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| Downturn could kill 400,000 children, warns Margaret Chan Posted: 14 Mar 2009 04:50 PM PDT Thousands of women and children are dying as a direct consequence of the current economic crisis which is already derailing efforts to improve maternal care and cut child death rates, the head of the World Health Organisation has warned.  |
| In Italy, a Vending Machine Even Makes the Pizza Posted: 14 Mar 2009 04:30 PM PDT The machine, which Mr. Torghele calls Let's Pizza, is only the spearhead of a trend. Restaurants reminiscent of the old Horn & Hardart chain in the United States, which are fully automatic, are also showing up around the Continent.  |
| Concern Grows in the U.S. That the Drug War Is Destablizing Posted: 14 Mar 2009 04:00 PM PDT Concern about a potential failed state -- not Pakistan, not Somalia, but California's neighbor Mexico - is mounting in Washington as an all-out war involving 45,000 Mexican military personnel fails to quell rising drug violence that is spilling from such Mexican cities as Tijuana into the United States.  |
| Posted: 14 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT "What I don't understand is the radio station's steadfast defense for themselves in their right to air fearmongering conspiracy theories which spend a lot of air time telling parents it's better to put their kids at serious risk of fatal diseases than to get a simple vaccination."  |
| Posted: 14 Mar 2009 03:10 PM PDT To place coca leaves in the same category with cocaine, as a United Nations convention on narcotic drugs did 48 years ago, is to disregard simple biochemistry.  |
| 24 hrs later, Jim Cramer already back to his old tricks Posted: 14 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT After promising to reform on the Daily Show, Cramer is back to his old slash and burn style on his own show Mad Money. Before one commercial break, he stopped and said, "Oh, and memo to one of the Stewarts out there: I'm so sorry about having some fun and entertaining."  |
| 'Supermodel' satellite set to fly Posted: 14 Mar 2009 02:21 PM PDT Europe is set to launch one of its most challenging space missions to date. The Goce satellite will map minute variations in the pull of gravity experienced across the planet. Scientists will use its data to improve their understanding of how the oceans move, and to frame a universal system to measure height anywhere on Earth.  |
| Man Utd Not Untouchable Says Benitez Posted: 14 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez insists Manchester United are not "untouchable" in the league as the teams prepare to meet at Old Trafford on Saturday.  |
| Modest Mouse to Release Heath Ledger Video Posted: 14 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT Modest Mouse plans to release the music video actor Heath Ledger directed before his death in January 2008, the band's spokesperson tells SPIN.com. The Dark Knight actor helmed the animated clip for "King Rat,.  |
| Rape Trees Found Along Southern US Border Posted: 14 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT A new method of marking territory has crossed over into the United States. "Rape trees" are popping up in Southern Arizona and their significance is horrific and disgusting. These "rape trees" are places where cartel members and coyotes rape female border crossers and hang their clothes, specifically undergarments, to mark their conquest and territ  |
| The Building Blocks of Twilight Princess Posted: 14 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT Twilight Princess was a game that, to many harcore Zelda fans, was almost too familiar. Following the typical "Zelda formula", it bore many resemblances to its predecessors Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past, but is it possible that its main inspiration was another Zelda game entirely?  |
| Two Majestic Rupicaprid-Ninjas On A Snowy Slope Posted: 14 Mar 2009 12:50 PM PDT Oreamnos americanus (mountain goat), North America's only rupicaprid, in the Rocky Mountains. Photographer: Sumio Harada  |
| The Watercone: A Simple, Effective Solar Still Posted: 14 Mar 2009 12:30 PM PDT From the page: "In many parts of the world, lack of access to clean, potable water is a major issue. Water may be found nearby, but only in a brackish or polluted state. Areas close to the ocean may see miles of water, but not a drop to drink. UNICEF estimates that every day 5000 children die as a result of diarrhea caused by drinking unsafe water"  |
| A Call to Legislate Internet Privacy Posted: 14 Mar 2009 12:20 PM PDT Rep. Rick Boucher, the chairman of the House subcommittee that looks after the Internet, wants a new privacy law that might impede online advertising based on where people surf. "Internet users should be able to know what information is collected about them and have the opportunity to opt out," he said.  |
| Nearly 200 charged over web porn ring Posted: 14 Mar 2009 12:10 PM PDT AUSTRIAN police said they have broken an Internet child porn ring that stretched across 170 countries, charging nearly 200 men and confiscating 14,000 computers, hard drives and diskettes.  |
| Top 10: March Madness Players To Watch in 2009 Posted: 14 Mar 2009 12:00 PM PDT The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is upon us once again; here are the players to watch in '09.  |
| 8 symptoms women over 40 shouldn’t ignore Posted: 14 Mar 2009 11:50 AM PDT Most minor discomfort is a sign of ... not much. Maybe you had a heavy meal, a stressful day, a hard workout — and by the next day you feel fine again. But a handful of trivial-sounding symptoms can sometimes be red flags for something more serious.  |
| Washington Post: Can the Volt Jump-Start GM? Posted: 14 Mar 2009 11:40 AM PDT The automaker hopes the battery-powered car will be a game changer. Critics say it's too expensive.  |
| In Arctic and Antarctic, a Species Overlap Posted: 14 Mar 2009 11:40 AM PDT We think of the Antarctic and the Arctic as being united by ice but so far apart that we didn't think there was much commonality between them.........................  |
