SEOUL: Two construction workers were confirmed killed late Friday and 10 others missing after a barge carrying a crane capsized off South Korea's southeast coast, the coastguard said.The 2,600-ton barge sank off the city of Ulsan after the 80-metre (264-foot) crane collapsed, Yonhap news agency quoted coastguard officials as saying.Twelve people have so far been rescued with two others...
Get a Sceptre 42-inch HDTV for $299 shipped
Label: LifestyleIt was almost two years ago to the day that I wrote about a 32-inch TV selling for $299 (a Sceptre, in fact), and what a big deal that was.Now you can get a significantly larger screen for exactly the same price: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Walmart has the Sceptre X425BV-FHD 42-inch LCD HDTV for $299, plus sales tax where applicable. Shipping is free, or you can opt for free in-store...
Global Checkup: Most People Living Longer, But Sicker
Label: Health If the world's entire population went in for a collective checkup, would the doctor's prognosis be good or bad? Both, according to new studies published in The Lancet medical journal.The vast collaborative effort, called the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010, includes papers by nearly 500 authors in 50 countries. Spanning four decades of data, it represents...
Critics Faulted Rice's Work on Benghazi, Africa
Label: Business United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice removed herself from possible consideration as secretary of state after becoming yet another player in the divide between the left and right.Rice, who withdrew her name Thursday, has faced months of criticism over how she characterized the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. She also has come under fire for her approach...
Dec
13
Welcome to the personal drone revolution
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US retail sales rebound in November
Label: Technology WASHINGTON: US retail sales rebounded in November, reversing October's decline as auto sales surged, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.Retail sales rose 0.3 percent after a 0.3 percent drop the prior month.Excluding automobile sales, up 1.4 percent after a 1.9 percent tumble in October, retail sales were unchanged from October.The Commerce Department said that Hurricane Sandy, which...
Crazy like a fox? McAfee admits to playing 'the crazy card'
Label: LifestyleSoftware founder John McAfee, pictured yesterday, was released from detention in Guatemala and flew to the U.S.(Credit:CBS News) The antics of security software founder John McAfee may have seemed pretty insane, but he now says that at least some of his actions were a ruse. McAfee, speaking with ABC News after arriving in the U.S., said he faked an illness to avoid being sent back to Belize from...
Hubble Discovers Oldest Known Galaxy
Label: Health The Hubble space telescope has discovered seven primitive galaxies formed in the earliest days of the cosmos, including one believed to be the oldest ever detected.The discovery, announced Wednesday, is part of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field campaign to determine how and when galaxies first assembled following the Big Bang."This 'cosmic dawn' was not a single, dramatic event," said astrophysicist...
Mall Shooter Quit Job, Was Hawaii Bound
Label: Business In the days before he stole a semiautomatic weapon and stormed into an Oregon shopping mall, killing two people in a shooting spree, Jacob Roberts quit his job, sold his belongings and began to seem "numb" to those closest to him.Roberts' ex-girlfriend, Hannah Patricia Sansburn, 20, told ABC News today that the man who donned a hockey mask and opened fire on Christmas shoppers...
Dec
12
Slaloming robot minicopter learns from its mistakes
Label: World Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV!--By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and Cfound at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. -->A pro skier is likely to have practised for years, and endured a few falls, before winning a slalom race. Now a minicopter is taking inspiration from this approach by learning from its mistakes to perfect a...
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