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Virginia Tech campus shut down as police search for escaped inmate suspected in 2 shootings

bluecuparoo — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:52:32 EDT

Virginia Tech shut down its campus Monday and ordered everyone to remain inside as authorities searched for an escaped inmate suspected of killing a hospital guard and a sheriff's deputy.

Channel: News Tags: Shooting Virginia Tech Crime

3 Men Rape 11-Year-Old Fla. Girl

Irma — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:06:25 EDT

Investigators said the attackers forced their way into a Westside apartment just before dark on Monday. According to the incident report, they allegedly locked the victim's 7-year-old sister outside, then forced the victim into the bedroom, where ...

Channel: News Tags: crime rape abuse

Man who murdered three generations of a family gets life

Irma — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:00:28 EDT

A man aged 44 was told he must never be released from prison after he was convicted of beating to death three generations of a family in a rage fuelled by drugs and alcohol.

Channel: News Tags: life sentence alcohol drugs sexual jealousy

Has Coke become the new McDonald's?

Irma — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:04:09 EDT

The muffled phone line made the voice in Lagos sound small and distant but there was no mistaking the sense of determination. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a Nigerian lawyer, was explaining how he intended to take on Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft drinks company.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Coca-Cola mcDonalds Nigeria lawsuit environment

Has Coke become the new McDonald's?

Irma — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:03:30 EDT

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Coca-Cola mcDonalds Nigeria lawsuit environment

Are these new colonialists?

Irma — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:54:44 EDT

They're the students who go abroad to boost their CVs, have a laugh - and help out in the developing world at the same time. But this week a charity claimed that young people on gap-year trips risk doing more harm than good. We ask 10 volunteers what they think.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: students gap year charity charity tourism make poverty history

A new generation of jihad seekers

Irma — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:48:59 EDT

While British investigators have revealed a trans-Atlantic plot to blow up as many as 12 US-bound planes, their case against British and Pakistani suspects also reveals that the West's war on terror is attracting more and more young Muslims to militant circles, say terrorism experts.

Channel: News Tags: terrorism counterterrorism al qaeda radicalisation

Liberty, equality, obesity

Irma — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:56:31 EDT

One of the joys of taking holidays in France used to be the chance to escape the rampant Americanisation engulfing the rest of the world. But while it is still possible to find French shops closed for lunch and people wilfully enjoying a cigarette, it is getting harder to avoid that classic sign of l'influence Americaine: the lard-arse.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: obesity france americanisation food culture

Reconstruction alone estimated at $7bn in Lebanon

Irma — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:59:16 EDT

The Centre for Economic Research in Beirut predicts repair and reconstruction costs will rise above $7bn (Â£3.7bn). The biggest cost will be for repairs to roads, bridges ports and airports, recently estimated at $404m. More than 94 roads and 70 bridges were bombed by the Israelis.

Channel: News Tags: lebanon middle east reconstruction environment tourism

Wael Hmaidan: Sands are running out for Lebanon's ecosystem

Irma — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:49:44 EDT

There is a beach in Lebanon called Ramlet el-Beida, which is Arabic for "the white sands". Sadly, the 1.5km sandy beach is today covered with black oil, killing and polluting everything it touches.

Channel: News Tags: environment lebanon middle east pollution ecosystem

AP Interviews 'Green Helmet' Man in Photo Controversy

Irma — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:35:43 EDT

Some Web sites have labeled him the "Green Helmet," and accused him of being a member of the Hezbollah guerrilla group, and of showing off bodies as propaganda.

Channel: News Tags: gren helmet man middle east lebanon israel interview

Google Buys Photo Recognition Firm

corey.spring — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:25:09 EDT

Google plans to use the technology to improve Picasa, its free photo organization application. The program will eventually be able to automatically identify individuals and places in pictures, which will make searching far easier.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: facial recognition photos pictures picasa google

Netscape Now!

tang — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:17:50 EDT

Mike D's take on the new face of Netscape.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: netscape digg newsvine social media beta mike davidson

YouTube suffers a breakdown

corey.spring — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:53:05 EDT

â€œTo clarify and ensure accuracy, the site is not down for maintenance,â€ Supan said in a statement released shortly before the site recovered. â€œThis was an unplanned outage.â€

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: website videos youtube crash

A Tower of Slime

Irma — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:00:36 EDT

In times of plenty, the uni-cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum leads a solitary life. But when slime molds starve, they collectively form a multicellular slug-like creature that locomotes en masse to a more favorable spot. Then they literally stand up, forming a tower designed to save the children.

Channel: Science Tags: slime dictyostelium discoideum uni-cellular multicellular