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  • Qantas to launch 'smart' check-in at Perth Airport Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:36PMQANTAS Airways has ramped up its offering to the top end of the travel market with a series of initiatives designed to minimise queueing at the airport for domestic flights.
  • Fighting discrimination because 'one person can make a difference' Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:36PMFor Bala Cynwyd resident Jason Landau Goodman, it was a logical choice to hold an organizational meeting for the new group Equality Lower Merion at the Lower Merion Academy, in the heart of his community.
  • Clearing the air: Ballwin businesses adapt to indoor smoking ban Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:32PMOn a recent Friday afternoon at Bones French Quarter Bar and Grill in Ballwin, customers Jim Nunn and pal Steve Schilson of Chesterfield were relaxing, without the wreath of smoke that would have surrounded them in the past.
  • Sharp to Enter into E-book Market with Next-generation Digital Platform for E-book Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:32PMOsaka, July 20, 2010 - (JCN Newswire) - Sharp Corporation has developed XMDF, a next-generation e-book format (hereinafter & quot;Next-generation XMDF & quot;) with advanced features that allow users to enjoy video and audio content, in addition to current features such as texts and still images.
  • Summary of Honda Announcements Regarding New Advanced Environmental Technologies Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:30PMHonda will introduce new advanced environmental technology vehicles, including a battery-electric vehicle and a new plug-in hybrid vehicle, to the U.S. market in 2012, the company announced today in the mid-year address by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., President & CEO Takanobu Ito, in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Questor share tips: cash generation makes Group NBT a buy Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:24PMDomain name management company Group NBT is one of the few to have survived the dotcom bust and it is throwing off cash. Questor says buy.
  • Demand outstrips supply Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:22PMGRINNELL -- A fifth-generation family farmer, Andrew Dunham is working the soil next to one of his most-profitable crops — carrots.
  • Help & support Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:22PMn upcoming health education events at martin's point health care: at 161 Corporate Drive, Pease International Tradeport, Portsmouth. (800) 260-6681.
  • Plugged in: MG&E prepares for electric cars with additional charging stations Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 3:07AMJohn Dolan of Smart Motors presses the button to turn on his company's Toyota Prius. After an initial hum from the gas engine, the car switches over to electric power only. Dolan steers the car down Odana Road, then Monroe Street, all the way through campus to Blair Street, where he turns into Madison Gas & Electric's headquarters and plugs the car into the utility's public car charging station ...
  • Russian-Ukrainian An-158 to participate in Farnborough Airshow Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 3:06AMThe Antonov State Enterprise will present its An-158 new generation regional jet at the Farnborough International Airshow outside London.
  • Citizen Erap Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:52AM'I will defend jueteng even to my last breath. Bakit double standard ang justice? Pag sugal ng mayaman tulad ng casino, karera, sabong, lotto ay legal. Pag sugal ng mahirap illegal.' (photo by RUDY LIWANAG) For someone who has announced that he has retired from active politics and showbusiness, former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada is a very, very busy man. For instance, on the day that we ...
  • Schumi: German GP is something special Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:42AMMichael Schumacher faces an emotional homecoming next weekend which he hopes will be one to remember...
  • TV Pilot Production Listings Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:40AMThe following listings are not casting notices but instead reflect the best general information available about current casting assignments. Do your homework and use them wisely. Do not phone or visit casting directors' offices.
  • The power of green Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:38AM0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font ...
  • Why was the Karmapa's US tour cancelled? Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:38AMOgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, has been denied permission to leave on a two-week religious tour to the US later this month.
  • Good play rule of the day for both young and old competitors at The Post-Crescent/ Toms Fox Cities Amateur Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:36AMAPPLETON In one corner, we have the hot-shot high schoolers. In another, the college-age aces. And in the other, the older gentlemen, who may be short on distance but are long on experience and have the advantage of already owning championship trophies.
  • Red Cross in need: Donors can help increase blood supply all year Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:30AMIf youre looking for something to do this summer, think about giving blood.
  • Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies heads to Farnborough International Airshow, United Kingdom with news of 10 year ... Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:28AMflydubai operates from Dubai International Airport's Terminal 2, and currently serves 20 destinations using 9 next generation Boeing 737 aircraft. The carrier will take delivery of 45 more Boeing 737s and plans to operate routes to 40 destinations by 2011.
