part of Boko Haram, pretending to be soldiers before kidnapping over 100 female students
Go East, Young Renters
The rapid and sometimes ruthless gentrification of San Francisco threatens to kill the neighborhoods that made it The City
Photo Essay: Bosnia and Herzegovina's War Wounds
Citizens are slowly rebuilding their infrastructure with reminders of the war all around
U.S. Anti-Tank Rockets Show Up in Syrian Rebel Hands
If confirmed, it would be the first significant American-built armaments in the country's civil war
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