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Michael Graves on Starchitects’ Pitfalls, Detroit’s Future, And The Industry’s Names To Watch

Since mid-September, when former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers withdrew his name from consideration to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve next year, market participants have become increasingly interested in the policy views of current Fed vice-chair Janet Yellen, who is now set to take the reins at the central bank when Bernanke’s term expires in January.

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In an exclusive CNBC interview, Kenneth Jacobs, Lazard, chairman & CEO discusses the financial crisis, the global economy and CEO confidence. Jacobs says, "CEO confidence is a factor of the real economy." CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports.

VIDEO: Pillars of Eternity - Gameplay Teaser

Check out gameplay footage of the Kickstarted action-RPG.

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VIDEO: Brangelina Wine Earns Number One Spot!

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new Rose Miraval wine just been included in Wine Spectator’s 100…

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India’s space agency prepares for its first-ever mission to Mars

If all goes according to plan, India will soon join an elite handful of countries that have successfully sent a spacecraft to the red planet.

It finally happened: a federal judge ruled that the NSA’s ravenous “metadata” collection of telephone calls made in, to, or from the US in order to prevent terrorist attacks violated the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches and seizures.

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The PicoBrew Zymatic is the Nespresso of beer brewing

An 18-year Microsoft veteran has set out to reinvent homebrewing with the PicoBrew Zymatic, a table-top brewing machine that promises to simplify the process of making a batch of custom beer. Co-founder Bill Mitchell, who worked on PDAs, smartphones, automotive, and wearable computing” during his time at Microsoft, says on his proect’s Kickstarter page that he got tired with the overly long process of homebrewing as well as the difficulty of repeating a beer recipe once you found one you liked. After a few years of prototyping, he’s now put his PicoBrew Zymatic up on Kickstarter, and the project met its $150,000 funding goal in just one day.