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Creative freelancers: who's sitting round your table?
"Are you leaning in?" Thanks to Sheryl Sandberg, today's working women are mulling over a question that often seems to focus on the need to work harder and faster. But if you just step back or dig a little deeper, you'll find that it's not all about the hours that you put in – it's also about taking advantages of...
guardian.co.uk (9 minutes ago)
Lafayette-area church says no to gay scouts
Dayton United Methodist Church has severed ties with the Boy Scouts of America becoming the first church in the denomination with a charter partnership in the state to do so. On June 11, the church's administrative council voted unanimously not to renew the charter for Cub Scout Pack 3316. The pack has until Jan. 1...
indystar.com (10 minutes ago)
Cub Scouts find new home at Presbyterian church in Dayton after Methodist church severed ties
Less than week after Dayton United Methodist Church announced that it was severing ties with Cub Scout Pack 3316, the Scouts found a new charter home.
indystar.com (10 minutes ago)
Pakistan government using Canadian company’s technology to censor Internet: report
‘I think most Canadians... would find it objectionable that a Canadian company is making money essentially violating human rights abroad’
financialpost.com (11 minutes ago)
Hacking threat and tougher data laws promise insurance boom
By Chris Vellacott LONDON (Reuters) - For European insurers frustrated that "cyber crime" policies have so far failed to find a ready market among skeptical companies, hope may be at hand. Not only has a huge data loss by Sony Corp dramatically illustrated the risks of hacking raids on corporate data, but the...
yahoo.com (12 minutes ago)
Soundwave hopes to shake up music discovery on iPhone and Android
Soundwave is the latest music discovery app to be released for smartphones, with ambitions to help fans share details of what they're listening to, and discover new songs and artists from friends and tastemakers. Released today as a free download for iPhone and for Android, it's the latest in a long line of apps...
guardian.co.uk (49 minutes ago)
Returning home to a ghost town
Only a few people can be seen scavenging through the rubble hoping to find anything worth salvaging in the destroyed buildings in the war-ravaged city of Qusayr in Syria. Not much remains, reports CNN's Frederik Pleitgen.
cnn.com (52 minutes ago)
Freeport officially abandons dubious motto
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) - Freeport is going to have to find a new motto because it's no longer the "birthplace of Maine."
boston.com (1 hour ago)
Stanley Cup Finals: Blackhawks find answers, tie series at 2-2
BOSTON -- The Chicago Blackhawks kept taking the lead until there were no more chances for Boston to come back and tie it.
thonline.com (1 hour ago)
'The Lookout': Mechanics Caught Lying About Car Problems
Do you trust your mechanic when you take your car in for repairs? Maybe you shouldn't. On the latest episode of "Nightline Prime's" special series, "The Lookout," their team found some startling evidence about all those additional "problems" mechanics often tell their customers they've found. Turns out many of them...
huffingtonpost.com (1 hour ago)
Ex-Hit Man's Past Is a Shock to Some Neighbors
Some neighbors of a former mob hit man have been shocked to find out about his past during his testimony against former reputed Winter Hill Gang boss James "Whitey" Bulger this week.
palmbeachpost.com (1 hour ago)
PRA tells Barclays, Lloyds and RBS to fix £25bn black hole
The Prudential Regulation Authority, the Bank of England’s new arms-length City regulator which launched in April, said Lloyds and RBS needed to find £8.6billion and £13.6billion respectively.
dailymail.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Ellensburg residents crowd City Hall for heroin meeting
ELLENSBURG - Two drug overdose deaths this spring in Ellensburg have left so many people concerned that organizers scrambled to find enough seats at City Hall for a town hall meeting about heroin Tuesday night. A panel of community members from law enforc...
yakimaherald.com (1 hour ago)
Football transfer rumours: Luis Suárez to Napoli?
Joe Kinnear's first task as director of football at Newcastle United has been to abandon long-standing plans to sign Douglas. He's apparently never heard of him, a fact which has caused high amusement among a sneering press pack, several of whose members have extensive knowledge of the player themselves after...
guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Introducing our series on self-published authors
Welcome to our new series on self-publishing. For a long time, we have been trying to find a way to cover self-published books. As many of you will remember, we've had a couple of false starts, but now we think we've come up with a way of finding the best self-published works without getting overwhelmed by emails...
guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Of Lab Rats, M.I.C.E & Getting Most Anyone To Do What You Want
One self-made millionaire explained his very clear view of the people he deals with; they’re lab rats. This is not intended to be demeaning (though lab rats might find it insulting). The reference to lab rats means that there are ways to influence nearly all behavior at least to some extent. While this viewpoint has...
