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Honda car Honda's electric car like a bicycle on a vacuum Wed 16 May 2012
HONDA unveiled its latest electric vehicle, but it is unlike any of the cars and motorcycles the company is best known for. Rather, the UNI-CUB single-seat, unicycle-like... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Daily Telegraph Australia
Business   Economy   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Honda
full moon in the sky at night Failure to keep track of moon rock samples keeps investigator busy Mon 14 May 2012
Rafael Navarro, a former Colombian toy manufacturer, contends this rock in his possession came from the moon. His efforts to sell dust scraped from the rock on eBay for... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Denver Post
Moon   Nasa   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: Moon rock
Tesla Grand Opening in Menlo Park - Tesla Chairman, Elon Musk. ‘You can't simulate the ISS on the ground’ Mon 7 May 2012
Washington - Elon Musk, the Internet entrepreneur and owner of SpaceX, which aims to be the first private firm to send a cargo craft to the International Space Station,... (photo: Creative Commons / Brian Solis) Independent online (SA)
Internet   Photos   Space   Technology   Wikipedia: Elon Musk
President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Saturday, April 28, 2012 in Washington. Obama's new campaign slogan: 'Forward' Mon 30 Apr 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has a new campaign slogan: "Forward." Obama's re-election team unveiled its new motto in a video released Monday morning.... (photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari) US News
Election   Obama   Photos   President   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
A protester kicks away a tear gas canister fired by Malaysian police during a rally to demand for electoral reforms in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, April 28, 2012. Police unleashed tear gas and chemical-laced water Saturday at thousands of demonstrators who staged one of Malaysia's largest street rallies in years, demanding fair rules for national elections expected soon. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) Huge rally raises question on Malaysia poll timing Sun 29 Apr 2012
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A massive street rally demanding electoral reforms in Malaysia raised questions Sunday about when the long-ruling coalition government will... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin) Austin American Statesman
Democracy   Malaysia   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Bersih 2.0 rally
Tomato tree plant in the garden - vegetable - food Holistic Gardening More Than Just Good For Your Health Fri 27 Apr 2012
Going through the produce aisle at the grocery story always poses a challenge – the prices are usually out of control and we’ve all heard about the potentially harmful... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Examiner
Gardening   Health   Photos   Tomato   Wikipedia: Gardening
Visitors entrance at Merck KGaA in Darmstadt (Germany). Merck posts big Q1 profit jump on lower charges Fri 27 Apr 2012
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Merck & Co. says first-quarter profit jumped 67 percent despite lower-than-expected sales, due to lower charges for... (photo: Creative Commons / Kuebi) US News
Business   Drugs   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Merck & Co.
A C-17 Globemaster III takes off from Balad Air Base, Iraq as a U.S. Air Force MQ-1L Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) waits to be launched. Killer Drones, NASA and Inner Space: The Final 'Militarized' Frontier? Fri 27 Apr 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the Fifteenth General Assembly of the United Nations and declared, "The... (photo: US Navy / Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed) WorldNews.com
Defence   Pentagon   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: Unmanned aerial vehicle
In this March 9, 2012 photograph, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Mississippi Farmers Market as Gov. Phil Bryant, right, listens in Jackson, Miss. Romney, endorsed by the state's top elected Republican officers, seeks to capture the state's primary election on Tuesday, March 13. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Biden links Romney foreign policy to Bush's views Thu 26 Apr 2012
By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says Republican Mitt Romney's views on foreign affairs would return the United States to... (photo: AP / Rogelio V. Solis) US News
Bush   Campaign   Photos   Romney   Wikipedia: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Mitt Romney Should Flip Flop Again and Endorse Newt Gingrich's Lunar Base Wed 25 Apr 2012
The arrival of the space shuttle Discovery to its final resting place has somehow sparked an upwelling of angst about what sort of future, in any, America has in space.... (photo: AP / Ron Edmonds) The Examiner
