The fourth grizzly bear that took part in the attack on campers in Montana last Thursday has been captured. DNA tests have been scheduled to determine if the family of grizzly bears injured two and killed a third in vicious attack in Yellowstone National Park. It hasn’t been decide whether the cubs will be placed [...]
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A ruling Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked portions of Arizona’s state immigration law and Thursday Governor Jan Brewer approached legislators asking them to decide whether or not to change the law in response to the judge’s decision. Phoenix is well known for its tough stand on immigrant enforcement, a move spearheaded by [...]
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The e-reader price war has experienced yet another shockwave with the introduction of two new versions of the popular Amazon Kindle e-reader. Amazon announced that one version will be available for $139 the lowest price so far for an e-reading device. Amazon is gearing up for the end of the year holiday shopping season and [...]
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Today the Porsche supervisory board gave the go-ahead for production for a new hybrid supercar that can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in approximately 3.2 seconds. The 918 Spyder will carry a price tag of nearly $650,000 and will become a shining example in the company’s effort to produce “green” sports cars. [...]
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Yoko Ono is again opposing the release of Mark David Chapman, the man who shot her husband and world famed former Beatle nearly thirty years ago. Chapman became eligible for parole in 2000 and Ono has been opposing the parole every two years since 2000. Ono’s attorney Peter Shukat said, “Her position has not changed.” [...]
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General Motors announced today that the long awaited Chevy Volt will have a price tag of $41,000, about $8,000 higher than the all-electric Nissan Leaf. The car represents the first plug-in hybrid for the company and is expected to place GM at the forefront in the competition for hybrid vehicles. The Volt can go 40 [...]
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California State Attorney General Jerry Brown has subpoenaed hundreds of employment, salary and contract records from the city of Bell, a small suburb of Los Angeles. Bell has a population of 38,000 and is located approximately 10 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The residents pay as much as 1.55 percent of the assessed value of [...]
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With only one week to go, most of the details of the Chelsea Clinton wedding are still a mystery. The only daughter of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton, will wed investment banker Marc Mezvinksy, 32, this coming Saturday. Speculation has it that the wedding will take place at the luxury [...]
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On March 20, 2010, a distinctive, one-of-a-kind 60-foot catamaran made out of 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and other recycled plastic and waste products, set sail from San Francisco, California with a six man crew in an attempt to sail across the Pacific Ocean. The vessel named Plastiki has a design that includes many renewable energy [...]
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Stonehenge, in southern England, is famous for its mystique. Now with the use of radar-imaging equipment and no excavation scientists have discovered another site constructed in the same manner as the original archaeological site. The reason it hasn’t been discovered already, is that it was constructed with timber instead of stones. Since wood could not [...]
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