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Plug-Ins May Face Patent Fight
Ford, GM and other companies developing plug-in hybrids may have to pay royalties if they commercialize the technology. In Autopia. Review: Dell XPS One All-In-One, One-In-All
The Dell XPS One gives iMac a run for its money. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... www.nycsubway.org
Detailed information about the New York City subways. Find technical information about the trains, including abandoned or unused tunnels, abandoned stations, brief history, maps dating back to 1880, and information about the signals. Also provides a glossary, a FAQ, images of the subway cars, and information about other trains and subways in New York, the U.S., and around the world. From a group of hobbyists. Florence Griswold Museum: Home of American Impressionism
This site features information about impressionism and images from the collections of this museum, which is located in Old Lyme, Connecticut, at the former location of the Florence Griswold's boarding house and the Lyme Art Colony. Provides images from exhibitions, a searchable and browsable collections database, essays and photos about the art colony, and a museum timeline. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Nostalgia for a Forbidden Future
While Forbidden Planet looks dated to modern audiences, it remains the seminal sci-fi flick of the '50s. By Jason Silverman. Ancient African Megadroughts May Have Driven Human Evolution -- Out Of
From 135,000 to 90,000 years ago tropical Africa had megadroughts more extreme and widespread than any previously known for that region, according to new research. Learning that now-lush tropical Africa was an arid scrubland during the early Late Pleistocene provides new insights into humans'migration out of Africa and the evolution of fishes in Africa's Great Lakes. The new finding provides an ecological explanation for the Out-of-Africa hypothesis that suggests all humans descended from just a few people living in Africa sometime between 150,000 and 70,000 years ago. Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millenniu
Features the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Herb Block. He was best known for caricatures of American presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton and for his work during the Watergate investigation. The site includes annotated artwork, a biography of Herblock, and his own writing on political cartooning. An exhibit from the Library of Congress. YouTube Hoping a Little Star Power Bolsters Its Case
The video sharing service, being sued by Viacom for copyright violations, wants to bring Comedy Central comedians Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart to the stand. Why, exactly, isn't clear.
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