forbes.com (1 hour ago)
David Murphy: Not-so-surprising finish for Phillies
PHILADELPHIA - You want to believe, because the summer is a lot less fun without meaningful baseball, and on nights like Wednesday night, when the weather was perfect and the ballpark was filled close to capacity, the Phillies find ways to keep you hanging on.
miamiherald.com (1 hour ago)
Mass. Senate to debate plan to reform welfare
BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate is set to take up a welfare reform plan drawn up by Democratic leaders. The bill scheduled for debate on Thursday would require that able-bodied people demonstrate they have tried to find work before they can become eligible for public benefits. The proposal unveiled on Monday by...
bostonherald.com (1 hour ago)
UK banks ordered to plug £27.1bn capital shortfall
Barclays, Co-operative Bank, Nationwide and the two bailed out banks Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group have been ordered to plug a £27.1bn capital shortfall identified by the new banking regulator. The Prudential Regulation Authority, part of the Bank of England, has also instructed Barclays and...
guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Blackhawks create traffic and jams in Game 4
BOSTON - It was well before Wednesday morning, presumably, that Joel Quenneville laid out the plan to find the needle-thin cracks and crevices in the Bruins defense and goaltender Tuukka Rask. But the Blackhawks coach made it public after the morning skate, exactly what was his club's goal to produce goals:
miamiherald.com (2 hours ago)
Our Indian River Lagoon: Oslo dock, dredging proposal meeting resistance but FIND likely to pass...
A proposal to extend the Oslo boat ramp dock and dredge the waters deeper would give larger boats access, but it could create turbidity and damage the Indian River Lagoon’s fragile seagrasses.
tcpalm.com (2 hours ago)
Regulators order lenders to raise more capital
British regulators are ordering its biggest banks to bolster their balance sheets by 27. 1 billion pounds ($42.1 billion) to prevent a repeat of the 2008 banking crisis. The Prudential Regulation Authority says Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland account for much of the shortfall. Barclays must...
foxnews.com (2 hours ago)
Secret Breakers: The Knights of Neustria by H. L. Dennis - review
The Knights of Neustria is the third book in the Secret Breakers trilogy. Brodie, Hunter, Tusia and the newcomer, Sheldon, are trying to break the fully-coded MS408, an ancient manuscript found in an Italian castle by Wilfred Voynich in 1912. It has remained unbroken for centuries and the young truth-seekers leave...
guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)
Some I-71 southbound lanes closed for bridge check
People traveling south on Interstate 71 for the next few days will find some lanes closed as state inspectors examine the bridge over the CSX railroad at mile point 32.3.Click to Continue »
kentucky.com (2 hours ago)
Online news readers are more likely to click on stories about the weather and celebrities than...
According to research by the University of Bristol, while we love to find out about the latest exploits of our favourite celebrities, it seems that we are not so enthusiastic when it comes to reading about politics or the economy.
dailymail.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Royal baby will be brought up more Middleton than Windsor
The word is that the first people to find out the sex, the hair colour, the weight, and the distribution of pudge and dimples of our future monarch will be Carole and Pippa Middleton.
dailymail.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Funeral services set for highly decorated Korea, Vietnam veteran
You don't find many 17-year-olds marching in Veterans Day parades these days. Sabrina Tavares, 18, and her mother, Shirley Tavares, recall Eliseo Garcia, their grandfather and father, respectively, on Wednesday in the Amador County town of Volcano. Garcia, 79, had promised to attend Sabrina's graduation from Amador...
sacbee.com (3 hours ago)
Live Q&A: How to pitch to investors
For many businesses, low startup capital can in fact become a benefit, as it encourages creativity and can help you think outside the box. However, certain business models require initial investment to help get them up and running. Other businesses may get started and then find that they need additional funds in...
guardian.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Where pampering pooches is providing business opportunities
In a climate of austerity, people may be resigned to curbing their spending on themselves, but they are not prepared to inflict the same frugality on their pets. According to the latest Mintel Pet Food and Supplies report, sales of dog food reached a record £1bn in 2012, a trend driven by growth in the nation's...
guardian.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Victor R. Martinez: Cyclists mix 4,265-mile ride with good works
JD Scott and the 28 cyclists in his charge are each living out of duffel bags, with limited clean changes of clothes, and sleeping on gymnasium floors or wherever else they can find a clean spot.
elpasotimes.com (4 hours ago)
