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News – A California group submitted a proposal Monday to rename a sewage treatment plant after President Bush, calling the initiative a fitting tribute to the outgoing chief executive and the "mess" he'll leave behind.
Science – DNA furnishes an ever clearer picture of the multimillennial trek from Africa all the way to the tip of South America.
News – Our first priority should be to gather more accurate information about the bees' disappearance. The war against colony collapse is about numbers.
Pets – Marlys Duggan said Monday she was still in shock - days after her neighbor's son allegedly shot and killed her beloved dog, Patches.
Do No Evil – An East Hartford man called police to report he had been robbed while trying to buy crack cocaine.
Gadgets & Tech – Diane Greene thrown out just a week or so after EMC became Microsoft's Partner of the Year
Careers & Jobs – Moonlighting appears to be back in vogue. But it's not because people want to expand their job horizons and try new careers. It's because they need money.
Autos – Fast cars and racetracks go together like Monaco and money.
Science – It has liquid water, plate tectonics, and an atmosphere that shelters it from the worst of the sun's rays. But many scientists agree our planet's most special feature might just be us.
Science – NASA has set the dates for the space shuttle fleet's final missions, ending with a shipment of spare parts for the space station on May 31, 2010. That schedule isn't set in stone, however particularly if Congress…
Women – Women may not earn as much as men or fly up the corporate ladder as quickly, but they get the last laugh since they live longer. Right?
Health & Fitness – Today's 70-year-olds are having good sex, and they're having it more often than 70-year-olds at any other time in the last 30 years, according to a Swedish study.
Family – A 14-year-old gymnast with a stress fracture in her lower back. A 12-year-old who tore his ACL in a soccer game. A 16-year-old runner with a leg stress fracture. A 15-year-old who tore his meniscus playing basketball.
Autos – Tesla Motors has hired one of Detroit's sharpest engineers to spearhead development of the four-door electric sedan it says will be rolling off an assembly line by the end of 2010.
Sports – Rubens Barrichello was back on podium in the SIlverstone F1 race driving for Honda. This was the 62 podium for Rubens, last one while he drive for Ferrari in 2005 at Indianapolis. In 2005, hist last year at Ferrari,…
Gadgets & Tech – For GIMP 2.6, the developers had a strong focus: the implementation of GEGL should replace the old GIMP core. These changes are mainly invisible to the common user, but besides that many other very useful things…
Gadgets & Tech – OpenOffice 3.0 is a major milestone for the project, there are tons of other new features. I also noticed a great improvement in speed, which has always a bane in previous OpenOffice.org versions.
Gadgets & Tech – Almost two weeks after leaking details about its new line of Ming PDA phones, Motorola made it official with a formal launch. Shipping now in China, the line includes a Linux-based Ming A1600 model offering GPS,…
Gadgets & Tech – And in August, we'll release KDE 3.5.10 for those that prefer 3.5.
Gadgets & Tech – She soon returned home, and I quickly forgot that I had switched her. Today, I had reason to drop her an email so I took the opportunity to ask if she was still on Ubuntu and how she was liking it.
Gadgets & Tech – I learned this morning via #ubuntu-us that they're now selling Ubuntu at Best Buy, and couldn't help myself: during my lunch break I swung out to Best Buy to drop $20 on a copy.
Art & Design – The museum acquires a significant private collection of rare Pacific island art.
Food – These distinctive modern wines made from ancient grape varieties are now more widely available in the U.S.
Gadgets & Tech – Apple Inc.'s iPhone has been the world's most influential smart phone since its debut a year ago, widely hailed for its beauty and functionality. It was a true hand-held computer that raised the bar for all its…
Careers & Jobs – Next time you can't get a cell phone signal in the middle of town,put your problem in perspective:New figures show that the deadliest job in America now goes to the men and women who construct,upgrade, and repair…