TECHNOLOGY News, May 13, 2012

Technology Wall Street Journal A seismic change in the consumer technology landscape over the past few years has been a mixed blessing for companies deeply engaged in the industry. Many large technology firms were mired in losses last year due to the falling prices of consumer ... See all stories on this topic »

The wonders of technology Corning Leader By Shawn Vargo There are times that I like technology. It's Friday afternoon and I'm at the office. It's bright and sunny outside and it's bright and sunny at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. No, I'm not watching it on television. See all stories on this topic »

RECREATION, Leisure News, May 13, 2012

Military Rec: Still time to register for Birthday 10-miler on June 8 Fayetteville Observer Runners who sign up in person should do so at Leisure Travel Services, not Funk Physical Fitness Center, through May 30, and online registration is also available through that date by visiting fortbraggmwr.com/sports. The folks who really need to get a ... See all stories on this topic »

INVENTIONS News, May 13, 2012

Biz Bits: Former Chico resident talks about her water-saving invention Enterprise-Record That's not a certain, but she sounded interested when it was mentioned to her as a place to market inventions. Her company is manufacturing the device, but their availability is mostly through the website. I love classified ads, especially those in ... See all stories on this topic »

100 Years of the Automatic Telephone Exchange BBC News In celebration of the one most important inventions in communication, our BT volunteers will be demonstrating one of the first Automatic Telephone Exchanges. In celebration of the one most important inventions in communication, our BT volunteers will ... See all stories on this topic »

INDIA CINEMA News, May 13, 2012

Hot Cannes Selection Opens Third Edition of the London Indian Film Festival in ... PR.com (press release) London, United Kingdom, May 13, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Europe's fastest growing platform for Indian cinema returns to the Capital celebrating the burgeoning movement of alternative Indian cinema. The third annual LondonIndian Film Festival will run from 20 ... See all stories on this topic »

Four Indian movies to premiere at Cannes Times of India MUMBAI: The Indian entourage at this year's Cannes Film Festival will be a mix of glamour and cinema. About four Indian films will be premiered and three beauty queens from Bollywood will be walking the red carpet. Anurag Kashyap's directorial venture ... See all stories on this topic »

HOLLYWOOD News, May 13, 2012

John Cena to Appear in Nickelodeon Film; Top 3 Movie Cameos by Wrestlers Yahoo! Sports Other than Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, most wrestlers have failed miserably in Hollywood. Movies like Ready to Rumble and Mr. Nanny often showcase the big brawny wrestlers as weak and inadequate actors. However, through the years, a few of my favorite ... See all stories on this topic »

Tim Burton Revives 60s Vampire Soap Opera 'Dark Shadows' Voice of America May 12, 2012 Tim Burton Revives 60s Vampire Soap Opera 'Dark Shadows' Alan Silverman | Hollywood A Soap Opera from the 1960s gets a makeover in director Tim Burton's new horror-comedy Dark Shadows features his favorite lead actor, Johnny Depp. See all stories on this topic »

FINANCIAL TIMES News, May 13, 2012

Greek exit from eurozone 'possible' CNN By Ralph Atkins, FT.com Brussels (Financial Times) -- Greece's exit from the eurozone "would be possible," even if not in Europe's interest, and countries should have a democratic right to quit, according to a member of the ECB's governing council. See all stories on this topic »

US ahead of Europe on energy policy Financial Times In an interview with the Financial Times, Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, the new chief executive of Franco-Belgian Solvay, accused Germany, France and Belgium of acting in isolation on nuclear and gas policy and failing to come up with a coherent strategy to ... See all stories on this topic »

FASHION News, May 13, 2012

The Upcoming The fashion world is famed for its involvement in rock 'n' roll. It's always exciting to see a new spin on this and that is just what Kelly Goss brings in her new line Rock 'n' Needle. The idea for this new line sprouted whilst she was studying at the ... See all stories on this topic »

