Crowdfunded Drones Could Save White Rhinos From Extinction

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• Crowdfunded Drones Could Save White Rhinos From Extinction
• Need a Tax Deduction? Pay Legal Fees by Year-end
• Exclusive: Pakistan's army chief makes Afghan peace "top priority"
• Indian police clamp down on rape protests
• VIDEO: Uruguay 'may legalise cannabis'
• North Korea rocket launch was 'missile test'
• North Korea could have U.S. within missile range, says South
• The Most Challenging Games Of 2012
• North Korea could have U.S. within missile range, says South
• VIDEO: Uruguay 'may legalise cannabis'
• It's Your Data, Stupid
• Verizon Denies Hacker Leaked 300,000 Customers' Data
• Violence, fear & suspicion imperil Pakistan's war on polio
• UK prosecutors weighing charges in prank call
• Violence, fear & suspicion imperil Pakistan's war on polio
• VIDEO: Anger and shock after Pakistan blast
• Omanis vote in municipal elections
• Egypt's constitution approved in vote, say rival camps
• Egypt's draft charter gets 'yes' majority in vote
• Five Headphones That Bring Video Game Sound Alive

Crowdfunded Drones Could Save White Rhinos From Extinction Posted: 22 Dec 2012 05:38 PM PST Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy has begun a crowdfunding campaign to build drones to help save endangered species.

Need a Tax Deduction? Pay Legal Fees by Year-end Posted: 22 Dec 2012 02:49 PM PST The Lawyer (Photo credit: Wikipedia) No one likes paying legal fees, but tax deductions can make them a lot less painful. With a 40% tax rate, $10,000 in deductible legal fees costs you only $6,000. But if your legal fees are to get divorced or because a family member sues you for slander, [...]

Exclusive: Pakistan's army chief makes Afghan peace "top priority" Posted: 22 Dec 2012 10:16 PM PST WANA, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful army chief has made reconciling warring factions in Afghanistan a top priority, military officials and Western diplomats say, the newest and clearest sign yet that Islamabad means business in promoting peace with the Taliban.

Indian police clamp down on rape protests Posted: 22 Dec 2012 10:54 PM PST Authorities impose ban on demonstrations in central areas of New Delhi, as protesters rally against rape of student.

VIDEO: Uruguay 'may legalise cannabis' Posted: 22 Dec 2012 08:38 PM PST The government in Uruguay is considering taking the production, sale and distribution of cannabis under state control.

North Korea rocket launch was 'missile test' Posted: 22 Dec 2012 09:21 PM PST South Korean defence ministry says launch of satellite into space was disguised test of a 10,000km-range 'missile'.

North Korea could have U.S. within missile range, says South Posted: 22 Dec 2012 10:05 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - This month's rocket launch by reclusive North Korea shows it has likely developed the technology, long suspected in the West, to fire a warhead more than 10,000 km (6,200 miles), South Korean officials said on Sunday, putting the U.S. West Coast in range. North Korea said the December 12 launch put a weather satellite in orbit but critics say it was aimed at nurturing the kind of technology needed to mount a nuclear warhead on a long-range missile. North Korea is banned from testing missile or nuclear technology under U.N. ...

The Most Challenging Games Of 2012 Posted: 22 Dec 2012 03:49 PM PST These are the hardest, most challenging, and most perilous games of 2012.

North Korea could have U.S. within missile range, says South Posted: 22 Dec 2012 10:05 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - This month's rocket launch by reclusive North Korea shows it has likely developed the technology, long suspected in the West, to fire a warhead more than 10,000 km (6,200 miles), South Korean officials said on Sunday, putting the U.S. West Coast in range.

VIDEO: Uruguay 'may legalise cannabis' Posted: 22 Dec 2012 08:38 PM PST The government in Uruguay is considering taking the production, sale and distribution of cannabis under state control.

It's Your Data, Stupid Posted: 22 Dec 2012 02:41 PM PST English: (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In February of this year, Forbes' Kashmir Hill got our attention (almost 1.9 million views by now) by pulling a golden big data nugget—"How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did"—from a long New York Times article by Charles Duhigg. While the [...]

Verizon Denies Hacker Leaked 300,000 Customers' Data Posted: 22 Dec 2012 02:37 PM PST Earlier today, ZDNet reported that a hacker had leaked 300,000 Verizon Wireless customers' data. The hacker, who goes by the name "TibitXimer", announced this leak via Twitter, then clarified that this data was actually Verizon FiOS fiber customers' information. ZDNet wrote that while the information was leaked today, "the hack was [...]

Violence, fear & suspicion imperil Pakistan's war on polio Posted: 22 Dec 2012 06:31 PM PST ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani health worker Bushra Bibi spent eight years trekking to remote villages, carefully dripping polio vaccine into toddlers' pursed mouths to protect them from the crippling disease. Now the 35-year-old mother is too scared to go to work after masked men on motorbikes gunned down nine of her fellow health workers in a string of attacks this week. "I have seen so much pain in the eyes of mothers whose children have been infected. So I have never seen this as just a job. It is my passion," she said. "But I also have a family to look after ... ...

UK prosecutors weighing charges in prank call Posted: 22 Dec 2012 06:41 PM PST Authorities investigate "potential offences" in the case of a nurse who committed suicide after a radio prank call.

Violence, fear & suspicion imperil Pakistan's war on polio Posted: 22 Dec 2012 06:31 PM PST ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani health worker Bushra Bibi spent eight years trekking to remote villages, carefully dripping polio vaccine into toddlers' pursed mouths to protect them from the crippling disease.

VIDEO: Anger and shock after Pakistan blast Posted: 22 Dec 2012 06:06 PM PST A Taliban suicide bomber has killed a senior provincial minister, Bashir Ahmad Bilour, and seven others at a political rally in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Omanis vote in municipal elections Posted: 22 Dec 2012 05:42 PM PST Activists say the poll in the Gulf state is a sign of progress, but take a "wait and see" attitude until results are in.

Egypt's constitution approved in vote, say rival camps Posted: 22 Dec 2012 07:08 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - A constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly was approved by a majority of Egyptians in a referendum, rival camps said on Sunday, after a vote the opposition said drove a wedge through the Arab world's most populous nation. The Muslim Brotherhood, which propelled President Mohamed Mursi to power in a June election, said 64 percent of voters backed the charter after two rounds of voting that ended with a final ballot on Saturday. It cited an unofficial tally. An opposition official also told Reuters their unofficial count showed the result was a "yes" vote. ...

Egypt's draft charter gets 'yes' majority in vote Posted: 22 Dec 2012 07:19 PM PST CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist-backed constitution received a "yes" majority in a final round of voting on a referendum that saw a low voter turnout, but the deep divisions it has opened up threaten to fuel continued turmoil.

Five Headphones That Bring Video Game Sound Alive Posted: 22 Dec 2012 12:07 PM PST When it comes to new video game technology, graphics are usually the focus. That's sure to be the case as the game industry gears up for the launches of Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft next Xbox for fall 2013. But a large part of any entertainment experience is sound. With [...]

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