Chinese citizens are hijacking Xi Jinping’s latest propaganda tool – Quartz
Chinese citizens are hijacking Xi Jinping's latest propaganda tool Quartz The expression is intended to provoke pride and popular support. But propagating the Chinese Dream hasn't worked out quite the way Xi had hoped. Instead, Chinese citizens have hijacked the phrase and turned it into a symbol of China's civic problems … and more
Grizzly bear puts camera inside its mouth (VIDEO)
Brad Josephs was on the Alaskan peninsula shooting video for a new BBC special when a grizzly bear decided to start chewing on his camera. Luckily for Josephs, he wasn’t holding the camera at the time. Instead, he had planted his GoPro in order to some close-up shots of the bears to use in the
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Omaha experiences record high and low temperatures in less than 72 hours
On Sunday, it was 32 degrees in Omaha, Nebraska. On Tuesday, it was 100 degrees. In an incredible meteorlogical shift, the state experienced both its record low and record high temperatures in less than 72 hours. The Omaha World-Herald reports that May 14 is the earliest day on record that the temperature in Omaha has
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Research helps paint finer picture of massive 1700 earthquake
In 1700, a massive earthquake struck the west coast of North America, but a lack of local documentation has made studying this historic event challenging. Now, researchers have helped unlock this geological mystery using a fossil-based technique. Their work provides a finer-grained portrait of this earthquake and the changes in coastal land level it produced, enabling modelers to better prepare …
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Canadian man, missing after truck test drive, found dead
TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian man who went missing after he took two men for a test drive in a truck he was trying to sell online has been found dead, Canadian police said on Tuesday. Police also said murder charges will be brought on Wednesday against the only suspect so far in custody in the case – the heir to a Canadian airline business operation, who was arrested last week and charged with …
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Microsoft warns of new Trojan hijacking Facebook accounts – CBS News
Help Net Security Microsoft warns of new Trojan hijacking Facebook accounts CBS News Microsoft has issued a warning that a new piece of malicious software masquerading as a Google Chrome extension and Firefox add-on is making the rounds, threatening to hijack Facebook account. First detected in Brazil, Trojan:JS/Febipos.A attempts to … Malicious Chrome and Firefox extensions found hijacking Facebook profiles ZDNet Malicious browser extensions are hijacking Facebook accounts – Help Net Security Help Net Security Facebook hijacking malware: Microsoft issues warning V3.co.uk Inquirer
New fitness centers cater to aging baby boomers
By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) – Baby boomers, the generation that vowed to stay forever young, are getting older, designing senior-friendly gyms and becoming their own personal trainers. In exercise havens for the over-50 set, the cardio machines are typically low impact, the resistance training is mainly air-powered and some group fitness classes are taken sitting down. At Welcyon gyms, founded by husband-and-wife boomers Suzy and Tom Boerboom, the average age of members is 62. “The environment is really designed for those 50 and over,” said Suzy Boerboom.
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New fitness centers cater to aging baby boomers
New Colorado law sets stricter standards for reporting oil spills – Longmont Daily Times-Call
New Colorado law sets stricter standards for reporting oil spills Longmont Daily Times-Call The new law, established in a bill sponsored by Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush, D-Steamboat Springs, and Sen. Nancy Todd, D-Aurora, replaces a current Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission rule that generally requires such reports for spills exceeding …
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Concern boy may have been targeted in backyard blast
A 15-year-old boy has spoken of the horror and pain after losing most of his hands in a homemade bomb explosion.
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Earthquake events dominate April natural hazard losses, according to Impact Forecasting global catastrophe report
CHICAGO, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Impact Forecasting , the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, today releases the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap …
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Earthquake events dominate April natural hazard losses, according to Impact Forecasting global catastrophe report