Violence between repo men, car owners on the rise By JAY REEVES, Associated Press Writer Jay Reeves, Associated Press Writer – Fri Feb 27, 8:25 am ET AP – Georgia Tanks pauses at the spot where her husband, Jimmy Tanks, was fatally shot during a vehicle repossession … HALSELL, Ala. – Alone in his mobile home off a winding dirt road,...
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Obama announces 18-month troop withdrawal schedule AP – President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to Camp Lejeune, N.C., Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 as Defense … \ CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – President Barack Obama says he’ll withdraw America’s combat brigades from Iraq over the next 18 months. He made the announcement in a speech to military troops...
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Jacketed hamsters demonstrate movement-powered nanogenerators Imagine this — one day, with enough steroids, your pet hamster actually could power your home by just running on its wheel. Georgia Tech researchers have discovered ways to ‘convert even irregular biomechanical energy into electricity,’ and it’s demonstrating the finding by showing off jacket-wearing rodents that are game...
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Use US Treasury securities to borrowBy Jeffrey L. Schulte (China Daily) Updated: 2009-02-23 07:59 Comments(0) PrintMail More than $650 billion of China’s $2 trillion foreign exchange reserves are held as United States Treasury obligations, making China the largest holder of these securities. These holdings have grown for many years and form an important part...
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Coca-Cola waiting for green light from govtBy Ding Qingfen (China Daily) Updated: 2009-02-23 08:02 Comments(0) PrintMail Source: National Bureau of Statistics, Photo by CFP and Graphics by Zhang Ye. Coca-Cola’s bid to purchase Huiyuan Juice, China’s largest juice producer, is still under review for compliance with a newly drafted anti-monopoly law. A result is...
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PepsiCo may not introduce its new logo in China marketBy Liu Jie (China Daily) Updated: 2009-02-23 08:02 Comments(0) PrintMailPepsiCo’s new logo, a circle enclosing curved bands of red, white and blue and likened to a smile by the company’s executives, may not be introduced into China, the current No 1 market for the...
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Research Matters Maybe It’s Better To Stay in the Dark By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, February 17, 2009; Page Might exposure to artificial light at night increase a man’s risk for prostate cancer? An unusual international study indicates that it might, providing provocative new evidence that disrupting the body’s natural rhythms...
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Do doodle: Research shows doodling can help memory recall February 27th, 2009 in Medicine & Health / Psychology Doodling while listening can help with remembering details, rather than implying that the mind is wandering as is the common perception. According to a study published today in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, subjects given a...
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