Growing renewables by deregulating utilities

The question of whether or not to open up wholesale electricity markets to nonutilities is an important one for the renewable energy market.  Currently, there are three components to our electricity markets;...

CDC: Over 100,000 Americans May Have Swine Flu

" While the official tally of confirmed U.S. swine flu cases topped 4,700 on Friday, experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimate the true number of infections at more than 100,000...

D.C. HIV/AIDS Report: HIV and AIDS Cases Rise 22 Percent In D.C.

Update: Monday, March 16, 2009; 7:07 pm EST: As noted at the end of this story, Dr. Hader was to take questions about the levels of HIV/AIDS cases in the Washington, D.C. area today at 2:00 pm. Questions and...

Rotating layoffs announced at GM, Chrysler auto plants in Windsor

WINDSOR, Ont. - Employees at two auto plants in Windsor, Ontario are facing rotating layoffs, starting next week. " Workers at the General Motors transmission plant are facing temporary job cuts as the automaker...

GEO’s channels blocked in Sindh

"KARACHI: Geo Network’s transmission has been stopped on cable in a number of cities across Sindh including Karachi.Cable operators blocked the transmission of Geo Network in a number of areas across the city Monday morning, without assigning any reason for the stoppage....

Clamour grows for BBC to act over Russell Brand radio insults

Some prank phone calls made by BBC presenters Russel Brand and Jonathan Ross have become a major issue in the UK, dominating the 24-hour networks today. When a high-profile guest cancelled on the show, Brand and Ross left him messages on his voicemail on air harassing him,...

Power riots erupt in Karachi due to Massive power breakdown

Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, is in severe power crisis. Karachi is Pakistan's economic nerve centre of banking, industry and trade. Power supply to the entire city was disrupted on Wednesday morning following a tripping in both the circuits of the...

Canadian faces murder trial for spreading AIDS

For the first time in Canadian history, a person is going to be tried for murder following the death of two women from HIV-related illnesses, after they were allegedly infected with HIV following alleged unprotected sex without culprit Johnson Aziga disclosing...

Power grid holding back renewable energy advances

Nearly the biggest problem today facing clean energy production lies in the ability to reliably transmit that energy from high renewable energy producing states to low producing states.  Without being...

Intel demonstrates wireless power charging

Hey, Uri Geller, can you do this? I guess I could've put this in tech, but it sure qualifies for "strange", imho"Imagine juicing your laptop computer or cell phone without plugging them into an electrical socket. That's a luxury that could be provided by wireless power...

Man who beheaded bus seat mate defiled body, police tape says

"TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- A police officer at the scene of a grisly beheading on a Canadian bus reported seeing the attacker hacking off pieces of the victim's body and eating them, according to a police tape leaked on the Internet Saturday. ...

MONEYTALK: $5 bn for WIND POWER lines, Texas

Texas the state with Windpower for all, approved the power line plan from West Texas to urban cities. The largest investment in clean, renewable energy in U.S. history. Texas citizens will have to assist with the...

Birds having to tweet over all the traffic

Traffic is so noisy from planes, machinery, and cars that birds are having to tweet louder and alter their songs so that they can attract mates.Having to change their 'voices' in this way could have long-term and...

GM Selling North America's Birthright to Mexico

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOutsourcing North America's Manufacturing Birthright, has taken another turn for the worse, 2,600 General Motors jobs (not 1,000 as previously reported) are heading...

Basic Facts and Myths About Condoms

""With more than 1 million Americans infected with HIV, most of themthrough sexual transmission, and an estimated 12 million other sexuallytransmitted diseases occurring each year in the United States,effective strategies for preventing these diseases are critical. The proper...

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