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Bram Stoker books: 9 things you didn't know about the 'Dracula' author
Bram Stoker is the godfather of the vampire craze, but the writer is often a mystery to modern readers. Here are 9 facts you probably don't know about the author.
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10 entrepreneurs who changed the world
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Bestselling books the week of 4/28/11, according to IndieBound*
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4 recent cases of plagiarism charges in the headlines
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Top Picks: Showtime's special on Dick Cheney, Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, and more
Cruisereader.com recommends books, movies and music based on your travel destination, the Oscar-winning short "Paperman" is a charming tale of love and missed connections, and more top picks.
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Bram Stoker books: 9 things you didn't know about the 'Dracula' author
Bram Stoker is the godfather of the vampire craze, but the writer is often a mystery to modern readers. Here are 9 facts you probably don't know about the author.
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SpaceX launch: private industry inspires new generation of rocketeers (+video)
SpaceX launch a reminder that NASA isn't the only game in town anymore. Aspiring engineers, rocket designers, space geeks look to 'New Space' companies to boldly go where only governments used to go.
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How the ultra-rich plan to conquer space (+video)
From asteroid mining to space station taxis, a handful of billionaires have big plans for the final frontier.
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Horizons Stolen identity: Soldier allegedly targets Microsoft co-founder
Stolen identity case revolves around Brandon Price, a resident of Pittsburgh, who allegedly attempted to steal the identity of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Why us Allen's stolen identity?
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Why James Cameron was forced to surface early
James Cameron described the Mariana Trench as "very lunar, a very desolate place, very isolated.” His six hour trip was cut in half by hydraulic problems.
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Can Paul Allen launch rockets into space from a plane?
The company aims to build a massive aircraft that will act as an airborne launch system, releasing a booster mid-flight that ignites to send cargo, satellites and, eventually, people into orbit. When complete, it would be the biggest aircraft in history.
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Microsoft billionaire launches new space venture
Stratolaunch Systems continues a trend for Paul Allen, who has funded several different spaceflight and astronomy efforts over the years.
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10 entrepreneurs who changed the world
In his new book 'World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business As We Knew It,' former Fast Company editor-in-chief John A. Byrne offers advice for those who want to be entrepreneurs along with insights from those who have already made it. Here are 10 of the 25 businesspeople that Byrne names in his book as game-changers.
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Stratolaunch plane could make space tourism affordable
Stratolaunch plane, an enormous aircraft, will be a flying launchpad for space flights. Could this Stratolaunch plane turn extraterrestrial tourism into an everyday affair?
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Paul Allen plans to replace space shuttle program
Paul Allen is planning on building the world's largest plane intended to offer space travel to paying customers and possibly to the international space station.
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Humongous plane to serve as flying launch pad for space tourists
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announced plans to construct a giant aircraft to launch rockets into orbit, eventually for paying passengers.
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Will airborne launch pads replace the Space Shuttle program?
Stratolaunch Systems, founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is planning to build a huge carrier aircraft that will launch unmanned rockets into space.
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NBA lockout analysis: Blame the owners
NBA lockout means fewer games for fans. So who's the problem in this NBA lockout? Looking at you, owners.
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Jodie Foster helps in search for alien civilizations
Jodie Foster, who portrayed a scientist working for the SETI Institute in the 1997 science-fiction film 'Contact,' has donated to help revive the ailing project, which was forced to close some of its radio telescopes earlier this year.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/28/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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SETI puts E.T. on hold
SETI has temporarily halted one of its chief alien-hunting tools, the Allen Telescope Array, citing lack of funding.
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Did the son of Equatorial Guinea's leader really try to buy a $380 million yacht called 'Zen?'
Teodorin Obiang, son of the President of Equatorial Guinea, tried to buy the world's second most expensive yacht, according to Global Witness, an anticorruption advocacy group in London.
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NFL head-butting all about millionaires vs. billionaires
National Football League players and team owners opted to keep talking, despite the expiration of the current contract. But in the $9 billion sport, the biggest stumbling block remains money.
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4 recent cases of plagiarism charges in the headlines
Plagiarism charges regularly plague the book world, often resulting in tarnished reputations. For those accused, the allegations are humiliating, while the writers plagiarized often feel themselves to be the victims of a theft for which they are never fully compensated. In recent cases, plagiarism charges have swirled around a variety of different kinds of publications: an award-wining French novel, a 2006 congressional report, the memoir of former President George W. Bush, and the "Harry Potter" series.
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Judge refuses to dismiss Harry Potter plagiarism suit against J.K. Rowling
A British judge is refusing to dismiss a Harry Potter plagiarism law suit against the famed author. J.K. Rowling is being accused of copying substantial parts of 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire from an obscure 1987 fantasy book.
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Mark Zuckerberg makes massive donation to Newark schools
Mark Zuckerberg is worth $4.9 billion, according to Fortune magazine. His massive donation establishes him as a major player in philanthropy, placing him alongside others made wealthy by technology innovations, including Microsoft Corp. co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
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Virgin Galactic spaceship test glide could happen this fall
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, the VSS Enterprise, could make its first drop flights over California's Mojave Desert for glide and landing tests this fall, says the company.
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Close tax loopholes for billionaires? A billionaire responds.
Democrats want to raise the capital gains tax for hedge funds and private equity managers, but the tax break should remain for individual investors, billionaire Paul Allen argues.
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Will Congress close tax loopholes for billionaires?
Closing tax loopholes for hedge-fund and private equity managers may seem like a no-brainer, especially at a time when the nation is cutting back spending on the middle class, but you can expect a huge fight.
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