http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us On Sunday, former Google engineers unveiled a new search engine that will attempt to outdo the namesake of its previous employer, a service that has not only come to be rarely contested as the leader in internet searches but also... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/988417 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:22:05 -0700 Greenland's ice sheet, composed of vast expanses of glaciers (on average, 1.6 miles deep), contains enough water to raise sea level worldwide by 23 feet. If they were to melt, they would flood many coastal capitals and cause a mass... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/988165 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:32:42 -0700 The Dutch government has followed suit with most other nations in the European Union, banning tobacco in indoor businesses, restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, movie theaters and sporting arenas. But unlike its peers in the EU, the loophole legality allowed to marijuana... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/981189 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:10:33 -0700 Air Force officials reported Thursday that three Air Force officers fell asleep while overseeing an electronic component that contained old launch codes for intercontinental nuclear ballistic missles. According to the Air Force the launch codes had been deactivated prior to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/964921 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:30:00 -0700 In a joint effort, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates report that one billion people could die this century from smoking-related illnesses and have announced a collaborative campaign to combat smoking globally. Together they have pledged... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/957462 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:52:51 -0700 In Egypt, the most populous of the Arab nations, a recent survey shows that nearly two-thirds of Egyptian men admit to having sexually harassed women, a majority of which claims that women themselves are to blame. The survey of Egyptians... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/935239 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:10:14 -0700 A new rule requiring New York chain restaurants to post calorie information on their menus took effect on Friday. Beginning the following day, health inspectors will be authorized to inflict fines of up to $2,000 on fast food and casual... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/935117 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:47:49 -0700 Crews on behalf of the Megafish Project, financed by National Geographic, are currently combing Thai Rivers for a rare giant freshwater stingray that can weigh up to 44 pounds in order to find the world's largest fish. Although they are... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/931432 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:27:10 -0700 A submarine vessel traveling just below the ocean surface about 140 miles south of the tourist resort Huatulco on the Southern Pacific Coast of Mexico was spotted by a Mexican navy plane, initiating a three hour chase Wednesday. The green... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/921603 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:59:11 -0700 Many US drivers have come to the point of desperation for even a single tank of gas, with the current state of gas prices. Even with a momentary reprieve in the market, the national average for a gallon of gas... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/915623 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:39:18 -0700 On Wednesday, The Interior Department made 2.6 million acres of potentially oil-rich territory in northern Alaska available for energy exploration, while simultaneously neglecting a decision regarding 600,00 acres of land north of Teshekpuk Lake known to be the summer home... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/900247 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:42:36 -0700 While the US plans to resume lunar exploration by 2020 using its new Orion spacecraft, China is also capable of putting a man on the moon within the next decade if it so wishes, according to NASA administrator Michael Griffin.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/891279 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:47:40 -0700 In October of 1967 at age 31, Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain was shot down over Hanoi, Vietnam and taken to the Hanoi Hilton, a prominent POW camp in the Vietnamese capital, where he was kept captive for more than... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/882134 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:30:52 -0700 In an interview Sunday on ABC's "This Week," Arnold Schwarzenegger discussed his own environmental progress during his tenure as Governor of California among other issues. One major disappointment of his term Schwarzenegger shared was the failure to obtain any sort... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/872723 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:22:14 -0700 More than 1.25 million people in Beijing -- at times as many as 13,000 people a week -- have been evicted since the city won its Olympic bid in 2001, according to the Geneva-based Center on Housing Rights and Evictions.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/860092 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:51:38 -0700