LONDON - A tornado Thursday ripped off a section of a wall of a northwest London house, damaged several nearby homes and injured at least six people, authorities said.
A man was taken to a hospital with a head injury, and five other adults were treated at the scene for minor injuries and shock, London Ambulance [...]
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery late Thursday, and a forecast for strong winds prompted the space agency to postpone another attempt by at least two days.
NASA managers waited until the end of the countdown before deciding to call off the launch scheduled for 9:35 [...]
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LOS ANGELES - After decades of scouring images of Mars for signs of water, scientists believe they have found stunning evidence that water may even now be flowing through the Red Planet’s frigid surface.
The news excited scientists who hunt for extraterrestrial life. If the finding is confirmed, they say, all the ingredients favorable for life [...]
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 6 - “Heeere’s Johnny!” — the introduction for U.S. talk-show host Johnny Carson for 30 years — has been ranked the most memorable TV catchphrase in a Top 100 list covering 60 years of American television shows, cartoons, commercials and quotes from news programs.
Neil Armstrong’s famous “One small step for man … [...]
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Check out this video made from the Japanese Wii manuals…
This is hilarious..
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Scam artists played a costly game of distraction, and a Kent homeowner lost thousands of dollars. His property was stolen out from under him while he was still in the house.
“Knocked on the door. It was very innocent,” Tom Carmichael said of the woman who stopped by. She said “can I take a quick peek [...]
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Microsoft will issue six security patches next Tuesday, of which at least two will have a rating of critical. Missing from this list is a patch for a recently discovered zero-day flaw in Word: no updates are scheduled for the Office suite.
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Blu-ray is losing the opinion war. So says Cymfony, a company that measures market influence. Its newest report, “A Blue Christmas for Blu-ray,” claims that HD DVD has more positive buzz than Blu-ray, but not for the reasons you might imagine.
Cymfony looked at 17,664 posts from 323 blogs and discussion boards over the last two [...]
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The fate of the world may now be in Thomas Dekker’s hands.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dekker has been cast as humanity’s savior John Connor in FOX’s “The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” a small screen extension of the popular “Terminator” franchise.
“The Sarah Connor Chronicles” takes place in-between the events of “Terminator 2″ and “Terminator [...]
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Following several high-profile Internet reports of damage being caused by its Wiimote controller, Nintendo on Wednesday gave some friendly advice on how — and how not to — use its unique capabilities.
The motion-sensing controller is swung and waved about to direct the console to make certain actions in the game. However, some gamers are apparently [...]
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