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The ripple effect of Dave Goldberg's death
Dave Goldberg was a beloved Silicon Valley veteran. When news broke late last week that the husband of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg had died at age 47, the tech world remembered him as a kind man and a respected leader. Today we learned the SurveyMonkey CEO died while exercising during a family vacation in Mexico. A Mexican state official told the Associated Press Goldberg died of severe head trauma and was found lying next to a treadmill. The impact of his death has already had a ripple effect on the business world. Disney, whose board includes Sandberg, has moved up its earnings release to 8 a.m. ET Tuesday to allow executives to attend Goldberg's funeral later that day. A panel at the Collision tech conference he was supposed to join will now focus on remembering him. What's still unknown is who will succeed Goldberg at the helm of SurveyMonkey. And Facebook has yet to indicate what Sandberg's immediate plans are. Goldberg and Sandberg married in 2004. She launched an international conversation about the need for women to take the reins of their lives and careers in her best-selling book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead. In it, Sandberg dedicated a chapter to how integral Goldberg was to helping her own career soar while feeling confident that family matters weren't sacrificed.
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SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg died suddenly Friday night. He is survived by wife Sheryl Sandberg and their two children.
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Organizers say Mohammed cartoon event was about free speech; others say it was anti-Islam
There was a shooting Sunday in Garland, Texas, at an art show featuring cartoon depictions of the Prophet Mohammed. Here's what we know today: The shooting: The gunmen began shooting at a security guard outside the Mohammed Art Exhibit event at the Curtis Culwell Center. The guard was wounded in the leg. A traffic officer killed both gunmen. The two suspects: Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi were roommates. Simpson, 30, had been convicted of terrorism-related charges in 2011 after telling an FBI informant he wanted to leave the U.S. to fight non-Muslims. He was given probation. The group behind the event: The American Freedom Defense Initiative, founded by Pamela Geller, says it's a human rights organization that defends freedom of speech. The Southern Poverty Law Center says it's a hate group. The woman behind the group: You may have heard of Geller before. She was the face of the opposition to construct a mosque near Ground Zero in 2010. She told CNN after the shooting that such violence won't stop her group from sponsoring similar events in the future. "I will not abridge my freedoms so as not to offend savages," Geller said. "Freedom of speech is under violent assault here."
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The suspects were accused of trying to shoot up a Dallas area exhibit featuring cartoon depictions of the prophet Mohammed. VPC
What's in a name? If you're a new baby princess, a lot of history
Those were the longest two days ever. Duchess Kate gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday. We saw the baby (too cute), we saw Kate (too beautiful), and we even saw Prince George arriving at the hospital to meet his new sister (too big, too soon). But we didn't learn the baby's name until this afternoon: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. Charlotte is the feminine version of Charles, her paternal grandfather. Elizabeth is for her great-grandmother, the queen, and her great-great grandmother. And Diana is for Will's late, beloved mother. Americans were hoping Diana would be the first name, but it's not a traditional royal family name and it has tragic associations. The baby will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. She's fourth in line to the throne (bumping Harry down to fifth). He doesn't seem to mind.
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Prince William and Duchess Kate of Cambridge have named their second-born child and first daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. The origin of her names are both traditional and sentimental. VPC
The 2016 presidential race has two new faces
They're long shots, but that doesn't mean they won't shake up the presidential race. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina both announced today that they're officially running for president. Candidates like Carson (known for criticizing President Obama in 2013 at the National Prayer Breakfast — with Obama sitting just a few feet away) and Fiorina (known for challenging Hillary Clinton's record) can influence the race without ever coming close to the top of a poll. "The wide open nature of this race and the debates are going to provide all the candidates an opportunity to influence," said Amy Walter, national editor of the non-partisan Cook Political Report. "These are folks who can force the front-runners to either take positions they don't want to take or answer questions they may not want to answer." Here are six things to know about Carson. And six to know about Fiorina. Carson fun fact: His life was featured in a 2009 TV movie starring Cuba Gooding Jr. Fiorina fun fact: She was the first female chief executive of a Fortune 20 company.
Meet the one boxer capable of making a Floyd Mayweather fight exciting
Act like you're done talking about the fight, but we know you're not. Casual boxing fans made it clear this weekend they're no longer willing to spend an exorbitant amount of money to see brilliant (and boring) technical boxing — viewers want brutal slugfests that end with a knockout. Manny Pacquiao may have been able to challenge Floyd Mayweather and put on a show worth watching five years ago, but his performance Saturday was a massive disappointment. Mayweather said after the bout that he plans to fight one more time in September before retiring. British boxer Amir Khan would be the leading candidate to challenge Mayweather, but Mayweather seems intent on fighting in September, and Khan won't fight during Ramadan. If there's one man who could possibly spice up a Mayweather fight, it's Kazakh knockout artist Gennady Golovkin. Golovkin, 33, an undefeated middleweight world champion, has won 29 of his 32 career victories by knockout, giving him the highest knockout percentage in middleweight history. Whomever Mayweather decides to fight, you may be able to watch it without paying a hefty fee to pay-per-view.
Gennady Golovkin beat Marco Antonio Rubio in October.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Jonathan Moore, Getty Images)
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