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Of all the high-stress careers you could think of, being a veterinarian usually doesn’t spring to mind. But a new paper has revealed that veterinarians in Britain are four times as likely as the general public to commit suicide. According to the paper’s author Dr. David Bartram of the University of Southampton’s School of Medicine [...]
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Another week and the fallout continues to spread from Toyota’s recall controversy. In Minnesota, a man imprisoned for vehicular homicide in a fatal Toyota crash sought a new trial, claiming that, in light of the unintended acceleration recalls, he was wrongly convicted for a mechanical malfunction that wasn’t his fault. A prisoner in Portland, Oregon [...]
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Albert Gonzalez was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to 20 years in prison for his role in what is known as the largest data breach incident in history. Gonzalez and his crew hacked the computers of retailers such as TJ Maxx, Office Max, DSW and Dave and Buster’s (who used Heartland Systems card processing [...]
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When I was a kid, I remember being fascinated by stories that some celebrity or another had insured some body part for millions of dollars. The go-to legend I remember the most from my 80s youth involved Tina Turner’s legs (which is true — it turns out they’re insured for $3.2 million). The folks over [...]
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