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Leon Brittan’s Faulty Memory
Geoffrey Dickens is dead. This fact may have been instrumental in saving a former Home Secretary, and his12 hrs ago -
Guido Fawked – Always A Tory
The perpetually thirsty Paul Staines and his rabble at the Guido Fawkes blog are always keen to jump on16 hrs ago -
PMQs – Itch-A-Sketch 19
So the weekly joust in the Commons comes round once again. What might Young Dave have to deal with today16 hrs ago
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Asian stocks inch down, U.S. jobs data enthrall
By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks inched down from a three-year high in range-bound1 hr ago -
Exclusive: SEC official dissented on BNP Paribas waiver
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An official at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission broke3 hrs ago -
Yellen drives wedge between monetary policy, financial bubbles
By Michael Flaherty and Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monetary policy faces "significant9 hrs ago
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Is Unlimited Spending On Political Speech A Protected Right?
Do individuals and organizations have a constitutional right to unlimited spending on their own political6 hrs ago -
For Interior Secretary, Getting Outdoors Is In The Job Description
As CEO of an outdoor equipment retailer, Sally Jewell was used to taking risks. Now, as the secretary of8 hrs ago -
As Supreme Court Term Ends, Journalist Examines Its Decisions
The Supreme Court term ended Monday. The New York Times correspondent and lawyer Adam Liptak talks with10 hrs ago
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Romney backs fellow Republican Brown's Senate run in New Hampshire
By Ted Siefer STRATHAM N.H. (Reuters) - Mitt Romney returned on Wednesday to the New Hampshire farm where7 hrs ago -
Colorado attorney general seeks moratorium on same-sex marriage litigation
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The Colorado attorney general's office filed a motion in federal2 hrs ago -
Obama discusses Iraq threats with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah
By Annika McGinnis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama discussed Iraq and the violent rise5 hrs ago
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Indonesia approves SEZ project on Morotai Island
Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono approved Wednesday a proposal to set up a special economic -
Microsoft desperate for WP breakthrough in huge China market
As China moves towards the 4G era, Microsoft is vigorously pushing its Windows Phone platform through -
Bullet train service starts on China's most challenging railway
Bullet train services were launched on Tuesday along a railway touted as the most challenging that China
Facebook Rape — 'Frape' — Is Now A Crime That Could Get You 10 Years In Prison, In Ireland
Bizarrely, the man and his victim remain friends.
Nazi's 'Perfect Aryan' Contest Winner Revealed to Be Jewish
Hessy Taft's image appeared on a Nazi family magazine in 1935 and on postcards used throughout the Third Reich.
A startling number of millennials are overqualified for their job
The after-effects of the recession and mounting student loan debt have forced many of today's graduates to take the first decent offer they get.
"These students are graduating with more student debt on
average than any previous generation," Brooks Holtom, associate
professor of management at Georgetown University's McDonough School of
Business, told Business Insider. "While there is abundant talk of
work-life balance concerns for this generation, the hard realities of
debt and low expectations for salary growth emphasize the importance of
starting with the best pay possible at the first job."
Millennials find jobs where they can, even if it means
starting their career in a job below their education level. And while
plans to relieve student debt are a step in the right direction, there
aren't any long-term solutions for underemployment currently on the
horizon, says Richard Vedder, director of the Center for College
Affordability and Productivity.
4 Theories On Why The Massive Amount Of Plastic Littering The Ocean Surface Is Disappearing
A new study reveals that plastic in our oceans...
The beginning
The question first occurred to the study authors while examining data taken from the 2010/2011 Malaspina circumnavigation research trip that sampled water from thousands of sites across the world.
"This task was not initially in our objectives for the circumnavigation, but the plastic presence in the first samples was striking," Cózar told Business Insider. They found that 88% of their samples contained plastic.
The also discovered that the plastic appeared to be most abundant in areas where the subtropical gyres — giant ocean-wide currents — converged. Where these gyres come together they make huge "conveyor belts," bringing trash from shores into the surface of the open ocean.
Based on the data collected, the scientists expect the surface of the open ocean holds anywhere between 7,000 and 35,000 tons of plastic, which is "far less than expected," they wrote.
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