| Baby sitters accused of taping sex with children Posted: 14 Mar 2009 11:30 AM PDT VEEDERSBURG, Ind. (AP) - A couple who ran a baby-sitting service out of their home videotaped themselves performing sex acts with children, some as young as 2 months old, police said Friday.  |
| 10 Of The Best Robots Ever Made (w/VIDEOS) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 11:20 AM PDT Most of us can't help but feel like we should be there already in this future or at least almost there. The robots that are out there, however, are mostly the product of a government- funded weapons research program.  |
| Posted: 14 Mar 2009 11:10 AM PDT JaikuEngine is a social microblogging platform that runs on AppEngine. JaikuEngine powers Jaiku.com  |
| Interesting Photo Manipulations [PICS] Posted: 14 Mar 2009 11:10 AM PDT Erik Johansson, a young talented artist from Sweden, creates remarkable images by digitally modifying photographs that he took himself. Yes, the Tic-Tac-Toe was done by him.  |
| Hugh Hefner Selling $28M Mansion Posted: 14 Mar 2009 10:50 AM PDT Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is unloading the Holmby Hills mansion adjacent to the Playboy Mansion for $27,995,000, which has been home to his estranged wife Kimberly and their two teenage sons since the late 1990s.  |
| New Polymer Coating Heals Itself with Exposure to Sunlight Posted: 14 Mar 2009 10:40 AM PDT Chemists have been trying for years to develop self-healing polymer coatings for use on cars, furniture and other objects. Some recent efforts use microspheres containing bonding chemicals. These tiny capsules are embedded in the coating. When a crack or scratch occurs, the spheres break and the chemicals flow into the void, patching it.  |
| Grief Therapy: Is Talking about Loss Good for You? Posted: 14 Mar 2009 10:40 AM PDT It didn't take long for the psychologists to begin arriving on the scene. Just hours after Tim K. fired the last bullet..New research suggests that showing no symptoms of trauma at all may actually be a sign of health, rather than being a sign of problems. What's more, some researchers believe that well-intentioned clinicians may be causing more  |
| Judd Gregg rips Geitner: Your Budget Forecast Is A Lie Posted: 14 Mar 2009 10:10 AM PDT In a hearing before the Senate Budget Committee Gregg dressed down Geithner with facts, figures, and charts. While always keeping his cool, the exchange was somewhere between a mother's scolding, a drill sergeant's questioning and an attorney's cross examination.Gregg politely called the administration's budget forecast a lie.  |
| Michael Jackson Sells Out All 50 U.K. Gigs Posted: 14 Mar 2009 09:40 AM PDT Organizers of pop star Michael Jackson's shows at London's O2 Arena, set to begin in July, say all 50 scheduled concert dates are sold out.  |
| Linux :Compile Source Code - And Solve Problems. Posted: 14 Mar 2009 09:20 AM PDT Building software from source - that's a bit old-school, isn't it? Who wants to wrestle with the command line, hunting down dependencies and coaxing the GCC compiler into running properly? Well, it does sound like a strange thing to do in this world of binary packages and online repositories.  |
| Traffic may trigger heart attacks Posted: 14 Mar 2009 08:20 AM PDT The next time you're trapped in traffic, fuming that your fellow drivers are about to give you a heart attack, here's another good reason to pull over: You might be right. New research shows that people who had heart attacks were three times more likely than not to have been sitting in traffic an hour before their symptoms began.  |
| CloFu: PETA wants George Clooney's sweat-flavored tofu Posted: 14 Mar 2009 07:20 AM PDT Things got sticky for George Clooney when PETA received a towel apparently used by the actor at a Washington DC gym. The president of the animal right's organization wrote Clooney a letter requesting his approval to turn sweat from the towel into flavoring for tofu.  |
| Bell Canada doesn't want to share next-gen fiber network Posted: 14 Mar 2009 07:10 AM PDT Bell Canada threatens to yank its billions from the Canadian fiber market if the government insists on making it share those circuits with competing ISPs at regulated rates. In the UK, however, next-generation line-sharing is always the law of the land. Ars takes a look at line-sharing's "Will it destroy investment?" debate.  |
| WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE LET THE "EVIL WEED" BE LEGALIZED? Posted: 14 Mar 2009 07:10 AM PDT  |
| American Adults Flunking Basic Science Posted: 14 Mar 2009 07:00 AM PDT Are Americans flunking science? A new national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences and conducted by Harris Interactive® reveals that the U.S. public is unable to pass even a basic scientific literacy test.  |
| UT3 Steam sale extended; another free play weekend coming!!! Posted: 14 Mar 2009 06:50 AM PDT Last week Epic Games updated Unreal Tournament III with both a new patch and a big new content update known as the Titan Pack.  |
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| The International Space Station Needs Laser Turrets Posted: 14 Mar 2009 06:10 AM PDT OK, let's cut the crap here, NASA: After today's near-evacuation, it's clear that you need weapons on the Space Station. The ISS is almost as big as a Corellian corvette and it's up there defenseless, floating peacefully, sitting like a dinosaur-sized duck, waiting for one of the 18,000 pieces of space debris to crack it open and take it down  |
| Baby wash, shampoo contains cancer-causing chemicals Posted: 14 Mar 2009 06:10 AM PDT More than half the baby shampoo, lotions and other infant-care products analyzed by a health advocacy group were found to contain trace amounts of two chemicals that are believed to cause cancer, the organization said Thursday.  |
| Posted: 14 Mar 2009 06:00 AM PDT It's great to see twitter the way it is. Twitter is taking over the world.  |
| Rumor: iPhone to Get a Premium App Store | Gadget Lab from W Posted: 14 Mar 2009 06:00 AM PDT As Apple gets ready to preview its new software developers' kit and an updated iPhone operating system next week, there could be some changes to the company's App Store too.  |
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