Behind The Numbers: Dish Network Drops NFL Network And NFL RedZone

Dish Network dropped NFL Network and NFL RedZone affecting 7 million subscribers. Here's the details.

Can Family Caregivers Reduce Hospital Costs?

What are family caregivers worth? As the credit card commercial says, they are priceless. But they also have a financial value.

SEC Alleges 64 Year-Old Man Uses Dating Apps To Lure Women Into $2.3M Investment Scam

The SEC alleges that Thomas J. Connerton, 64, used online dating platforms to lure a half dozen women and their families into a multi-million dollar investment scam involving Safety Technologies LLC.

Brock Lesnar's UFC 200 Return Should Lead To One Last WWE Championship Reign

Brock Lesnar will compete at UFC 200 against Mark Hunt. It's a risky move for WWE, but what if Brock wins? House Money Studios' Alfred Konuwa breaks down why WWE must strike while the iron is hot and put the WWE Championship on it's biggest draw.

5 Public Speaking Tips to Help You Conquer Your Stage Fright (That Don't Involve Naked Co-workers)

Whether you're delivering presentations in front of colleagues, teaching industry workshops, or stepping on stage at a local or national conference, you've probably come across the same public-speaking advice one million times: “Picture them naked!” “Practice!” “Make eye contact!”

In my corporate years, I wrote speeches and helped prepare executives on their upcoming speaking engagements, from financial gatherings to SXSWedu. When it came to offering counsel, I used to give much of the same advice.

But this year, after launching my own business, I started booking my own speaking gigs. Much of the traditional guidance was helpful, but I found myself learning so many things beyond “Speak slowly!” that the new information helped ease my fears and allowed me to really engage the people I was talking to. Read more...

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Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell on how 'Why Are You OK' is like a new girlfriend

If you ask Ben Bridwell, making an album is a little bit like dating. 

Just like a lot of people tend to seek out a new partner based on what they didn't find in their previous relationship, he admits that Band of Horses tend to go to extremes from album to album. 

In fact, since their 2006 debut Everything All the Time - the critically adored home of "The Funeral" - Bridwell says that every new album "has been a direct result and contrast to the one that preceded it."

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Looking back on Infinite Arms, their largest, most cinematic album, Bridwell is hesitant to describe it as overproduced, but admits "we kind of went bonkers with it." And despite the fact that the album was nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Album, they once again went in the opposite direction two years later on Mirage Rock, an album that didn't take itself quite as seriously, opting for a mix of analogue and live recording for what Bridwell considered to be a decidedly "haphazard" sound.  Read more...

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Seattle's Faux-Green City Council Rejects Both Nuclear Energy And Obama's Clean Power Plan

This week the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a resolution opposing the use of nuclear energy and made it clear that they want to shut down the only operating nuclear power plant in the Pacific Northwest, knowing full well that the nuclear plant and nuclear energy, are part of President Obama's Clean Energy Plan and are essential to reducing carbon emissions to acceptable levels by mid-century. But what else would you expect from a City Council that bars scientists from speaking at their public meetings?