Topic: CARS - on September 14, 2008 at 11:32:00 AM CEST
Lotus announces hemp-based Eco Elise: a new type of ‘green’ car
You wouldn’t read about it… Lotus have gone for a different type of ‘green’ by announcing an ‘Eco Elise’ made largely out of hemp… No need to check your calendar, it’s not April 1. The theory behind this radical new approach is that Lotus feels too much “green” car technology is simply concentrating on CO2 emissions at the tailpipe, where the manufacturing processes and materials in many cars are just as environmentally damaging.
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Topic: STRANGE - on September 13, 2008 at 1:36:00 PM CEST
Mann verkauft Frau für Bier
Bizarrer Prozess am Landgericht in Fulda: Ein Mann aus Cornberg im Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg hat seine Lebensgefährtin als Sexobjekt an seinen Nachbarn verkauft. Im Gegenzug lieferte der ihm täglich eine Kiste Bier.
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Topic: PHOTO - on September 13, 2008 at 1:31:00 PM CEST
Photostory: Nerd-Party
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Topic: GINGER - on September 13, 2008 at 1:27:00 PM CEST
Dean Kamen's bionic arm: Full All Things D interview
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Topic: Phone - on September 13, 2008 at 1:26:00 PM CEST
German court bans VoiP on iPhone
A VoiP application for Apple's iPhone has been banned by the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany at the behest of T-Mobile.
The app - available through Apple's iTunes App Store - allows users to make cheap phone calls using T-Mobile's Wi-Fi network and bypass roaming charges.
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Topic: POLITIK - on September 13, 2008 at 1:21:00 PM CEST
Venezuela's Chavez says US ambassador must leave
Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez ordered the U.S. ambassador to leave Venezuela within 72 hours on Thursday, accusing the diplomat of conspiring against his government and saying he would also withdraw his own envoy from Washington immediately.
Chavez made the move in solidarity with Bolivia after his Andean ally expelled the U.S. diplomat there, accusing him of aiding violent protests. He said a new American ambassador will not be welcome in Caracas "until there's a U.S. government that respects the people of Latin America," suggesting that diplomatic relations will be scaled back until President Bush leaves the White House.
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Topic: STRANGE - on September 12, 2008 at 12:50:00 PM CEST
Man Killed By Exploding Lava Lamp
Claudia and Bill Quinn drove from their home in Auburn to check on their youngest son. They thought maybe he'd just overslept. They were devastated by what they found.
"I looked around the corner and saw his body slumped there in the corner and just couldn't believe what I saw," said Quinn's father.
"There was glass from the kitchen clear to the living room," his mom told us. "They said it appeared that a piece of glass punctured his heart."
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Topic: NATURE - on September 12, 2008 at 10:51:00 AM CEST
Giant ice penis - is climate change to blame?
If there was any doubt about the terrible threat that global warming poses to humanity, then it can now be dismissed - as this shocking photograph proves that climate change is turning icebergs into giant penises.
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Topic: FUN - on September 12, 2008 at 10:48:00 AM CEST
Teacher OK after crashing into bear on a bicycle
A middle school teacher suffered some bruising and a big scratch on his back after he struck a bear while riding his bicycle to school.
Jim Litz said he was traveling about 25 mph Monday morning when he came upon a rise and spotted a black bear about 10 feet in front of him. He didn't have time to stop and T-boned the bruin.
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Topic: MUSIK - on September 12, 2008 at 10:42:00 AM CEST
Gespenstisches Meisterwerk - ESBJÖRN-SVENSSON-VERMÄCHTNIS
Wenige Wochen vor seinem mysteriösen Tod im Meer übergab der schwedische Jazzpianist Esbjörn Svensson seiner Plattenfirma ein gerade fertiggestelltes Album. Das ist nun auf dem Markt – und erscheint vielen wie die Ankündigung einer Tragödie.
Die Unendlichkeit des Weltalls faszinierte ihn schon als Kind; oft beobachtete er durch ein Teleskop den Sternenhimmel. Später begeisterte er sich für die Tiefen des Meeres. Er genoss das Tauchen; Wasser wurde "an environment he loved"; sich in die Fluten zu stürzen, bedeutete für ihn "to visit another world".
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Topic: MUSIK - on September 12, 2008 at 10:38:00 AM CEST
The biggest Record Collection in the World: For sale.... AGAIN.
Paul Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years he has amassed what has become the world’s largest record collection. Due to advancing age, financial issues, health issues and a struggling record industry Paul has been forced to sell his collection…. AGAIN.
- 3 Million Records
- 300,000 Compact Discs
- More Than 6 Million Song Titles
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Topic: NASA - on September 12, 2008 at 10:20:00 AM CEST
NASA mulls nuclear Moon reactor
The Moon is terrific as far as desolate orbiting rocks go, but by all accounts, it's rather lacking in the nuclear power generator department. Which is a shame because that means NASA needs to build one itself to juice up any future lunar outposts.
Indeed, America's space agency wants to outsource its lunar R&D operations some 384,403km above the Earth by 2020 – but it has no plans to be lighting torches and taking cold showers when it gets there. The goal is to spread civilization to the stars, after all.
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