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Wal-Mart has recently gotten into the medical game but not without some growing pains. It got burned recently when trying to launch some walk-in clinics, but they have a plan B. Teaming with local hospitals, the discount city dynasty is joining with 400 hospitals to open “The Clinic at Wal-Mart.” But the issue is that […]

Popular Fidelity reported last week about Internet cables causing certain markets globally creating a financial dilemma. Well, it’s in the news again. And Engadget has the scoop. If you’re reading Engadget today because your favorite Iranian gadget blog is offline, here’s why: a fifth undersea cable has now been reported as cut (or at least […]

Is there a link between eating enough nutrients as a toddler and increased pay as an adult? A 30 year-old study believes so. John Hoddinott of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington D.C. led a study which analyzed data on 1,424 Guatemalans aged 25-42 who grew up in four villages. The study actually […]

Oh, Popular Fidelity, the stories you give me to write. I must say that I know as much about physics as I do about the mating rituals of pygmy tribes in the rainforest. Which means, not a heck of a lot. With that said, in the subculture of our world, I’ve been given the opportunity […]

When Saad Tawfiq watched Colin Powell’s presentation to the United Nations on February 5 2003 he shed bitter tears as he realised he had risked his life and those of his loved ones for nothing. Those are the words from an article at The Raw Story that tells of how Tawfiq knew that Saddam Hussein […]

With the hustle and bustle of everyday life, stress is at an all-time high. For many people, their anxiety turns them to food — and it isn’t usually an apple or handful of pretzels. If you’re like me, comfort foods provide the ultimate feel-good factor. That is until your scale breaks, you become upset, are […]

George Orwell would have a field day with this. Apparently the FBI is on the move to collect all the personal information it would need to turn America into a giant Where’s Waldo. Are you wearing your candy cane stripes? A sizable $1 billion contract is about to be awarded to a lucky firm in […]

Sounds like these chimps are on to something! After months of continuous study, researchers find that chimpanzees are fickle when it comes to trading one thing for another, unless they are gaining something better in return. Never would have guessed. They are animals, after all. Still, scientists have found that, when trained, chimps are more […]

Columbians rallied against the kidnapping and murder of citizens over the weekend were joined by other Latin American countries and supporters from around the world with the help of a Facebook campaign. Wearing white T-shirts, the protests against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, was created last month ago on the […]

For those who are Adobe Photoshop illiterate (oh wait, that’s just me), creating a simple logo, drawing, or painting can become a disaster. Which is why this website features 100 Photoshop Tutorials for creating different types of art. The different artists featured on the site show the steps they took into drawing, painting, and editing […]

With Google dominating the search and contextual advertising business, “old” timers like Microsoft and Yahoo continue to try and hold their ground. But as the saying goes: together they stand, divided they fall. Microsoft has apparently figured this out because they’ve offered to buy Yahoo for almost $45 billion. TechCrunch has a letter from Microsoft […]

High-technology services across large tracts of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa were crippled Thursday following a widespread Internet failure which brought many businesses to a standstill and left others struggling to cope. That’s the lead graph from a story on CNN that is mostly being overlooked this morning on cable news networks but […]