Unhappy with how your fave series is faring? Amazon gives you a say

A zoomed illustration image of a man looking at a computer monitor showing the logo of Amazon is seen in ViennaSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon is once again shaking up traditional publishing models. This time, it's giving fans a chance to add their own personal touches to their favorite fiction – and get paid in the process. This week, Amazon.com Inc announced “Kindle Worlds,” which offers aspiring writers an opportunity to pen their own takes on franchises in books, TV, movies, even games and comics. The world's largest Internet retailer plans to license content, then accept submissions online that may then be sold through its Kindle ebook store. …

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FDA warns of potentially tainted compounded steroids

(Reuters) – The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has received seven reports of negative reactions by patients who took steroid injections compounded by a pharmacy in Tennessee. The FDA said full clinical information about the patients is still being gathered but it suggested that at least some of the problems were caused by infections and “at least one of these infections appears to be fungal in nature.” The steroid in question is same one – methylprednisolone acetate – that was linked to a meningitis outbreak last year that has killed some 53 people and sickened more than 700. …

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State Department posts feedback on Keystone pipeline

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department says it is taking the unusual step of releasing publicly the feedback it has received about a controversial pipeline project after an “unprecedented” response to its draft environmental report. The department said it had received more than 1.2 million comments on TransCanada Corp’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would run from oil sands in Alberta, Canada to refineries and ports along the U.S. Gulf Coast. …

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25 Worst Gadget Flops of All Time

25 Worst Gadget Flops of All TimeThere are gadgets that change everything (the iPhone, the first Intel Centrino laptops, Bose's noise-canceling headphones), and then there are devices that are so spectacularly bad that they should be immortalized in their own way. The last few decades have seen all kinds of flops, from a not-so-world-changing scooter to Nokia's attempt to beat Nintendo and Sony at their own game.

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Golf-Molinari flourishes while Donald and McIlroy falter

By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England, May 24 (Reuters) – Francesco Molinari flourished while several of his European Ryder Cup team mates fell flat on their faces as the Italian grabbed the lead in the PGA Championship second round on Friday. Luke Donald, the 2011 and 2012 winner, Rory McIlroy, Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell all missed the halfway cut after enduring cold, dank conditions at the European Tour’s flagship event. …

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Fox News Is a Terrible Advocate for Freedom of the Press

Roger Ailes is full of self-righteous outrage that the Department of Justice subpoenaed Fox News reporter James Rosen’s personal emails as it investigated the leak of classified information about North Korea. It’s a recent conversion after leading a news network that has been calling for criminalizing journalism for years.

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DOJ subpoenas documents on Forest Labs' inhalation drug

(Reuters) – Drugmaker Forest Laboratories received a subpoena earlier this month from U.S. prosecutors requesting documents relating to its small-selling lung disorder product, the Tudorza Pressair inhaler, the company said in a filing. The New York-based company said it was cooperating with the request in the May 6 subpoena. It did not respond to a request for further comment. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York also declined to comment. The subpoena, which came from the U.S. …

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