Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Fast Future..The Google car is a cool look into what could be our future drivers! Quite frankly, I still have a love for the road and I'm pretty sure many would agree. Summer with the windows down and music jammin' on a back road that leads pretty much anywhere is exactly where I want to be.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/magazine-features-googles-car-that-can-drive-itself-while-others-try-to-catch-up/2011/12/21/gIQAYRTCdQ_story.html

Anonymous Retaliates On Justice Department After Feds Seize Megaupload

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/justice-department-web-site-goes-down-after-feds-seize-megaupload/2012/01/19/gIQAd2GpBQ_blog.html

Federal officials shut down file-sharing web site Megaupload.com, Anonymous hacking group responds by attacking the Justice Department web site.  

Monday, January 30, 2012

GOP Would Like To Be Rid Of State Income Tax

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120131/ap_on_bi_ge/us_eliminating_income_taxes

"Cheer leader passed up a big money fitness modeling contract because she refused to use a legal steroid."

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201201/college-footballs-strongest-cheerleader

Avatar: box office smash and real-world premonition?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16040655

Lone Wolf Commands a Following

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/us/wildlife-activists-follow-lone-wolfs-trek-into-california.html?ref=science

First wild wolf in California in 88 years.

J.C. Penney to Revise Pricing Methods and Limit Promotions

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/jc-penneys-chief-ron-johnson-announces-plans-to-revamp-stores.html

J.C. Penney plans to make major changes in hopes to boost sales.

Lego man in space

Two Canadian teenagers send a Lego man into the stratosphere.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/teens-send-lego-man-into-space/

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Good Samaritan Gets Shot in the Chest

The FBI decides to help New Orleans investigators look for a man who shot an innocent man for helping a woman being carjacked.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/26/justice/louisiana-good-samaritan/index.html?hpt=ju_c1

The Frostburg New Day: Obama pushes clean energy theme in Nevada, Colorado

The Frostburg New Day: Obama pushes clean energy theme in Nevada, Colorado

Animals left to die in Japan

After the evacuation of people from the "exclusion zone" (which has a 12 mile radius) in Fukushima, animal remains have been found, infuriating animal rights activists.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/26/world/asia/fukushimas-animals-abandoned-and-left-to-die/index.html?hpt=wo_t5

Want for forced shut down of illegal sites

Due to the fact that search engines are increasingly sending internet goers to illegal sites, UK right holders want to forcibly demote illegal sites.

Overblown; a conversation between the president and controversial governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, makes national headlines.
http://news.yahoo.com/chilly-reception-obama-lands-phoenix-words-gop-governor-001215385--abc-news.html


Bill Gates donates a generous amount of money to help fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/26/health/switzerland-gates-donation/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Obama gives the State of the Union Address   state of the union address