New York City’s most-beloved galaxy, the constellation ceiling above Grand Central Terminal’s Main Concourse, is alive with new luminosity in the form of light-emitting diodes. The new environmentally-friendly LEDs should last 50000 hours. (Nov. 12)
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Supporters of Myanmar’s pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, media people,… Supporters of Myanmar’s pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, media people… Members of the Myanmar’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s… YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Supporters of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gathered near her home Saturday morning, hoping to see the Nobel Peace Prize laureate taste freedom after seven years of detention by Myanmar’s ruling generals. Scores of people holding a vigil were disappointed that she was not given an early release Friday night, but colleagues said an order to set her free had already been signed by Myanmar’s junta. The period of her latest detention…
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A church group made up of Michigan friends and family is obscenely rich after winning a $129 million jackpot with a lottery ticket bought at a porn shop. (Nov. 12)
Continue reading …Big 3 Nets’ Evening News Election and Pre-Election Week Audiences Down Nearly 20% From 2006
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Along with the cheerful news that Fox News trounced its cable news competitors on Election Night (at NewsBusters ; at BizzyBlog ), those longing for more fairness and balance in television news coverage can take some comfort in the fact that the Big Three Networks' evening news shows came in with audiences almost 20% lower during the week before and the week of the 2010 midterm elections compared to the same two weeks in 2006. As seen below, NBC took the smallest hit of the three networks, losing an average of “only” 1.2 million viewers in the two comparative weeks involved. ABC got hit harder, while CBS lost nearly 3 in 10 viewers (Sources: MediaBistro — Nov. 1, 2010 ; Oct. 25, 2010 ; Nov. 6, 2006 ; Oct. 30, 2006 ): read more
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Will Lynch was in court facing charges of beating the priest he says molested him as a child. At his arraignment, dozens of protesters of clergy abuse showed up to support him and bring awareness to clergy sex abuse. (Nov. 12)
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In a newly released police tape, Jeromie Cancel tells police that he killed a Pace University student in 2008 because ‘he was bored’. In his confession, he goes on to say that after the murder he sat down and watched a movie. (Nov. 12)
Continue reading …Screen Grabs: it’s WP7 product placement overload, make no Bones about it (video)
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Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com . Okay, Microsoft , we get it. Fictional characters just love Windows Phone 7 . They can’t string three scenes together without pulling up Maps or trying to force the phrase ” Bing it ” into our vernacular. This time it’s Bones star Emily Deschanel, aka Dr. Temperance Brennan, whipping out an LG Quantum mid-interrogation to engage in a little textual activity — much to the mock ire of hunky co-star David Boreanaz. But don’t listen to him, he’s probably just jealous they didn’t have such gratuitous product placement back when he was still pretending to be a vampire. You know, back before vampires went all mainstream. [Thanks, Afzal N] Continue reading Screen Grabs: it’s WP7 product placement overload, make no Bones about it (video) Screen Grabs: it’s WP7 product placement overload, make no Bones about it (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Authorities were searching for an Ohio woman, her two children and a female friend in an investigation that prompted an overnight lockdown on the campus of Kenyon College, where the woman’s pickup truck was found nearby, a sheriff said Friday. (Nov. 12)
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Spotted at a Sprint kiosk in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin’s Mayfair Mall — because, really, what other way can they tell the customer base? Verizon? No thanks. (Also, in case you were wondering, there’s apparently a statewide outage.) [Thanks, Kyle K] Visualized: Sprint’s Wisconsin outage prompts primitive warning system originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Jon Stewart sat down for a lengthy talk with MSNBC power host Rachel Maddow on her eponymous show Thursday night to talk about politics, punditry and, once again, his recent “Rally to Restore Sanity.” Lest anyone have the wrong idea … (continued) Related Entries November 9, 2010 ‘Daily Show’: Stewart Takes a Whoopin’ Over Rally November 1, 2010 Give Us This Day Our ‘Daily Show’
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