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Tsunami
TOKYO, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A tiny tsunami hit a small island far south of Tokyo on Sunday after authorities warned that waves of more than 3 metres (10 ft) could batter Japan’s Pacific coast following a massive earthquake in Chile.
Officials have ordered some 245,000 households along Japan’s Pacific coast to evacuate after one of [...]
Gocycle
Battery-powered propulsion is the way forward – even though it’s only on an electric bicycle.
As we have known for at least 100 years, the best, if not the most interesting, way to power a road vehicle is with an electric motor.
The electric motor is a much older invention than the engine and was already in [...]
health care
“Hands off my health care” goes one strain of populist sentiment.
But what if?
Suppose Congress and President Barack Obama fail to overhaul the system now, or just tinker around the edges, or start over, as the Republicans propose — despite the Democrats’ latest and possibly last big push that began last week at a marathon [...]
chile 8.8 earthquake
One of the largest ever recorded, it spawned a tsunami in the Pacific.
TALCA, Chile – One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tore apart houses, bridges, and highways in central Chile yesterday and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world. The head of the emergency agency said authorities believed at least 300 [...]
Citigroup
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Citigroup (C Quote) late Friday said it expects U.S. consumer net credit losses to “increase modestly” in the first quarter from fourth-quarter levels.
The company disclosed this view, and plenty more in its Form 10-K for fiscal 2009. which it filed after the closing bell. Citi attributed the view “in part to [...]
3 Idiots
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IBNS) 3 Idiots predictably swept the 55th Filmfare Awards winning honours for best film and director while Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan bagged the best male and female actor trophies respectively for Paa at the glittering ceremony Saturday night.
The show was glittering as host Shahrukh Khan (who again teamed up with [...]
2PM
For four hours on Feb. 27, members of boy band 2PM and representatives from JYP Entertainment held a meeting with 87 representatives of Korean and international 2PM fan clubs in Seoul to thresh out issues regarding the agency’s decision to oust Park Jaebum and the future of the K-pop group.
International fans were represented in [...]
jennifer lopez snl
Jennifer Lopez and SNL regular Kenan Thompson joke around in this new promo for tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live.
Hopefully she’ll poke fun at her split with Sony Music Epic Records and all of the catsuits she’s been sporting!
Natural-Gas
Natural-gas producers are getting hit hard by sliding gas prices, but that isn’t keeping them from drilling more wells.
Natural gas this week fell below $5 a million British thermal units for the first time since December, and is down 14% since the start of the year. That is hitting profits at big gas producers [...]
Roth IRA
Never before has there been such hubbub over the benefit of converting your traditional IRA account to that other tax-friendly alternative known as the Roth IRA.
Unless you haven’t heard, there has been a certain magic associated with Roth retirement accounts since they allow money that has been set aside for retirement to grow tax [...]
