Menlo Park Explosion: 1 Killed

Gas Explosion in Menlo Park, California A methane gas cylinder exploded at Membrane Technology and Research in Menlo Park, California at 4:15pm local time on September 2, 1011. One worker was killed in the Menlo Park blast, and another injured. Several workers have been...

New global health video footage available rights-free

"In addition to the new video library, the site provides access to: - Language-specific and region-specific reporting guides on HIV/AIDS which provide glossaries and basic facts, and address the challenges of reporting on HIV/AIDS, treatment and prevention strategies, and...

In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don’t Feel Rich

"But many such accomplished and ambitious members of the digital elite still do not think of themselves as particularly fortunate, in part because they are surrounded by people with more wealth — often a lot more.When chief executives are routinely paid tens of millions of...

Today in history - Dec. 31

"Today is Sunday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2006. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light in Menlo Park, N.J. On this date: In 1775, the British repulsed an attack by Continental Army...

TechCrunch Site Makes Arrington a Power Broker

" MENLO PARK, Calif. -- When Ted Rheingold wanted publicity for his Internet start-up Dogster Inc. late last year, he prodded Michael Arrington, Silicon Valley's newest power broker, to check out the offbeat Web site for pet lovers.In January, Mr. Arrington wrote up...

Apple co-founder Wozniak tells his side of story

"There was excited chatter as the revolutionaries met in a nondescript garage in Menlo Park, California, but in the beginning few of them really knew how they would change the world. And yet within a year of that first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club, on March 5, 1975,...