Blimpin' Ain't Easy: Crossing the English Channel in a Pedal-Powered Airship*... Thanks Sam! You know it's hard up here for a blimp. Or so says Stephane Rousson, a 39-year-old Frenchman who's hoping to cross the English Channel in a homemade, pedal-powered airship. …
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Huaneng Power lifts prices by 5.7%
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Huaneng Power , following the decision by China's National Development and Reform Commission to lift power price tariffs, said it's increased priced by 5.67% in a move effective Aug. 20.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short…
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Lenovo makes the IdeaPad S9 official, for the Hong Kong market
Lenovo makes the IdeaPad S9 official, for the Hong Kong market by Robert Nelson on Aug 19, 2008 at 09:15 AM Lenovo has just offered up an official site detailing the pricing and specs of their new IdeaPad Lite S9 netbook. They have also done something a…
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Wendy Williams will go nationwide
Wendy Williams will go nationwide The Fox TV Stations group will roll out yakker The Wendy Williams Show nationally in mid-2009 after a successful trial run on outlets in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Detroit. The daily syndie one-hour, produced and…
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Isinbayevas golden moment
Isinbayevas golden moment Comments (3) Posted by: Kevin Fylan Tags: Uncategorized After the shock of Liu Xiang's departure from the Games through injury, fans in the Bird's Nest were given a golden moment to compensate at least slightly, as the peerless…
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Russian Troops Dig In at Poti
Russian forces took up positions at the entrance to Georgia's main Black Sea port city, excavating trenches and setting up mortars facing the city despite Russia's promise to pull back troops from territory deep inside Georgia.…
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Russia Blocks Georgia's Main Port City of Poti
Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia's main port city on Thursday, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbor.…
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Spanair jet crash in Spain kills 153
Passengers said they saw flames and then heard an explosion just before a Spanair jet crashed on takeoff Wednesday at Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 153 people, according to local media. The crash sent up a plume of smoke visible from several…
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