Authorities in Mississippi say at least 10 high school students were hospitalized and three adults were killed when two school buses collided with a tractor-trailer. About 60 students were on the buses. (Feb. 8)
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E-cigarettes are becoming more popular — and some users say the nicotine-vapor devices helped them quit smoking. Do they really work? Are they safe enough?
Continue reading …Rush Limbaugh Advises Fox To Ignore Keith ‘Olberdork’ Now That He’s Partnered With Gore
February 9, 2011 No Comment
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday gave some advice to Fox News about how to treat Keith Olbermann now that he's partnered with Al Gore's struggling cable network. “Do not ever talk about what goes on over there and nobody will ever hear about it” (video follows with transcript and commentary): RUSH LIMBAUGH: By the way, Keith Olberdork who left MSNBC is going to Algore's cable channel, Current TV, where — (interruption) Yeah, it's still on, and I just have one piece of advice for the people at Fox. Do not ever talk about what goes on over there and nobody will ever hear about it. Olbermann wouldn't be anything today if they hadn't decided to start picking fights with those people over there. That network wouldn't have half the audience as it does now. Anyway, the Chinese opera format was not working at Current TV, the global warming stuff just hadn't caught hold so now they're all-in with Olberdork as the political director and primetime talent at Algore's cable channel. Trust me, ladies and gentlemen, as a highly trained broadcast specialist, this is a move that under normal circumstances you wouldn't publicize and you would frankly hope nobody ever heard about. But the word's out. … Indeed. Many analysts believe that Olbermann's decision to attack Bill O'Reilly worked for it antagonized the Fox star enough for him to return fire thereby drawing attention to the “Countdown” host and drive ratings. MSNBC viewers may have noticed that since Olbermann's departure, his former colleagues have been paying a great deal of attention to Glenn Beck, in particular Chris Matthews whose “Hardball” program initially airs at 5PM opposite the current object of his disaffection. Including Tuesday's program, Matthews has attacked Beck for seven straight days. With this in mind, maybe it's best for all conservatives to heed Limbaugh's advice and let Olbermann fade away as quickly as possible, for without our negative reviews, he mightn't get any press at all. Something to consider. (H/T Jeff Poor )
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A gel made from a person’s own blood may help to fill in acne scars, preliminary research suggests.
Continue reading …Nikon crams 36x zoom in P500, full manual controls in P300, refreshes Coolpix range with tons of color
February 9, 2011 No Comment
Is it spring already? Nikon has just assaulted us with no less than nine new Coolpix models, freshening up its consumer offering with a litany of hot new shades, touchscreens and hardware updates. We’ll let you dig into the press releases after the break for the full details, but the two new Performance range cameras, the P500 and P300, are worth discussing in more detail. The P500 improves on Nikon’s P100 by a few orders of magnification, touting a voyeur-friendly 36x optical zoom, while also offering a 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor, 1080 / 30p video plus stereo sound recording, max ISO of 3200, and an 1100mAh battery. The back is also adorned with a tiltable display, sized at 3 inches diagonally and fitting 920k dots. Yours on March 3rd for $400, €464 or
Continue reading …Nikon Coolpix S9100 extends an 18x zoom from a compact body capable of 1080p video
February 9, 2011 No Comment
Last we heard from Nikon on the topic of high-end point-and-shoot cameras, it was touting Full HD video and a backside-illuminated 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor on its S8100 . Well, here comes the S9100, still possessing those goodies, but now it’s attaching them to a lens capable of 18x optical zoom — a feature you’d usually expect to find on shooters far bulkier than this pocket-friendly portable. ISO sensitivity can stretch up to 3200 (only 800 in automatic mode), there’s a 1050mAh battery helping power the 3-inch, 920k-dot rear-mounted display, and you’ll also probably want to know that the 1080p movie mode records sound in stereo and ticks along at a healthy 30fps. Our brief time with the S9100 revealed it to be a typically well built little shooter, although we did notice zooming it backwards and forwards is a fairly slow affair — which can grow into something of a nuisance when you’ve got such a massive zoom range — while the tripod mount is way off to the left of center. We’re sure Nikon has thought that decision through and balanced the camera’s weight appropriately, however. Sales around the world begin on March 17th, with local pricing set at $330, €348 and
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Many women being treated for early breast cancer can keep the lymph nodes under their arms without fear that it will hurt their chances of survival or increase the odds that their cancer will return, experts say.
Continue reading …Look out Google! There’s a new email-and-search site in town, and this one isn’t run by hippy liberals! Last year Michael Reagan launched Reagan.com, in an attempt to counteract what he sees as a liberal bias in email. “Every time you use your e-mail from companies like Google,” he…
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Two protesters scale the main gate at Egypt’s parliament building on Tuesday night, erecting a sign that says: “Sorry.. Closed until the downfall of the regime.” Hundreds of protesters began gathering at the parliament building as a result of the overflow crowd in central Cairo’s Tahrir Square, and to expand the reach of the demonstrations.
Continue reading …President Obama’s quest to kick the smoking habit is going well, says the first lady. Asked by reporters at a luncheon to clarify whether he’d quit, she answered: “Yes he has, yes he has,” reports the Chicago Sun-Times . “Totally.” She didn’t know exactly when he’d last lit up but said,…
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