Firefighters are desperately trying to keep the wildfires that are ripping through Arizona from spreading to New Mexico, as dry conditions and wind fan the flames. The Wallow fire, which has been burning since May 29, is still only 18% contained, and now covers more than 452,000 acres, the…
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It’s no wonder that airlines have asked for a delay in rules that would make checked-baggage fees more transparent to travelers. The same day the Department of Transportation released numbers showing that in 2010 U.S. airlines pocketed $3.4 billion in fees for checked bags, trade groups for several carriers asked the DOT to extend a
Continue reading …A sad and ironic ending for “The Spirit of Safety”: The Goodyear blimp, which was part of a road safety advertising campaign, went down in flames Sunday night in central Germany. The blimp missed its designated landing spot at Reichelsheim airfield, causing its engine to slam into the ground, according…
Continue reading …A whopping 70% of guns seized in Mexico in 2009 and 2010 came from the United States, according to figures from the ATF. Of the 29,284 firearms recovered by authorities during that time, 15,131 were made in the US and another 5,373 were foreign guns that moved…
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PARIS ‘ Individually, Western capitals have issued stern condemnations of Syria’s brutal crackdown on its citizens, but together they have failed to bring coordinated diplomatic pressure to bear. Particularly at the United Nations, Washington and its European allies have struggled to cobble together enough support to repeat their feat of winning a green light for the NATO operation in Libya. No-one is suggesting a similar military intervention in Syria, but world powers cannot now agree a toothless motion condemning Bashar al-Assad’s crackdown without even the threat of sanctions. “The proposed…
Continue reading …Three months after the crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant began, the Wall Street Journal takes a look at safety measures in interviews with seven of the people they’re designed to protect. One contractor had just a 30-minute briefing before stepping onto the grounds in the early days…
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Nintendo took some inspiration from the TV remote for its Wii controller, and it apparently thinks its new Wii U controller could well be the “TV remote of the future.” That’s just one tidbit from All Things D ‘s sitdown with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who also talked more broadly about the Wii U’s new role in the living room. As evidenced by E3, that will include catering to more hardcore gamers than the Wii did, but Iwata says the Wii U is also an effort to take some of the couch time back from folks playing games on tablets, smartphones or laptops. To that end, Iwata says that Nintendo’s mission is to “shorten the distance between people and gaming” and remove some of the barriers involved with console gaming, further adding that it’s also trying to “reach out to the people who are not interested in video games.” Though it’s not saying much about it, Nintendo’s no doubt hoping to win back a few investors as well. As you may have noticed, the company’s stock slipped significantly following its E3 announcement and, while it’s bounced back a bit since, it’s still well off its Wii-fueled heights of recent years. Nintendo’s Iwata talks about Wii U’s place in the living room originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Continue reading …Remember when Jennifer Aniston claimed it was “uncool” for Angelina Jolie to zero in on her then-husband Brad Pitt? Well, now Jen finds herself in the very same “uncool” homewrecker club. She’s dating Justin Theroux—who, until last weekend, lived with girlfriend and Hollywood costume designer Heidi Bivens. Sources tell…
Continue reading …Travel + Leisure compiled a list of America’s dirtiest cities, based on votes from their readers in the annual America’s Favorite Cities survey. The defining criteria was unclear, the magazine writes: “Of course, visitors gauge ‘dirty’ in a variety of ways: litter, air pollution, even the taste of local tap water.” (LIST: Broken City: The Sorrow of
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