The company’s loss is a rare misstep by Jamie Dimon, who prides himself on having his fingers on the pulse of his 270,000-employee company.

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DealBook: Loss Stains JPMorgan’s Chief, One of Banking’s Top Risk Managers

Good for you, Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones! Did I just write that? Have my fingers decided to operate outside the rules of my brain? Or rather, the implied, wink-wink nudge-nudge agreement with my brain? Are my fingers, in fact, 10 little Dan Snyders, working naughtily and independently of their overlord? Read full article > >

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Dan Snyder, Redskins learn that in NFL, punishment doesn’t fit crime

TUNIS — In the early morning hours Tunisians cast their ballots and dipped their fingers in blue ink to mark their votes with excitement. They trickled into polling stations and for the first time they hoped to have a free and fair election. For the first time their voices would count. “It’s the first time in my life I’ve actually voted,” said Turkane Seklani, 37, in Tunis. She cast her vote for Ettakotol, a liberal party. She woke up at 6 a.m. to get to the polling station and to make sure there would be no mix-ups at the polls. “I am so happy.” Read full article > >

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Tunisia election: Home to first revolt of Arab Spring is scene of its first vote

The tips of Nick Benson’s steel-toe boots are scuffed. His grimy fingers stick out from worn bicycle gloves. And as he presses the carbide bit of his pneumatic hammer into the granite, his forearms are covered with powdered stone. Benson, wearing brown hard hat, green earplugs and white mask, is standing on scaffolding at the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial using his piston-driven chisel to carve the letter E, in the word HOPE, into the stone. It is a beautiful word, he says, one taken from a phrase in King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. “It’s sort of the resonate word for the entire memorial,” he says, and it’s the word he wanted to carve himself. Read full article > >

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The eternal words of Martin Luther King Jr. are carved in the stone of his new statue

Cross your fingers and hope for the best for him: Rescuers in Japan saved a baby finless porpoise after it became stranded in a rice paddy after the tsunami. They struggled to capture the animal with a net until finally it was so exhausted that one…

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Baby Porpoise Rescued in Japan

Get your dancing shoes on and your fingers ready to dial: ABC announced the new cast of Dancing With the Stars. On the Season 12 list: ’90s television star Kirstie Alley, WWE champion Chris Jericho, former Disney Channel star Chelsea Kane, Karate Kid…

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New DWTS Cast Revealed

It’s the first weekend of a new month, which means we can start fresh and cross our fingers that February brings us a slew of entertaining films. But before we dive in to this weekend’s new releases (like Sanctum and The Roommate), we thought it might be fun to find out which February film you’re anticipating the most. Looking at the month, it would appear Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

It’s the first weekend of a new month, which means we can start fresh and cross our fingers that February brings us a slew of entertaining films. But before we dive in to this weekend’s new releases (like Sanctum and The Roommate), we thought it might be fun to find out which February film you’re anticipating the most. Looking at the month, it would appear Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

Glass screens that can feel the touch of your fingers are all the rage these days. You’ll find them in all kinds of gadgets, from smartphones to tablet computers.

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Touch screen touches you back

Paper is in peril. Hardcover book sales, down; e-book sales, soaring. Magazine and newspaper circulations are in decline. When was the last time you let your fingers do the walking in the Yellow Pages?

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