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Pakistani government to ban air conditioners

Details: Created on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 14:31; Written by The Oklahoman

(by AP) ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's prime minister has decided to ban the use of air conditioners by government offices to help cope with the country's pervasive energy shortages. A statement issued Wednesday from Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso's office says the ban will go into effect on May 15 and will continue until the energy situation improves...Read more

Postal workers too scared to deliver mail in crime-ridden Brownsville, Brooklyn NY

Details: Created on Monday, 06 May 2013 16:26; Written by New York Post (US)

(by Jennifer Bain and Michael Gartland) Snow, rain and gloom of night might not slow Brownsville mailmen down -- but gangbangers sure will. Postmen are too scared to deliver letters and packages to one of Brooklyn's most crime-ravaged neighborhoods, a US Postal Service worker told The Post yesterday. 'The neighborhood is bad,' the worker said..Read more

With 16 gators found in 9 months, Long Island residents ask: Whodunit?

Details: Created on Monday, 06 May 2013 16:20; Written by New York Post (US)

(by Gary Buiso) It was a picture-perfect Friday morning along the Peconic River when Frank Naase unwittingly became a member of an exclusive -- and expanding -- Long Island club. 'Sometimes I stop by the river, get a cup of coffee and watch the water,' says Naase, 50, an IT tech at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Only on this day, two weeks ago...Read more

How to prepare for your last log-off

Details: Created on Friday, 03 May 2013 23:18; Written by CNET (US)

(by Dennis O'Reilly) Technology doesn't just complicate our lives, it also does a number on our deaths. Imagine the challenge of accounting for all of your digital assets once you've shuffled off to Buffalo. Even if you consider your e-mail, text messages, and social-media posts disposable, you've probably stored photos, videos, and very personal documents on...Read more

Archaeologists Find Hundreds of Mysterious Metal Orbs Below Mexico’s 'Temple of the Feathered Serpent'

Details: Created on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 19:40; Written by The Blaze (US)

(by Liz Climas) Archaeologists exploring tunnels under the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, a pyramid 30 miles from Mexico City, not only found three chambers (when they only expected one), but came across hundreds of mysterious metal spheres with unknown purpose. According an article on Mexico’s National Institute of Archaeology...Read more w/pics

NYC suing BP over drop in stock price after 2010 oil spill

Details: Created on Sunday, 28 April 2013 02:40; Written by New York Post (US)

(by AP) New York City is suing BP over the drop in its stock price after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying its pension funds lost $39 million. The lawsuit in federal court in New York claims BP failed to tell shareholders about the risks of its offshore drilling, and that after the spill it tried to minimize the cost to shareholders. In 2010 the city filed a similar suit...Read more

US Bloggers Fail Geography in Boston Bombing Mix-Up

Details: Created on Monday, 22 April 2013 15:31; Written by RIA Novosti (RU)

WASHINGTON -- The Czech ambassador to the United States has expressed concern over angry remarks in US social networks mistakenly aimed at his country in connection with a recent terrorist attack on the American soil. Dozens of messages accusing the Czechs of terrorism and even calling for US retaliation against the Czech Republic appeared in the US...Read more

How NASA brought the monstrous F-1 'moon rocket' engine back to life

Details: Created on Saturday, 20 April 2013 20:49; Written by ARS Technica (US)

(by Lee Hutchinson) There has never been anything like the Saturn V, the launch vehicle that powered the United States past the Soviet Union to a series of manned lunar landings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The rocket redefined "massive," standing 363 feet (110 meters) in height and producing a ludicrous 7.68 million pounds...Read more w/pics

NASA-backed fusion engine could cut Mars trip down to 30 days

Details: Created on Saturday, 20 April 2013 20:43; Written by The Register (UK)

(by lain Thomson) NASA, and plenty of private individuals, want to put mankind on Mars. Now a team at the University of Washington, with funding from the space agency, is about to start building a fusion engine that could get humans there in just 30 days and make other forms of space travel obsolete. "Using existing rocket fuels, it's nearly impossible...Read more w/pics & video

Cold War-era command center that once guarded the nation up for sale in Cicero, NY

Details: Created on Saturday, 20 April 2013 20:32; Written by Syracuse Post-Standard

(by Rick Moriarty) Cicero, NY -- In the market for a former U.S. military command center built to survive a nuclear attack? The perfect building for you might be right here in Central New York. Just don't expect a room with a view. Dozens of operators once sat at Buck Rogers-type control panels in a building at the former Hancock Air Force Base, ready to assign fighter...Read more w/pics

The Problem with One-Night Stands in Locked-Down Boston

Details: Created on Saturday, 20 April 2013 04:15; Written by Esquire (US)

(by Dan McCarthy) I'm sitting in a strange kitchen right now, in a posh two-bedroom condo in Charlestown, Mass., with sprawling views of the Boston skyline and the upper deck of I-93. My head is pounding. I've already maxed out on the recommended daily intake of Advil, hung over from a long night of upending pint after pint of Guinness at the...Read more

Joe Berti witnessed and survived marathon bombing, fertilizer plant explosion

Details: Created on Friday, 19 April 2013 08:30; Written by Larry Brown Sports (US)

(by Larry Brown) Joe Berti witnessed and survived two tragic events that have captured the nation this week. Berti, a 43-year-old runner from Texas, ran in the Boston marathon on Monday and crossed the race’s finish line about 30 seconds before two bombs exploded. He then returned to his hometown of Austin and witnessed the fertilizer plant explosion in West...Read more

'XX'-Year-Old George Soros Dies…According to a Bungled Reuters Obituary

Details: Created on Friday, 19 April 2013 00:28; Written by TheBlaze.com (US)

(by Becket Adams) Reuters accidentally published on Thursday a prepared obituary for George Soros, billionaire philanthropist and legendary liberal bankroller. “George Soros, enigmatic financier, liberal philanthropist dies at XX,” the article’s headline reads. “George Soros, who died XXX at age XXX, was a predatory and hugely successful financier...Read more

Yokohama misfires tweet about North Korea missile launch

Details: Created on Thursday, 11 April 2013 16:15; Written by CNET News (US)

(by Dan Reisinger) The city of Yokohama in Japan has had to offer up some quick apologies to its nearly 42,000 followers for erroneously tweeting that North Korea had launched a missile at its homeland. Earlier today, the Crisis Management Office Affairs Bureau for Yokohama tweeted that North Korea had launched a missile at Japan. The tweet stayed up for 20 minutes...Read more

Venezuelan candidate Maduro puts curse on rival voters

Details: Created on Thursday, 11 April 2013 03:18; Written by BBC News (UK)

The acting president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, has put a curse on citizens who do not vote for him in next week's election. He likened his main rival candidate, Henrique Capriles, to Spanish conquerors fighting indigenous people in the 16th Century. A centuries-old curse, he said, would fall on those who did not vote for him. Mr Capriles responded...Read more