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LIST: Guests of Dinner for French President

11.07.07 | Permalink | No Comments
Guest list for Tuesday night's social dinner at the White House in honor of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as released by the White House.___Bernard Accoyer, president of the French National Assembly. Sheldon G. Adelson, chairman of the board, Las Vegas Sands Hotel, and Dr. Miriam Adelson (wife). Judith Ansley, deputy assistant to ...

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Defiant Iran reaches key nuclear enrichment target

11.07.07 | Permalink | No Comments
Iran has reached a key target of 3,000 centrifuges for uranium enrichment, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday, vowing to ignore UN resolutions calling for a halt to Tehran's sensitive nuclear work."We have now reached 3,000 machines," a defiant Ahmadinejad told a rally in the northeastern city of Birjand.Scientists say that ...

Space

Germany plans unmanned lunar orbit

11.07.07 | Permalink | No Comments
By Louis Charbonneau BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany hopes to put an unmanned space craft into the moon's orbit in the early part of the next decade, a senior German official said on Wednesday. The lunar orbit mission will be useful for scientific research, Deputy Economy Minister Peter Hintze, the government's aerospace coordinator, ...

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DRUG ALERT! bulletin warns of purported new human waste high

11.05.07 | Permalink | No Comments
New Drug Alert! Florida sheriff's bulletin warns of purported new human waste high NOVEMBER 5--We're not sure what they're inhaling down in Collier County, Florida, but here's the bizarre "information bulletin" prepared by the local sheriff's intelligence bureau about a purported "new drug" favored by the kids. It's an inhalant called "Jenkem," ...

Google

Google signs up 30 partners for mobile phone push

11.05.07 | Permalink | No Comments
Reuters Google signs up 30 partners for mobile phone push Monday November 5, 11:47 am ET By Sinead Carew and Eric Auchard NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News) on Monday lifted the shroud cloaking its long-rumored plans to enter the mobile phone market, saying it was building software to make ...

Space

Exploding Comet Visible to the Naked Eye

11.05.07 | Permalink | No Comments
Posted: 2007-11-04 20:41:20 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 4) - A comet that has unexpectedly brightened in the past couple of weeks and now is visible to the naked eye is attracting professional and amateur interest. Paul Lewis, director of astronomy outreach at the University of Tennessee, is drawing students to the roof of ...

Mind

WordPress Guide

11.04.07 | Permalink | No Comments
Before installing WordPress, you need to check that your web hosting provider fulfills the necessary conditions (don't panic! most do) and that you yourself possess the required skills (don't panic! it isn't complicated). Neither of the two should be a problem, but it is wise to verify first. For a list ...

California

Massive Pileup Closes California Highway

11.03.07 | Permalink | No Comments
By GARANCE BURKE, Posted: 2007-11-03 19:08:31 FRESNO, Calif. (Nov. 3) - More than 100 cars and trucks crashed on a fog-shrouded freeway Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, the California Highway Patrol said. Eighteen big rigs were involved in the massive pileup on Highway 99 just south of Fresno ...

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Fugitive Teacher Arrested in Mexico

11.03.07 | Permalink | No Comments
By OSKAR GARCIA, AP Posted: 2007-11-03 10:53:28 LEXINGTON, Neb. (Nov. 3) - A female schoolteacher was arrested in Mexico and the 13-year-old boy she allegedly ran away with was turned over to his relatives, a prosecutor said Saturday. var mod_286120 = new pgGlbObject(); ...

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Army tests James Bond style tank that is ‘invisible’

11.01.07 | Permalink | No Comments
New technology that can make tanks invisible has been unveiled by the Ministry of Defence.In secret trials last week, the Army said it had made a vehicle completely disappear and predicted that an invisible tank would be ready for service by 2012. The new technology uses cameras and projectors to beam ...



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