Video shows Sudan's scorched earth fighting

Video shows Sudan's scorched earth fighting


Video shows Sudan's scorched earth fighting

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 11:12 PM PDT

Rebels say video proves Khartoum's troops are trying to drive out southern province's civilian population.


Settling Arby's Scalding Urinal Case

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:26 PM PDT

An Arby's customer, Mr. Kenneth DeJoie, is plenty steamed. He claims that while standing at a urinal at Arby's in Monument, Colorado, he had a kind of epiphany. He was doing his business when the urinal fired a jet of steam back at him, burning his genitals. The steam job took place May 28, 2010, ...


Neal Stephenson's CLANG Is A Kickstarter Devoted To Sword-Fighting

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Novelist Neal Stephenson has launched a Kickstarter to create the ultimate sword-fighting video game: CLANG.


Facebook's First Investor Pays Twenty More People To Skip School

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:19 PM PDT

Tune in, drop out, start up. It worked out pretty well for founder and Harvard dropout . , one of 's first investors and a billionaire himself, announced a new class of 'Thiel Fellows' Wednesday, a group of twenty entrepreneurs under twenty years old who will get $100,000 to pursue "innovative scientific and technical projects, ...


Distributed Generation: Grid Killer?

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:16 PM PDT

More people in Iran search for information about ?distributed generation? than any other nation in the world, according to Google Insights for Search. Considering that Iran seems to be on the brink of a new war after nearly every meal, it is not surprising that Iranians would have an interest in distributed energy generation. Say ...


VIDEO: Woman dies as Colorado wildfire burns

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:44 PM PDT

Hundreds of firefighters are tackling a wildfire in the US state of Colorado, which has left at least one person dead.


VIDEO: Falklands to decide sovereignty

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:51 PM PDT

The Falkland Islands will hold a referendum on its "political status" in a bid to end the dispute with Argentina over the archipelago's sovereignty.


VIDEO: Spanish anger over austerity cuts

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:42 PM PDT

As Spain's borrowing costs rise to their highest rate since the launch of the euro, protests are held across the country against planned austerity measures.


China second-quarter GDP growth may dip below 7 percent - government adviser

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:50 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual economic growth could fall below 7 percent in the second quarter if weak activity persists in June, an influential government adviser was quoted on Wednesday as saying. The forecast by Zheng Xinli, a former deputy director of the Chinese communist party's policy research office, is among the most bearish by any government and private sector economists. ...


Top UN envoy in unrest-hit western Myanmar

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:31 PM PDT

Vijay Nambiar arrived in Rakhine state after sectarian violence left dozens dead and forced hundreds to flee.


Suu Kyi leaves Myanmar on Europe trip

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:41 PM PDT

Myanmar democracy icon who spent most of past 21 years under house arrest will formally accept her 1991 Nobel Prize.


More than Easier Money, Japan Needs Deregulation. Some Hope Seen in Aviation

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:54 PM PDT

What Japan needs is not more easy money, but deregulation: more access, fewer restrictions, more price competition. This will drive growth. It is happening slowly in aviation. It is needed everywhere.


Though Siri-ous, Automakers May Be Botching Infotainment

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:37 PM PDT

It was no surprise: determines that it wants to up its game in vehicle connectivity, and a passel of automakers immediately line up with Siri and her Silicon Valley pals. So apparently will provide voice commands for at least a handful of car brands. But while automotive OEMs seem content to have become traveling companions ...


Scores killed in Iraq blasts

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 11:16 PM PDT

At least 44 people killed in attacks targeting Shia pilgrims in Baghdad and police in Hilla during religious event.


Bombs kill at least 44 in Iraq: police

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:54 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad and police in southern Iraq killed at least 44 people on Wednesday in a wave of attacks during a major religious festival, police and hospital sources said. At least 18 people were killed when four bombs hit Shi'ite pilgrims across Baghdad as they gathered to mark the anniversary of the death of Shi'ite imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a great-grandson of Prophet Mohammad. ...


China second-quarter GDP growth may dip below 7 percent - government adviser

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:50 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual economic growth could fall below 7 percent in the second quarter if weak activity persists in June, an influential government adviser was quoted on Wednesday as saying.


NBA Courting Female Fans With High Heels

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:45 PM PDT

The men of the NBA have never shied away from making fashion statements. There have been Daisy Duke-style shorts, shants (the baggy hybrid of shorts and pants), Pat Riley Armani suits,??Air Jordans, Dennis Rodman tattoos, piercings, and hair dyes, and Allen Iverson sideways caps and corn rows. This season the Urkel-meets-Brooklyn-hipster costume is making headlines, ...


Shell Investing $300M To Fuel LNG-Powered Trucks

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:42 PM PDT

'We see a future where infrastructure for LNG is not a concern.'


Verizon Hits A Home Run, But Can They Make Money?

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:35 PM PDT

Verizon's new Share Everything Plan is likely to be a home run with consumers but can it make any money off it?


Bombs kill 44 in Iraq attacks on pilgrims, police

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 11:17 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad and police in southern Iraq killed at least 44 people on Wednesday in a wave of attacks during a major religious festival, police and hospital sources said.


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