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National Potato Chip Day: Strangest Flavors To Hit Shelves

It's time to lather up in salt and grease because today is National Potato Chip Day. The delicious potato chip was invented in 1853 in a Saratoga lodge in New York. After a man complained that his fried potatoes (or French fries as we know them now) were too thick, an annoyed chef sliced them so thin that they were crispy, over-salted and could not be pierced with a fork without shattering.
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Goldman Sachs Greg Smith Resignation: 4 Other Controversies To Hit The Firm

The resignation letter printed as an op-ed in The New York Times on Wednesday by Greg Smith, a London-based executive director for Goldman Sachs that oversees equity derivatives, has stirred up a lot of trouble for the firm. Smith claimed that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it. This upset is far from the first for the firm. Goldman Sachs has been involved in a string of controversies ranging from involvement with Greek debt to insider trading.
Britannica Sets Aside Hardbound Copies to Focus on Digital, Online Editions

Encyclopedia Britannica Ending Print Publication

The Encyclopaedia Britannica, for nearly a quarter of a millenium the English-speaking world's singular authority on virtually all disciplines, will no longer publish a paper edition as one of the most revered icons of the pre-digital world morphs into so many gigabytes.
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Siri Misleading and Deceptive Advertisements Land Apple in Sirious Trouble

Apple has found itself in a little problem with the law. Siri not on New iPad? Siri gets Apple in trouble in this classic suspense thriller brought to you by the IBTIMES. OK, we are obviously enjoying this a little bit too much. Anyway, this man in New York who recently bought an iPhone 4S, has sued Apple because he believes Siri does not work the same way it does in commercials (a true patriot this guy, hats off to you).

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