Wal-Mart agreed to pay employees $4.8 million in back wages and damages, as well as $463,000 in civil penalties, after the U.S. Department of Labor found the company failed to pay overtime to more than 4.500 workers.
From News: Facing Death, Afghan Girl Runs To U.S. Military
After a teenage Afghan girl spoke to a boy by phone, she was threatened with death by her brothers, who said she dishonored her family. She fled to a U.S. military base, creating a quandary. If returned home, she faced almost certain death. If the military kept her on the base, the deeply conservative Afghan community would be outraged.
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From Gizmodo: Sticky Protective Skin Lets You Mount Your iPhone Anywhere
Uguard.me’s adhesive skins provide a more svelte alternative to bulky cases for protecting your phone. But they’re also made with a special resin material that’s slightly sticky to the touch. So they provide a bit of extra grip in the hand, and will actually stick to a smooth surface like a window. More »
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From Lifehacker: Make Japanese Iced Coffee Instead of Cold-Brewing for the Best Flavor
This is already done by the Vietnamese as well… Cafe suda…
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This Japanese Iced Coffee method, an alternative to cold-brewing iced coffee, promises bright and clear iced coffee with the most coffee flavor purity. Peter Giuliano of Counter Coffee Culture demonstrates how to do it and details why this is a superior method of making iced coffee. More »
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From Kotaku: This Guy Created Angry Bird’s Physics and All he Got Was This Lousy Sweatshirt
From Kotaku: Sham Kickstarter Project Found Out, Closes Down
Better be mindful of these to come…
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When the whole Kickstarter thing blew up earlier this year, there was always a very quiet suspicion. That amidst all the nostalgia and indie enthusiasm, someone would use the service to try and rip people off. Well, looks like we’ve got our first scammers. More »
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From Gizmodo: Apparently, Copyright Trolls Don’t Need to Tell the Band When Suing Its Fans
This is just a sham…
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Unless your band’s name ends with “etallica,” suing your fans for copyright infringement is very bad for publicity (and even if it does, that’s still a dick move Lars). So, imagine All Shall Perish’s surprise when they learned that a Panamanian copyright troll, which no one remembers hiring, recently filed suit against 80 of their fans. More »
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