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California Takes On Walmart's Taxpayer Subsidized Profits: Forbes. For years, Wal-Mart—and other large retail operators—have been piling up huge profits by controlling their labor costs through paying employees sub-poverty level wages.

California Takes On Walmart's Taxpayer Subsidized Profits: Forbes

As a result, it has long been left to the taxpayer to provide healthcare and other subsidized benefits to the many Wal-Mart employees who are dependent on Medicaid, food stamp programs and subsidized housing in order to keep their families from going under. With Medicaid eligibility about to be expanded in some 30 states, as a result of the Affordable Care Act, Wal-Mart has responded by cutting employee hours—and thereby wages—even further in order to push more of their workers into state Medicaid programs and increase Wal-Mart profits. Good news for Wal-Mart shareholders and senior management earning the big bucks—not so good for the taxpayers who will now be expected to contribute even larger amounts of money to subsidize Wal-Mart’s burgeoning profits.

(Click through to see the entire post from Forbes) It’s about time. Court Notice Scam. Scam: Malicious code loaded onto computers via court notice fraud.

Court Notice Scam

Example:[Collected via e-mail, March 2014] Notice of appearance, Hereby you are notified that you have been scheduled to appear for your hearing that will take place in the court of Ontario in 2014 at You are kindly asked to prepare and bring the documents relating to the case to court on the specified date. The copy of the court notice is attached to this letter.

Yours truly, MCLEAN POWERS Clerk to the Court. [Collected via e-mail, February 2014] Eviction notification, You are hereby given notice that you are in breach of your tenancy of the premises you currently occupy. To remedy the breach you have to quit the premises within the following four weeks. If you fail to comply you will be physically removed and fined for up to 100 minimum monthly wages. Detailed information is attached herewith. Court secretary, BROWNING Mccray. In pictures: Delhi's homeless get voting rights. Neil deGrasse Tyson Blasts Creationism In New 'Cosmos' Episode. Just days after creationist groups complained their views had been excluded from Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey," it seems they finally got some airtime on the show.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Blasts Creationism In New 'Cosmos' Episode

But they might not be too pleased with how it all went down. Creationist Danny Faulkner of the Christian group Answers in Genesis said during a March 20 appearance on "The Janet Mefferd Show" that Tyson seemed to shy away from any mention of creationism in his Fox series. "Consideration of special creation is definitely not open for discussion, it would seem," Faulkner said. But Tyson proved Faulkner wrong in last Sunday's installment of "Cosmos" when he addressed -- and soundly attacked -- one of creationism's core tenets: That the universe, based on biblical sources, is only about 6,500 years old. Just check out the "Cosmos" video above.

"If the universe were only 6,500 years old, how could we see the light from anything more distant than the Crab Nebula? " Anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church leader Fred Phelps dies. 20 March 2014Last updated at 15:40 ET Phelps was an ordained Baptist minister, although his church was not affiliated with any mainstream denomination The former leader of a US church that was widely known for its inflammatory anti-gay protests has died, his family has said.

Anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church leader Fred Phelps dies

The Reverend Fred Phelps Sr, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, died on Wednesday evening at 84. The church, made up mostly of his family, rose to international notoriety with its practice of picketing funerals of fallen US troops. 'Clare's Law' introduced to tackle domestic violence. 8 March 2014Last updated at 04:38 ET The law was introduced following Clare Wood's murder by a former boyfriend A scheme to let people find out from police if their partner has a history of domestic violence has been brought in across England and Wales.

'Clare's Law' introduced to tackle domestic violence

The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme - known as Clare's Law - is intended to provide information that could protect someone from being a victim of attack. The initiative is named after 36-year-old Clare Wood who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2009. Home Secretary Theresa May said abuse by partners should not be tolerated. First-Of-Its-Kind Microscope That Uses Quantum Entanglement Developed In Japan.

The first microscope that uses the eerie trick of quantum entanglement to increase its sensitivity has been developed by Japanese researchers.

First-Of-Its-Kind Microscope That Uses Quantum Entanglement Developed In Japan

The new tool relies on a weird principle of quantum mechanics, in which two particles can become entangled so that even when separated by large distances, say light-years, they are intimately connected. Using such entangled photons, or particles of light, the microscope reveals things that are completely transparent, visualizing them in a much better quality than could be done with ordinary light. News - Saddle Ridge Hoard: Buried gold coin stash 'worth $10m' 26 February 2014Last updated at 10:44 ET The coins were in uncirculated, mint condition, adding to their worth to collectors A California couple found a stash of gold coins buried on their property last year valued at as much as $10m (£6m), rare coin dealers have said.

News - Saddle Ridge Hoard: Buried gold coin stash 'worth $10m'

The 1,427 coins, which date from 1847-1894, were never circulated and are in mint condition, numismatist David Hall told the Associated Press. The unnamed couple found them buried in rusting metal cans under a tree while on a walk last April. It is seen as the largest haul of buried treasure in US history. Students Block Westboro Baptist Church's Michael Sam Protest With Wall Of Love. Wireless System Could Offer a Private Fast Lane. Photo SAN FRANCISCO — In a spacious loft across the street from the Bay Bridge, Steve Perlman did something last week that would ordinarily bring a cellular network to its knees.

Wireless System Could Offer a Private Fast Lane

Around him was a collection of eight iPhones, a pair of television sets with superhigh-resolution 4K displays and an arsenal of other devices. Mr. Perlman played high-definition movies from Netflix on a half-dozen or so devices at once, wirelessly transmitting all the video to them. Instead of stumbling under the strain of so much data jamming the airwaves at once, the video played on all the screens with nary a stutter. The demonstration showed off a technology that Mr. “This is as big a change to wireless as tubes-to-transistor was to electronics,” Mr.

The technology, called pCell, is one of many techniques that companies are looking at to address the rising public appetite for mobile data, especially video. But because of the increasing demand, cellular networks are regularly overloaded. Mr. Mr.