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Researchers Develop Paper Computer
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Researchers Develop Paper Computer

Researchers at the Queens University Human Media Lab in Kingston, Ontario, have developed a prototype computer with a flexible, touch-screen display that is completely bendable. “This computer looks, feels and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper,” declared creator Roel Vertegaal, director of the lab. “You interact with it by bending it into a [...]

Published by on August 6, 2011 10:11 am
Social Security – What Happens Next?
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Social Security – What Happens Next?

On Tuesday, with just hours left before facing debt-default, the US senate approved a sweeping package that will cut trillions from the deficit and raise the debt limit. Legislation will allow the US’s borrowing limit to increase by at least $2 trillion, preventing the looming cash shortage and covering spending demands until 2013, in addition [...]

Published by on August 5, 2011 12:31 pm
Stock Markets Plummet Across the Globe
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Stock Markets Plummet Across the Globe

Thursday was a day of massive stock market falls in Europe and the US of a kind not seen since the last economic downturn, traders said the atmosphere was reminiscent of the banking crisis of October 2008. Wall Street endured one of its worst days since the height of that crisis, with the Dow Jones [...]

Published by on August 5, 2011 11:29 am
Medical Liability Reform Law leaves more than the County Representatives Divided
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Medical Liability Reform Law leaves more than the County Representatives Divided

The Medical Liability Reform Law, or Senate Bill 33, has left Representatives from Alamance County divided after the senate voted to overwrite the veto by the Governor after it passed the state Senate and House of Representatives in a modified form. The bill, in its current form, would cap non-economic damages at half a million [...]

Published by on August 4, 2011 11:59 am
Justice Department charging 72 suspected members of an online child pornography ring
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Justice Department charging 72 suspected members of an online child pornography ring

Operation Delego, a joint investigation by the U.S. departments of Justice and Homeland Security that was launched in 2009, has resulted in the Justice Department charging 72 suspected members of an online child pornography ring.The operation targeted hundreds of individuals, in countries around the world,” Attorney General Eric Holder said, “for their alleged participation in [...]

Published by on August 4, 2011 11:17 am
Spousal Support and Attorney Fees Battleground for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger & Maria Shriver
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Spousal Support and Attorney Fees Battleground for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger & Maria Shriver

The media was abuzz with the divorce announcement that signaled the end of a 25-year marriage between Maria Shriver and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. This celebrity divorce case immediately overshadowed the other recent celebrity divorce news: George Lopez and his wife of 17 years recently separated, as well as Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane. Claiming “irreconcilable differences,” Shriver filed divorce papers with [...]

Published by on August 4, 2011 10:13 am
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