  • Scholarship celebrates spirit of teen Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:16AMIt's every parent's worst nightmare. On July 4, 2000, Craig and Fran Wheaton received a call from a Reno hospital informing them that their 17-year-old daughter, Carrie, had been in a bicycling …
  • Councilor is resigning Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:15AMLake Oswego City Councilor Kristin Johnson last week announced she will resign her position Aug. 1. Though her term would have ended in just a few months, Johnson said she had to resign sooner because she begins law school at the University of San Diego in August. “I would have loved to ...
  • Filipinos urged ‘look beyond who you are’ Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:14AMORLANDO (BP)—Filipino Southern Baptists are better equipped to reach North America for Christ than any other ethnic group immigrating to the U.S., Jason Kim told the Filipino Southern Baptist Fellowship of North America.
  • Play Like a Professional DJ with Pioneer's New CDJ Digital Media Player Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:00AMLONG BEACH, Calif.----Pioneer Electronics Inc. Professional Sound and Visual Division redefines the DJ experience today with the announcement of its new CDJ-850 digital media player, inspired by Pioneer’s cutting-edge professional CDJ series for the next generation of DJ entertainers.
  • ElcomSoft Breaks Passwords Faster with NVIDIA Fermi Based Accelerators Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:59PMElcomSoft Co. Ltd. announces the support of NVIDIA Fermi chips for accelerating password recovery even further. By using NVIDIA's newest high-end video accelerators for its password recovery tools, ElcomSoft has achieved benchmark speeds demonstrating 20-fold gain in recovery speed compared to Intel current top of the line quad-core CPUs.
  • SafeCom Unleashes Powerful Opportunities With its New Smart Printing Release Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:59PM-
  • Rubio feeling less heat these days Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:54PMIn a small but packed auditorium Wednesday on the University of North Florida campus, Marco Rubio had an estimated 225 people locked on everything he said. They laughed at his jokes. They broke into a standing ovation at the end. They clapped when he hit his staple discussion points about letting job growth be the private sector's responsibility and how, unless something was done, the U.S. would ...
  • BMW to support iPod Out Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:43PMBMW has announced its intent to support possibly the most overlooked new feature in Apple's iOS 4: iPod Out, which allows an iPhone/iPod to be displayed and controlled directly within the vehicle's entertainment system.
  • Bare legs, pink skin and sunshine Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:37PMHELLO folks and welcome to the wonderful world of J.C.
  • Mashelkar to lead Mukesh Ambani's PE initiative Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:36PMIt is still not clear to what extent RIL as a corporate entity will be involved or whether it will be housed under other Reliance group ventures like Reliance Foundation or Reliance Innovation Council.
  • SWIMMING: Olympian Davis dives into Dupo waters Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:33PMJosh Davis went on a gold rush in 1996 and hasn't stopped since.
  • BASEBALL: Vet Bergheger leads young Valmeyer bench Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:33PMValmeyer shortstop Jeremiah Bergheger is one of the rocks that make up the foundation of the Mon-Clair League and he has a resume to envy.
  • Frost & Sullivan: Global Electricity Demand Growth Set to Resume This Year - Changes to the Energy Mix by 2020 Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:30PMGlobal electricity demand fell in 2009 for the first year since 1981. But this sobering statistic is a blip not a trend. Global electricity demand growth is set to resume in 2010, and increase consistently throughout the decade, driven principally by rising living standards in the developing world.
  • Wie still trying to prove herself Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:27PMWednesday July 7, 2010 The Associated Press OAKMONT, Pa. -- For Michelle Wie and those who follow her, the wait goes on. Not long ago, Wie was supposed to do for women’s golf what Tiger Woods did for the men’s tour: Become a dominant, charismatic star whose very presence guarantees that any tournament becomes a mini-major.
  • Former LM hoop star Sarah Lowe prepares to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:25PMARDMORE — Former Lower Merion High School basketball star Sarah Lowe and Jennifer Vigdor (both LM graduates, Class of 2002) will be climbing 19,340 feet in six days this summer to reach the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in support of Kujali International.
