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'Green' fireworks may brighten eco-friendly 4th of July displays in future

'Green' fireworks may brighten eco-friendly 4th of July displays in future

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

With millions of people in the United States eagerly awaiting those July 4 fireworks displays — and our Canadian neighbors doing likewise for their July 1 Canada Day celebrations — here's a prospect for those ...





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Yahoo! and Microsoft launched a joint offensive against Google in July

Microsoft's Bing increases US search share

Technology / Internet

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Microsoft's new search engine Bing posted a slight increase in its share of the US search market in August, the third month in a row of modest gains, according to online tracking firm comScore.


Reports: Cyberattacks traced to NKorea

Technology / Internet

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday.


SKorea's Hynix finally swings to profit

Technology / Business

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second largest memory chip maker, Friday announced a profit for the third quarter after seven straight quarters of losses.


The future of private equity

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Although global private equity markets have fallen on hard times, reports of their imminent demise are greatly exaggerated. So says Steve Kaplan, a widely recognized authority on entrepreneurial finance and corporate governance ...


Sirius XM passing $2 royalty fees to subscribers

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Listeners of Sirius XM Radio Inc. are getting $2 fees added to their monthly satellite radio bills, in what's effectively a price increase for consumers.


DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive as CEO (AP)

DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive as CEO

Technology / Business

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc. is naming the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive.


Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs (AP)

Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(AP) -- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 - the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government said Thursday.


CDC: Up to 6 million swine flu cases in few months

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- As many as 5.7 million Americans were infected with swine flu during the first few months of the pandemic, according to estimates from federal health officials.


Judge says seals can stay in California cove (AP)

Judge says seals can stay in California cove

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The seals can stay and play at a La Jolla swimming cove.


Physician bias might keep life-saving transplants from black and Hispanic patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Physician bias might be the reason why African Americans are not receiving kidney/pancreas transplants at the same rate as similar patients in other racial groups. Dr. Keith Melancon, director of kidney and pancreas transplantation ...



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