Almost a quarter of America’s 3,142 counties are slowly dying, according to the US Census Bureau. Some 760 counties are now recording more deaths than births, census figures show, and what demographers call “natural decrease” is accelerating as the downturn pushes birth rates down and forces young people to…
Continue reading …Three men are on trial in San Diego for what a prosecutor calls “another glaring example of cross-border violence.” The trio are accused of plotting to murder a California family on the orders of Tijuana drug barons, the AP reports. Prosecutors say the men were offered $25,000 to kill…
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Foreigners were continuing to flee Libya the day after a defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to stay in power. Unrest in Libya and elsewhere in the Middle East has hit stock markets and sent oil prices soaring around the world. (Feb. 23)
Continue reading …Microsoft pulls Windows Phone 7 update from Samsung phones until it can resolve issues
February 23, 2011 No Comment
Such a big load of trouble for such a small update . Microsoft’s first WP7 firmware refresh has been causing some unfortunate brick-like behavior in Samsung Omnia 7s and the company has wisely decided to pull the new software back until it can correct whatever’s going wrong. An official communiqu
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Libya witnessed another day of chaos on Wednesday, as a defiant Muammar Gaddafi refused to step down in the face of widespread protests, calling instead for his supporters to “cleanse” the country “house by house”. Calling those who stand against him “rats” and “mercenaries”, he said during a televised address on Tuesday that he would fight to the last, and that he would rather die “a martyr” than quit office. On Wednesday, Franco Frattini, the Italian foreign minister, said that reports of 1000 people being killed in a violent anti-government crackdown on protests that has raged since February 17th were “credible”. Al Jazeera’s Lawrence Lee reports.
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A jury in Phoenix has convicted a 50-year-old Iraqi immigrant of second-degree murder for running over and killing his daughter in a case prosecutors called an `honor killing.’ (Feb. 23)
Continue reading …5 Ways Sea Shepherd’s Controversial Methods are Changing the World For Whales
February 23, 2011 No Comment
Photo: Adam Lau/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, John via flickr. Let’s say it off the bat: we aren’t entirely on board with the methods used by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in their fight against the Japanese whaling fleet. However, it’s impossible not to notice that, two decades after they started trolling the Arctic waters, the Sea Shepherd fleet — led by enigmatic captain Paul Watson — is making a difference to whales. Here’s how. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Libyans had plenty of reasons to despise Moammar Gadhafi and his clan long before the leader ordered the use of heavy artillery on protesters. State Department cables released by WikiLeaks detail some of the Gadhafis’ abuses of power, which are known to Libyans despite the regime’s control of the media,…
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Samsung’s Galaxy S 4G might not have the very latest version of Android or too much hardware differentiation from the original T-Mobile Vibrant , but hey, it brings a front-facing camera and HSPA+ connectivity, so of course it costs $200. T-Mobile will have disappointed many with its clarification that the Galaxy S 4G will cost a pair of Benjamins on contract, exactly as much as its Samsung-built predecessor did seven months ago, and not as the carrier had originally indicated, $150. Also similar is the fact that T-Mo is launching this phone with an Android build that’s one iteration behind the cutting edge, meaning the Froyo update headaches of last autumn may return in the form of Gingerbread jitters this spring. All the same, if the Magenta team sees fit to chop the Galaxy S 4G’s price the same way it’s been doing with its other Android handsets , we could be in for a fine bargain in the near future. [Thanks, Matt] Samsung Galaxy S 4G now available from T-Mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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This is the first time that the changes sweeping the Arab world have hit a major oil producer and there are now fears that the spike in oil prices could hurt the fragile global economy. While Libya only produces two per cent of world oil production, 85 per cent of that is sent to Europe. Al Jazeera’s Nick Spicer reports from Berlin.
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