When Apple introduced its second-generation iPad earlier this year, then-CEO Steve Jobs used the word “flummoxed” to describe his company’s erstwhile competitors in the tablet market. He was right; the competition has been scattered, and mostly inept. Until now? Perhaps so, with Wednesday’s launch of the Kindle Fire, Amazon’s entry into the market. But this [...]
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September 28, 2011
June 28, 2011
NM Wildfire, Grows, Forcing Shutdown of Famed Los Alamos Nuke Lab
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — A fast-moving wildfire forced officials at the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory to close the site Monday while stirring memories of a devastating blaze more than a decade ago that destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in the area. More than 100 residents evacuated their homes as the fire swelled Monday to [...]
June 23, 2011
June 21, 2011
June 15, 2011
Army Ditches Black Berets in Favor of Caps
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It’s hot, it doesn’t keep the sun out of your eyes, and you need two hands and a mirror to make sure it’s on straight. After 10 years of complaints, the Army is all but ditching the black wool beret and allowing soldiers to go back to the old brimmed patrol [...]
June 14, 2011
June 10, 2011
Alabama Passes Tough Illegal-immigration Law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama vaulted past Arizona on Thursday with what is being called the most restrictive law in the nation against illegal immigration, requiring schools to find out if students are in the country lawfully and making it a crime to knowingly give an illegal immigrant a ride. Advocacy groups promised to challenge [...]
June 7, 2011
Few States Make Progress on Obamacare
Less than a quarter of the states have taken necessary steps to create health insurance marketplaces, a key feature of Obamacare, while 43 states have made new cuts to Medicaid. Taken together, the two trends highlight the challenges facing healthcare reform at the state level, The Washington Post reported. States must have exchanges in place [...]
June 4, 2011
This Bud’s for You — Even With Foreign Owners
All-American beer brands that foreign companies now own, such as Budweiser, have defied expectations of marketing experts and continued to exploit patriotic emotions and imagery to sell their products, reports Ad Age. Belgian-Brazilian adult-beverage giant InBev bought Budweiser parent company Anheuser-Busch in 2008 for $52 billion. InBev is now a subsidiary of the rechristened Anheuser-Busch [...]
June 3, 2011
May 28, 2011
Man Who Gave Trooper the Finger Has Charge Dropped
DENVER (AP) — A harassment charge has been dropped in the case of a 35-year-old Colorado man who faced prosecution for displaying his middle finger to a Colorado State Patrol trooper. The State Patrol said in a statement late Friday that it asked that the case be dropped. The American Civil Liberties Union had argued [...]
May 23, 2011
March 29, 2011
Saudi denies Texas terror charges
Mr Aldawsari, 20, came to the US on a student visa in 2008 A Saudi student has pleaded not guilty to charges he sought to make a bomb and planned terror attacks in the US. Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, is charged in Texas with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. If convicted, he [...]