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Japan Says It Could Never Produce Such Great Device As iPhone

no@spam.com (Maria Milosheva) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:09:46 EDT

One of Japan's top cell phone innovators says that for all his country's technological prowess, it could never have produced the iPhone.

Spain Mourns Victims Of Deadliest Plane Crash In 25 Years

no@spam.com (Maria Milosheva) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:04:40 EDT

As Spain mourned the victims of its worst air disaster in nearly 25 years, investigators Thursday tried to find out what caused a Spanish airliner with reported engine trouble to crash on takeoff from Madrid, killing 153 people in a maelstrom of fire and smoke.

Six Facts About Popcorn

no@spam.com (Maria Milosheva) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:44:26 EDT

Fact 1.

Popcorn is the only kind of corn, the grains of which pop when exposed to high temperatures. Little explosions happen because of a certain correlation of water and starch contained in the grains. When temperatures increase, the water starts boiling, turns into steam, and the pressure inside corns begins to grow. When a corn is no longer capable of holding the inner pressure, it bursts open and turns inside out.

Top 5 Well-Paid But Unwanted Jobs

no@spam.com (Maria Milosheva) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:38:36 EDT

Here are certain jobs that nobody dreams of doing when they grow up. “Somebody’s gotta do it”, but that doesn’t stop people from praying that “someone” won’t be them. What’s surprising, however, is how much money some of these stigmatized jobs actually pay people who man up and do them. So if you’re on the fence about where your financial future is headed, stop and consider any of the shockingly lucrative jobs that follow.

China Uses Manure To Generate Power And Heat

no@spam.com (Maria Milosheva) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:34:07 EDT

In the race to implement new energy sources, farms have an advantage: lots of manure. A large chicken farm north of Beijing is taking advantage of this fact by using its chicken manure to generate power and heat. And this isn’t just a small-time farm—the 3 million chickens on the farm produce 220 tons of manure and 170 tons of wastewater each day.

Morgan Freeman Divorces His Wife

no@spam.com (Maria Milosheva) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:26:44 EDT

Morgan Freeman's lawyer says the actor and his wife of 24 years are getting a divorce.

Oil Market Nears Its Collapse

no@spam.com (Maria Milosheva) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:22:44 EDT

August 5 became a black day for the world oil market. Quotations of nearest futures on Brent oil at the London Exchange dropped below the psychologically important level of $120 per barrel – to $118,36 per barrel. The reduction of prices continues throughout the day at world’s leading exchanges on all sorts of black gold.

Jupiter And Its Moons Prepare Nuclear Winters For Earth

no@spam.com (Maria Milosheva) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:19:38 EDT

Inexplicable phenomena take place on Jupiter, the largest planet of the solar system. The gas giant has been quiet for hundreds of years. However, two new red spots have been formed in its atmosphere over the recent three years. Each spot is five or ten times bigger than the Earth.

ABBA Sets New Record In Music Charts, But Promises No Tours

no@spam.com (Maria Milosheva) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:08:14 EDT

Sweden’s legendary disco band ABBA set a new record in the world of music charts. A collection of the band’s best songs, a compilation album titled Gold – Greatest Hits, which was released in 1992, became the oldest album, which took the first place in the official music chart of the United Kingdom.

US Dollar To Rise From Its Current Level?

no@spam.com (Maria Milosheva) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:03:25 EDT

How much further will the dollar fall? Or has it already fallen so far that it will now start to move back to a higher level? For travelers to the United States from Europe or Asia, US prices are dramatically lower than at home. A hotel room or dinner in New York seems a bargain when compared to prices in London, Paris, or Tokyo. And shoppers from abroad are loading up on a wide range of products before heading home.