Aram Zucker-Scharff

Last week, a
friend and I got a sneak
peek at Google’s new self-driving cars. In addition to
spending an afternoon cheating on my Intergalactic SpaceBoat of Light and
Wonder, I got to chat with the engineers about the project.

1. Human beings are terrible drivers.

We drink. We doze. We text. In the US, 30,000 people die from
automobile accidents every year.(Source)
Traffic crashes are the primary…

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A French police official says at least 10 people are dead in a shooting at a satirical weekly newspaper in central Paris.

Xavier Castaing, head of communications for the Paris police prefecture, confirmed the deaths.

French President Francois Hollande was headed to the scene of Wednesday’s shooting at Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly that as drawn repeated threats for its caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, among other controversial sketches.

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– AP (via The New York Times), “At Least 10 Dead In Shootings At Satirical Newspaper in Paris, Police Say” (via inothernews)

“Some cities are attracting young talent while their overall population falls, like Pittsburgh and New Orleans. And in a reversal, others that used to be magnets, like Atlanta and Charlotte, are struggling to attract them at the same rate.”

When young college graduates decide where to move, they are not
just looking at the usual suspects, like New York, Washington
and San Francisco. Other cities are increasing their share of
these valuable residents at an even higher rate and have
reached a high overall percentage, led by Denver, San Diego,
Nashville, Salt Lake City and Portland, Ore., according to
a report published Monday
by City…

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