  • Proposed energy policy supports conservation Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:25PMA proposed new statewide policy says energy conservation and efficiency are key elements to Montana's future, while listing coal, wind, gas and renewable sources as options to generate juice.
  • Small Old Tappan farm sells mainly at the seasonal markets Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:13PMOld Tappan farmer Rich Sunden targets his produce for North Jersey's farmers; markets.
  • Old Tappan farm makes its money at seasonal outdoor markets Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:12PMWHAT: Sunden's Stone Point Farm of Old Tappan. WHERE: Teaneck Farmers' Market, municipal parking lot at Garrison Avenue and Beverly Road. WHEN: Noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays.
  • Ray McNulty: If Dwyane Wade leaves, then Heat's future turn cloudy Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:12PMIf Dwyane Wade goes to Chicago, the Miami Heat might as well load up the moving vans.
  • Rice, UH named to state coalition to prevent troubles in Gulf Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:09PMRice University and the University of Houston are among the institutions named Tuesday by Gov. Rick Perry to join a statewide coalition dubbed the “Gulf Project” to help prevent another environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Lockheed Martin Opens Facility for Integration and Testing of Joint Communications Network Equipment Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:40AMSAN DIEGO | Various equipment sets essential to providing secure, ubiquitous communications for a next generation joint services tactical network will be tested at a state-of-the-art facility...
  • The next generation offers Mayo new hope Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:39AMWHEN the history books are written, last Saturday will be recalled as one of Mayo football’s dark days but two hours before the senior shambles in Longford, the championship campaign of the Mayo minors slipped into gear.
  • The Long’ road to nowhere Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:39AMHOW did it come to this? All-Ireland finalists in two of the previous three seasons, Mayo had found the missing piece to the jigsaw – or so a county believed.
  • Political leaders to engage in roundtable discussion in Chelsea Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:39AMWith the heavy hand of political rhetoric making a daily splash across newspaper and cable headlines, Chelsea resident Will Johnson saw an opportunity: The people who live in the Chelsea area are intelligent, concerned, and interested enough to discuss the real issues facing our society in a civil and thoughtful manner.
  • Round 3 wind farms – developers start scoping Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:39AMPhase one of development has commenced. The appointed contractors for the latest round of offshore wind farm development have commenced initial scoping process for their planned developments.
  • SAF to provide artillery training to Afghan officers Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:34AMSINGAPORE : Singapore military personnel will provide artillery training for Afghan officers from September. This will be carried out in a school to be set up either in the Afghan city of Kabul or Kandahar.
  • The World Cup's coming . . . and this time we're in with a shout Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:32AMDejected at seeing their team knocked out of the World Cup, supporters of English sport can seek solace in following the nation's cricketers.
  • GreenBytes Receives Red Herring 100 North America Award Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:32AMASHAWAY, RI--(Marketwire - 06/30/10) - GreenBytes, Inc., a developer of high-performance, energy-efficient inline deduplication data storage solutions, today announced that it has been named to Red Herring's North America 100 list, an annual ranking of the 100 most innovative private technology companies in the North America business region. Red Herring's Top 100 North America list has become a ...
  • Upper Providence supervisors approve Hilton Garden Inn Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:31AMJournal Register News Service A new Hilton Garden Inn is slated for development in Upper Providence Township. The 135-room hotel received final approval from the Board of Supervisors at its June 21 meeting. The hotel will be located at 500 Cresson Blvd., next to the Turf Club off of Route 422.
  • Application Store on Qualcomm's Brew Mobile Platform Creates Additional Distribution Path for Developers to Reach ... Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:30AMQualcomm Incorporated today announced the availability of an application store to bring Brew® apps and services to consumers in open markets.  The first application store will be managed by SINA, the largest infotainment Web portal in China, whose strong brand awareness in China will provide both local and global developers the opportunity to reach one of the most significant consumer markets ...
  • Kids fly for free in Richland today Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 6:47PMHundreds of children, ages 8 to 17, flew around the Tri-Cities for free to learn what it takes to become a pilot.
  • SPIED: Volkswagen's MKVII Golf Gets Spotted Out In The Open Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 6:19PMCould it be the flares? Peculiar stance? It is pretty clear that this could very well be the upcoming MKVII Golf in a somewhat elaborate disguise. Even better, if you click through to Carscoop you can see what is an early clay model.