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Jordan: Schumacher will drive for Brawn...because of a back injury picked up racing motorcycles, could be drafted into the team run by his former Benetton and Ferrari colleague Ross Brawn. Jordan , who ran a Formula One team under his own name, said: "I believe the Brawn team will... |
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Apple I system on auction through eBay... Apple , launching in 1976 in a limited run of 200 units. It was distinctive at the time for being produced and sold by a two-man team -- Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs -- and building in its own terminal circuitry, requiring only a separate... |
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washingtonpost.com | 9 hours ago
W.Va.'s Capito troubled by EPA response on permits
...says she 's troubled by what she heard in a meeting with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson. The West Virginia Republican met with Jackson Thursday to discuss delays in the mine permitting process in Appalachia. The...
In this article: Shelley Moore Capito, EPA, Lisa Jackson, West Virginia, Environmental Protection Agency, Appalachia, and Washington
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New Scientist - Latest Headlines | 11 hours ago
Is this the end for human space flight?
...made his lunar pledge. The key line was not the crazy bit about landing a man on the moon, it was the hubristic promise to do so by 1970. If Wernher Von Braun had insisted the moon was unreachable before 1975, they probably would never have...
In this article: NASA, John F. Kennedy, Mars, Julie Payette, US, Democracy, International Space Station, and Buzz Lightyear
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Des Moines Register | 22 hours ago
ISU innovator processes hog feed — and vodka
...for pigs. The award has been likened to the Oscars of Invention. It has gone to luminaries such as Larry Page , co-founder of Google ; Burt Rutan , developer of SpaceShip One; Elon Musk , a developer of PayPal and Tesla Motors ; and Dean Kamen,...
In this article: Cattle, Amino acid, Iowa State University, Brewing, Biofuel, University of Pretoria, Burt Rutan, PayPal, and Tesla Motors
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The Australian | 23 hours ago
Space Agents to Witness Premier of SpaceShipTwo
...to space. This exclusive event, hosted by Virgin Founder and Chairman Sir Richard Branson and world renowned aircraft designer Burt Rutan , will take place in Mojave, CA on December 7, 2009. The three House of Travel retailers are the...
In this article: Virgin Galactic, Burt Rutan, Scaled Composites, Richard Branson, New Zealand, Palmerston North, and Mojave, CA
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National Post | 1 day ago
Tories shoot the messenger over torture claims
...foreigners into their jails to witness guards delivering a hard beating on fresh prisoners. Canadian officials never witnessed Maher Arar being brutally cable-whipped in a Syrian jail, but they believed him enough for Prime Minister...
In this article: Detainee, Peter MacKay, Taliban, Stephen Harper, Afghanistan, Ottawa, Washington, and Maher Arar
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | 2 days ago
EPA keeping close eye on Louisiana, new chief Lisa Jackson says in N.O.
...Air Act and Clean Water Act , and may step in when states aren't adequately enforcing the law, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said Tuesday. Lisa Jackson , a New Orleans native, was named EPA chief by President Barack Obama "Many of these...
In this article: Lisa Jackson, EPA, New Orleans, Louisiana, Pollution, Barack Obama, Toxic waste, and Lower Ninth Ward
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | 6 days ago
A welcoming place
Ken Follett says the 141-word "Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit'' by Beatrix Potter "still teaches me how to write. '' Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak loves the Tom Swift Jr. series because Swift "represented the epitome of creative freedom,...
In this article: Sherman Alexie, Tom Swift Jr, Nobel Prize, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Steve Wozniak, Apple, and Orhan Pamuk
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CNET News.com | 7 days ago
Transcript of CNET Conversations with Eric Schmidt
And I'm not sure it's even possible. CNET ( Molly Wood ): So you're going to need that 70 percent after all. Eric Schmidt : Yes. Eric Schmidt : Well, thank you, thank you so much for having me. CNET ( Molly Wood ): It's been nice...
