Bieber Fever is spreading... to the prepaid card industry. Eighteen-year-old pop sensation, Justin Bieber, will promote a new prepaid debit card to his more than 30 million Twitter followers and 50 million Facebook fans, according to BillMyParents, the teen-focused financial company that's launching the card.
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Toyota will offer a glimpse into its self-driving car research on Monday, just ahead of the the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas.
MONEY-hulu-ceo-jason-kilar
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is leaving the video-streaming company.
FEATURES AND COMMENTARY
ENT-Patrick-Dempsey-Coffee-Chain
"Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey thinks he's just what the doctor ordered for a struggling Seattle-based coffee chain. Dempsey said he won the bid to buy Tully's Coffee, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October. The company, citing "rising commodity prices and challenging lease economics," said it planned to close a number of underperforming coffee shop locations as part of its reorganization.
TECH-Facebook-Offensive-Combat-game
While many people still associate Facebook games with casual offerings like Zynga's "FarmVille," the social media giant has expanded its game catalog through titles like KIXEYE's "War Commander" and Kabam's "The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle Earth." Now, Facebook has partnered with start-up U4iA Games (pronounced "euphoria") to launch its first "core" video game, the first-person shooter "Offensive Combat."
TRAVEL-buckwild-west-virginia
"Muddin" in the neighborhood "holler," bringing raw deer meat to a party and brawling with a neighbor after noise complaints -- "Jersey Shore" is so over. Welcome "Buckwild," an MTV reality show that debuted Thursday featuring nine young adults from West Virginia.
COMMENTARY-Hanna-Ohio-rape
Just within the past week, a disturbing video released by the hacktivist group Knight Sec exposed details surrounding the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl in Steubenville, Ohio; more protests erupted over the horrific gang rape of a young woman in India; and the final sessions of the 112th Congress did not reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Whether it's here in the United States, or in other parts of the world, violence against women persists and justice often falls through the cracks.

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