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Butler County is being asked to come together to support a long-time community member, Amboo Ploy. A fundraiser is being held Saturday to benefit Ploy, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. There will be live bands from 3 p.m. to...

CEO Dov Moran plans to market the modu 1 handset in Brazil through mobile operator Claro Internacional SA. "The launch of the handset in Brazil is an important milestone in Modu's growth track. This the first of several launches planned...

PST San Rafael's Dominican University will offer "Green Your MBA Immersion Day" from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m...The half-day program features sessions with the faculty, international leaders and consultants in sustainable business management.

Drill here, drill now On Aug. 22, we lost power for 45 minutes; a week later we lost power for more than three hours. These events made me ever more mindful of how much we depend on energy, how disruptive...

Brazil E-Voting Machines Not Hacked... But Van Eck Phreaking Allowed Hacker To Record Votes from the there's-an-issue-there dept Last week, we noted that an attempt to let hackers crack e-voting machines in Brazil failed, but Slashdot points out that someone...

When Nuria Silva arrived to visit her family in El Salvador on Nov. 6, the weather was dreary, but there were few signs of a pending disaster. "It was kind of sprinkling when I got there, and the skies were...

Auctions set for veterans for 6 taxi medallions Daily News Staff Monday, November 23rd 2009 From Dec. Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission will hold its annual veteran medallion auction, open to armed services veterans living in the territory...Bids can be picked...

Dominican Republic — From a development perspective, this town has a few problems. It is 60 miles from the nearest airport, a three-hour drive on roads so bad the trip can be nauseating. Electricity is erratic, drinking water is contaminated,...

Institute for Statistics (UIS), noted that between 2002 and 2007 almost 1 million new researchers were counted in developing countries, bringing the total number to 2.7 million and increasing its global share from around 30 per cent to over 38...