Google is paying $17 million to 37 states and the District of Columbia to make amends for the Internet search leader's snooping on millions of people using Safari Web browsers in 2011 and 2012. The settlement announced Monday stems from a ...
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Tubelite Inc. is set to exhibit at the Glass TEXpo 2014 show. The two-day architectural glass event will be held April 10-11, 2014, at the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio. Tubelite Inc. of Walker, Mich. will display its ...
Women who consistently take fish oil supplements are significantly less likely to develop breast cancer than women who do not take fish oil, according to a 2010 study conducted by researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ...
I keep hearing, even among some in the alternative media, that the overpopulation of humans on our planet is a myth because "all the people in the world could fit in the state of Texas." Sure they can, but then where would they pee? ...
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It was considered the largest oil-related natural disaster in the history of the world, so it only follows that the fine would be historic too. Gargantuan oil company BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history for ...
New information has surfaced in the West, Texas, explosion case that could alter the course of the ongoing investigation into what caused the disaster. As it turns out, West Fertilizer Co., which used to be known as Texas Grain Storage ...
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Mosquitoes are on the rise this summer, and several cases of West Nile virus infections from mosquitoes have been reported in Texas along with a few deaths. Other states have reported cases of West Nile virus infections as well. After ...
It's good to know more about simple herbs to protect us against infections as well as cure us from infections and disease. Some herbs can be consumed directly; some need to be made into teas or tinctures, while others are offered as ...
Hercules Tire & Rubber Co. announced the opening of a newly relocated Tire Dealer’s Warehouse (TDW) in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 18, and a new TDW location in Seattle, Wash., in Dec. 2013. The 46,000-square-foot facility in north ...
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Researchers have found a new way to tune the radio frequency in smartphones and other wireless devices that promises to reduce costs and improve performance of semiconductors used in defense, satellite and commercial communications. ...
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IT professionals have plenty of reasons to be thankful these days: rising budgets, salaries and job tenures among them. But when it comes to IT management and spending priorities, they often don’t see eye-to-eye with their ...
Giving adult trauma patients transfusions of plasma or red blood cells en route to the hospital improves outcomes, U.S. researchers say. A study, led by Dr. John Holcomb of the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, found ...
It’s convention week for the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) but the only thing conventional about this two-day affair will be the members’ trucks. The 87th annual get-together at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in downtown Hogtown ...
Colorado-based Breckenridge Brewery has introduced a new nitrogenated beer called Nitro Vanilla Porter (NVP). Infused with a combination of nitrogen and CO2 gases, the beer delivers a mellow, velvety version of the company's classic ...
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Bridge is an arrangement of four diodes in a bridge circuit configuration that provides the same polarity for either polarity of input. The most common use for this application for conversion of an alternating current input into a direct ...