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Google Executive Dan Fredinburg Killed on Everest after 7.8 Nepal Earthquake

April 25, 2015 Updated April 26, 2015 #poorformguys Did Google Endanger Dan Fredinburg's Live-Twice? A team descends through the "popcorn field" in the Khumbu Icefall 2014 PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDY BARDON, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Reports of last year's historic tragedy on Everest where 13 sherpas died in an avalanche all appear to miss...

Tax Break for Whistleblowers? PRSpin UnSpun: IRS Edition

August 10, 2014 Accounting Today states that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has expanded its awards to whistleblowers, allowing tipsters to claim a potentially greater share of the proceeds the IRS collects on extra tax revenue. The final regulations released Thursday provide guidance for the whistleblower award program...

Standing on Flights?

July 11, 2014 From CNN The vertical passenger seat -- or "standing cabin" -- may be the next big cost-cutting move in aviation, according to a new report whose author says the concept could be here within five years. "I stumbled across the idea when I was looking...

British Comedian Rik Mayall-The Young Ones Dead at 56

The Young Ones-The Party Mayall survived a near-fatal quad bike accident in 1998; he was in a coma for five days after the crash, on his farm in Devon, southwest England, and developed epilepsy as a result of the severe head injury he suffered when he...