Yahoo's 3Q earnings, revenue drop

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is regaining its appeal among investors a lot faster than with the online advertisers who generate most of its revenue.

The company's latest quarterly results released Tuesday are the latest to underscore CEO Marissa Mayer's challenges even as Yahoo's stock continues to soar under her leadership.

Yahoo Inc. earned $297 million, or 28 cents per share, in the three months ending in September. That's a 91 percent drop from nearly $3.2 billion, or $2.64 per share, at the same time last year.

It wasn't an apples-to-apples comparison because last year's profit was lifted by a $2.8 billion windfall from Yahoo's sale of part of its stake in Alibaba Group.

Revenue fell 5 percent from last year to $1.1 billion.

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Ford's Theatre in DC to reopen with private funds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ford's Theatre will reopen its doors and resume performances Wednesday, using private funding, even though the government shutdown has continued into a third week.

Theater officials announced Tuesday that the national historic site and performance space will reopen Wednesday. Theater trustee Ronald O. Perelman, the chairman and CEO of MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings Inc., donated $25,000 in emergency funding to pay for the theater's operations for the next eight days.

Ford's Theatre, where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, is a National Park Service site. A private group runs the theater's programming.

On Wednesday, the theater will resume performances of "The Laramie Project," which is part of the theater's Lincoln Legacy Project focusing on diversity and equality. The production marks 15 years since Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was abducted and killed in Laramie, Wyo. Remaining tickets are $25 each.

The Ford's Theatre Society has been losing about $100,000 in revenue per week since the theater went dark at the start of the highly anticipated "Laramie Project" production due to the government shutdown, said spokeswoman Lauren Beyea. The show will run through Oct. 27, but will not be extended because the actors have other commitments.

An agreement was made to reopen Ford's Theatre after several states agreed to provide funding to reopen national parks in other areas. The National Park Service agreed to a similar arrangement for the theater.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fords-theatre-dc-reopen-private-funds-210722833.html
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Mark Rainery: Full Backcountry Part

Posted by: Evan Litsios / added: 10.15.2013 / Back to What Up

Mark Rainery knows how to ride his snowboard. Check out his full part from last season. It's clean, and full of hairy but fun-looking lines, filmed in Montana and Alaska. Well done, Mark.

Not Another Full Part! - Mark Rainery 12/13 from Mark Rainery on Vimeo.

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Obamacare Is a Big, Ugly Hairball

It went downhill from there. How many people had signed up? (She didn’t know.) Why don’t the computers work? Why do big businesses get to delay it for a year when individuals don’t? What about the businesses that are cutting people’s hours to avoid facing the law? What about the people who will have to pay a penalty if they don’t want it? Can people really be smart consumers when the choices they will have to make are so complicated? Can you guys run it okay? Why is all of this so hard? Then he summed up the problem in a nutshell. “So this is a system that has been jerry-rigged to deal with the crazy people.” Obamacare was jerry-rigged in a country where single-payer health care is not an option. It was jerry-rigged to deal not only with the crazy people, but with the doctors’ lobby, the pharma lobby and a thousand other interest groups. It was arguably the best shot Mr. Obama had at bringing decent health care to everyone. But even its supporters admit that it’s a big, ugly hairball. And, as Mr. Stewart said, fighting off the crazy people is frustrating when you have to defend something so flawed.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2013/10/14/obamacare_is_a_big_ugly_hairball_317767.html
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Apple Will Announce the New iPads on Oct. 22nd

As was foretold by the ancients, Apple will hold its holiday iPad jamboree on October 22nd. We'll see some new tablets, sure. But there also might be a trove of other odds and ends awaiting us next week.

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Apple confirms October 22nd event, still has 'a lot to cover'

The rumors, they are true. Apple's ready to take the wraps off of something big next week, just in time to seriously impact our collective holiday spending -- and just a little more than a month after that big iPhone event. In fact, the invite alludes to that recent event by noting that the company ...

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Researchers fake sense of touch in monkey brains, hope to build a better prosthetic

Medical prosthetics have come a long way in recent years, but with a few exceptions, artificial limbs still lack the tactility of their fleshy counterparts. Scientists at the University of Chicago are looking to plug those sensory gaps by researching how to simulate touch sensations within the brain, via electrical impulses. By implanting electrodes into the area of the brain that governs the five senses, scientists used electrical stimulation to artificially create feelings of touch and pressure in test monkeys. The Phoenixes posit that this could increase the dexterity of upper-limb neuroprosthetics without extensive patient training and that this is an important step toward restoring touch to those who've lost it, like those with spinal cord injuries. While the scientists realize these operations require incredibly invasive surgery, they believe the procedure's potential could eventually justify the risk for those who don't have other options.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/15/university-of-chicago-neuroprosthesis-touch/?ncid=rss_truncated
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