A year and a half ago, Panama City Beach in Florida decided to try to shift its image from party central for college students on spring break to a more family-friendly destination, reports the Wall Street Journal . The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has brought a quick change of heart. With…
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Image: Urbalt This has to be one of the weirder anecdotes in the ongoing BPA saga in the US. Maine governor Paul LePage was discussing the health risks of BPA the other day, and decided that it wasn’t much of an issue. The only bad thing that could come out of too much exposure to BPA, he believes, would be women growing little beards. You can’t make this stuff up. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Intel’s spent the last nine months prepping its Oak Trail silicon to improve the battery life and performance of Windows 7 tablets , and come the end of next month we should finally have some slates with the new 1.5GHz Atom Z670 chip inside. While Fudzilla has heard that the tablets will hit in the general March time frame, the eagle-eyed guys at Netbook News spotted the Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 press materials stating that the new platform will launch on March 30, 2011. That seems to line up with what we’ve heard on timing, since both the Oak Trail-powered Samsung Sliding PC 7 and MSI WindPad 100W were announced with March availability. Chances are we will hear more about it all at CeBIT next week, but honestly, at this point we’re just really eager to get one of these in our hands to see what Chipzilla’s really improved. Intel Oak Trail Atom Z670 tablets to arrive at the end of March originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Libya’s deputy UN ambassador is urging the international community to intervene and demand Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stop the killing of government opponents. Ibrahim Dabbashi told reporters at Libya’s UN Mission Gadhafi is ‘a mad man’. (Feb. 25)
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Data that scientists have extracted from ice cores in places like Greenland have provided some of the most compelling evidence that the climate is rapidly warming. But it’s not a widely understood concept, simple as the fundamentals of the process are. Many climate skeptics have taken advantage of this confusion to turn ice core research on its head — and argue that it proves that humans aren’t causing climate change. How could this possibly be? Watch the great video above, courtesy of the esteemed climate de-crocker Peter Sinclair , for a great introduction to ice cores, and how crafty deniers … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The last decade was not kind to the independent record store owner, as digital downloads—legal and illegal—and online retailers cut deeply into sales. But there’s hope on the horizon, and it comes from the past—vinyl albums. Nielsen SoundScan says 2.8 million vinyl records were sold in…
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2011 02-17 Rep Paul Broun Remarks on Planned Parenthood Rep. Paul Broun: Abortions Have Killed More Black Babies Than Any Other Babies Rep. Paul Broun on Homeland Security Threats Rep. Paul Broun gets town hall query: 'Who is going to shoot Obama … The Georgia lawmaker doesn’t condemn the question, but later says he was “stunned.” Paul Broun Calls Obama Assassination Question 'Abhorrent … Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) said in a statement Friday that he was “stunned” when an elderly man asked what he called the “abhorrent question, ‘Who’s going to shoot Obama?’” Flashback: Paul Broun (R-GA) Compared Obama to Hitler Shortly … It should come as no surprise that Paul Broun wouldn’t angrily dismiss the question, “Who’s going to shoot Obama?” — because I believe he was the first elected Republican to publicly compare Obama to Hitler. Paul Broun condemns town hall question, 'Who's going to shoot … U.S. Rep. Paul Broun , R-Athens, just issued a sharp condemnation of a constituent who, at a town hall meeting this week, raised the prospect of violence against. GA Rep. Paul Broun Asked By Consituent: “Who Is Going To Shoot … Republican Congressman Paul Broun was asked at a town hall meeting in Athens, GA, “Who is going to shoot Obama?” The audience laughed. the congressman didn’t seem to have a problem with the question, answering by hoping Obama is voted … 25thcenturygirl says: @dansden yes! do you think Paul Broun 's being a Baptist impacted his punk response to the question 'Who is going to shoot Obama?'
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Nikkole Live with Bobby Brown at The Key Club Bobby Brown Does “Mr. Telephone Man” With Ricky Bell & Johnny Gill Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell and Johnny Gill Mr Telephone Man 2/20/11 NC State's Ricky Bell , 36, Dies | LostLettermen.com Lettermen In The News: NC State’s Ricky Bell Dead At Just 36 written by Lost Lettermen – Lettermen In The News. Foxy Brown Gives Lil Kim Free Advice | HipHopCube … Bell Biv Devoe hit the stage on the “Jimmy Fallon” show last night. We’ve got the videos, plus Bobby Brown on “Lopez Tonight,” in case you missed it. Get ya throwback moves ready and hit the jump… Ricky Bell , Michael Bivens, … Latest Ricky Bell News Bombers mourn Ricky Bell , 36 “It is always sad anytime you lose somebody at such a young age,” said Blue Bomber President Jim Bell. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this time.” The cause of death was not released. … Former Blue Bomber DB Ricky Bell Dies | Canadian Football Talk Ricky Bell , a former defensive back of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers passed away Feb. 17th at the age of 36. No further details were released. Bell si. Loftholdingswood: Update Watch: Bell Biv DeVoe Are Back With Performance on Jimmy Fallon – [image: Poison]* Ricky Bell , Michael Bivins* and *Ron DeVoe* left *New Edition* and took the R&B charts by storm in the early 90′s, scoring six straight top… 7 hours ago … Jipcrose says: @MikeyBoyCanada LMFAO! Do u like michael bivens or ricky bell or ronnie devoe all from new edition! LOL
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Police have arrested two people and are searching for a third suspect in the robbery of a Las Vegas casino where a bandit wearing a fedora and fake mustache grabbed $32000 in gambling chips, then pulled a gun on a dealer who tried to stop him. (Feb. 25)
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