The road not taken and other top stories.

• The road not taken

  

  The road not taken How we found (and lost) the dream of Personal Rapid Transit By Adi Robertson Half a century after its heyday, the Alden StaRRcar clearly wasn’t made for its world. It looks like a white flatiron with wheels or a sleek, plastic bullet, dwarfed by the regal sedans of 1960s Detroit. It belongs in one of Buckminster Fuller’s domed cities, a vehicle for traveling under the geodesics of a bubble-topped Manhattan. Its future wasn’t one of highways, but of narrow cement tracks loo..

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• Apple: Congress, not courts, must decide iPhone encryption saga

  

  WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. will tell a federal judge this week in legal papers that its fight with the FBI over accessing a locked and encrypted iPhone should be kicked to Congress, rather than decided by courts, The Associated Press has learned.Apple will also argue that the Obama administration's request to help it hack into an iPhone in the federal investigation of the San Bernardino attack is improper under an 18th century law, the 1789 All Writs Act, which has been used to compel compan..

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• Douces Wild: WWE Wrestle...

  

  Douces Wild: Wrestlemania 28…….A Retrospective……Part 1   Warning: Foul Language may seep into this review at different points……viewer discretion is advised!   Since 2007…….I have gone back to watch every single WWE PPV ever, review them and give my thoughts. I started going from 1999 (because I just decided to pick 1999 since it was what I was more comfortable with) and I got all the way to 2003…….until I decided to start all the way at the beginning. I went all the way back to 1985 and went ..

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• Apple: Congress, Not Courts, Must Decide

  

  WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. will tell a federal judge this week in legal papers that its fight with the FBI over accessing a locked and encrypted iPhone should be kicked to Congress, rather than decided by courts, The Associated Press has learned. Apple will also argue that the Obama administration's request to help it hack into an iPhone in the federal investigation of the San Bernardino attack is improper under an 18th century law, the 1789 All Writs Act, which has been used to compel companies..

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• Judge: New York City can fine restaurant chains that don't post salt ...

  

  NEW YORK -- Large chain restaurants and fast-food eateries in the nation's most populous city can be fined up to $600 beginning next week for not posting salt warnings on menu items that contain more than the recommended daily dose of sodium, a judge ruled Wednesday."Some people love salty food and are just going to eat those salty foods regardless of whether there's a salt icon next to it," Supreme Court Justice Eileen Rakower said from the bench. "I believe information is power."The ruli..

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• Phil Knight Donates $400 Million to Stanford for Global Leadership ...

  

  Feb 24, 2016 11:41 AM EST By Russell Westerholm, UniversityHerald Reporter (r.westerholm@universityherald.com) Phil Knight Donates $400 Million to Stanford for Global Leadership Program (Photo : Getty Images News) Nike Inc. co-founder and chairman Phil Knight. For his 78th birthday, Nike chairman and co-founder Phil Knight donated $400 million to Stanford University, but not so its student-athletes could wear the iconic "swoosh" logo.Like Us on Facebook Stanford announced the ..

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