Russia: earthquake 8.2 Richter off the coast, warned tsunami
Posted by: KhanhElegant
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-24 17:03:02 -0700 | technology-news
A tsunami warning was transmitted for the island of Sakhalin and surround the area rapidly, asked people to look for high places to hide. However, the warning was later lifted without any reports of casualties. AFP got news from the...
Israeli researchers develop advanced biological computer
Posted by: Avaline
Haifa :: Israel | updated 2013-05-24 15:46:39 -0700 | technology-news
Scientists at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology have developed a computing machine by the help of merely biomolecules (such as DNA and enzymes). This device, advanced biological transducer - a device that converts a signal in one form...
Zoo employee killed by tiger in northern England
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-24 21:22:25 -0700 | technology-news
An employee at a zoo in northern England died Friday hours after she entered a tiger enclosure and was attacked. The tiger at South Lakes Wild Animal Park near Dalton-in-Furness inflicted severe head and neck injuries on Sarah McClay, 24,...
Bionic leg aids Bob Lobel's quest to walk freely
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 21:49:03 -0700 | technology-news
Beloved Boston sportscaster Bob Lobel is going bionic to fulfill his dream of walking easily again. Pool workouts, weight training and hobbling around on crutches just wasn't cutting it. So the 69-year-old sports maestro and his therapists turned to the...
Feds challenge ruling on morning-after pill access
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 22:22:41 -0700 | technology-news
Department of Justice lawyers filed court papers Friday again asking a federal appeals court to delay lifting age restrictions and prescription requirements on an emergency contraceptive popularly known as the morning-after pill. The papers seek to delay implementation of a...
Peabody driver charged in death of passenger
Source: Boston Herald
Oui :: Burkina Faso | updated 2013-05-24 21:49:10 -0700 | technology-news
A 31-year-old Peabody man was killed after being nearly decapitated in a crash early yesterday morning when the car he was riding in plowed into a parked flatbed tow truck, police said...Fowler, 38, of Peabody, was charged with motor vehicle...
AlterG Bionic Leg: How it works
Source: Boston Herald
Haverhill :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 21:48:58 -0700 | technology-news
The AlterG Bionic Leg is built for speed at least walking speed. Here are a few of its features: The battery-powered device sells for $40,000 but is rented out for $700 to $1,000 per month based on hours of use....
Myths & mysteries
Source: DAWN
Madrid :: Spain | updated 2013-05-24 19:56:40 -0700 | technology-news
The ghostly images of Belmez We now travel to Spain for this extremely bizarre tale. It all started on August 23, 1971 at a house on Street Real 5, Belmez de la Moraleda in Spain. Maria Gomez was working in...
Excavations under way at 5 sites for...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-24 19:34:43 -0700 | technology-news
Eastern Region is excavating five sites in three governorates in an effort to help develop the ancient sites and turn them into open museums. Abdul Latif Al-Bunian, executive director of the commission, outlined the excavations with special emphasis on North...
2 Ore. women accused in fake check scheme
Source: Associated Press
Hermiston :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 17:49:56 -0700 | technology-news
Police in Hermiston, Ore., say two local women accused of making and passing fake payroll checks from several businesses have been arrested for investigation of forgery. The Tri-City Herald reports that ( http://is.gd/xiDqwP ) that Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston...
AP Newsbreak: Deal reached on Oregon wolves
Source: Associated Press
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 00:28:10 -0700 | technology-news
Conservation groups and cattle ranchers have agreed to a landmark settlement in a lawsuit that has kept the state of Oregon from killing wolves that prey on livestock. The agreement announced Friday by the governor's office creates a new rulebook...
Texting safely on the High Street
Source: BBC
Nottingham :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 17:42:07 -0700 | technology-news
Walking and texting is leading to a spate of collision-related injuries...You're walking down the street and the familiar beep of an incoming text becomes too tempting to resist...You clash shoulders with a fellow pedestrian doing exactly the same...End Quote Mr...
Popular principal's dismissal leaves a South L.A. school divided
Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 17:24:33 -0700 | technology-news
Joseph Shamel called Cobian a "godsend" who has used her mastery of special education to show him how to craft effective learning plans for his students...John Deasy praised a plan developed by Cobian and her team to turn around the...
Speaking loudly, clearly may help other concentrate
Source: United Press International
Newcastle upon Tyne :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 17:02:14 -0700 | technology-news
British researchers say people can help others focus or concentrate by speaking more loudly or more clearly. Lead author Alex Thiele, professor of Visual Neuroscience at Newcastle University in England, said by changing the way neurons respond to external stimuli...
N.H. woman gets 40 years for using teen girl in child porn
Source: United Press International
Concord :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 16:30:30 -0700 | technology-news
A former New Hampshire lawyer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for using a teenage girl in pornographic videos. Lisa Biron, 43, was convicted in January of eight counts -- including taking the girl, who was 14 at...
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