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By Washington’s Blog Bloomberg reports: Wall Street’s biggest trade group has proposed a government-industry cyber war council to stave off terrorist attacks that could trigger

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On the road again – Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway We’re the best of friends Insisting that the world keep

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An experimental fiction film that investigates the fairytale notions of love. If. I Love You is an experimental fiction feature film set in Portland, Oregon.

By Jessica Bliss Stephen Gaskin…a proud “freethinker” and iconic founder of The Farm — died Tuesday morning at his home. He was 79. More than

***CAF Note: The airwaves are full of intellectual trash. First from Facebook executives, now from academia to help try and ruin our July 4th. Our

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By The Next Web It’s time for a design revolution in open technology. Companies like Google and Facebook that dominate the Internet promise us free

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By Rob Wile M&A activity has hit $750 billion through June, a level we haven’t seen in years, thanks to cash-flush corporations, steadily improving growth,

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By The Voice of Russia Vedomosti reports that Sergey Glaziev, the economic mastermind behind the Eurasian Union, sent an official report to Kremlin, stating the

Click image to view video By Nines That was one looong day and I have to be to bed about three hours ago, but it

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By Justin Boldenow, As we’ve set out here in Nashville to explore the diverse musical amalgam that forms the Middle Tennessee music scene, one of

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By Carrie Kirby After housing and transportation costs, food consumes more of the average household’s budget than anything else. I’ve already looked at ways to