Sorting through the claims about Proposition 29 - Examiner
28 May 2012, 1:13 am
I will mention funding, out of fairness. Proposition 29's supporters stress that funding for the opposition has come from "big tobacco", and indeed, RJ Reynolds and Philip Morris have provided much of the funding for the opposition. The pro ...

AIA flies through financial crisis - National Business Review
27 May 2012, 4:52 pm
As the global financial crisis's storm clouds gathered and darkened, causing planes to be grounded and flights reduced around the world, changes were afoot at Auckland International Airport. Simon Moutter was appointed in mid-2008 as its third chief ...

Drunken man sleeps through being run over by 8,000-ton freight train...and walks away without a scratch still holding a BEER - Daily Mail
26 May 2012, 11:27 pm
Call it the luck of the drunk. An inebriated man from Alberta, Canada, who was run over by 26 train cars while lying passed out on the tracks walked away unscathed. On May 20, the 8,000-ton Canadian Pacific Railway freight train was speeding down the ...

Alleged Lego Scammer Sold 2,100 Boxes through Website, Cops Say - ABC News
25 May 2012, 1:17 am
The California software exec arrested for allegedly switching bar codes on high priced Lego sets resold them online through "TomsBrickyard," a site so popular with Lego buyers that they rated his service "excellent." Thomas Langenbach, who was ...

SpaceX Dragon capsule breezes through station flyby tests - CNET News
24 May 2012, 10:58 am
After a picture-perfect launch Tuesday, a commercial cargo ship built by SpaceX made a close flyby of the International Space Station early Thursday, approaching from behind and below for a successful series of tests to make sure the capsule's ...

Verizon Finds an Innovative Way for Customers to Bust through Their Data Caps - All Things Digital
21 May 2012, 6:54 pm
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday is launching a new Android app that aims to make it even easier for customers to find video from their mobile device. Dubbed Viewdini, the app allows users to search for a particular title, actor or keyword across a ...

Facebook Crashes through IPO Price But That Doesn’t Make It a ‘Failure’ - Yahoo Finance
21 May 2012, 10:04 am
Facebook (FB) traded sharply lower this morning, crashing through Friday's IPO price. And this unleashed a new round of criticism and disappointment among investors who apparently thought they would get a lot of free money from Facebook just for ...

Mick Jagger hip-thrusts and flounces his way through SNL finale - The Guardian
21 May 2012, 2:40 am
Mick Jagger's career has been studded with collaborations, from the stuttery electrofunk track State Of Shock, which he recorded with the Jacksons, to the excruciating robot-pop will.i.am song THE, during which the Rolling Stones frontman choked ...

Journey through Musical Time With This App - NPR News
19 May 2012, 10:56 am
The "Radio Time Machine" is an online application that has collected the top 20 Billboard hits back to 1940. Some transcend their time period, while the appeal of others may be harder to understand. Host Scott Simon speaks with Brett Westervelt ...

Worries mount as Nokia burns through cash - Reuters
18 May 2012, 7:59 am
LONDON/HELSINKI, May 18 (IFR/Reuters) - Nokia Oyj is tearing through its cash reserves at an unsustainable rate, raising what some analysts say are serious questions about the struggling Finnish phone maker's ability to stabilize its finances in ...