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ITT Technical Educational Services Inc. abruptly announced on Tuesday that it will cease operations at all campuses.

The college's closure, which affects 40,000 students and 8,000 employees, is one of the largest in US history.

Ben Miller, a senior director at the Center for American Progress and a former senior policy adviser at the Department of Education, called the closure "long overdue" and described an institution whose concern about growth and profit trumped a quality education for students. Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A vessel from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came within 100 yards of a U.S. military ship in the central Gulf on Sept. 4, two U.S. Defense Department officials told Reuters on Tuesday.

The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the Iranian vessel sailed directly in front of the USS Firebolt, a 174-foot (53 m) coastal patrol vessel, forcing the U.S. ship to change course in a maneuver they described... Читать дальше...

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Athletic apparel retailer Lululemon experienced a slowdown in online sales growth during Q2 2016.

The company attributed this to an online warehouse sale that it ran during Q2 of last year, which made for a tough comparison. But the company faces particularly intense competition as athleisure becomes a more popular trend, and it's been heavily focused... Читать дальше...

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McDonald's is forcing some franchisees out of business, Bloomberg reports. 

The franchisees at risk are those who operate only a handful of restaurants.

McDonald's is reportedly pushing them out of business with requirements for costly equipment upgrades and restaurant remodels, which franchisees have to finance.

For example, equipment for McDonald's new customizable burgers, called Create Your Taste, reportedly costs between $120,000 and $160,000. Читать дальше...

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Just weeks prior to the end of the seemingly never-ending saga known as Deflategate, Tom Brady suddenly finds himself in the middle of another equipment firestorm, one some people are already referring to as "Stickergate."

During the Patriots' final preseason game, it was noticed that Brady's helmet was missing the NFL shield logo sticker, normally seen just to the left of the numerals on the back of the helmet. It turns out, this sticker has been missing... Читать дальше...

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Verizon will be introducing LTE CAT-M, a network application for IoT solutions, across its network by the end of 2016, according to SDX Central.

The network is primarily designed for connected healthcare devices and other low-power wearables, though it can also provide service to dashboards that require a browser, voice, or even video connectivity.

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Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar may have died in 1993, but he's left behind an unusual legacy: a herd of hippos.

Escobar bought four of the exotic creatures from a California zoo in the 1980s after getting rich, and transferred them to his sprawling ranch, Hacienda Napoles, located midway between his hometown of Medellin and the capital, Bogotá.

The hippos — three male and one female — were part of the menagerie that Escobar, a self-styled man of the people, opened to the public. Читать дальше...

A CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday shows Donald Trump ahead two points ahead of Hillary Clinton. Trump also leads Clinton by 11 points among likely independent voters.

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In late June, 1986, Larry Harvey and Jerry James joined a handful of friends on San Francisco's Baker Beach in search of radical self-expression. They didn't come empty-handed.

Earlier that day, Harvey and James had collected scrap wood and built an eight-foot statue of a man. Later that night, the two hoisted it up and set it on fire. A crowd of 20 formed to watch it burn. Little did they know that a 30-year tradition had just been born.

Today, Burning... Читать дальше...

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Canadian pipeline company Enbridge is buying Houston-based Spectra Energy, creating the largest energy infrastructure company in North America.

The deal, valued at $43.1 billion, is the third biggest announced mergers-and-acquisitions transaction this year, according to Dealogic. That means it is going to be a big payday for Wall Street bankers.

Credit Suisse and RBC Capital Markets advised Enbridge on the deal, while BMO Capital Markets and Citi advised Spectra. Читать дальше...

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This year's Burning Man — the wild festival held in Nevada's Black Rock Desert — culminated on the night of September 4.

The festival was founded with the principle of "leave no trace," meaning everything that's brought to the festival must be taken home or destroyed when it ends.

Burning Man has a traditional grand finale: the ritual burning of a tall statue of a man (which gives the fest its name). But after that's over, other structures are also given over to fire... Читать дальше...

