China Sets 15% Renewable Energy Target, Kicks US Butt
celsias.com — As the United States Congress battles over the costs, benefits, and especially, definitions of its own national renewable energy standard, coal-giant China announced a plan to get 15 percent of its energy capacity from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources by 2020 More…
"Wall-E" Like Recycling Robot Takes to the Streets of Italy
inhabitat.com — The robot collects trash and measures atmospheric pollutants like sulfur oxide, benzene, ozone, and nitrogen oxide with its on-board sensors. Also, it can even be summoned with a cell phone and can go door to door, identify residents with a personal ID number, and sort their trash into organic, recyclable, or waste. More…
1 In 5 Teens Are Lame: Abuse Prescrip Meds Not Illicit Drugs
schoogo.com — Lame and foolish. Kids are hurting themselves with painkillers in record numbers! Partnership research shows that 1 in 5 teens has abused a prescription painkiller to get high. In fact, todays teenagers are more likely to have abused prescription medications than illicit drugs like Ecstasy, cocaine, crack, meth and heroin More…
Topless Woman Struck By Bus After Fleeing Cab
turnto10.com — A woman being driven to Rhode Island’s mental hospital was struck by a bus transporting prisoners after she jumped out of a taxi and ran across the highway. The woman ran across the highway without her shirt on and police say she was struck by a bus carrying prisoners, presumably to court in Providence. More…
Panetta Says CIA Officials Have Misled Congress Since 2001
online.wsj.com — CIA Director Leon Panetta told lawmakers that CIA officials have misled Congress "for a number of years" since 2001, according to a letter released from six Democratic lawmakers. The lawmakers say the CIA also withheld information about unspecified "significant actions." More…
Nine Must-Have Features We Want to See in a Google Chore OS
lifehacker.com — What's inside Google's just-announced Chrome Operating System? How does it work, exactly? Nobody outside Google knows. We can, however, build a dream operating system from the ground up, and that's what we're doing with some help from the hive mind. More…
Celebrities Ditch Pants For Protest Against Pesticides
news.sky.com — British celebrities and Bollywood stars are ditching their worst pair of pants to demand a ban on a harmful pesticide in cotton production. Dermot O'Leary and Sam Roddick are among those joining the Pants To Poverty protests taking place in 16 countries around the world. More…
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