Interesting Interestings, 2007-12-26
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Investigators trying to determine how a tiger escaped its enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo - killing one visitor and mauling two others on Christmas - planned a thorough sweep of the zoo grounds Wednesday to look for clues.
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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force successfully flight tested its first Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)-built Standard Missile-3. The SM-3 Block IA missile engaged and destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile target more than 60 miles above the Pacific
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An advance look - our first look - at actual footage for Henry Selick’s first ALL-STOP MOTION ANIMATED FILM since NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS… called… CORALINE and
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The first new monorail car in two decades slid onto the Disneyland track on Thursday as the theme park prepares for guests to ride it starting in late February.
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If you were a child of the 1980s, or are just a fan of very-late-night cable television, then you’ve most likely seen Michael Knight…and his chatty supercar sidekick, KITT…, do battle with bad guys on the small-screen action-adventure show Knight Ride
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Future versions of the iPod could turn down the volume if listeners play their music at full blast for too long.
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Police have found a way to help save the planet and perhaps sneak up on bad guys at the same time: an electric, ultra-quiet scooter.
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The Master Lock smartTOUCH™ garage door opener is the world’s first universal finger-activated garage door opener, replacing traditional keypads and keys with advanced finger -activated technology.
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Three hundred miles per gallon and a Jetsons-style look are enough to get anyone excited.
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Given Apple’s marketing toward the young and the trendy, you wouldn’t expect the U.S. Army to be much of a customer. Lieutenant Colonel C.J. Wallington is hoping hackers won’t expect it either.
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Veteran Bollywood film producer GP Sippy has died in the western Indian city of Mumbai at the age of 93.
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Russia has been striving to find its new place in the world since the Soviet Union ceased to be in 1991.
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The presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan pledged Wednesday to increase the cooperation of their intelligence agencies and tighten border controls in an effort to crack down on Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants along the two countries’ chaotic border
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Think twice before you copy someone on an e-mail or hit “reply all.” Such practices have made today’s workers less productive, a research firm concludes.
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The U.S. military announced Wednesday that an insurgent killed last month had been identified as a senior leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Sunday his ruling bloc will submit legislation providing aid to about 1,000 people exposed to hepatitis C through defective blood-clotting products sold by pharmaceutical companies.

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