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VIENTIANE (Reuters) - New Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte sought to defuse a row with the United States on Tuesday, voicing regret for calling President Barack Obama a "son of a b----", a comment that prompted Washington to call off a bilateral meeting.

The tiff between the two allies overshadowed the opening of a summit of East and Southeast Asian nations in Vientiane, Laos.

It also soured Obama's last swing as president through a region he has tried to make a focus of U.S. foreign policy... Читать дальше...

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Total smartphone shipment projections for 2016 have been lowered to 1.6% year-over-year (YoY) growth, as the market becomes increasingly reliant on upgrade cycles to drive unit sales, according to the IDC.

That’s down significantly from the almost 11% YoY growth recorded in 2015. The new forecast projects smartphone shipment volumes... Читать дальше...

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When US Census is collected, the data paints a certain picture of the country — we learn about age ranges, population sizes and common professions.

But R. Luke Dubois, an artist, composer and professor of digital media, wanted to track Americans in a different way. Dubois, who creates interpretive representations of data, decided in 2010 to map the United States based on the words used in online dating profiles.

So he signed... Читать дальше...

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The Navy's new "first-of-its-kind" stealthy destroyer will soon go to San Diego, Calif., where it will go through what’s called “ship activation" - a process of integrating the major systems and technologies on the ship leading up to an eventual live-fire exercise of its guns and missiles.

As part of this process, the Navy will eventually fire long-range precision guns and missiles from its lethal, stealthy new destroyer -- in anticipation of its ultimate deployment on the open seas... Читать дальше...

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Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner has registered as a sex offender in his home state of Ohio, following his conviction for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015 and public outrage over his six-month jail sentence.

The controversy over a sentence seen as too short and over the fact Turner, a one-time U.S. Olympic hopeful, was released early has stoked intense debate about sexual assault on U.S. college campuses and beyond.

Turner, 21... Читать дальше...

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The "Hamptons Effect" has little to do with the housing market or even with the Hamptons.

Instead, Stifel's Christopher Growe and his colleagues use the term to describe the fact that food stocks tend to rally into the final trimester of the year.

They coined the term because the timing of the rally coincides with the end of summer, when many Wall Streeters are back from vacations and Labor Day breaks in the Hamptons.

Investors have historically piled... Читать дальше...

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About 45% of millennials (those aged 18-34) have made an NFC payment, according to a Square survey of 1,000 consumers. In contrast, just 26% of adults 35 and older have done so.

The high adoption rate among millennials is a good indicator of where adoption is headed as digital natives grow as a share of the general population, bolstering our bullish in-store mobile payments forecast... Читать дальше...

One of the most important gestures Apple ever invented was "slide to unlock."

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While dealing with the death of an employee is likely an incredibly difficult task, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' reported reaction to the suicide of one of her first hires was particularly unusual.

That's according to a story by Vanity Fair's Nick Bilton, who details the rise and fall of the blood-testing company.

In the piece, Bilton describes what happened to Ian Gibbons, one of Holmes' first hires at Theranos.

Gibbons, who was named chief scientist by Holmes in 2005... Читать дальше...

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Everyone loves a library.

They're one of the last remaining places where you can just sit and explore for hours on end. When done right, they're also beautiful spaces that fill visitors with awe.

Business Insider has ranked the most beautiful libraries in the 25 largest US cities, using census data to determine the cities included and awards from the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association to select the buildings. For cities whose libraries have yet to win any awards... Читать дальше...

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I'll admit it: Asking for help makes me uncomfortable. The last time I worked on a design project for a client, there was some point where I wanted to remove white edges from an image — something I usually do by hand with the eraser tool. It's time consuming and never perfect, but it had worked for me in the past.

Halfway through, a peer walked up, saw what I was doing, and showed me how to achieve my goal with one step. Had I simply asked around, I probably wouldn't... Читать дальше...