Get ready to reveal more than just your underwear at airport security checkpoints: TSA officers plan to start chatting up more passengers as part of the screening process. The agency already has “behavior detection officers” at work in airports across the US, but the new strategy calls for more one-on-one…
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If this keeps up, things are going to get crowded. A new study shows that the earth’s population will hit 7 billion in 2011, which is double what it was in the 1960s, according to Discovery News. What’s more, researchers predict that another 2.3 billion people will be added to our planet over the next
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Having trouble selecting those tiny links with your big, ol’ digits on that swanked-out slab? Don’t you worry, Google’s just made some slate-friendly improvements to its bread and butter search site, and it’s available for iPad and Honeycomb 3.1+ users. On deck for this UI refresh: a much simplified search results page, larger-sized buttons and text, and a quick access button located below the search box that skips you off to “Images, Videos, Places, Shopping and more.” There’s also been some visual tweaks made to its image search results, with enlarged previews, faster thumbnail loading and continuous scrolling. If you’re not seeing this overhauled layout just yet, sit tight — the update’s expected to roll out in the next few days. Google refines search experience for big-fingered tablet owners originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Before she was known for her defiant act that catapulted the American civil rights movement into prominence — and placed her at the center of it — Rosa Parks had long been a human rights activist and crusader for social justice. But the clues to why she was such a passionate activist may come from
Continue reading …The Smurfs have arrived in New York City, and if critics are to be believed, you should avoid the little blue things at all cost. Here’s what they’re saying: “I wouldn’t smurf Gosnell’s The Smurfs on my smurfiest enemy,” writes Sean O’Connell of the Washington Post . The plot’s kind of…
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Kohannahlala says: PSP: Men face charges in McGraw concert beating – Men face charges in McGraw concert beating http://t.co/wr9eo6K
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3º Promo Cartoon Network USA: Thundercats Animated Series SDCC 2011 – Thundercats Interview 2º Promo Cartoon Network USA: Thundercats Animated Series AdrianneSautter says: Why are they remaking Thundercats ? Cartoon Network ‘s just going to mess it up. Sigh. Classics should remain as such, just saying
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Critics largely enjoyed Crazy, Stupid, Love —and some have fallen head over heels for the romantic comedy with an all-star cast. In the Los Angeles Times , Betsy Sharkey gushes that the film “may well restore your faith in the very possibility of love, to say nothing of romantic comedies.” The…
Continue reading …The call of the wild led emperor penguin “Happy Feet” 2,000 miles from Antarctica. Now, after some human pampering, he’s heading home. Happy Feet has been getting some much-needed R&R since washing up on a beach in New Zealand five weeks ago. Vets at the Wellington Zoo performed an emergency operation to empty his stomach
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