bankers face a life of work

Congress to save bankers from having to work for a living.

Car fire in Oakland

A car fire today slowed traffic through Oakland as people nearly stopped on the freeway to take photographs, causing long delays at the noon hour.

Military involved in injury at high school graduation?

At the graduation today at James Logan High School, Union City, California, a woman was taken away by the paramedics. Lurking nearby the whole time was a member of the US military. What is the connection between the...

Penguin robot can interact with humans

"A robotic pet penguin which can interact with humans has been unveiled by South Korean researchers. Pomi (Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) can see, hear, touch and emit smells as well as making faces, the...

British big cats

"British big cats, sometimes referred to as ABCs, short for Alien Big Cats or Anomalous Big Cats, phantom cats or mystery cats, are non native big cats, possibly predatory, said to be roaming the countryside of the...

Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente Test Health Data Transfers

"Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente Test Health Data TransfersThe HMO is inviting its 156,000 employees to participate in the health care data transfer test with an eye to opening it up to more...

Americans should plan to stay in Cuba 100 years

After US Marines landed at Guantanamo Bay Cuba on June 10th 1898, during the Spanish-American war, Republican candidate in the 1900 election for president of the United States, William McKinley, when asked about when...

Name Your Poison Day

" Name Your Poison Day When : Always June 8th Name Your Poison Day is a day to make a choice. The term "Name Your Poison" is commonly used to suggest that you select among...

ladybugs swarm San Francisco Bay area

This is a common scene these days in the San Francisco Bay area. Ladybug beetles are swarming by the millions in local parks, as seen in this shot taken yesterday in the Redwood Regional Park in the hills above...
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