PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. – An effort to save thousands of sea turtle hatchlings from dying in the oily Gulf of Mexico will begin in the coming weeks in a desperate attempt to keep an entire generation of threatened species from vanishing. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will coordinate the plan, which calls for...
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Sony is recalling 535,000 Vaio notebooks because they may get so hot that the cases will bend and warp. The F-series and C-Series Vaios have been sold into various markets around the world: Japan, Asia, Europe and the US, although so far Sony has only received 39 reports of overheating problems, says the Wall...
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Democrats are slamming House Minority Leader John Boehner for reportedly saying the Social Security retirement age should be raised to pay for the war in Afghanistan — though Boehner’s office vehemently denies he made that connection. The comment came during an interview Monday with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Boehner said the retirement age should be...
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Beginning with Wonder Woman #600, the Amazon princess gets one of her biggest overhauls since she was created in 1941. Wearing a new costume designed by DC Co-Publisher Jim Lee — complete with pants — this new, modern-looking Wonder Woman is from the mind of the new Wonder Woman writer, J. Michael Straczynski. Because...
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Budapest, Hungary—ZEN Studios Planet MiniGolf is available on PlayStation®Network for $9.99 / 7.99EURO! ZEN has applied its acclaimed ball physics seen in their pinball titles to Planet MiniGolf, bringing the ultimate mini-golf experience to PlayStation. “We are extremely pleased with how Planet MiniGolf turned out. We have a title that offers everything gamers want –...
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The cover story of one of the alleged Russian spies arrested in the United States is beginning to unravel today. British firms where Anna Chapman claimed to have worked denied any knowledge of her, or said that the claims on her CV were overstated. Chapman was one of 11 people arrested after being accused...
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On the tail end of their current US tour, Minus The Bear will be back on the road again this summer. The guys will make their way east before returning to their hometown of Seattle in July. Check out their new video, “My Time” HERE. OMNI, is available courtesy of Dangerbird. Tour Dates: July 2 St. Paul, MN...
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WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan says she agrees with Chief Justice John Roberts that justices basically act like baseball umpires in deciding complex legal issues. But Kagan said the metaphor isn’t quite that simple. She said Wednesday that while judges should be strictly neutral, they also have to exercise difficult judgments. Said...
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Former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham Christian Cunningham , the 2 1/2 year-old son of former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham, died after drowning in a hot tub in his backyard. Cunningham, a former star at UNLV and now a pastor in Las Vegas, performs baptisms in the hot tub. Reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal: A...
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In Louisiana, Alex pushed an oil patch toward Grand Isle and uninhabited Elmer’s Island, dumping tar balls as big as apples onto the beach, and in Alabama, normally white sand was streaked with long lines of oil, reports the Associated Press. “The sad thing is that it’s been about three weeks since we had...
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