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Fire threatens Yosemite National Park in California

El Portal Fire Rages In Yosemite National Park

A fire that breaks 1,000 hectares arrived Monday to nearby Yosemite National Park, one of the biggest tourist attractions in California. The fire started Saturday and has since been forced to close one of the main entrances to the park. On Monday afternoon, authorities reported that they had managed to control the fire by 5%. […]

World won’t end on December 21, 2012

You must have heard about the doomsday theory as how a rogue planet is going to crash into Earth on Friday (December 21, 2012) and kill us all?   Some people are fascinated, and sometimes frightened, by rumors of the Mayan end-of-the-world myth. According to the urban legend, the world will end when the Mayan […]

India’s sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away

Indian sitar maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar on Wednesday passed away in California, says Indian media reports.   The maestro, who was 92, was admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla last Thursday after he complained of breathing difficulties. For nearly three decades, ever since his first tour of the United States and Europe […]

Egyptian Court announces death penalty over anti-Islam film

An Egyptian court has convicted in absentia seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a US pastor, sentencing them to death on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that had sparked riots in parts of the Muslim world.   The case was seen as largely symbolic because the defendants, most of whom live in the United States, […]

Apple launches iPad Mini small tablet

In a bid to dominate the fast-growing tablet market, Apple has unveiled its widely-anticipated 7.9in (20.1cm) tablet, the iPad Mini, a new tablet half the size of its existing iPad. The device, which is 7.2mm (0.3in) thick and weighs 0.68lbs (0.3kg), was announced at an event in California. The entry wi-fi-only model, with 16GB storage, […]

Time Warner goes up on stock after a deal with NFL

Time Warner Cable struck a deal with National Football League (NFL) for exclusive television rights. The cable TV providers will now be able to run an NFL-exclusive channel that will be aired via traditional cable network and online. The company was up 1.2 percent in the afternoon trading. Its stock value has increased more than […]

Study reveals shutting off e-mails lowers stress

Study reveals shutting off e-mails lowers stress A recently released study by researchers in California proves that employees who stopped checking their e-mail for five days enjoyed less stress and better focus. "We couldn´t see a discernible trend on days 1 and 2. But at day 5, the pattern started to become clear: People became […]

Earth over-using underground water reserves

Earth over-using underground water reserves The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands. The researchers, from McGill University in Montreal and Utrecht University in the Netherlands, combined groundwater usage data from around the globe with computer models of underground […]

Sahar Khan raises the bar with the opening of ‘The Brow Studio – Hemet’s Premier Eyebrow & Facial Threading Salon’

Innovation and affordability are just some words that can be attributed to Sahar Khan’s latest project, ‘The Brow Studio’, which has without a doubt become the talk around town after the Pakistani-American, launched her latest beauty salon in the Hemet/San Jacinto Valley in California. Revolutionary techniques including the art of threading instead of waxing or […]

Judge throws out Proview’s iPad suit vs Apple

(Reuters) – A California judge tossed out a lawsuit in which the Chinese firm Proview Electronics Co Ltd accused Apple Inc of tricking them into selling the "iPad" name for less than it might have. Proview, which is also suing Apple in China over alleged illegal use of the iPad name, filed a lawsuit in California superior […]

Government to not write letter to Swiss authorities

In what appeared to be a quite known to everyone, Federal Minister for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Saturday said the government will never write a letter to Swiss authorities, saying it will only waste of time. While speaking to the media after the inauguration ceremony of a sports gala, the federal minister stated […]

A jury rejects Michael Doyle his patents on the internet

A U.S. company has forced the father of the web, Tim Berners-Lee, to appear before a Texas court to defend an “interactive website” without any ownership and reject the claims of the company that stated to be in possession of a patent on the website that allowed them to collect remittance from any company that […]

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