In this article: CNET, Eric Schmidt, Google, Android, Chrome OS, Netbook, Google Wave, and Google Books
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CNET News.com | 7 days ago
A CNET Conversation with Eric Schmidt
MOUNTAIN VIEW , CALIF. - It has been quite a year for Google CEO Eric Schmidt , and upon the close of his interview this week with CNET , he ruefully shook his head in acknowledgment that the world is not likely to slow down for the perhaps the...
In this article: Eric Schmidt, Google, Android, CNET, Chrome OS, Google Wave, Web-based, and Netbook
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Times Online | November 07, 2009
Two tickets for space, window seats please
...the face of space. The Virgin Galactic name was registered in 1999. However, it wasn't until 2001, when Whitehorn was visiting Burt Rutan , the California -based aerospace inventor and former test pilot who was pioneering the use of...
In this article: Will Whitehorn, Virgin, Virgin Galactic, Burt Rutan, Richard Branson, X Prize, Chris Gorman, UK, Victoria Principal, and Physics
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Treehugger | November 04, 2009
Hypermiling Plane Gets 45 MPG at 207 MPH, Capable of 100 MPG (That's Better Than Most Cars!)
...is why it is impressive that Mr. Savier won this year's Fuelventure 400 in his modified VariEze (originally designed by the famous Burt Rutan ) by getting 45 MPG at 207 MPH, and this with two people on board (and for those wondering, there...
In this article: Burt Rutan, Continental, Oshkosh, Panama City, Florida, and Wisconsin
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Reuters | November 02, 2009
Canadian sent to Syria can't sue U.S. over torture
...airport and then moved to Syria , where he says he was tortured, cannot sue the United States , a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. Maher Arar , a Syrian-born software engineer, was arrested by U.S. officials during a 2002 stopover in New...
In this article: Maher Arar, United States, Syria, U.S. Supreme Court, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, Allegation, and Guido Calabresi
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thestar.com | November 02, 2009
U.S. appeals court dismisses Maher Arar 's lawsuit
...him to Syria. The U.S. has dismissed his lawsuit against the government. TOM HANSON/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO NEW YORK - Maher Arar cannot sue the United States after being mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in New...
In this article: Maher Arar, United States, U.S. appeals court, U.S. House of Representatives, Supreme Court, Ottawa, and Syria
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washingtonpost.com | October 27, 2009
As NASA tests new rocket, long-range mission remains unclear
...to the moon for extended stays as preparation for what would someday be a manned mission to Mars. Under a new NASA administrator, Michael Griffin , the agency put together the Constellation program, which called for two new rockets, a...
In this article: NASA, Ares, Michael Griffin, Norman Augustine, Orion capsule, Space Shuttle, Mars, and SpaceX
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The Technique | October 22, 2009
Schuster steps down as the provost
...finalist for the provost job. In April 2008, Schuster was named Interim Institute President, succeeding former Institute President G. Wayne Clough. During his tenure as interim president, Schuster led the institute through budgets cuts, which...
In this article: Gary Schuster, G. P. "Bud" Peterson, Georgia Tech, Strategic planning, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Chemistry, Revenue, E mail, and Jean-Lou Chameau
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Wired: Autopia | October 18, 2009
Gallery: 10 Cars Way Too Far Ahead of Their Time
...changed the face of motoring. The world's first gas-electric car (pictured above) was built by 18-year-old Ferdinand Porsche as he worked his first job with coach-builder Jacob Lohner & Co from 1898 to 1906. Propelled by four electric-drive...
In this article: Ferdinand Porsche, E mail, Wired.com, and Austro-Daimler
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New Kerala | October 11, 2009
Porsche to investigate forced labour under Hitler
...to light in the book, Nazi Culprits in Stuttgart , by journalist Ulrich Viehoefer. As part of his research, Viehoefer investigated the role of Ferdinand Porsche after Hitler came to power in 1933. As many as 300 people were forced to work...
In this article: Ferdinand Porsche, Stuttgart, Haaretz, and Israel
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washingtonpost.com | September 29, 2009
Smithsonian Institution Offers Buyouts to Reduce Its Workforce
In this article: Smithsonian Institution, G. Wayne Clough, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, E mail, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Zoo, and Panama