FASHION Models News, May 13, 2012

It's All About The Swinging 60s This Week At UK Model Agencies, The UK's ... PR Web (press release) With fashion at the time focused on bearing all, it was the era when the waiflike model was born. To kick start the new section, the three bad lads of fashion photography are focused upon. 'The Black Trio', Bailey, Duffy and Donovan were the very first ... See all stories on this topic »

EARTHQUAKE News, May 13, 2012

Earthquake threat prompts questions at Midlands nuclear plant The Herald | HeraldOnline.com The operators of Columbia's 44-year-old nuclear fuel factory are trying to resolve federal questions about the plant's ability to withstand a majorearthquake. While the Westinghouse Electric Co. plant meets current safety standards, federal inspectors ... See all stories on this topic »

Chivas USA-Earthquakes Preview FOXSports.com The San Jose Earthquakes would like to start another one. Wondolowski looks to extend his career-best point streak to nine Sunday when theEarthquakes host Chivas in the first of three matches between these clubs in 2012. See all stories on this topic »

LIFESTYLE News, May 13, 2012

Children can learn to 'eat the rainbow' ReporterHerald.com An instructor with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine'sFood for Life program, a nonprofit based in Washington, DC, Von Reich has long been an advocate of the vegetarian diet. "I grew up vegetarian, but later introduced some meat ... See all stories on this topic »

US obesity: Eating our way to harm Commentary KATHLEEN PARKER Wilkes Barre Times-Leader That's 32 million more than today's 78 million. Of course, they probably won't be waddling. They'll be in their cars in the fast-food lane, as they are now. Recall that independent filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me”) gained 24.5 pounds after ... See all stories on this topic »

SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, May 13, 2012

Science journal could give recipe for deadly avian flu virus WTVR By Libby Lewis, CNN Radio (CNN) – A science journal is poised to publish a study that some experts believe could give a recipe to bioterrorists. The study is from an experiment by a Dutchscientist who engineered the avian flu virus to make it more ... See all stories on this topic » WTVR

Makers of flame retardants manipulate research findings Sacramento Bee Later, in response to additional questions from the newspaper, the trade group highlighted a different study as evidence that flame retardants work well: research based largely on the obscure Swedish report. In reviewing key scientific studies and ... See all stories on this topic »

ASIA Sports, Athletics News, May 13, 2012

Asia/Canada XI triumphs in Rogers Centre cricket match Globe and Mail Cheema and fellow Canadians Ashish Bagai, Jimmy Hansra, Ravindu Gunasekera and Hiral Patel helped an Asia/Canada XI defeat an International XI by three wickets in an all-star Twenty20 cricket game Saturday afternoon. “I'm very happy with all the guys ... See all stories on this topic »

NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports - KOTV.com | Kevin... News On 6 More >> AP Entertainment News VideoMore>> By ED BROWN Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) - US actor and director Kevin Spacey said he sees opportunity for expanding film making in Africa, Asia and Europe. Spacey spoke about his international outlook ... See all stories on this topic »

CANADA News, May 13, 2012

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Canada secures spot in quarters with rout of Kazakhstan Fox News Helsinki, Finland – Dion Phaneuf scored two goals, Devan Dubnyk made 24 saves and Canada posted a resounding 8-0 win Saturday over Kazakhstan to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals at the 2012 World Championship. Captain Ryan Getzlaf and Duncan Keith ... See all stories on this topic »

What keeps online retail in Canada from clicking? Globe and Mail Canada is a land of dissatisfied online shoppers. From high-end fashion to hardware, Canadians are the poor e-commerce cousins to Americans in just about every way: Higher prices for poorer selection; shipping costs are often more expensive; and,... See all stories on this topic »

LATIN AMERICA News, May 13, 2012

Press-scorned 'Battleship' hopes to avoid death in choppy US waters Washington Post It's already made $200 million in 50 countries and is set to open this week inLatin America. Once, US success was often the harbinger of taste in other markets. But is the reverse now true? Fogelson is not sure whether American filmgoers are ... See all stories on this topic »

