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This 18-Year-Old's Invention Could Make Your Future Phone Instacharge
While you are hanging out on the Internet (in your underwear, maybe?) on a Saturday, kids that are smart than either you or I are out there getting ready to change the world. 18-year-old Eesha Khare (left), for instance, not only invented a supercapacitor that could someday be a phone battery that charges in a...
gizmodo.com (18 minutes ago)
Rewind radio: Sony awards; The Danny Baker Show; PM; Cerys on 6 – review
The Sony Radio Academy awards The Danny Baker Show (5 Live) | iPlayer PM (R4) | iPlayer Cerys on 6 (6 Music) | iPlayer To the Sony Radio Academy awards last Monday, radio's annual big bash. The Sonys have improved over the past few years: slicker and (slightly) quicker, with host Chris Evans ditching his cringey...
guardian.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Corn Stock Theatre turns 60
A passion for theater prompted a group of volunteers to create Corn Stock Theatre in 1954, but there was also another factor that weighed heavily into the equation - at that time, very few people had air conditioning. "Gretchen Iben and Dick Chandler wanted summer theater and there wasn't any venue for it," said...
pjstar.com (4 hours ago)
Ryder Cup stars boost European Tour's flagship PGA Championship event
A nod towards the not-so distant past is not only inevitable but a tangible boost as the European Tour prepares to host its flagship tournament. The BMW PGA Championship starts at Wentworth on Thursday with 12 key competitors in the field – the members of last year's successful European Ryder Cup team. The...
guardian.co.uk (6 hours ago)
North Korea Launches Three Missiles Into Eastern Sea
Five days ago, when describing the launch of the joint-US, South Korean naval military exercise in the East Sea, we said that "for all his endless posturing, North Korea's Un has done absolutely nothing. And if his inability and unwillingness to translate threats into actions continue, that will pretty much be it...
zerohedge.com (6 hours ago)
Empire of the Sun Ups the Ante on 'Alive' (David Guetta Remix) - Song Premiere
Empire of the Sun's "Alive" shines with soaring falsettos and unfussy yet large synths but David Guetta ups the ante even more with this remix of the Ice on the Dune track The original didn't skimp on the dance factor with big-time beats and woozy vocal manipulations but Guetta takes...
rollingstone.com (7 hours ago)
States cracking down on drunken boating
Alcohol use is the leading contributing factor in fatal boating accidents, Coast Guard says.
usatoday.com (10 hours ago)
Restaurant: Mark Greenaway, Edinburgh
Listen to this: a green "cannelloni" tube filled with white crabmeat, sweet and spritzed with lemon. We're prodding the tube – it's not pasta. What could it be? Avocado? Well, the "flesh" yields like avocado. But no, it almost melts, flooding the crab in buttery herbiness. So, OK, it's chilled herb butter – quite a...
guardian.co.uk (12 hours ago)
Q&A: Miss Piggy
Miss Piggy began life in the mid-1970s as a minor character in The Muppet Show, the TV series created by Jim Henson. She went on to become one of the show's central characters. In The Muppet Movie in 1979, she met Kermit the Frog, the love of her life. She has guest-starred on Dolly Parton's variety show, appeared...
guardian.co.uk (13 hours ago)
Form may be factor in McIlroy move
Graeme McDowell believes Rory McIlroy's poor form this season is behind the world number two's decision to leave Horizon Sports Management to create his own management group.
standard.co.uk (14 hours ago)
Voter web page offers detailed information
CANYON COUNTY - Voters in Canyon County Tuesday will use one of 30 different ballots depending on where they live. And after you factor in precincts, because ballots are sorted by precinct on election
idahopress.com (15 hours ago)
Cullerton, Madigan square off with competing pension reform plans
Madigan's bill provides greater savings, but would courts approve reduced benefits for retirees? - As Illinois lawmakers weigh a pair of competing pension reform plans this spring, a big factor they're considering is how much each approach would save the beleaguered state treasury.
chicagotribune.com (15 hours ago)
Teen Who Died During Her First Solo Drive May Have Been Texting
Like most 16-year-old girls, Savannah Nash couldn't wait to get behind the wheel once she got her driver's license. Her first solo drive turned out to be her last. Nash, who turned 16 last week, got permission Thursday afternoon to drive to the grocery store in Harrisonville, Mo., to pick up items for the family...
huffingtonpost.com (16 hours ago)
Councilor: Ban casino cash from race
High-powered lobbyists for proposed casinos in East Boston and Everett have pumped cash into the war chests of several mayoral candidates, prompting one city councilor to call for a ban on gaming special interest money in the heated race. “It shouldn’t be a factor and I don’t want it to be a factor,” said Councilor...
