Jan
15
2009
Obama Heads To Supreme Court
he Supreme Court announced late Tuesday that President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joseph Biden will pay a private courtesy call on the Court Wednesday afternoon.
Jan
14
2009
Bird count records strong numbers – Fort Frances Times
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Bird count records strong numbers
Fort Frances Times – 3 hours ago By admin A total of 30 species, and 1663 birds, were counted during the annual Christmas Bird Count that took place here Jan. 2. “This is a good result,” noted local count co-ordinator Ilke Milne. Another fascinating count Valley Echo Christmas bird count went well Pembroke Daily Observer South Shore Now – Peterborough Examiner – Payson Roundup – HeraldNet all 15 news articles |
Jan
14
2009
Pine beetle battle wages on in the region – Alberta Daily Herald Tribune
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Pine beetle battle wages on in the region
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune – 13 Jan 2009 Weather in the last nine months has both helped and hindered the fight against the mountain pine beetle locally, says Mike Dutove, head of quality control for the South Peace Municipalities (SPM). Mountain Pine Beetle Hits the Front Range KUNC Public meeting on Thursday to address Mountain Pine Beetles Montana’s News Station all 3 news articles |
Jan
14
2009
Coal industry spending fortune on ads, not clean tech
Coal industry spent a staggering million last year on its deceptive “America’s Power” campaign touting the benefits of so-called “clean coal.” In addition, the coal and electric utility industries spent a jaw-dropping 5 million in the first 9 months of last year lobbying against federal legislation promoting clean energy.
Jan
14
2009
Sony X Series Walkman include a touchscreen – Digital Home
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Sony X Series Walkman include a touchscreen
Digital Home – 13 Jan 2009 Taking a page out the Apple playbook, Sony last week announced its new X-series of portable media players which feature a three inch Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) touch screen. CES 2009 wrap-up: portable audio and video CNET News Home electronics: New Sony Walkman takes on the iPod Shuffle CCL Online ZDNet Blogs – Sony Insider – Which? – Pocket-lint.co.uk all 13 news articles |
Jan
14
2009
Pair to be caned for drinking beer
A religious court has sentenced a Muslim woman to six strokes of the cane for drinking alcohol, possibly for the first time in Malaysia. Mohamad Nasir Mohamad, 38, a father of four, and waitress Noorazah Baharuddin, 22, were found drinking beer separately in pubs ‘The ruling only concerns Muslims..It is to remind the Muslims not to drink
Jan
14
2009
Sony X Series Walkman include a touchscreen – Digital Home
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Sony X Series Walkman include a touchscreen
Digital Home – 21 hours ago Taking a page out the Apple playbook, Sony last week announced its new X-series of portable media players which feature a three inch Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) touch screen. CES 2009 wrap-up: portable audio and video CNET News The best of the “Best of CES” ZDNet Blogs Sony Insider – Which? – Pocket-lint.co.uk – Gizmodo Australia all 12 news articles |
Jan
14
2009
How To Keep Your Car Battery From Giving Out In The Brutal Cold – CityNews
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How To Keep Your Car Battery From Giving Out In The Brutal Cold
CityNews – 3 hours ago Think it's tough to get your own personal batteries warmed up in this weather? Pity your poor car. It sits outside on your driveway, on the street or in a cold garage, while the bitter conditions do a number on the vehicle. Cold takes toll on automobiles Brantford Expositor Region plunged into deep freeze 570 News all 3 news articles |
Jan
14
2009
Research Ties Human Acts to Harmful Rates of Species Evolution – New York Times
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Research Ties Human Acts to Harmful Rates of Species Evolution
New York Times – 12 Jan 2009 Atlantic cod and Bighorn sheep are generally harvested by humans as mature adults, whereas predators would target the smaller or weaker. Natural selection gives way to human selection Globe and Mail Human consumption speeding up evolutionary change: study CBC.ca Telegraph.co.uk – Calgary Herald – FOXNews – National Post all 42 news articles |
Jan
14
2009
Read all 'CES – Televisions' posts in CES 2009 – CNET News
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Read all 'CES – Televisions' posts in CES 2009
CNET News – 17 hours ago The television category is a perennial CES staple and this year was no different. For some reason nobody showed a TV bigger than Panasonic's 150-inch plasma from last year (have we maxed out in flat-panel screen size? CES Attendance Down IGN CES 2009: Attendee figures plummet by 23 percent The Tech Herald Globe and Mail – PC World – BBC News – PC Magazine all 410 news articles |
