Wall Street cuts gains, financials off highs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks cut gains on Thursday, drifting to session lows as a report that Deutsche Bank was considering a share sale offset optimism over better-than-expected economic data. (full story...)

Searching for eggs in all the right places
by Steph Larsen. One can hardly use the word “egg” these days without thinking “recall.” Much has been said about the hidden costs of a food system that gets such a huge number of eggs from a few farms run by “habitual offender” Jack DeCoster. I have an entirely different egg problem though. I can’t find ....(more) (full story...)

US soldiers 'killed Afghan civilians for sport''
Soldiers face charges over secret 'kill team' which allegedly murdered at random and collected fingers as trophies of warTwelve American soldiers face charges over a secret "kill team" that allegedly blew up and shot Afghan civilians at random and collected their fingers as trophies.Five of the soldiers are charged with murdering ....(more) (full story...)

As Wall Street Sheriff, Coffey would be discreet
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state attorney general candidate Sean Coffey on Thursday said he was the only contender qualified to police Wall Street and called Democratic rivals career politicians fixated on becoming governor. (full story...)

The Ascent of Robot: An Illustrated Future of Evolution
From homo sapiens to WALL-E, evolution meets Moore's Law. (full story...)

Wall Street boosted by upbeat economic data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday as better-than-expected jobs and trade gap data improved fragile investor optimism over the economic recovery. (full story...)

Stop Leaving Boneheaded Comments on Your Friends' Walls (Mashable)
Mashable - Facebook gets a lot of attention for being "your space" -- a handful of entry fields in which to sum up your awesomeness, right down to the bewildering "Write something about yourself" box. (full story...)

Wall Street rises on upbeat economic data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose nearly 1 percent in morning trading on Thursday after data indicated the U.S. economy may see faster growth than economists have anticipated. (full story...)

Wall Street Rises on Improved Jobless Data
Investors have taken solace in recent improvements in several economic indicators that suggest the economy will continue to grow slowly. (full story...)

Wall Street boosted by jobs and trade data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose at the open on Thursday after better-than-expected jobless benefits figures and data that showed the trade deficit narrowed more than forecast painted a rosier picture for economic growth. (full story...)