Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Tilsen said her office has received an avalanche of calls from people wanting safety tips and enrollment information since Harps' unsolved killing. Six people took the monthlong course last fall. That same class is over capacity with 27 students this winter, and another class was added to meet demand.Read the ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Three weeks ago, on a flight home from a New Zealand vacation, Mr. Gates took out a yellow pad of paper and listed ideas about why capitalism, while so good for so many, is failing much of the world.Read the full story
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
The rate of Amazon deforestation rose sharply during the last five months of 2007 as land was cleared for soy and cattle, prompting a top-level emergency meeting Thursday by government officials to deal with the problem.Read the full story
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate.Read the full story
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Martin A. Nisenholtz, the senior vice president for digital operations of the Times Company, said the company hoped to improve the publishing technology at the foundation of WordPress and harness the platform’s ability to aggregate blog posts.
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
His view differs from that of Google, which insists an IP address merely identifies the location of a computer, not who the individual user is. That is true but does not take into consideration that many people regularly use the same computer and IP address.Read the full story
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
So the lovely and talented Britney Spears has reached that beautiful moment in a young celebrity's life when the media decides they need to draft your obituary. Yes, it seems the AP has concluded that Ms. Spears' mortality is sufficiently imminent they need to prepare for the story. Of course, ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Thompson quit the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states.Read the full story
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Harvard University's tiny microrobotic fly, hailed by its creators as 'the first robotic fly that is able to generate enough thrust to takeoff,' will be showcased at New York's Museum of Modern Art starting Feb. 24. The life-sized 'Flybot' reportedly has a wingspan of 1.2 inches (3 cm) and weighs ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
From the start, wireless providers have worked hard to lock you up into losing situations, constructing walls with cancellation fees, service-specific phones, and the loss of your phone number.Read the full story
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