Archive for December, 2010

Sushi Restaurant Uses Sushi Robots and Control Centers to Cut Costs [Restaurant]

Kura, a sushi chain, focuses on efficiency and turning a profit. So much so that they’ve eschewed traditional sushi chefs for sushi robots, a large staff of waiters for conveyor belts and restaurant managers for a control center with video link. More » View full post on Gizmodo

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Man, 94, Claims to Be World’s Oldest Father

A 94-year-old Indian man — who relies on a high-fat diet — claims he’s the world’s oldest new dad after his wife gave birth last month to their first child View full post on FOXNews.com

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Haiti suffers year of crisis with nobody in charge (AP)

AP – The silhouetted bodies moved in waves through the night, climbing out of crumbled homes and across mounds of rubble. Hundreds of thousands of people made their way to the center of the shattered city by the thin light of a waning crescent moon. There was hardly a sound. View full post on Yahoo! [...]

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How Do You Fancy Owning a Piece of NASA History? [Space]

From January the 13th, 500 NASA souvenirs will be up for auction. Some visited the moon, like this Playboy calendar, others (like the headset used during the Apollo 11 mission), were worn down on earth. [Auction via TGDaily via SlashGear] More » View full post on Gizmodo

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Millions gather worldwide to ring in new year (AP)

AP – Dazzling fireworks lit up Australia’s Sydney Harbor, communist Vietnam held a rare, Western-style countdown to the new year, and Japanese revelers released balloons carrying notes with people’s hopes and dreams as the world ushered in 2011. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

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Deadly Twister Touches Down in Northwest Arkansas

Emergency workers say at least three people are dead, and several others are trapped in buildings, after a tornado touches down in a small town in northwestern Arkansas. FOX WEATHER CENTER UREPORT: Send Us Your Photos Tail End of Storms Blast Western States Thousands Evacuated in Australian Floods HAPPENING NOW: Join Live Town Hall Chat [...]

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The Year In Illegal Downloads [BitTorrent]

Whether you disapprove of illegal downloading, or are happily BitTorrenting Hot Tub Time Machine right now, there’s no debating that BitTorrent’s Zeitgeist 2010 makes for an interesting read. Find out what the 100 most searched-for phrases and keywords were, below. More » View full post on Gizmodo

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Storms dump heavy rain, snow on parts of West (AP)

AP – A winter storm pummeled the western U.S. on Thursday with fierce wind gusts, heavy rain and more than 2 feet of snow, closing hundreds of miles of roads and dumping a snowy mix of precipitation on the edges of Phoenix. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

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Your Medicare taxes won’t cover what you’ll cost (AP)

AP – What you paid in Medicare taxes shows up on your W-2 income tax form every year. So when you retire, you want your money’s worth. View full post on Yahoo! News: Health News

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6 Crazy Diseases

These crazy diseases seem to defy reality. Unfortunately for the few who suffer from them, they are very real indeed View full post on FOXNews.com

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