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In November 2007, Cornel West got onstage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and before a hollering crowd of more than a thousand people, with much arm-­waving and wrist-flapping, along with a certain amount of ass-wagging, introduced his candidate for president of the United States-"my brother, my companion, and my comrade"-Barack Obama.

updated 6:55 PM EDT, Sun April 1, 2012 NEW YORK (CNN) -- Former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will co-host NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday, according to Megan Kopf, a spokeswoman for NBC Universal. "She'll reveal a different side of her than you've seen before," the morning show's website boasted Sunday.

GraphEffect, a social marketing software company, enables companies to seamlessly integrate and manage their advertising and conversational marketing programs on a single platform. The company's platform is designed to work with any current or future social media channel, with the first release focusing on Facebook.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Judges' comments will be posted by March 12, 2012.

The popular social-networking tool has just admitted to recording a lot more information than just your tweets. Users of the service who have installed the Twitter app on their smartphones are now unknowingly sharing their contact list and browsing history, among other details.

Right now if someone wants to charge you to use their electrical outlet, they need to physically block your access -- or keep the outlet turned off -- until you fork over some cash. But that could all change in the not-so-distant future.

It's official, PolitiFact, the fact-checking shop of the Tampa Bay Times, has jumped the shark. What else to say when the Pulitzer Prize-winning operation begins verifying claims made from a television show: We're gonna make this fact-check sing.

By Xeni Jardin at 11:16 am Tuesday, Feb 14 Where not otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Boing Boing is a trademark of Happy Mutants LLC in the United States and other countries.

How apropos that January is Financial Wellness Month. But, what exactly is ‘financial wellness?' Although there are some basic parameters of healthy financial living that most people would agree upon, I do think it can be a subjective experience.

Most of President Obama's income came from royalties for his best-selling books about his life. As a large share of those sales were overseas, Mr. Obama benefitted from a foreign tax credit of more than $22,000. Mr. Romney's income came almost entirely from investments, which are taxed at a much lower rate than wages.

Page 1 of 6 | Next PageShow Entire Article How to Date a Wall Street Man CNBC.com | February 07, 2012 | 01:14 PM EST As a professional matchmaker with an office in New York City, many of my clients are very successful, high profile Wall Street men.

HP and Intel will be hosting the first-ever live stream of a concert on Twitter next week at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. The headliner: electronic music master Tiësto. The concert will kick off the launch of a new 10-episode series on YouTube called "In the Booth" - a behind-the-scenes look at Tiësto's life and his impact on the electronic dance movement.

Close to 100,000 football fans will pack into the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Feb. 5 to see the New England Patriots battle the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. But as ticket prices have escalated over the years, watching the game from the bleachers has become a pipe dream for the average fan.

I wonder how much Nordstrom paid for this ranking. This is, without a doubt, one of the most insane and degrading places I have ever worked at! Initrobe is a great plce to work. Sooooo much better than Initech! Don't have to work on Saturdays and Sundays, too!

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