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• During a Michigan State University board of trustees meeting, a Larry Nassar victim accused the school's interim president of trying to buy her off to get her to drop her lawsuit against the school. 
• The woman's testimony drew gasps of shock and outrage at the meeting. 
• The president was also accused of lying about another victim agreeing to be paid for dropping the lawsuit. 
  

At a recent Michigan State board of trustees meeting... Читать дальше...

2K Games

• The beloved blockbuster "BioShock" series has been dormant for five years.
• According to a report in Kotaku, a new "BioShock" game is currently in development.
• The rumored project hasn't been announced, and the studio reportedly working on it is brand new.

It sounds like a new "BioShock" is in the works.

The first-person shooter series, that's beloved for its style and story. is apparently getting an entirely new entry, according to a new report on Kotaku. Читать дальше...

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• Attorneys separately representing President Donald Trump and his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, argued Friday that the Justice Department should be blocked from reviewing communications between Trump and Cohen.
• As their attorneys were in court, Trump reportedly called Cohen to "check in."
• Trump and Cohen are not co-defendants are not represented by the same attorneys. They are also not known to be parties to a joint defense agreement.
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US Air Force

The Air Force may be backtracking from its stated plan to keep the A-10 Thunderbolt II flying until 2030.

During a House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land subcommittee hearing on Thursday, Lt. Gen. Jerry D. Harris, the service's deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, said as a platform, the A-10, beloved among ground troops and attack pilots alike, will remain until roughly that time period.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer and longtime confidant, reportedly used the same pseudonyms in settlements between Republican National Committee fundraiser Elliott Broidy and a Playboy model and between Trump and porn star Stormy Daniels.
• Cohen reportedly paid the Playboy model $1.6 million to keep silent about being impregnated by and having an affair with Broidy.

Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer of President Donald Trump, reportedly used... Читать дальше...

Kali Borovic

• I shopped exclusively at thrift stores for an entire year.
• It saved me money and changed my relationship with fashion.
• I developed my own personal style for the first time, and it only cost me $291.

In 2017, I started out on a year of purposeful living. I vowed to make every single purchase that I made stretch to help the most amount of people possible. As a fashion writer, I decided that the beginning of my journey would circle around clothing. Читать дальше...

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• Britain has revealed more evidence of Russia's involvement in the poisoning of Sergei Skripal.
• Russia has carried out secret tests on how to smear deadly nerve agents on door handles, declassified British intelligence reveals.
• Russia has denied any involvement in the chemical weapons attack in England, which hospitalised ex-spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia, and a police officer.

Russia carried out secret tests on... Читать дальше...

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• In a recent interview, Bella Thorne opened up about how she feels stereotyped because of her cystic acne.
• The actress believes that the media portrays her as an "extreme partier" because of how tired her skin makes her look without makeup.
• Thorne stated that she always feels obligated to leave the house with makeup on because of the constant paparazzi ready to take pictures.

Whether she’s Snapchatting herself with zit cream... Читать дальше...

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Four miles above the open Atlantic I’m sitting in the cockpit of a KC-10 tanker with a hundred tons of explosive jet fuel under me. We’re flying at about 600 MPH. We gingerly inch upward toward another 181-foot long tanker aircraft. That enormous aircraft is only 30-feet away now.

And the air is getting rough.

Lt. Col. Brian Huster of the 78th Air Refueling Squadron of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, sitting left seat, pilot in command, works the plane’s... Читать дальше...

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• The Dallas Cowboys cut Dez Bryant on Friday.
• According to one former NFL agent, Bryant's contract showed the importance of having a clause that pays a roster bonus early in the league year.
• If Bryant had been owed a bonus early in the league year, the Cowboys might have cut him earlier, at the height of free agency, as opposed to late in the spring when few teams have available money to sign him.

The Dallas Cowboys cut Dez Bryant on Friday... Читать дальше...