Campaign   Photos   Republican   Romney   Wikipedia: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012
Rosneft-azs Rosneft, Eni to jointly explore oil-rich Arctic Wed 25 Apr 2012
MOSCOW (AP) — Rosneft, Russia's largest oil producer, and Italy's Eni have signed a deal to jointly explore for oil and gas in Russia's Arctic. The two companies... (photo: GFDL / --S[1]) US News
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Real Madrid's coach Jose Mourinho from Portugal speaks during a news conference in Madrid, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Real Madrid will play Bayern Munich Wednesday in semifinal, second leg Champions League soccer match in Madrid. Mourinho: ‘I think I will continue at Madrid’ Tue 24 Apr 2012
MADRID (AP) - Jose Mourinho says he will likely remain coach of Real Madrid beyond this season with the Spanish leader playing for a spot in the Champions League final.... (photo: AP / Paul White) The Washington Times
Football   Madrid   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: José Mourinho
American businesswoman en:Susan Decker, president of Yahoo!, at employee all hands meeting in Sunnyvale, California. Former Yahoo boss and husband agree $71 million divorce Tue 24 Apr 2012
A titanic five-year divorce battle between Susan Decker, the former president of internet giant Yahoo, and her investment banker husband has been settled in an agreement... (photo: Creative Commons / GRuban) The Daily Telegraph
Internet   Lawmaker   Photos   Wikipedia: Susan Decker   Women
Samsung Electronics Company Samsung family in public spat over inheritance Tue 24 Apr 2012
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - A feud over the riches of South Korea’s Samsung business empire has erupted in public as family members prepare to take an inheritance... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Washington Times
Business   Lawmaker   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Samsung Electronics
 Apple store (sl1) Apple stock hit by AT&T numbers Tue 24 Apr 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Apple shares slipped in early trading Tuesday after AT&T Inc., the largest seller of iPhones in the U.S., reported a sharp drop in first-quarter sales... (photo: creative commons) The Washington Times
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1996/02/01 Asteroid Ida and Its Moon - This is the first full picture showing both asteroid 243 Ida and its newly discovered moon to be transmitted to Earth from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration´s (NASA´s) Galileo spacecraft-- Firm has its sight set on mining asteroids Tue 24 Apr 2012
A group of 21st-century private space entrepreneurs is expected to unveil an ambitious new venture to mine the surface of near-Earth asteroids in search of precious... (photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech file) The Los Angeles Times
Business   Mining   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: Asteroid mining
President Barack Obama listens as President John Evans Atta Mills of Ghana speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Obama takes on college costs, eyes young voters Tue 24 Apr 2012
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is on a blitz to keep the cost of college loans from soaring for millions of students. He... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) US News
Millions   Obama   Photos   President   Washington   Wikipedia:Obama
aol Microsoft sells AOL patents on to Facebook Mon 23 Apr 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft, which just bought patents from AOL for $1 billion, is now turning around and selling most of them to Facebook for $550 million. Microsoft... (photo: Creative Commons / psd) US News
Business   Market   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: AOL
Children eating ice cream - junk food Why eating ice cream gives you brain freeze Sun 22 Apr 2012
Scientists have explained why eating ice cream too quickly can cause a painful headache - commonly known as brain freeze. The ice cream headache known as brain freeze is... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Daily Telegraph
Headache   Ice Cream   Photos   Scientists   Wikipedia: Ice cream
Space Shuttle Enterprise in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington DC The Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first Space Shuttle built for NASA. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield, and was therefore not capable of space operations; its purpose was to perform test flights in the atmosphere. Weather forecast delays shuttle's arrival to NYC Sat 21 Apr 2012
NEW YORK — The space shuttle Enterprise's scheduled arrival in New York City has been pushed back because of possible bad weather. NASA says Monday's planned... (photo: Creative Commons / Ad Meskens) Austin American Statesman
Photos   Science   Space   Technology   Wikipedia: Space Shuttle Enterprise