Lab testing commissioned by the Associated Press shows collectible drinking glasses with comic book heroes and movie characters have exceeding federal limits for lead in children’s products. Some also have high levels of cadmium, a carcinogen. (Nov. 21)
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Rescue teams are preparing to send a robot into the New Zealand coalmine where 29 men have been missing since Friday in preparation for a full scale rescue effort to determine the men’s fate. Image 1 of 2 Pete Rodger, left, and Malcolm Campbell, British miners missing after the blast at the Pike River coal mine in New Zealand Image 1 of 2 Grieving family members leave after another briefing from Pike River Coal management Photo: AP < Article New Zealand mine rescue: full list of the trapped miners…
Continue reading …Dell Inspiron Duo and speaker dock up for preorder at Microsoft Store now, no clue when they’ll ship out
November 22, 2010 No Comment
The Dell-Microsoft symbiotic relationship continues where it left off with the Venue Pro , as another highly desirable piece of hardware has been made available at a Microsoft Store ahead of Dell: the transforming Inspiron Duo and its JBL-powered speaker dock . That’s actually in your favor this time, however, as you won’t have to trek across the countryside to one of Microsoft’s seven brick-and-mortar stores, but rather grab the $549 convertible at Microsoft’s website, and you can even get $50 off the audio station’s typical $99 price. That said, these are most definitely pre-orders we’re dealing with here and there’s no expected shipping date on the site, so it’s hard to tell if you’re actually securing yourself the first spot in that ” first week of December ” line. They won’t charge you until it ships, though, so if you’re not willing to wait for our full review to see if that slick spinning screen is up to snuff, now is probably the time. [Thanks, Joe] Dell Inspiron Duo and speaker dock up for preorder at Microsoft Store now, no clue when they’ll ship out originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …David Gregory Doesn’t Ask Wingnut Panelist Allen West a Single Question About His Violent Rhetoric
November 22, 2010 No Comment
Click here to view this media If you didn’t know anything about newly elected wingnut Allen West and his bizarre and violent past, you sure didn’t learn anything after watching him as a panelist on this weekend’s Meet the Press. Shame on David Gregory for allowing West to come on the air without asking him about any of these incidents. Threats inspired by Allen West’s fave radio ranter force Florida school lockdown This Is Your Tea Party On Thugs Tea Party Republican Candidate Allen West Has Ties To Criminal Organization GOP congressional candidate Allen West tells Tea Partiers: “make the fellow scared to come out of his house”
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Photo via The National Chances are, you’ve never heard of Haidar Taleb — but he’s on a mission to inspire the world. On Monday, the disabled 47-year-old from the UAE is set to embark on a record-breaking 200 mile voyage across the desert in a solar-powered wheelchair he designed and built himself. “With this journey I hope to raise awareness of disability and sust… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via The Montreal Gazette Maybe you did your best to live an eco-friendly life — you recycled , rode your bike to work , supported the green cause . So, what better way to shed your mortal coils than with an Earth-conscious sendoff in a sustainable coffin? Sure, embarking on that next adventure i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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This Week with Christiane Amanpour notes the passings of John K. Beling and Liang Congjie . In addition, the Pentagon has released the names of eighteen service members killed in Afghanistan. US Air Force SrA Andrew S Bubacz , 23, Dalzell, SC US Army CPL Shawn D Fannin , 32, Wheelersberg, OH US Army SGT Edward H Bolen , 25, Chittenango, NY US Army SPC Shannon Chihuahua , 25, Thomasville, GA US Army SPC David C Lutes , 28, Frostberg, MD US Army SSG Juan L Rivadeneira , 27, Davie, FL US Army CPL Jacob R Carver , 20, Freeman, MO US Army SPC Jacob C Carroll , 20, Clemmons, NC US Army SSG Kevin M Pape , 30, Fort Wayne, IN US Marines SSgt Javier O Ortiz Rivera , 26, Rochester, NY US Army SPC Shane H Ahmed , 31, Chesterfield, MI US Army SPC Nathan E Lillard , 26, Knoxville, TN US Army SPC Scott T Nagorski , 27, Greenfield, WI US Army SPC Jesse A Snow , 25, Fairborn, OH US Army PFC Christian M Warriner , 19, Mills River, NC US Army SSG David P Senft , 27, Grass Valley, CA US Army PFC Kyle M Holder , 18, Conroe, TX US Army SPC Justin E Culbreth , 26, Colorado Springs, CO According to iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Iraq is 4,747; in Afghanistan, 2,225 , of which, 152 are Canadian . During this same week, Iraq Body Count lists 33 Iraqi civilians killed.
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The Jets rallied for a 30-27 win over the Texans. Steelers clobber Raiders as Roethlisberger throws for three TDs. Packers dominate Vikings. Cowboys keep Lions winless on the road. Redskins top Titans in overtime. (Nov. 21)
Continue reading …Palm webOS ‘Enyo’ framework paves the way for tablets and larger phones (video)
November 21, 2010 No Comment
Don’t expect HP’s webOS 2.0 to be tied to an HVGA screen for long — come “early 2011,” the company will introduce a number of “really interesting new form factors,” including tablets and phones . That was the message driven home at Palm’s Developer Day this year, according to PreCentral ‘s Dieter Bohn, and the software that’s going to make that shift possible is a little something called Enyo. Picking up where Ares left off, Enyo is a Javascript app framework with native hardware acceleration and faster (one second) app load times, but the part we think you’ll be most interested in is the promise of natively scaling apps to multiple aspect ratios. HP’s Scott Miles demoed it earlier this week by playing around with a tiny, single-pane portrait email application in the desktop version of Chrome… and then maximized the browser window to reveal a fully-functioning three-pane landscape layout suited for a large tablet screen. Representatives stressed that the email app was a proof of concept, but Enyo’s here to stay, replacing the earlier Mojo starting in 2011 and slated to be available in early 2011 via developer SDK. Get introduced to Enyo in a video after the break, or skip ahead to that email demo at 15:55. Continue reading Palm webOS ‘Enyo’ framework paves the way for tablets and larger phones (video) Palm webOS ‘Enyo’ framework paves the way for tablets and larger phones (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Newt Gingrich: I Will Not Go to Debate With Olbermann or Matthews Moderating
November 21, 2010 No Comment
Newt Gingrich on Sunday said that if he runs for president in 2012, he would not participate in a debate that had MSNBC's Chris Matthews or Keith Olbermann moderating. Instead, the former Speaker of the House told C-SPAN's Steve Scully that he'd prefer to just have an open, informative dialogue between the candidates with only a timekeeper (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more
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