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Entries from June 2008

California Air Health Advisory Extended

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Officials Extend Advisory Due To Heavy Smoke
San Francisco- After the overall presence of smoke in the Bay area has remained, the officials closely monitoring the overall quality of the Air have chosen to extend the Air quality warnings that were posted on Wednesday and Thursday.
Air quality is predicted to remain in the “Unhealthy” range according […]

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Tags: Health

Yahoo Deal Unlikely According To Gates

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft Founder Says He Believes Merger With Yahoo Unlikely
New York- In a morning interview with NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw, the founder and creator of Microsoft spoke out, saying that a deal with Yahoo or a merger with Yahoo, Inc. is an unlikely event.
Bill Gates was speaking to journalist Tom Brokaw when he was asked about […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

Sony Offers Download Movies For PS3

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

New ability To Feature Service To Play Movies On The Game System
Japan- There have been long standing rumors that Sony would be offering a download service for movies that would be able to be played on their gaming platform, the Playstation 3.
The head of the Video Game unit, Kazuo Hirai met on Thursday with the […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

New Internet Web Extensions Coming

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Addresses And Domains Available Soon
Paris-The Internet has been populated by a relatively short list of extensions to web addresses. But that may be prepared to change.
The main oversight agency met recently to discuss sweeping changes to the network address system and there will be an additional set of extensions fairly soon.
The new rules passed will […]

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Batman Dark Night Pay’s Tribute To Heath Ledger

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Hollywood - It has been confirmed that Heath Ledger will receive a special tribute at the end of the movie, Batman The Dark Knight.
The closing credits of the movie are also going to acknowledge Conway Wickliffe, who was the special-effects technician.
He was killed last September in a stunt-car accident.
The send-off in the credits reads, “in […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Study’s Show 40% of Teens Get Their Alcohol From Adults

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington - According to a new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, 40% of teens get alcohol to drink from adults.
The study was carried out on teens aged 12 to 20 from 2002 to 2006.
What they found was that 40% of teens who drink alcohol stated they got the alcohol for […]

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Tags: Health

Chicago Bulls Pick Derrick Rose For No.1 Draft Pick

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Chicago - The Chicago Bulls picked Derrick Rose as the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday night.
Rose grew up on the South Side of Chicago, and is staying home to play in the NBA.
He was chosen over the Kansas State forward, Michael Beasley.
Beasley ended up going second to Miami, while Minnesota chose […]

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Tags: Sports

Angelina Jolie Ready To Storm The Box Office With Wanted

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington - Angelina Jolie is ready to storm the box office yet again with Wanted.
All appears quite well according to the latest reviews of the R-rated high-octane film.
The film features everything any fan of Jolie could ask for, sexy attire, as well as some pretty big guns to go along with it.
There is plenty of […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Unlocking The Chocolate Genome

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Boston - Scientists from both IBM and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have kicked off the Chocolate Genome Project.
The project, which is expected to run for 5-years, is aimed to better understand the make-up of cocoa trees.
Many cocoa trees are beginning to disappear due to changes in the global climate, causing an increase in cost.
The […]

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Tags: Curiosity · Sci/Tec · Science

Rockstar Lawsuit Take-Two

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Boston - Rockstar and its parent company Take-Two got off quite cheap when reaching a settlement for the infamous GTA Hot Coffee mod.
The mod was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which allowed a virtual sex mini-game to begin.
In total, just 2,676 people came forward to file claims in response to […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec