Next stop for the digital revolution: Your feet. Nike yesterday showed off its new line of Nike+ footwear that keeps tabs on wearers’ movements. Pressure sensors and an accelerometer on the shoes can keep track of distance, jumping height, and step frequency, Mashable reports. The data is linked to iPhone,…
Continue reading …Marco Rubio is seen by many as the GOP’s frontrunner for the 2012 vice presidential nod—but that could change for the faction of the GOP that’s ill at ease with the Mormon church. BuzzFeed reveals that the Florida senator was once a Mormon, having been baptized into the Church…
Continue reading …Last night’s debate threw the GOP race into focus for Gail Collins, and it predictably begins with her favorite prop, Seamus Romney: “Take your pick, Republicans. On one hand, the guy who once drove to Canada with the family dog strapped to the roof of the car,” and on the…
Continue reading …If you reel in your fishing line in southern Idaho to find a two-headed trout staring back, it’s … no big deal? The New York Times explains: The JR Simplot Company wants the federal government to allow higher levels of the mining byproduct selenium to appear in local waterways. The company…
Continue reading …Pharmacists in Washington state who disagree with emergency contraception on religious grounds can no longer be required to dispense it, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The judge declared the state’s regulation unconstitutional, noting that pharmacies in the state are allowed to not stock drugs for various secular reasons—for instance,…
Continue reading …On Friday, Joyce Hardin Garrard found out her 9-year-old granddaughter Savannah Hardin had eaten a candy bar on the school bus, and allegedly punished her by making her run around the house, without stopping, for three hours. Savannah, who had a bladder condition that could have been aggravated by the…
Continue reading …Fat Tuesday: Revelry, Parades Take Off In New Orleans During Mardi Gras (PHOTOS)
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