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13 Spooky Underground Attractions

Meandering the streets of a new city is a great way to feel its pulse, but have you ever considered what’s right below your feet? These thirteen underground, man-made attractions, scattered around the globe, boast spectacular histories as former dwellings, burial grounds, and even smugglers’ tunnels. And you can bet they’re more than a little creepy. You’ll want to make sure you dress warmly for all of them (no matter when

Bernanke says student debt no threat to U.S. financial system

Ben Bernanke, who as Federal Reserve chairman steered the United States through its worst financial crisis in modern times, said on Tuesday that ballooning U.S. student loans do not pose the same threat to the financial system as housing loans did. “The student loan situation is a risk, but a different kind of risk,” Bernanke said, when asked how dangerous the roughly $1.2 trillion in student loan debt is. Student

Twitter to cut up to 8 percent of global workforce

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc said it would lay off up to 336 employees, or about 8 percent of its global workforce, as part of a plan to streamline operations. The layoffs, mainly in the company’s product and engineering functions, come about a week after the microblogging service provider appointed co-founder Jack Dorsey its permanent chief executive. “And the rest of the organization will be streamlined in parallel.” Shares of Twitter,