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• Khloe Kardashian welcomed her baby girl early Thursday morning.
• The new mom nested in Cleveland while awaiting the birth and reportedly planned to raise her daughter mostly in Ohio.
• However, following the cheating allegations leveled against her boyfriend and baby's father, Tristan Thompson, she reportedly wants to return to Los Angeles as soon as possible.
• Gynecologist Dr. Mary Jane Minkin told INSIDER that parents should wait at least two weeks before flying with a newborn... Читать дальше...

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• According to a video by the "New York Post," Kendall Jenner's nipples are the latest plastic surgery trend. 
• A New York-based plastic surgeon who specializes in nipple surgeries explained that the nipple trend came about after years of celebrities wear nipple-baring outfits.
• According to Rowe, the price of the procedure, which lasts about 10 minutes, begins at $700.

The Kardashian-Jenners are no stranger to inspiring plastic surgery trends. Читать дальше...

Hollis Johnson

• Costco is technically one of the largest pizza chains in the country, and Sam's Club isn't far behind.
• Both chains' food-court pizzas are extremely popular with shoppers.  
• We compared both and found Costco's to be substantially more satisfying. 

At one of the largest pizza chains in the Unites States, you can buy a slice of cheese pizza, a $4.99 rotisserie chicken, and a casket. 

No, Domino's doesn't have that kind of variety; it's Costco... Читать дальше...

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• White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Donald Trump's firing of James Comey as FBI director will go down as one of his greatest achievements. 
• Sanders's comments come amid a public feud between Trump and Comey before the former FBI director's memoir hits bookshelves on Tuesday.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday that President Donald Trump's firing of James Comey as FBI director will go down as one of his greatest achievements. Читать дальше...

Harvesting saffron requires a lot of physical labor to get the flowers from the field to final packaging. The harvesting process plus its distinct flavor, smell, and color make it the most expensive spice in the world. It's used in kitchens across the world, as a fabric and skin dye, and may soon be used more widely for medicinal purposes. Following is a transcript of the video.

Microsoft

• At a conference this week, Microsoft Research scientist and leader Eric Horvitz says that the company has given up "significant sales" because it was worried the customer would use AI for not-good purposes. 
• Microsoft clarifies with Business Insider that the company has never cut off an existing contract over these concerns, but has turned customers away.
• Horvitz says that Microsoft has also placed contractual limits on what customers can do with AI, for ethical reasons. Читать дальше...

AMC

No matter how open-minded you may be, chances are good that learning your partner went behind your back and cheated on you isn't exactly your idea of a positive relationship development.

But what if you received information that made you certain your partner was cheating, but it ultimately turned out to be a simple mix up?

This may sound like fodder for a romantic comedy, but this sort of thing can happen in real life. In a recent Reddit thread, someone asked users to... Читать дальше...

BI Intelligence

This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here.

The voice app ecosystem is booming. In the US, the number of Alexa skills alone surpassed 25,000 in January 2018, up from just 7,000 the previous January, in categories ranging from music streaming services, to games, to connected home tools.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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Hollis Johnson

• The New Yorker published an article bashing Chick-fil-A's "creepy infiltration" of New York City and criticizing the chain's "pervasive Christian traditionalism."
• Fans of the chain were quick to defend Chick-fil-A on social media.
• "Chick-fil-A is about food, and that's it," an executive at the chicken chain told Business Insider in 2016.

A New Yorker article is under fire for calling Chick-fil-A "creepy" and criticizing what the author... Читать дальше...

Associated Press/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

• President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned Scooter Libby, a Bush administration official who was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice.
• Critics immediately seized on the pardon as evidence that Trump is signaling that pardons could be on the horizon for witnesses who don't fully cooperate in the Russia investigation.
• Top Trump officials even pointed out on Friday that they perceived Libby as "the victim of a special... Читать дальше...

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Jess Lee / Polyvore

• Sequoia Capital investing partner Jess Lee said that she used an effective tactic to command investors' attention when she was raising capital for her former company, Polyvore.
• The tactic involved startling all the men at the beginning of pitch meetings by slamming a stack of magazines down loudly on the desk.
• Along with a group of female founders and investors, Lee is offering practical guidance to female entrepreneurs through the project Female Founder Office Hours. Читать дальше...

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