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Robotic Systems Help People with Disabilities
Robotic mobility and manipulation devices are being crated to assist people with disabilities
Obama Turns to Web to Defend Health Plan
President Pushing Health Care Overhaul, Challenging Misconceptions about Democratic Plans
Calgary 911 operators vote for strike action
Calgary's emergency services dispatchers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action.
Air Force used Twitter to track NY flyover fallout
(AP) -- As the Pentagon warns of the security risks posed by social networking sites, newly released government documents show the military also uses these Internet tools to monitor...
Researchers explore how power influences interpretation
A newly completed New York University study of public reaction to the 9/11 attacks concludes that people in positions of power, from government officials to managers working on Wall Street...
EBay, GM set to start car-selling trial Tuesday
(AP) -- General Motors and eBay Inc. are expected to announce Monday that hundreds of the auto maker's California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of...
War In The Valley: Apple vs. Google
The Monday Note: Behind The Coming Clash Between Tech Titans
Obama's grass-roots network is put to the test
A group that helped elect the president is being reshaped to push healthcare legislation. To win the White House, Barack Obama and his political team built a vast grass-roots network of supporters and...
UK assesses future food security
The government launches a debate on how the UK can ensure its food supply will remain secure in the future.
Small is beautiful (and successful) for newspapers
(AP) -- Newspapers are hurting all over the United States, but the pain is less severe at small publications like The Blackshear Times in Georgia.
Publicis to buy Razorfish from Microsoft for $530m
The French advertising group Publicis said Sunday it would buy the digital advertising agency Razorfish from Microsoft for 530 million dollars (380 million euros).
Homebuyers gain an edge with Internet searches
In the colorful, centuries-long history of house hunting, when have so many buyers come to the table knowing so much about prices, neighborhoods and school test scores?
And You Thought a Prescription Was Private
Prescriptions and the information on them are bought and sold in a murky marketplace, often without the patients’ knowledge or permission.
News Corp tests charge-for-content policy at Sunday Times: report
Britain's Sunday Times newspaper will be the testing ground for News Corporation's new policy of charging for Internet content, a report said Friday citing industry sources.
Telco companies to provide data for broadband map
(AP) -- The country's biggest phone and cable companies have agreed to hand over information about their broadband networks to help the federal government produce a national map showing...
Rival groups bid to snatch new .eco net domain
Rival environmental groups line up supporters to try to take control of a new .eco net domain aimed at green groups.
Health Debate Turns Hostile at Town Hall Meetings
Members of Congress have been shouted down, hanged in effigy and taunted by crowds at town hall meetings on health care.
Paterson Eases Process for Repealing State Rules
An executive order is welcomed by business and industry interests, but labor, consumer and environmental groups are outraged.
Driving Out of Germany, to Pollute Another Day
Germany’s “cash-for-clunkers” program is being undermined as cars that were supposed to have been junked are finding their way to markets in Africa and Eastern Europe.
Saturn to pull celestial Houdini on August 11
In 1918, magician extraordinaire Harry Houdini created a sensation when he made a 10,000 pound elephant disappear before a mystified audience of over 5,200 at New York's famed Hippodrome theatre.
Airspeed Systems Leave Planes Flying Blind
Mid-Air Sensor Malfunctions Are Much More Common Than Previously Thought, Federal Investigators Find
School Bus Seat Belt Study Enters Final Research Year
The pilot study assessing the impact of the installation of lap/shoulder seat belts on a limited number of Alabama school buses is entering the final research year. The study will...
9 arrested for selling fake Viagra
RCMP in Quebec have arrested nine people and charged them with selling counterfeit Viagra pills over the internet and in sex shops.
Cambrian's fiercest hunter defanged
Computer modelling hints that didn't have the chops to chew up trilobites.
Cold-fX maker fined by Alberta Securities Commission
The Alberta Securities Commission has fined the Edmonton-based manufacturer of cold and flu remedy Cold-fX $740,000 in relation to the failed U.S. launch of the product in 2006.
CRTC carriage fees hearings prompt court challenge
Satellite TV provider Bell has fired off the latest volley in Canada's ongoing TV industry battle, challenging the CRTC over the contentious issue of carriage fees.
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Biggest Bubble, Illegal Piglet, More
A seal hunter bloodies the waters, models strut the world's longest catwalk, mourners remember Hiroshima, and more in this week's best news photos.
Semantics-based software boosts company performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- New semantics-based software tools that accelerate the speed companies can develop or adjust their processes - while slashing costs - have resulted from a major European research...