Here's the latest Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont news from The Associated Press WGME PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Senator Olympia Snowe says the political polarization in Washington can be diminished, but only when Americanssupport candidates who follow the principles of consensus-building. Snowe delivered what will likely be her final ... See all stories on this topic »

RUSSIA News, May 13, 2012

Euro 2012: 5 Players Crucial for Russia's Victory Bleacher Report Andrey Arshavin is a midfielder for the Russian Premier League team Zenit St. Petersburg. Arshavin once played for Arsenal, but was loaned back to his previous club Zenit in the beginning of 2012. Arshavin may play a pivotal role for Russia during the ... See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

Did Estonian-Russian trade relations suffer after the “bronze soldier” affair Eesti elu Five years ago the Estonian government relocated an important landmark for many Russians in Estonia – a Soviet soldier's statue – to a military cemetery in Tallinn. This resulted in organized, but limited riots and looting,Moscow's inevitably furor ... See all stories on this topic »

UNITED KINGDOM News, May 13, 2012

Pre-Primary Education in the UK Industry Market Research Report now updated by ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has updated its report on the Pre-Primary Education in the UK industry. London, United Kingdom(PRWEB) May 13, 2012 Pre-primary education centres have found themselves under increasing pressure over ... See all stories on this topic »

'£6.08 min wage/hr for domestics accompanying sponsors to Britain' Arab Times Kuwait English Daily KUWAIT CITY, May 12: As a new rule, all domestic workers accompanying their sponsors to the United Kingdom (UK) will have to be paid the UK and International Labor Organization approved hourly minimum wage of six British pounds and eight pence covering ... See all stories on this topic »

OCEANIA News, May 13, 2012

Auckland City claim fourth Oceania crown Stuff.co.nz RIDING HIGH: Manel Exposito (right) scored the only goal of the O-League final second leg as Auckland City earned their fourthOceania title, 3-1 on aggregate, over Tahiti's Tefana. New Zealand side Auckland City will fly the Oceania flag at the Fifa ... See all stories on this topic » Stuff.co.nz

Soccer: Auckland kings of Oceania New Zealand Herald Auckland - recently named Oceania club of the decade - were knocked out by Wellington in the semifinals of the ASB Premiership but a second straight appearance in Japan will temper any domestic disappointment. They did it relatively easily today, ... See all stories on this topic »

AFRICA News, May 13, 2012

Spacey debuts short S. African film Sarasota Herald-Tribune American actor Kevin Spacey arrives for the premiere of "Spirit Of A Denture" in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Spacey spoke about his international outlook during a brief visit to Johannesburg for the premiere of the South ... See all stories on this topic »

Kevin Spacey debuts S African film The Press Association US actor and director Kevin Spacey has appeared in South Africa for the premiere of a local short film he helped produce and in which he stars. With backing from a whiskey company, Kevin ran a contest to find film making talent from the United States, ... See all stories on this topic »

PHILOSOPHY News, May 13, 2012

Philosophy Armenian Pavilion at the World Expo 2012 Yeosu: a Unique Concept of the ... Virtual-Strategy Magazine This is a new philosophical way of thinking, which considers the question of whether the Global Information Ocean can be a powerful evolutionary environment like the living ocean, and therefore provokes people to consider the possibility that the two ... See all stories on this topic »

2-Day Online Vedic Conference by World's Oldest Hindu Organization San Francisco Chronicle (press release) His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda to address global audiences on Vedic tradition, history and science Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) May 12, 2012 Madurai Aadheenam, the world's most ancient living Hindu organization, will be hosting a 2-day live ... See all stories on this topic »

LONDON OLYMPICS News, May 13, 2012

London Olympic security officials to be armed with US sonic weapon Fox News LONDON -- A sonic weapon used to ward off pirates attacks and drive back rioting crowds will be part of the security arsenal at the London Olympics, Sky News reported Saturday. The American-built long-range acoustic device (LRad) can emit a highly ... See all stories on this topic »