Hours after a political impasse forced a widespread government shutdown, Minnesota’s most vulnerable residents and about 22000 laid-off state employees began feeling the effects on Friday. (July 1)
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After 25 years of marriage, Maria Shriver has filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Los Angeles Superior Court. The filing comes weeks after he admitted fathering a child with a former housekeeper. (July 1)
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By ALEX DELMAR-MORGAN MANAMA, Bahrain—Bahrain’s largest Shiite opposition group, al Wefaq, said Friday it will participate in talks with the government, after the king said he would set up an independent inquiry into the violent crackdown on protesters earlier in the year. But al Wefaq warned it will withdraw from the so-called national dialogue if its core demands, including a fully elected Parliament with complete legislative powers, aren’t met. The government-sponsored talks are due to start Saturday and last a month. “This is not credible dialogue, but we will strive to get our demands,” said Khalil Almarzooq, a senior al Wefaq member. He said the…
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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 dot com . It looks like somebody’s got a new publicist. Sure, the Google Street View car’s received its fair share of bad press lately — what with all those invasion of privacy claims — but we wouldn’t feel too sorry for the little guy. A recent episode of Burn Notice saw the camera-equipped auto make its national TV debut. It probably won’t win an Emmy for its role — it didn’t have any speaking lines, after all — but at least it’s getting some positive attention. [Thanks, Pat] Screen Grabs: Google Street View car rolls on to set of Burn Notice originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Addison reacts to Max Talbot going to Flyers Max Talbot Signs 5 Year Deal With Philadelphia Flyers Stanley Cup Winning Goals (1990-2011) thathockeychick says: max talbot to the flyers…whyyyy :'(….now im gonna have to root for the flyers cause hes my other fav
Continue reading …Doctors can memorize stack upon stack of clinical textbooks, but they should keep at least a few fairy tales on hand. Valerie Gribben—a medical student and author of The Fairytale Trilogy —says that in her work, she draws just as much from the Brothers Grimm as she does Gray’s…
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It may not be all that fast in the broader world of aircraft speed records, but French pilot Hugues Duval still has a fair bit to boast about with his latest accomplishment. Not only did he actually fly the aircraft pictured above — which weights just 200 pounds and has a wingspan of 16 feet — but he manged to hit a top speed of over 175 miles per hour, breaking his own record for the fastest all-electric airplane by about 15MPH. Not surprisingly, the plane itself (powered by two 35 horsepower electric motors and a pair of 1.5 kWh batteries) is better suited for short hops and the odd record attempt than any long-haul flights, as it’s not able to fly for much more than 25 minutes at a time even at a more reasonable 65 miles per hour. Video after the break (en Fran
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Dominique Strauss Kahn released without bail: Judge asks Prosecutors to re-examine charges Dominique Strauss-Kahn released on $1 million bail iggy_ann says: Breaking News: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Released From House Arrest; Accuser May Have Lied… http://goo.gl/fb/mULvB
Continue reading …Busy times for Google, even beyond its social networking push : Lobbyist blitz: The company is apparently taking a potential antitrust investigation by the FTC very seriously, reports the Hill : Google is hiring no fewer than 12 top lobbying firms to make its case to lawmakers. “We have a strong story…
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