The Institute for Justice: That’s the absurd fate Karen Hough could face if she wants to continue her business in Nebraska. A certified instructor, Karen has been massaging horses for years. Massaging a horse is believed to deliver many health benefits, including relieving tension, improving circulation, and alleviating muscle fatigue. Earlier this year, she applied […]
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Techcrunch: YourMechanic, a peer-to-peer car repair marketplace that enables mechanics to fix users’ cars at their home or office, launched at TechCrunch Disrupt SF today. It claims it will lower costs 30-50% from shops and dealers, offering an “Uber-like experience” where the mechanic visits you to service your car. YourMechanic offers mechanic profiles, reviews from
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Businessweek: Religiosity has declined in the U.S. by 13 percent since 2005, according to a new poll (PDF). The Millennial generation, born between 1981 and 2000, is the least religious yet, with one in four identifying themselves as religiously unaffiliated, atheist, or agnostic in a 2010 PewResearchCenter survey. That works out to about 15 million
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Could you make an entire business out of tassels? Tassel Depot has. They sell over $50,000 of tassels each month on their website! Chances are the tassel atop the graduation cap or adorning the program or the menu came from Tassel Depot, based in Deerfield Beach. The company, run by Roger Leavy and his wife,
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Long-distance relationships are difficult enough to maintain among adults, but when young kids are involved, the chances of achieving a meaningful conversation from afar tend to diminish. That’s where Readeo comes in, with a newly launched platform that lets families share bedtime stories through the web, reports trendspotter Springwise. The Chicago-based company’s patent-pending application integrates
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In Ahmadabad, India people sweep the streets for gold. Literally! The town, in western India, is home to more than 5,000 gold and silver shops and factories. As the estimated 40,000 workers come and go from these businesses, microscopic gold flecks and powder fall from their clothing and hair into the street. Enterprising sweepers called
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Does your lazy, overweight house dog dog tire of sleeping at the end of your bed and waiting patiently for you to arrive home each night really yearn to be a sheep dog? Probably. And, since people will pay for almost anything related to their pets, companies have sprung up to let your house dog
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According to a story in Forbes, after a few long nights at the bar in 2001, Jeffrey Goldblatt decided he was tired of overhearing trashy pickup lines and withering put-downs. He teetered home and set up Rejection Hotline–a phone number women could dish out to their pursuers, leading them to this voice mail: “Hello, the
Parkite Rich Giles just wanted to help homeowner associations save money on road repair. Instead, he created a machine that does what he had hoped for and much more. Known as the HeatWurx, his machine not only lowers the cost but it is also eco-friendly and durable, reports Park Record. Essentially what Giles invented was
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1908 – The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality. 1920 – The American Professional Football Association (later renamed National Football League) is organized in Canton, Ohio, United States. 1961 – The world’s first retractable-dome stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in
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