Jun 8th, 2012
Ever since Ray Harroun first bolted a mirror to his car so he could see what was behind him during the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911, drivers looking back have had to deal with the blind spot where the mirror couldn’t reach. Many automakers offer cameras and even radar to monitor that spot, but a new mirror developed by a Drexel University professor could offer a stunning and safer view without...
Jun 8th, 2012
Lindsay Lohan landed herself in the hospital on Friday after she crashed her Porsche into an 18-wheel truck while traveling on California’s Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica. According to TMZ, the actress rear-ended the big rig around noon, totaling her pricey rental car and leaving both herself and her personal assistant bloodied and battered. An ambulance was called to the scene, but the 25-year-old...
May 19th, 2012
Paris – The German Minister of Finance estimated yesterday that the debt crisis could still take up to two years in Europe.
“I think within 12 to 24 months, we will experience a calming of financial markets,” said Wolfgang Schäuble on Europe-1, according to simultaneous translation performed by the radio.
Asked on Europe-1 in Aix-la-Chapelle, on the eve of the beginning of the G8 summit in the...
Apr 19th, 2012
Dick Clark, the music industry maverick, longtime TV host and powerhouse producer who changed the way we listened to pop music with American Bandstand, and whose trademark Rockin’ Eve became a fixture of New Year’s celebrations, died Apr. 18 at the age of 82, ABC News has learned.
Clark had continued doing his job even after suffering a stroke in 2004 that left him with difficulty speaking and walking....
Apr 19th, 2012
Facebook does not want to be left behind in any field whatsoever when it comes to social features. Mark Zuckerberg’s network will offer a new button that artists can incorporate into their pages alongside the classic “Like”. “Listen” logically propose to launch the music of the artist in one click. For now, the tests carried out since the pages on which button has started to be deployed...
Mar 28th, 2012
The leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro would be happy to meet with Pope Benedict XVI is visiting Cuba, announces M.Castro article published in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.
“I will happily greet His Excellency Pope Benedict XVI as I did John Paul II, a man for whom contact with children and the humble raised feelings of affection,” Castro wrote.
“That’s why I decided to ask...
Mar 28th, 2012
The Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney American, who recently described Russia as “enemy number one” in Washington, has responded to criticism of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in an article published by the journal Foreign Policy on Wednesday.
“It’s not a coincidence that it was against me that M.Medvedev address his critics. Obviously, the Russians prefer to do business with...
Mar 28th, 2012
London – The Harry Potter books are finally available in electronic format. The seven novels J. K. Rowling is now available in electronic and audio on the site Pottermore, announced the creators of the site yesterday.
Books are currently available in English, American and British versions, at a cost of $ 7.99 USD for electronic books and $ 29.99 for audio books. The site states that the French editions,...
