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Stores, brands tap into power of frugal bloggers

(AP) -- When Melissa Garcia was frustrated by Old Navy's scanty coupon offerings, she didn't just complain to the store. She vented on a message board tied to her blog consumerqueen.com, which is read by ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Meth fills hospitals with burn patients

(AP) -- A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

East vs. West quakes: Way different creatures

(AP) -- The East Coast doesn't get earthquakes often but when they do strike, there's a whole lot more shaking going on. The ground in the East is older, colder and more intact than the West Coast or the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How extreme heat affects the body

The moment you step into oppressive heat, the body senses life-threatening danger and starts fighting to keep things cool.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Atlantis docks at space station for last time

The shuttle Atlantis docked at the orbiting International Space Station for one last hitch-up Sunday, on its final space voyage before the entire 30-year US shuttle program shuts down for good.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Billionaires vie for Mexico's telecom market

In one corner: the world's richest man, with a fortune estimated at $74 billion. In the other: two of the biggest media moguls in Latin America, with power to shape public opinion.

Technology / Telecom

created May 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Training to promote health

Many people use fitness studios to get back into shape after an injury. Fraunhofer researchers are now developing a system that will provide doctors with data on the exercises people do on the various machines. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antarctica's ice puts electric vehicles to test

The punishment your car endures on a cold winter commute pales in comparison to the veritable torture that researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Illinois enacts Web sales tax; online retailers threaten to leave

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn stepped into the Internet tax fray this week, signing into law a bill designed to collect a sales tax for certain online purchases, a move that Amazon.com Inc. said it would blunt by severing ties ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 20

AT&T to send text ads to phones based on location

(AP) -- In a first for a wireless carrier, AT&T Inc. said Monday that it will use its phones' location-sensing ability to target text ads with coupons and other offers to participating subscribers in New York, Los Angeles, ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Indonesia hit by deadly tsunami, volcanic eruption (Update 2)

A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia - spasms from the Pacific "Ring of Fire," which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2


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