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Articles Archive for February 2011

Who’s That Cool Cat In the 59Fifty Hat?

The 59Fifty sticker on New Era fitted caps has become an unusual street fashion icon.

Board Game Designers Play the Name Game

You’ve probably played Monopoly or Scrabble a gazillion times, so answer this: Who invented these games? Chances are you don’t know and are surprised you never thought about it. Board game designers have traditionally been an anonymous lot in America, but small and medium-sized companies are driving a change.

Budget Cuts May Allow Florida’s ‘Pill Mills’ To Survive

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is planning to repeal the state’s prescription drug monitoring service before it is put into place. This could have serious effects on drug use, not only in Florida, but across the Eastern Seaboard.

Gays struggle for a home in Hip-Hop Business

Openly out LGBT hip-hop artists are on the rise. But it could be a while until one of them becomes successful in the machismo-saturated world of rap and hip-hop.

The Oscar for best original video game goes to…

Video games are now big business: $10.5 billion sales in the U.S. alone big. As the industry grows, the line separating Hollywood from interactive entertainment is getting blurrier.

Hey, Fido, Who Are You Wearing?

Couture fashion isn’t just for humans anymore. As the canine clothing business grows, dogs–and their owners–are strutting their stuff down the runway.

I’ll have the neck, please! Ostrich meat is hot.

When ostrich meat shows up on menus and in markets, its fans can’t get enough. But neither can suppliers or farmers, so it can be hard to find.

Good Government, One Scientist at a Time

Former congressman and physicist Bill Foster thinks electing more scientists to Congress will make government work better, so he created Albert’s List, a political action committee named after Albert Einstein.

Attention, Steelers fans: life goes on

All fans are happy when their teams win, but what about when they lose? Most will shake it off, but some can’t. For them, sports is an unhealthy obsession for which they may need to solicit professional help.

In search of ways to battle Staph infections

Scientists have discovered a protein that helps Staphylococcus epidermidis – one of the most common causes of health care-associated infections – escape from bacterial communities formed on catheters. It’s too soon to say, but the findings could reduce the estimated $28 billion to $45 billion that hospitals annually spend on health care-associated infections.