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Friday, July 23rd, 2010Cited: ABC News
Has it been 20 years since the A-Team was on television? It sure has! The A-Team hasn’t ramped up to get the bad guys a beat down in a long time. Many may be wondering what happened to the original team since the premiere on June 11 of “A-Team”.
In case you’re not familiar [...]
Maine Man Held without Bail
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Cited: AP
On July 6, a judge ruled that a man charged with killing 2 men and a 10-year-old boy late last month in his home state of Maine will be held without bail in New Hampshire. This action was taken pending extradition proceedings.
Thayne Ormsby of Orient, Maine, showed no emotion as he was arraigned Tuesday [...]
Safety Tips for Summer Fun Part 1
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Cited: ABC News
Along with the home cookouts, there is the pool, camping trips and other outdoor activities that the arrival of summer as well as the allure of summertime pleasures brings, that is seasonal hazards. These hazards come in the form of heat related illnesses and lightning strikes, believe it or not.
Fortunately, there are simple [...]
Parents, Cancer and Children
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Cited ABC News
One of the millions of Cancer surviving parents with minor children, Morgan Alloway, did not anticipate the challenges of raising 2 daughters, changing diapers while on chemotherapy. At age 27, Alloway, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer. Her youngest was only one year old at the time.
“It was very [...]
Netflix to Get Movies before Cable
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Cited: Reuters
Netflix Inc. has done it again! For the first time, movies that were once available on pay-TV channels after hitting the theaters will be available on Netflix to watch instantly or to receive in the mail before they reach pay-TV channels. Netflix has signed an agreement with Relativity Media LLC that allows Netflix to [...]
How to Build a Nuke, Who Would Want to? Part 2
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Cited: ABC
Continued from “How to Build a Nuke, Who Would Want to? Part 1“
The Build
The gun assembly device is pretty basic, if you shoot a piece of HEU at another piece, you would take out Toledo.
The process is a little like getting a ball of HEU, removing the core as you would an apples, bolting [...]
Tiny Car Gets 74 Miles per Gallon
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Cited: Techland
Gordon Murray, auto enthusiasts know him as the guy who designed the McFarlane F1, has designed a new car, the T.25. This is a $9000 “compact” car that measures only 4′ wide x 8′ long and can drive to Tulane while fitting 3 cars in a standard parking lot. And best of all, it [...]
New Bill to Regulate Credit Rating Agencies
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Cited: AP
Pre-economic crisis, credit rating agencies judged investments backed by mortgages to be a safe investment. Surging home prices led investors to invest trillions of dollars into something that was not safe because the investments backed by the riskiest mortgages. Then the agencies downgraded those by the billions and it helped trigger a financial crisis.
The [...]
How to Build a Nuke, Who Would Want to? Part 1
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Cited: ABC
Everybody and their cousin is talking about nukes in terrorism, which means that nuclear weapons have been the main topic lately. The new START agreement, United Nations summits and even the consensus on the Non-Proliferation Treaty have been concerning nuclear weapons and terrorism. Both seem to go hand-in-hand these days. At one time, nuclear [...]
Maywood Eliminates Police Force
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Cited: ABC
As of July 1, the small working-class enclave of Maywood, south of downtown Los Angeles, will no longer have employees or a police force. Maywood will contract with the neighboring city for all of its municipal operations including police. Why you ask, the mounting debt and economic downturn are pushing cities to the break [...]
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