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Hotel Offers 24-Carat Gold iPads
ABC News - 21 May 2013 19:36
A hotel that bills itself as the world's most luxurious is giving guests the ultimate in over-the-top amenities: A 24-carat gold iPad at check in. Dubai's Burj Al Arab hotel claims to be the first in the world to offer t...
'Zombie' attack victim may spend rest of life in Miami-Dade nursing home
Miami Herald - 21 May 2013 23:55
Ronald Poppo, 66, is in good health and spirits despite being blind and having cut off contact with family members, his caregivers said.
Scenes of Destruction: Two-Mile-Wide Tornado Flattens Suburb Outside Oklahoma City
Time - 21 May 2013 03:50
Scenes of Destruction: Two-Mile-Wide Tornado Flattens Suburb Outside Oklahoma City
Xbox Looks Beyond Gaming With New 'One' Console
Time - 21 May 2013 21:05
Xbox Looks Beyond Gaming With New 'One' Console
Yahoo, Tumblr CEOs Dish on Merger
ABC News - 21 May 2013 16:54
After the big acquisition announcement Yahoo and Tumblr CEOs talk about why the two are a good fit.
Elite getting incentives for Metro Airport flights
Boston - 21 May 2013 12:49
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Baton Rouge Metro Airport will give a standard incentive package to Elite Airways when the company begins flying out of the market in July.
'Sing Your Face Off': John Barrowman, Debbie Gibson Join ABC Singing Competition
The Huffington Post - 21 May 2013 04:52
ABC has signed judges, cast and a host for its new competition series "Sing Your Face Off," and it's quite a unique collection of famous names. First, actor John Barrowman ("Torchwood," "Arrow") will host the show, where...
Finally! Independent Testing Of Rossi's E-Cat Cold Fusion Device: Maybe The World Will Change After All
Forbes - 21 May 2013 04:40
Back in October 2011 I first wrote about Italian engineer, Andrea Rossi, and his E-Cat project, a device that produces heat through a process called a Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR).
Q & A: The Seal Sniper Killing Revisited
Time - 21 May 2013 03:50
Q & A: The Seal Sniper Killing Revisited
No new funds needed for Okla. tornado recovery
Boston - 21 May 2013 23:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top lawmakers and officials said Tuesday that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma.
Committee OKs universal background checks for guns
Boston - 21 May 2013 23:57
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Family members of victims slain by various acts of gun violence across the country converged on Nevada's Capitol Tuesday urging lawmakers to approve universal background checks on gun purchases ...
Does Apple's Holy Grail of Tax Avoidance Runneth Over?
Forbes - 21 May 2013 23:54
Senator Carl Levin has dubbed it the "Holy Grail of tax avoidance." According to the Chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Apple's "complex web" of international subsidiaries helped the company sh...
Bolivia lashes at Sean Penn over jailed American
Boston - 21 May 2013 23:53
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- Bolivia's culture minister calls it actor-activist Sean Penn's "worst performance" ever. He isn't talking about a movie.
In The Days Before...Part 3
OpEdNews - 21 May 2013 23:52
Today's people may read of the circumstances of "The Days Before," but they cannot be expected to truly understand them. It is possible to survive without welfare, Social Security, and Medicaid, but to those forced to li...
Joplin Survivor to Okla.: 'Be Strong'
ABC News - 21 May 2013 21:49
Survivor of the 2011 Joplin, Mo., tornado relives the loss of two grandchildren, 6 and 10, who were ripped from their mother's arms while the family huddled for safety in a bathtub. She tells those separated from their c...
NY judge refuses to dismiss Kerry Kennedy case
Boston - 21 May 2013 23:52
ARMONK, N.Y. (AP) -- A town judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a drugged-driving case against Kerry Kennedy, ex-wife of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
RI Senate approves Chafee's pick to lead EDC
Boston - 21 May 2013 23:51
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's Economic Development Corp. has a new leader after the state Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved Gov. Lincoln Chafee's pick to head the agency, still reeling from its failed inve...
Deal on bin Laden evidence in WikiLeaks case
Boston - 21 May 2013 23:51
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony fr...
Oklahoma's Two GOP Senators Repeatedly Opposed Disaster Relief For Others In Need
Forbes - 21 May 2013 23:50
In the wake of yesterday's devastating tornado in Oklahoma, there is little question that those so terribly affected will be largely dependent upon the federal government to provide the relief necessary to help the victi...
Mom talks about missing cheerleader found dead
Boston - 21 May 2013 23:49
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The mother of a 13-year-old West Texas cheerleader found dead in March said Tuesday that since her daughter went missing more than two years ago she had feared the worst, including that the girl wa...
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve BioBlitz Reveals Great 'Bayou Diversity'
National Geographic - 21 May 2013 23:49
NEW ORLEANS (May 21, 2013)--After two days of exploration and documentation, the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve BioBlitz held on May 17 and 18, 2013, captured a vivid snapshot of the plant and animal ...
Senators oppose pending shutdown of MIT fusion experiment
Boston - 21 May 2013 23:48
The news that a nuclear fusion experiment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will shut down in a year and half and that the project's employees have received layoff notices has raised more objections.