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Ford: Inflatable Seatbelts Improve Safety, Comfort

Ford: Inflatable Seatbelts Improve Safety, Comfort

DETROIT (USA Today) - After about a decade of engineering, Ford is ready to roll out a technology that will improve safety for rear-seat passengers: inflatable seat belts.

AT&T Sues Verizon over

AT&T Sues Verizon over "Map for That" Ads

ATLANTA (AP) -- AT&T Inc. is suing Verizon Wireless over its competitor's "There's a Map for That" commercials.

Dark Matter

Dark Matter "Wrecking Ball" May Have Hit the Milky Way

(USA Today) - Darth Vader's Death Star? Ming the Merciless and his war rockets? The awesome power of Chuck Norris?

Marketer Ordered to Pay Facebook $711M in Damages

Marketer Ordered to Pay Facebook $711M in Damages

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Facebook said Thursday a California court has awarded the social networking website $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace.

Device Stops Texting While Driving

Device Stops Texting While Driving

 Jonathan Young is a real estate broker and now president of a company called Textecution.

Verizon's First Google Android Phone

Verizon's First Google Android Phone

NEW YORK - Verizon Wireless' answer to the iPhone - the Droid - will go on sale next week for about $200. Verizon revealed details Wednesday after intensely advertising the device in recent weeks. Verizon has been pointing out the features Apple's phone lacks, such as a physical keyboard and the ability to run several applications at once.

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NASA's New Rocket Lifts Off on Short Test Flight

NASA's New Rocket Lifts Off on Short Test Flight

Cape Canaveral, FL (AP) -- After a one-day weather delay, NASA has been able to send its newest rocket up for a brief test flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA Tries Again to Launch Experimental Rocket

NASA Tries Again to Launch Experimental Rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA is counting down for the second day in a row in hopes of launching its new, experimental rocket.

Statistics Experts Reject Global Cooling Claims

Statistics Experts Reject Global Cooling Claims

The Earth is still warming, not cooling as some global warming skeptics are claiming, according to an analysis of global temperatures by independent statistics experts.

Church of Scientology Convicted of Fraud in France

Church of Scientology Convicted of Fraud in France

PARIS (AP) -- The Church of Scientology is denouncing a fraud verdict against it in France, calling it "an Inquisition of modern times."

Weather Could Interfere With NASA Test Flight

Weather Could Interfere With NASA Test Flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.

Google Offers Free Voice Mail

Google Offers Free Voice Mail

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can't or just don't want to talk.

Obama Promotes 'Smart Grid' Technology

Obama Promotes 'Smart Grid' Technology

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After an overnight stay in Miami, President Barack Obama heads to Arcadia, Fla., to promote "smart grid" technologies.

SC Farmers Meet to Discuss Climate Change

SC Farmers Meet to Discuss Climate Change

CAYCE, S.C. (AP) -- A grass-roots group representing South Carolina farmers is talking about how climate change legislation could affect their industry.

Archeological Dig Planned at SC Plantation

Archeological Dig Planned at SC Plantation

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- People will have a chance to see what's it's like to be an archaeologist during a public dig scheduled to start at a South Carolina plantation.

SC Launches Green Hospitality Group

SC Launches Green Hospitality Group

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Indigo might be South Carolina's state color, but the hospitality industry is going green.

Tree Hunters Needed in the Smokies

Tree Hunters Needed in the Smokies

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has another Citizen Scientist opportunity this coming weekend.

Netflix Coming to Playstation

Netflix Coming to Playstation

NEW YORK (AP) -- PlayStation 3 owners will be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix on their gaming consoles starting next month.

Are Corporations Going to Far in Tracking our Web Habits?

Are Corporations Going to Far in Tracking our Web Habits?

Companies have been monitoring our online behavior for almost as long as there's been an Internet, often using our online footsteps (cookies) whenever we search, browse or buy online. Tracking technology has advanced so much that everything from how long we linger over a product description to whether we are searching for sexual-dysfunction drugs can be collected and stored on individual profiles. Our profiles are numeric descriptions, not our real names, but in some cases, it's not hard to determine personal information behind the numbers.

More Changes Coming to Facebook

More Changes Coming to Facebook

NEW YORK - Worried about missing a birth announcement, or details on what your portly uncle had for lunch?

Nuclear Energy Becomes Pivotal in Climate Debate

Nuclear Energy Becomes Pivotal in Climate Debate

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nuclear energy was once vilified by environmentalists -- but not so much lately amid the push to curtail greenhouse gases.

Scientists Gather to Study Coastal Change in SC

Scientists Gather to Study Coastal Change in SC

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) -- Scientists from around the world are gathering in South Carolina this week for a geological conference.

Google Croons a Tune with Song Sales

Google Croons a Tune with Song Sales

Google is about to give beleaguered record companies a potentially powerful boost by offering people who search for information about musicians the tools to listen to songs - and buy them.

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