Newly revealed court documents in the Bernie Madoff case show that JPMorgan Chase had serious doubts about the con man’s investments more than a year before the bottom fell out—but kept right on letting him move billions in investor cash through his accounts, reports the New York Times . Consider…
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Preliminary census figures point to sizeable gains for minorities – particularly Hispanics – as states prepare to redraw political maps.
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Cyclone Yassi over Queensland, Australia. Photo credit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video / Creative Commons If you were in the space shuttle looking down yesterday, you would have seen a pair of truly awesome, even fearful, sights. Much of North America was obscured by a 2,000-mile storm dumping vast quantities of snow from Texas to Maine—between the wind and snow, forecasters described it as “probably the worst snowstorm e… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Motorola’s dangled an Android 2.1 upgrade in front of CLIQ XT users for what seems like forever — now it’s putting away the bait indefinitely. In a statement released this morning, the company said that despite months of rigorous testing, the phone will remain on Android 1.5. We first heard promises of an update in June last year, but Motorola quickly reneged . In November, its predecessor got an upgrade , but the CLIQ XT was left hanging. Then in December, the company announced a delay , citing “additional testing,” and when those tests failed to bear fruit, it just plain gave up. Now CLIQ XT users are stuck with a phone indefinitely sporting an OS that’s three steps behind the most up-to-date competition, and unfortunately, that’s all she wrote — Motorola shows no signs of pursuing another upgrade anytime soon. And that, friends, is your cue to pick up a handset made by HTC and situated on Verizon Wireless . [Thanks, Josh] CLIQ XT won’t get Android 2.1 upgrade, Motorola’s word as good as dirt originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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One day after a massive storm swept through the midwest, burying cities like Chicago in snow, many people were trying to dig out and be reunited with their stranded cars. (Feb. 3)
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Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. (Feb. 3)
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Image: Lundberg.com Lundberg Family Farms has installed 1,690 solar panels on top of its new 35,000-plus square-foot warehouse on its northern California farm. The installation is expected to produce 500,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is more than enough to power the building itself. Together with the 584,000 kWh from already-existing solar panels, it will generate 20 percent of the electricity the company uses. (It purchases renewable energy credits to offset the remaining 80 percent.) … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Remember the Ford GT? The legendary sportscar had a brief, two-year run starting in 2005 — while it turned a whole lot of heads and spared few expenses (its MSRP was $150K, and the first few sold for well over that), it ended up petering out, failing to fulfill the 4,500 unit production run that was initially scheduled. But now, the rumor goes, it’s coming back — as a hybrid electric. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …A police officer shot and wounded a man who was in court on a harassment charge today after authorities say he attacked a judge and tried to grab a gun from a spectator. Some people who were in the courtroom disputed that account, saying they did not see the man…
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