bostonherald.com (16 hours ago)
Copeland figures to be a factor once again in Game 6
Beyond grappling with the Pacers’ size and defensive prowess, Mike Woodson has had to wrestle with his own rotation - whom to start, whom to have come off the bench, how to divvy up the minutes, whether to go big or small and now this: the emergence of Chris Copeland.
nydailynews.com (16 hours ago)
Copeland figures to be factor in Game 6
Beyond grappling with the Pacers’ size and defensive prowess, Mike Woodson has had to wrestle with his own rotation - whom to start, whom to have come off the bench, how to divvy up the minutes, whether to go big or small and now this: the emergence of Chris Copeland.
nydailynews.com (16 hours ago)
Yahoo to vote on $1.1 billion Tumblr buy: AllThingsD
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board will meet on Sunday to vote on whether to offer $1.1 billion in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources close to the situation as saying on Friday. Such an acquisition would be CEO Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking the...
yahoo.com (19 hours ago)
13 Awkward Graduation Moments
The pressure of a graduation ceremony can be daunting even before you factor in the long, flowy robe that's just begging to make you trip and fall flat on your face in front of hundreds of people. That said, if you've ever had an embarrassing graduation mishap, the video above will prove that you're definitely not...
huffingtonpost.com (20 hours ago)
Living Close To Major Road Could Be Bad For Your Kidneys
People who live close to a major road may have less healthy kidneys than people who live farther away, according to a new study. Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found an association between decreased glomerular filtration rate (or GFR, which is a known indicator of kidney health) and living...
huffingtonpost.com (20 hours ago)
Fmr. IRS Head Insists No Politics in Targeting
Appearing next to the inspector general whose report blamed ineffective IRS management for allowing conservative groups to be targeted, Steven Miller, just ousted as head of the agency, apologized but insisted politics wasn't a factor.
palmbeachpost.com (21 hours ago)
Buybacks are a big factor behind stock market boom
It's the narcissist rally.
miamiherald.com (1 day ago)
Buybacks are a big factor behind stock market boom
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's the narcissist rally....
ap.org (1 day ago)
US military ordered to recertify sexual assault prevention personnel
Defence secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify every person involved in programmes designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control. He said this step is one among many that will be taken to fix the problem of...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Union County authorities cite aid of tipsters as factor in arrest of Internet celebrity wanted...
The long locks of hair were an easy identifying mark to shed. The facial tattoo was another story. Authorities said Friday that tips from citizens, including one who cited that distinctive facial tattoo, were key to investigators' ability to track down and arrest 24-year-old Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, who is charged...
mycentraljersey.com (1 day ago)
Demi Lovato: Sitting next to Britney Spears on 'X FACTOR' didn't suck (Photos)
Demi Lovato’s time on the second season of ‘X FACTOR USA’ introduced her to a lot. The show helped her get over some of her own fears, but it also introduced her intimately to a pop...
examiner.com (1 day ago)
Activist explains the Pacquiao factor
Anti-trafficker Cecilia Flores-Oebanda explains how boxer Manny Pacquiao helped take her fight up a level.
cnn.com (1 day ago)
Britney's Back With New Track
Ooh la la, it's a new song from Britney Spears. Spears' new original song from the "The Smurfs 2" soundtrack has leaked online. The film is due in theaters July 31. "Ooh La La" is heavy with auto-tune and includes a bridge and chorus that sound more like a Katy Perry record than a traditional sex-crazed Spears song...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Police: Indiana mom died after killing 2 kids
Police say a woman found drowned in a southern Indiana creek with her son and daughter had killed the children and believed her family was being stalked by "demonic presences." The body of 35-year-old Jaime Clutter was found in March, along with the bodies of her 10-year-old son, Brandon, and 6-month-old daughter,...
foxnews.com (1 day ago)
Mercedes continue to seek answers for their lack of pace in Barcelona
Mercedes are still attempting to unravel the mystery of their lack of race pace this year. Last Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix turned into a horror show as Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton finished sixth and 12th having locked out the front row of the grid in qualifying. Pirelli's tyres played a crucial factor, and...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Demi Lovato Got Comfy With Her 'Girl' Britney Spears
'She is so down to earth,' Lovato reveals on 'Live From MTV' about her onetime 'X Factor' mate. By Christina Garibaldi Demi Lovato, Britney Spears and Simon Cowell on "X Factor" Photo: Ray Mickshaw/ FOX
mtv.com (1 day ago)
