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'President Adams' to visit Temple Isaiah
What would you ask President John Adams if you had the chance?
You can get your opportunity — no flux capacitor required — at Temple Isaiah on Friday night when historical impressionist Peter Small takes the stage as the second president, who...Tags: Golda Meir, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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House votes to block enforcement of light bulb rules
Nation NowA spending bill aimed at preventing a federal government shutdown would block enforcement of new energy-efficiency rules for light bulbs, letting old-style incandescent bulbs stay around a bit longer. The provision was a high priority of congressional... -
Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs top young adult list of greatest innovators
TechnologySteve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg make it on the 2012 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index of the greatest innovators of all time. But Thomas Edison wins.... -
No mind-reading yet, but scientists eavesdrop on brain impulses
TechnologyIs mind reading one step closer to reality? Scientists are learning to listen to your mind.... -
Enlightened choices when buying light bulbs: New labels coming Jan. 1
The Road Warrior w/Dan HartzellThis isn't really a roadway or transnportation issue, but I think it's interesting, and important. Most folks are probably aware that the federal government is, in effect, phasing out energy-wasting incandescent light bulbs in favor of more efficient... -
Steve Jobs Refused Surgery That Could Have Saved Him
Reuters/KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs refused potentially life-saving cancer surgery for nine months, shrugging off protests from his family and opting instead for alternative medicine, according to the tech visionary's biographer. When...Tags: Genentech Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Government, Pancreas
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Robert E. Conot dies at 82; journalist wrote exhaustive study of the Watts riots
To organize his research on the Watts riots, journalist Robert E. Conot sketched out the hour-by-hour progress of events in 1965 on a 25-foot-long stretch of paper, then dressed the diagram in the exhaustive detail for which he became known.
The timeline...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Biography (genre), Hospitals and Clinics, News Media, International Court or Tribunal
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Tech Talk: On Steve Jobs
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsI wanted to have something about the news of Steve Jobs posted yesterday, but unfortunately, there are just not enough hours in the day to absolutely everything we want to do (but I'm sure you knew that already). By now, I'm sure you know that Steve Jobs...Tags: Management Change, Companies and Corporations, Computer Hardware, Bill Gates, Corporate Officers
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Thomas E. Henry Sr., 79
Thomas Edison Henry Sr., 79, of Williamsport, Md., died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Md. Born Oct. 18, 1931, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of the late John T. and Edna Light Henry. He served in the...Tags: University of Maryland Medical Center, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)
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Green Wheels: "Nuclear Cars" Have Reactors on Board
Jesse Berst of the Center for Smart Energy points out that if Thomas Edison came back from the grave he'd find our electric grid pretty much just as he left it. I'd add that Henry Ford (Edison's bosom buddy) would find our cars recognizable, too: Four...Tags: Kennedy Krieger Institute, Smart Car, Car Engine Repair, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Henry Ford
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Sued Pacific Park subcontractors agree to settle
About three years after the city sued a contractor who got about $21 million to build a library, gym and other buildings at Pacific Park, the case has started to thaw in the court system after several subcontractors agreed to settle. Five out of dozens...Tags: Alexander (music group), Companies and Corporations, Trials, Lawyers, Economy, Business and Finance
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Time still moves slowly on Sanibel, Captiva islands
If you're in a hurry, you don't belong on Sanibel.
That friendly admonition has been a pearl of wisdom on this leisurely Gulf Coast island for decades. In the 1970s, when a high-school buddy and I used to take day trips across the remote Alligator...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Dining and Drinking, Travel, Hotels and Accommodations, Wildlife
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