First picture of trail bike boy, 17, killed by trip wire across track

" A teenager was killed when he rode his trail bike into a wire strung between trees on a country track. Ryan Acaster, 17, had been riding his high-powered machine in woodlands close to several farms. As he went...

Mercedes to Cut Petrol-Powered Models by 2015

Ambitious. Mercedes-Benz is aiming to remove petroleum-powered vehicles from its lineup by 2015, with a consumer biofuel-powered vehicle available by 2010. meanwhile, the bling-heavy company is testing a series of...

NowPublic in the News, Don't call it, "Citizen Journalism"

NowPublic in the News, Citizen journalism site  adds new features Update found at end of this story Here is a related story that was published first on NP from mtippett NP gets Kudos from Journalism Blogs...

Blogged.com Launches Human-Powered News Tracker

In the ongoing internet battle between human editors and mechanized algorithms, there has been no clear victor. But competition in the space is heating up, and Blogged.com is betting on the humans. Well, their humans."Blogged.com, a site that started off as a ratings-powered...

IMSA to Sanction The Atlantic Championship Events in 2008 :: The EDJE

"A key component of the 35th anniversary season for the Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda has finally fallen into place as Atlantic Championship President Vicki O'Connor and officials...

Trash Flight Vision

 The chocolate powered lorry driver has a new plan:"A British adventurer said he plans to emulate his heroes from the movie Back To The Future by flying to China powered by rubbish. Andy Pag has just arrived...

Lula promotes biofuels in Africa

Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva has urged African countries to take up the use of biofuels as a way of improving their economic independence."He is starting a four-nation tour of Africa, offering help from Brazil in developing biofuel technology. By moving away...

Around The World In 13 Years

Jason Lewis has today completed a 13 year human-powered trip around the globe." LONDON — He was hit by a car in Colorado, attacked by a crocodile in Australia, detained as a suspected spy in Egypt, and survived...

The Ethanol Scam: One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles

"The great danger of confronting peak oil and global warming isn't that we will sit on our collective asses and do nothing while civilization collapses, but that we will plunge after "solutions" that will make our...

`3` Signs Up With Verizon Business Security Solutions

Three-Year Managed Security Services Agreement Provides Round-the-Clock Monitoring to Keep Wireless Network Humming Verizon Business has been awarded a three-year contract to provide managed security services (MSS) for 3's (Hutchison 3G Australia) wireless network. Verizon...

Lewis Hamilton Wins Hungarian Grand Prix

"In a weekend when he stood up against his McLaren boss Ron Dennis and double world champion teammate Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton took his fourth 2007 victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix, extending his...

The World's First Air Powered Car

Finally, a car that can actually run on a good night of Taco Bell and Booze.  Nice! " Short of hydrogen-powered, fuel cell or pure electric vehicles, there aren€™§t very many ways of obtaining zero...

The "Other White Meat" Of The Auto-Fuel World :: Oblate Spheroid

"The "Other White Meat" Of The Auto-Fuel World That's right, there is another fuel alternative that would allow all of us to become less dependent on foreign sources for fuel in our automobiles and this one gets...

NowPublic - Highlight 0.12.12.20 Homepage

"NowPublic - Highlight 0.12.12.20 Homepage by NowPublic Development Team Highlight anything on the web you think is newsworthy and connect to eye witnesses at the scene of the story. NowPublic Highlight lets you grab anything on the web you think is news. One click connects...

TC Sounds’ “Beast” makes its debut

“At a whopping 400 pounds, powered by 4 incredible 1kw+ continuous amplifiers, with over 8kw available for transients, driving two of the most powerful – lowest distortion drivers ever to make a public debut (twin LHT-5400’s) available with a slave tower to complete the...

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