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The First Power Generating Wind Turbine Was This 60-Foot Monster
Business Insider - 30 Mar 2014 18:27
Green energy has been around for quite awhile. From GE: "In 1887, Charles F. Brush built the first power generating wind turbine in Cleveland, Ohio. It was a 4-ton, 60-foot monster with 144 blades and a long, comet-lik...
Add The Final Touch to Your Designs With Over 900 Hand-Drawn Icons [Deals]
Cult of Mac - 30 Mar 2014 18:15
This Cult of Mac Deals offer features a must-have set of icons for all your designing needs. With three different sets of icons available, you have the necessities to make any webpage unique and give that hand-drawn pers...
3 mystery objects from MH370?
CNN - 30 Mar 2014 06:04
New video shows several objects that were recovered by crews in the newest Flight 370 search area.
Ebola scare forces Senegal to close borders
Al Jazeera English - 30 Mar 2014 05:00
Guinea records more cases and deaths, as Senegal shuts crossings amid reports of cases in other neighbouring states.
Alec being rewarded for detestable behavior was just plane nuts
New York Post - 30 Mar 2014 02:00
Since March 8th, when a Malaysian Airlines jet with 239 passengers disappeared, the sense of terror and terrorism has been attached to the search for both the victims and the...
In week, Mexico finds 370 abandoned child migrants
Boston - 30 Mar 2014 01:48
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican officials said Saturday that in one week they found 370 migrant children who had apparently been abandoned by traffickers paid to take them to the United States.
New corps of military lawyers help rape victims
Boston - 30 Mar 2014 18:03
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) -- As an Army general was on trial for sexual assault this month, a young military lawyer sat in the courtroom each day.
Report: Top GOP Donors Courting Jeb Bush For 2016
TPM - 30 Mar 2014 15:09
Prominent Republican operatives and donors have been working to woo former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) to run for president in 2016, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Advisers to Bush have said that he is not yet consid...
Report: 2 Spanish journalists freed in Syria
Boston - 30 Mar 2014 07:56
BEIRUT (AP) -- Two Spanish journalists were freed after being held captive for six months in Syria by a rogue al-Qaida group, the newspaper for which one of the men worked said Sunday.
Suicide bomber kills 3 in Lebanon
CNN - 30 Mar 2014 01:48
A suicide bomber blew up a booby-trapped car, killing three soldiers and wounding four others at an army checkpoint in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, according to the National News Agency (NNA).
BlackBerry: Call It a Comeback (Maybe)
Mashable - 30 Mar 2014 23:57
BlackBerry surprised Wall Street on Friday by beating the already admittedly low-end estimates for its fourth quarter. BlackBerry's numbers were dismal — but not that dismal. In fact, the company's stock has risen abou...
Watch The Apple Store Take Over The Planet In This Cool Animated Map
Cult of Mac - 30 Mar 2014 23:52
Considering their nearly ubiquitous status in retail cuture, it’s easy to forget that the Apple Store is a relatively new creation. Although Apple brought in over $7 billion in revenue last quarter across 400 physical ...
Apple's New Patent Wants To Make Texting And Walking A Little Safer
Cult of Mac - 30 Mar 2014 23:42
Sick of colliding with lampposts and the elderly whilst walking and texting? A new Apple patent for ‘Transparent Texting’ might be right up your alley, using your iPhone’s video camera to pipe through a live feed o...
University of Arizona students riot after NCAA Tournament loss
Fox News - 30 Mar 2014 07:22
Tucson police say they shot pepper spray at several hundred fans who took to the streets and threw beer bottles and firecrackers at officers after the University of Arizona basketball team's overtime loss in the NCAA tou...
What You Need to Know About the U.S. and Russia's Critical Meeting Over Ukraine
The Atlantic Wire - 30 Mar 2014 06:05
As Secretary of State John Kerry readies to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris over the crisis in Ukraine, the future of American-Russian relations (along with the fate of Ukraine) likely hangs in...
MSU microscope operates at molecular motion speed
Miami Herald - 30 Mar 2014 06:01
Compared with Harold Edgerton's electronic stroboscope, the mechanical shutters on even the fastest cameras moved at a glacial pace.
Nephew Arrested In Duxbury Funeral Procession Shooting Of Rapper
Boston - 30 Mar 2014 05:40
Nephew Arrested In Duxbury Funeral Procession Shooting Of Rapper
Caribbean countries consider loosening marijuana laws
Miami Herald - 30 Mar 2014 04:46
As a growing number of American cities loosen marijuana laws, Caribbean nations consider following suit.
Security firm Trustwave says Target data breach claims baseless
Reuters - 30 Mar 2014 03:18
(Reuters) - Trustwave Holdings Inc, a credit-card security firm that has been sued along with Target Corp over a sweeping data breach, said on Saturday it did not process cardholder data for the retailer or handle Target...
Police probe suspected fraud plot for Vatican bank
Boston - 30 Mar 2014 02:24
ROME (AP) -- Italian finance police say a suspected plot to swindle the Vatican bank was foiled after Vatican guards became suspicious of two foreigners who tried to enter the bank with a briefcase filled with false fina...
Chinese Ship Attempts to Block Philippine Vessel in Disputed Area
Boston - 30 Mar 2014 01:29
A Chinese ship attempts to block a Philippine civilian vessel in the South China Sea. It was carrying supplies and troops to an outpost. This is the second incident this month in the two countries' territorial dispute, t...
Kerry says US and Russia agree on importance of diplomatic solution to Ukraine crisis
Boston - 30 Mar 2014 23:59
PARIS (AP) -- Kerry says US and Russia agree on importance of diplomatic solution to Ukraine crisis.