Amazon reported an unexpected second-quarter Thursday of about $7 million — though revenue rose 22 percent — as it continues to bet big on investments in digital content.
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Lincoln Memorial Closed After Being Splattered With Paint
“The chamber of the Lincoln Memorial is shut down Friday morning because of vandalism. U.S. Park Police tell WTOP the Lincoln statue and the floor inside the memorial was splattered with green paint,” the radio station reported. “They think the vandalism occurred at about 1:30 a.m.”
Amendment Limiting NSA Records Collection Fails In The House
An amendment that would have limited a phone records collection program run by the National Security Agency failed in the House of Representatives, this afternoon.
U.S. Is ‘Through The Worst Of Yesterday’s Winds,’ Obama Says
President Obama on Wednesday launched another effort to lay out his vision for with a midday speech at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., in which he hit themes familiar to those who followed his 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.
Cyclist’s Felony Manslaughter Plea First Of Its Kind In U.S.
A bicyclist who struck and killed a pedestrian in San Francisco last year has pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
‘Scene From Hell’ At Site Of Spanish Train Crash
The death toll is approaching 80, scores more were wounded and the eyewitness accounts are sobering in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, after Wednesday’s crash of a high-speed passenger train.
Gas Well On Fire After Blowout In Gulf Of Mexico
A natural gas well off the coast of Louisiana was on fire Wednesday, one day after a blowout forced 44 workers to evacuate.
The NSA Says It Can’t Search Its Own Email
Over the past weeks, we have learned the National Security Agency has the capability to collect and sift through massive amounts of electronic data produced throughout the world.
Book News: Chuck Palahniuk Working On ‘Fight Club’ Sequel
Chuck Palahniuk says he is working on a sequel to Fight Club, his 1996 cult novel about underground fighting matches. The sequel, which will be a “dark and messy” graphic novel series, doesn’t yet have a publisher.
Russia May Soon Let Snowden Leave Airport
Nothing about where “NSA leaker” Edward Snowden may go next ever seems to be certain. Remember the flurry of excitement about that Aeroflot flight he was supposedly on (but wasn’t)?