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Santa Monica shooting: Details emerge about gunman Los Angeles Times The shooting rampage that left four people dead in Santa Monica on Friday was a premeditated act by an emotionally troubled man who armed himself with high-powered weapons and at least 1,300 rounds of ammunition, law enforcement sources said ... Santa Monica shooting details released by policeCBS News Gunman in California killing spree had prior brush with lawReuters Police Call Santa Monica Gunman 'Ready for Battle'New York Times Washington Post -Los Angeles Daily News -The Corsair all 1,200 news articles »

Politico Ex-Massachusetts Governor Dies of Lou Gehrig's Disease New York Times BOSTON — Former Gov. Paul Cellucci of Massachusetts has died of complications from A.L.S., also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 65. His death on Saturday was announced by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where Mr. Cellucci ... Tributes to former Governor Paul CelluciBoston.com Ex-Massachusetts governor, ambassador Cellucci diesUSA TODAY Former Mass. governor, ambassador Cellucci diesHouston Chronicle CNN International -NECN -ABC News all 59 news articles »

New York Daily News White House Plays Down Data Program New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration tried Saturday to marshal new evidence in defense of its collection of private Internet and telephone data, arguing that a secret program called Prism is simply an “internal government computer system” designed to ... US, company officials: Internet surveillance does not indiscriminately mine dataWashington Post Intelligence chief defends Internet spying programNECN NSA surveillance "myths" rebutted by US intel chief James ClapperCBS News Reuters -USA TODAY -The Guardian all 429 news articles »

Jive Wins CTO Award for Innovation Technorati jive Enterprise social network developer Jive had reason to celebrate this week. The company came away from Morgan Stanley's 13th annual CTO Summit held on Wednesday with the prestigious CTO Award for Innovation. The award is chosen based upon ...

Creativity skyrockets in Danbury Danbury News Times Nikki McCavee, left, of Detroit, and Rich Bremer, of Connecticut Hackerspace, chat at the CT Hackerspace booth at the Danbury Mini Maker Faire at CityCenter Danbury Green on June 8, 2013. The festival featured dozens of exhibits from craftsmen ... and more »

The Guardian Obama administration defends 'critical' NSA phone records collection The Guardian The White House has sought to justify its surveillance of millions of Americans' phone records as anger grows over revelations that a secret court order gives the National Security Agency blanket authority to collect call data from a major phone carrier. Verizon Case Offers Glimpse of Vast NSA SurveillanceNew York Times Congressional leaders: NSA data gathering is routineUSA TODAY Not just Verizon? Secret NSA effort to gather phone data is years oldLos Angeles Times Chicago Tribune -Washington Post -NBCNews.com (blog) all 776 news articles »

ABC News Christie Picks New Jersey's Attorney General to Be Interim Senator New York Times Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey on Thursday announced the appointment of Jeffrey S. Chiesa, the state's attorney general, to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Frank R. Lautenberg. Enlarge This Image ... Gov. Christie appoints Jeff Chiesa to US SenateUSA TODAY Chris Christie picks Jeff Chiesa as interim senatorPolitico Christie selects New Jersey AG to fill Senate vacancyNBCNews.com Philly.com -Boston.com -Wall Street Journal all 447 news articles »

The Guardian Andrea chugs toward Florida's Big Bend CNN (CNN) -- High winds and soaking rain started to fall on Florida as Tropical Storm Andrea neared the swampy Big Bend on Thursday, but Floridians sounded unimpressed. The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Andrea was already whipping up ... Tropical Storm Andrea's waves crash onto beachesUSA TODAY Tropical Storm Andrea bears down on Florida and threatens heavy rains and ...New York Daily News Tropical Storm Andrea bearing down on Fla. coastHouston Chronicle Los Angeles Times -Christian Science Monitor -MiamiHerald.com all 1,017 news articles »

Creativity Drives Our Economy GlobeSt.com So said urbanist Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, global research professor at New York University and founder of the Creative Class Group, which works closely with ...

What Silicon Valley can teach Canadian businesses about 'lean innovation' Financial Post It is commonly accepted that launching a new business or product is very challenging — so challenging, in fact, that roughly 75% of new product innovations fail to meet expectations. Obviously, the chances of success will depend a lot on product and ...

Why Your Innovation Leadership Training Will Fail Forbes If your organization is conducting innovation leadership training, the odds are it's failing. And there's a very simple reason why: You are focused on training leaders to lead people, rather than training leaders to build and lead systems. And if that ...

WNYC (blog) DC Taxicab Commission Says It Doesn't Inhibit Innovation WNYC (blog) Chairman Linton rejects the notion that his office is hostile to innovations. He bristles at the suggestion he has been at war with Uber, insisting his responsibility is protect consumers and the District's $250 million taxicab industry in a highly ... and more »

2013 National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition Highlights Technology ... Scientific American (blog) Their work reveals some of the exciting energy technology innovations that are currently at the cusp of commercialization in the United States. This year's finalists include: SiNode Systems – with their lithium battery Si-graphene composite anode ... and more »

Taming the creativity at La Condesa San Francisco Chronicle (blog) I was excited when La Condesa opened in September 2011 in St. Helena. In anticipation, I went to the sister restaurant in Austin, Texas and was impressed by chef Rene Ortiz's creative approach to Mexican food. When the restaurant opened in St. Helena, ...

Adweek MARC Is an Agency That Brings Innovation to Retail Adweek MARC (Marketing Advertising Research Consultants) is known for bringing innovation to marketers like Rite Aid, Payless ShoeSource, Cooper Tires and Macy's. A loyalty card program it created for Rite Aid has rung up over 800 million transactions since ...

Voice of San Diego What You Want to Know About Innovation Voice of San Diego I'm getting more intrigued with every conversation I'm having this week about our new quest: What could thwart the discovery and innovation that San Diego is counting on for economic growth and prestige. It's been nice to see several of you chime in ...