Tornado leaves att least 37 dead, ‘horrific’ damage
Tornado leaves att least 37 dead, ‘horrific’ damage A mammoth tornado carved a trail of destruction through the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, killing at least 37 people and ripping apart two elementary schools today, local authorities said. David Barnes, the director of Oklahoma Emergency Management in Oklahoma County, told ABC News that a single twister [...]
May 20, 2013
Videos of tornado that tore through Oklahoma
Videos of tornado that tore through Oklahoma A California teen’s invention could potentially knock down cellphone-charging time to a superfast 20 seconds. So far, the energy-storage device has powered only an LED light, but it has the potential to do much more. The future certainly looks bright for 18-year-old Eesha Khare, who pocketed a $50,000 [...]
May 20, 2013
Seven Days in 100 Words: The Samsung Galaxy S IV
Seven Days in 100 Words: The Samsung Galaxy S IV A California teen’s invention could potentially knock down cellphone-charging time to a superfast 20 seconds. So far, the energy-storage device has powered only an LED light, but it has the potential to do much more. The future certainly looks bright for 18-year-old Eesha Khare, who [...]
May 20, 2013
Giant tornado hits Oklahoma City
Giant tornado hits Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A large tornado is bearing down near Oklahoma City, part of a series of severe storms expected across portions of the Midwest. Television footage shows a funnel cloud touching down southwest of the city on Monday, and radar indicates it is moving toward the state’s capital [...]
May 20, 2013
Shakespeare’s sonnets come to life in new app
Shakespeare’s sonnets come to life in new app By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) – A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare‘s sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks. The Sonnet Project is a free app for the [...]
May 20, 2013
‘The myth of suburban prosperity’
‘The myth of suburban prosperity’ LOS ANGELES (AP) — More poor people live in the nation’s suburbs than in urban cities because of affordable housing, service-sector jobs and the increased use of housing vouchers, according to a study released Monday. The number of those in poverty living in suburbs jumped 67 percent between 2000 and [...]
May 20, 2013
Shakespeare’s sonnets come to life in new app
Shakespeare’s sonnets come to life in new app By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) – A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare‘s sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks. The Sonnet Project is a free app for the [...]
May 20, 2013
Shakespeare’s sonnets come to life in new app
Shakespeare’s sonnets come to life in new app By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) – A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare‘s sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks. The Sonnet Project is a free app for the [...]
May 20, 2013
Report: Obama Admin. spied on reporter
Report: Obama Admin. spied on reporter President Barack Obama crosses the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, May 19, 2013. (Jonathan Ernst/ …The Justice Department spied extensively on Fox News reporter James Rosen in 2010, collecting his telephone records, tracking his movements in and out of the State Department, and seizing two days of [...]
May 20, 2013
New details on redesigned next-gen iPad emerge
New details on redesigned next-gen iPad emerge Since the time of the pharaohs, Egyptians have raised nets every autumn along the Mediterranean, to capture golden orioles, nightingales and corncrakes as they wing their way south for the winter. It’s an ancient tradition, but in recent years the custom has gotten out of hand.
May 20, 2013