Holograms could soon give virtual meetings new lifeDevelopers of holographic display are working on a technology that will let speakers and performers deliver speeches and entertain an audience without being there. They'll do it via hologram video projection, in which a filmed performance is presented in a live, 3-D image — like Princess Leia's message to Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars. In January,..
Mouse-pig and super-fish seek approval for human consumptionOTTAWA - The federal government is refusing to say whether it is close to approving genetically modified animals for human consumption. But if they do, you may never know it. So far, groups have applied to get approval for fish that grow twice as fast as normal, and pigs with mice DNA spliced into them. "For confidentiality reasons, Health Canada cannot confirm whether or not a submission has been filed or any other information related to a submission,"..
Oil could hit $220 a barrel on Libya and Algeria fears, warns NomuraNomura's commodity team said oil prices risk vaulting to uncharted highs over coming weeks if chaos hits Algeria as well, reducing global spare capacity to the wafer-thin margins seen just before the first Gulf War. On Wednesday, Brent crude rose more than 5pc to almost $112 a barrel, threatening levels that could derail the global economy. It closed at $111.25. "We could see $220 a barrel should both Libya and Algeria halt oil production. We could be underestimating this as speculative activiites were largely not present in 1990-1991...
Magnitude 3.6 earthquake felt across Honolulu; no immediate reports of damageThe Canadian PressThe shaking lasted for about five seconds or so, and only one other person in her office noticed the earthquake, she said. "I felt like it was shaking, and I was like, 'What is that, is our building falling?" she said. Earthquakes are common in Hawaii ...
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New Zealand-Like Quake Disaster Could Strike SeattleDiscovery NewsIn comparison, the 7.0 magnitude quake on the Greendale Fault struck from a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles) to 10 km (reports vary), but a distance of 45 km (30 miles) west of Christchurch. The other surprising aspect of the latest earthquake is the ...
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Moderate Earthquakes Hit Russia's Kamchatka PeninsulaCRIENGLISH.comThe epicenter of the earthquake was 70 kilometers south-west of the Ust-Kamchatsk area. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami alert was issued. Several hours earlier another earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.6, ...
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Arkansas Struck by Earthquakes TodayLALATEThe shallow quake was roughly forty miles from Little Rock and two hundred fifty miles from St Louis. No reports of injuries or damage have been released. In related news, a 5.1 earthquake struck also this morning in Chile. Only fifteen miles below the ...
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Rocket falls on Beersheba; FM demands UN action be takenForeign Minister Avigdor Lieberman late night Wednesday instructed the Israeli UN delegation to submit a complaint to the UN Security Council and General Assembly over the grad rocket that hit Beersheba earlier in the evening. "Israel will not remain indifferent to these acts," Lieberman stressed in his statement. The grad-model Katyusha rocket struck the Negev city...
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'Horndog High' teachers, fired over alleged lesbian sex in classroom, sue NYC for $2 million The two "Horndog High" teachers who were sacked after an alleged lesbian sex romp in a Brooklyn classroom are slapping the city with a $2 million lawsuit for trashing their good names. The Department of Education last month fired Alini Brito and Cindy Mauro, following a state arbitrator's report that said they...
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Former guard charged with stealing donations from Christian TV networkNEWPORT BEACH – A former security guard at Trinity Broadcasting Network has been charged with burglary in a break-in at the TBN facility in the middle of the night in which money was taken from a donation box. Robert Ellsworth Shorter Jr., 38, of Garden Grove was caught on surveillance cameras pilfering the cash, often wearing a blue T-shirt with the words "God is Good" written in white letters, according to Deputy...
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States that balk at nation's gun laws could lose federal funds: Schumer States refusing to fully cooperate with the nation's gun-control regulations could be stripped of their federal funds, Sen. Chuck Schumer warned Wednesday. Millions of people - including drug abusers, criminals and the mentally ill - have been inadvertently left off national background check registry, including Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner and Virginia Tech gunman Seung Hoi-Cho. States that fail to report to the database are currently docked 3%...
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'Arab unrest signals Messiah's coming'Prominent rabbis from the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox sector have offered their own curious interpretations for the upheaval that is spreading through the Middle East, stating that the events are a clear proof that a higher power is at work. "People have come to me and said that it's 'Gog and Magog'. We cannot know. But it's probable that any unrest that God creates shows that the Messiah is coming, and that we must begin to prepare for it and become stronger."
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Russian president sacks 7 interior ministry generalsRussian President Dmitry Medvedev has fired seven senior interior ministry generals, the Kremlin said Friday without immediately explaining the reason for the dismissals. The sacked generals include the deputy head of the Moscow interior ministry department and the Russian interior ministry's inspector general...
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Satellite Photos: More Nuclear Sites in SyriaWestern intelligence agencies have detected another nuclear plant in Syria – in a Damascus suburb.
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Christchurch earthquake death toll rises to 113 with hundreds still missingThe number of confirmed dead from the Christchurch earthquake has climbed to 113, with grave fears held for 228 people still missing. Search and rescue teams from six nations combing the rubble of collapsed buildings refused to give up hope of finding anyone else alive but acknowledged the chances were looking bleak. No survivor has been pulled from the mangled and twisted wreckage since Wednesday.
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