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The headquarters of Lehman Brothers in Times Square in 2008, the year the financial services firm filed for bankruptcy. Hiroko Masuike/Getty Images hide caption

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5 Years After Financial Crisis, Are Big Banks Still A Threat?

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The Microma watch was the first watch with a liquid crystal display, but the limited technology of the time prevented Intel from achieving much else with it. Courtesy of Intel hide caption

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Long Before Most, Intel Chased The Smart Watch

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The image on the left is a piece of lung tissue that contains a tumor viewed under normal white light. The right image shows the same piece of tissue after Tumor Paint has been applied. Here it's viewed under infrared light. Areas that are more red and yellow show a concentration of the paint, which means they are more likely to be cancerous. Courtesy of Julie Novak/Blaze Bioscience hide caption

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Why Painting Tumors Could Make Brain Surgeons Better

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Police arrest a protester for singing without a permit inside the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison, on Aug. 1. Scott Bauer/AP hide caption

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Two Years On, Protesters Still Fighting Wisconsin Governor

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Republican lawmakers in Missouri on Wednesday failed to override a tax veto by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. The controversial measure would have lowered state income taxes for the first time in decades. Orlin Wagner/AP hide caption

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Missouri Tax Posturing May Influence Other States

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The Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown plans to leave the website to produce live forums on news topics. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Tina Brown To Leave The Daily Beast

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Economist Tyler Cowen believes that income inequality in America is only increasing. His new book is called Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation. Szasz-Fabian Ilka Erika/iStockphoto.com hide caption

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Tired Of Inequality? One Economist Says It'll Only Get Worse

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Hannibal Buress looks at the world from a slightly skewed perspective — and often as not, his observations lead him down some convoluted comedic byways. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Hannibal Buress And The Comedy Of The Unexpected

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