More than 100 Occupy Oakland protesters arrest, tear gas deployed, American …
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Occupy Oakland protesters march to jail where demonstrators arrested earlier in day are held – witnesses say. Helicopter feed of police blocking Laney College off. Occupy Oakland protesters march to jail where demonstrators arrested earlier in day are held – witnesses say. Leo Ritz-Barr and other Occupy Oakland organizers announce their plans for Saturday. The [...]
Read MoreParents of babies with trisomy 18 saying goodbye to support group
Bryan Colleg
In addition to Trisomy 21, the Aria test also evaluates for a rare genetic condition called Trisomy 18, which leads to something called Edwards Syndrome; most children with this syndrome only live a year or two. Over time, Aria aims to increase the "The encouraging results from this study suggest that the novel algorithm is [...]
Read MoreEner1 critics sing from Solyndra songbook
Politico
Battery Firm Ener1 Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. In 2010, Barack Obama touted Solyndra's solar panels in his State of the Union speech. We know what happened to Solyndra. In this week's State of the Union, Think City and Ener1 set up shop, enticed by government incentives. But soon they filed for bankruptcy. This Think [...]
Read MoreAt X Games in Aspen, slopestyle skiers push the envelope on new tricks
Denver Post
SB Nation is a collection of over 300 individual communities, each offering high quality year-round coverage and conversation led by fans who are passionate about their favorite teams, leagues or sports. By empowering fans Winter X Games 12 sees lots of new names and faces, but tons of old ones too. (Cue Shaun White and [...]
Read MoreMassive solar flare headed toward Earth, may spark celestial light show
Fox News
Speaking of storms, there was just a major storm on the Sun when a solar flare erupted yesterday. Now that energy is heading towards Earth. These eruptions, can, if conditions are right, give us quite a show of the aurora borealis. A powerful flare erupted from the sun Thursday (Jan. 19), unleashing a plasma wave [...]
Read MoreMassive solar flare headed toward Earth, may spark celestial light show
Fox News
by Nancy Atkinson on January 6, 2012 Here's a great look at a beautiful, leaping C2.2-Class solar flare from from the Sun on January 5, 2012. The Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the event and what's awesome is how SDO can video one event in several Speaking of storms, there was just a major storm on [...]
Read MorePanel recommends Tupelo Honey grant
Knoxville Ne
Montgomery, Alabama – Raycom Media, Inc. announced today that it has acquired the assets of New York City-based Tupelo-Honey Productions (THP), including 50% of My Tupelo Entertainment. The acquisition adds to the The iconic Asheville restaurant Tupelo Honey Cafe welcomes guests, noting their “unique, Ashe-thentic table. You will find our take on the Southern Plate [...]
Read MoreWikipedia, Google and other websites protest of anti-piracy laws
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Wikpedia will be going offline to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Wednesday, according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales. Wikpedia will be going offline to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Wednesday, according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales. With Wikipedia being blacked out today and Google showing their scorn against this legislation, it's not hard [...]
Read MoreIn Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin Dems tout 1 million recall signatures
Politico
Opponents of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker say they have enough signatures to force an election. Walkers opponents have until Tuesday to collect and submit 540208 signatures. (Jan. 17) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge Recall organizers have even planned a big media event for that day, complete with a party for volunteers. Six Republicans [...]
Read MoreChicago Woman Fired for Doing Work at Lunch Wins Unemployment Claim
ABC News
You Go through It Right here First: Plays' Plans Nevertheless in Flux The new play “Detroit” was a hit at Steppenwolf Theater Organization in Chicago in 2010, so considerably so that the New York producer Jeffrey Richards The Chicago-area son of an American couple missing from a capsized Italian cruise ship remained hopeful Monday that [...]
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