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White House wants black boxes in all future cars
The famed “black boxes” aren’t actually black. But they may soon be attached to every car. The White House has given its OK to a plan that would require all future cars and trucks be equipped with event data records – most commonly referred to as “black boxes.” The majority of vehicles produced today already have such devices onboard and they have...
ankakh December 8, 2012 18:47
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Crashed WWII fighter plane recovered from Lake Michigan
On Dec. 28, 1944, a FM-2 “Wildcat” Fighter aircraft crashed and sank during a training mission in Waukegan Harbor, NBCChicago.com reported. Engine failure was blamed, and the plane was left in about 200 feet of water, according to NBCChicago.com. Friday’s recovery, which had an audience of nearly 100, was the first milestone toward getting the plane restored...
ankakh December 8, 2012 18:30
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Last man on the moon reveals he left his camera behind as an experiment (but says he hoped someone would have returned it by now)
Apollo 17 Commander Eugene Cernan, the last man on the moon, has revealed he left a camera on the lunar surface, hoping it would be recovered by future astronauts to measure radiation levels. The camera, a Hasselblad used to capture many of the iconic images from the mission, was left with its lens pointing into space. Cernan had hoped it could be used as the mission’s...
ankakh December 8, 2012 16:24
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Can women tell if a man will cheat on them just by looking at a photo? Researchers claim there is a ‘kernel of truth’ in the idea
Researchers say that women are able to tell just by looking at an unfamiliar male face whether he will cheat on them. A team at the University of Western Australia showed almost 200 photos to men and women – and found the women were able to spot the love rats more accurately than they expected. They say the idea women can judge a man’s sexual faithfulness just...
ankakh December 8, 2012 16:14
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Senior al-Qaida leader killed in drone strike in Pakistan
A senior al-Qaida official and potential successor to the group’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed Friday morning in a Predator drone strike, according to reports on jihadi web forums and U.S. officials. Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdul Rehman Al-Hussainan, aka Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti, was killed in Pakistan while eating breakfast, according to the accounts. The 46-year-old...
ankakh December 8, 2012 14:22
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Psy ‘Forever Sorry’ for Anti-American Song
Psy, the South Korean rapper famous for ” Gangnam Style,” apologized today for a 2004 performance in which he said American soldiers should be killed “slowly and painfully.” The apology comes two days before he is scheduled to perform at a holiday concert that will be attended by President Obama and his family. Psy said today that he will...
ankakh December 8, 2012 14:13
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‘Sorry, kids but Santa’s not real’: Parents’ fury after primary school teacher tells pupils aged EIGHT that Father Christmas doesn’t exist
A school teacher has been blasted by furious parents after he told junior school pupils that Santa Claus did not exist as they wrote their letters to him. The teacher was taking a literacy lesson which involved the children, aged eight and nine, writing a letter to Father Christmas. During the class he told the youngsters that the man bringing them presents just wasn’t...
ankakh December 8, 2012 13:13
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Clinton urges ‘concerted push’ on Syria
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Friday on all parties with influence in Syria to make a “concerted push” together to halt the conflict. Clinton said there had been no “great breakthrough” during talks in Dublin on Thursday with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and the UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, but said there would be further...
ankakh December 7, 2012 20:15
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Apple and Samsung Tangle on Damages and Juror
Samsung and Apple lawyers butted heads over the more than $1 billion in damages that a federal jury awarded Apple in August, but the judge in the case issued no new rulings in the case. Samsung lawyers spent hours dissecting how the jury arrived at the enormous damages award, one of the biggest ever in a patent case, arguing that figure was excessive. Apple, for its part,...
ankakh December 7, 2012 20:10
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The Man Who Invented The Frappuccino Has Total Disdain For What American Coffee Culture Has Become
George Howell is the mind behind the beverage that helped Starbucks rise into the stratosphere — the Frappuccino. And he hates what American coffee culture has become. Janelle Nanos has written a big profile of Coffee Connection founder George Howell at Boston Magazine, and it reveals some interesting things about the legendary coffee genius. Howell, a world-renowned...
ankakh December 7, 2012 19:20
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World’s biggest, oldest trees are dying
Scientists Friday warned of an alarming increase in the death rates of the largest living organisms on the planet, the giant, old trees that harbour and sustain countless birds and wildlife. Research by universities in Australia and the United States, published in Science, said ecosystems worldwide were in danger of losing forever their largest and oldest trees unless...
ankakh December 7, 2012 19:16
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Washington state lights up as marijuana legalized
Pot smokers lit up in Washington state as recreational marijuana became legal in a historic first for the United States, clouded by the fact that federal law still bans the practice. Midnight pot parties were reported across the western US state as a new law came into force following a November 6 referendum to legalize private consumption of marijuana for recreational...
ankakh December 7, 2012 17:43
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Egypt opposition refuses dialogue with Morsi
Egypt’s opposition coalition rejected on Friday a dialogue proposed by President Mohamed Morsi to defuse bloody protests over sweeping powers he assumed to speed through a new constitution. The National Salvation Front said it had decided “to refuse to take part in a dialogue proposed by the president for tomorrow, Saturday.”
ankakh December 7, 2012 17:37
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AP-GfK Poll: Obama approval rises postelection
A month after the bitterly fought election,President Barack Obama has his highest approval ratings since the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to an Associated Press-GfKpoll, and more Americans say the nation is heading in the right direction now than at any time since the start of his first term. Obama’s approval rating stands at 57 percent, the highest since...
ankakh December 7, 2012 17:36
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Proof that women have ALWAYS loved jewellery: Skull from 1550BC goes on display with elaborate bronze headband
She may have walked the earth thousands of years ago, but this woman was clearly as fond of a nice piece of jewellery as the average by Text-Enhance” href=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2244169/Proof-women-ALWAYS-loved-jewellery-Skull-1550BC-goes-display-elaborate-bronze-headband.html”>up of tiny bronze spirals. Staff at the State Museum...
ankakh December 7, 2012 16:40
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ankakh December 7, 2012 15:39
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(Հայերեն) ԱՄՆ-ում ամուսինները 16-ամյա աղջկան վերածել են սեքս ստրկուհու

ankakh December 7, 2012 15:25
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Psst… gossip is good for the office: It makes for a more efficient workplace
Office gossip is usually frowned upon as a waste of time. But in fact it should be encouraged because it helps isolate shirkers, making for a more efficient work-place. Scientists have found that up to nine in 10 everyday conversations are gossip. But according to the research, carried out by a team of Dutch psychologists, it is not necessarily malicious. Gossip is used...
ankakh December 7, 2012 14:41

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