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The situation that brought Apple in front of the U.S. Senate yesterday to discuss tax rate gave birth to speculation that the iPad maker would actually move camp. Tim Cook said that idea was crazy.
It’s no mystery Apple tried its best to avoid paying big tax rates in order to maximize profits for its sharehold... |
22 May 2013
04:41 GMT |
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A manhunt is underway in Northern California for a man who has killed his wife and two kids in a rural area near Shingletown.
According to The Guardian Express, 45-year-old Shane Franklin Miller fatally shot wife Sandy Miller, 34, and their daughters, Shelby, 8, and Shasta, 4. The motive for the killings remains un... |
11 May 2013
05:46 GMT |
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A few days back, a 10-month-old pup barely escaped with his life after being tied to some train tracks in Mecca, California by a 78-year-old man and simply left there.
Luckily for the pooch, the engineer in charge of driving the Union Pacific train did not delay in using the emergency braking system in order to sto... |
10 April 2013
03:13 GMT |
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Coming face to face with a bear or two is a risk one has to take when out exploring the wilderness. However, coming face to face with two hungry bears is not something one might expect to experience while hanging out indoors.
Still, this was precisely what happened to Justin Lee from Monrovia, California, not very ... |
29 March 2013
09:55 GMT |
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The footage above (which I must admit is the saddest I've had a chance to see in quite a while) shows one mother dolphin refusing to let go of her calf despite the latter's being dead for several days.
In fact, it appears that the baby dolphin is already beginning to decompose. However, its mother insists... |
28 March 2013
09:35 GMT |
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This past Sunday, a bunch of people enjoying a day at the beach made a rather unexpected discovery: roughly 2,000 pounds of marijuana, all wrapped up in plastic, which were simply hidden away in some bushes. The marijuana was found on the Arroyo Quemada Beach, in Santa Barbara County, California. Local authoritie... |
19 March 2013
02:37 GMT |
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Shortly after the Department of Interior in the United States announced that the country was to add 1.1GW to its clean energy capacity, power companies Abengoa and BrightSource Energy made it public news that they were to team up in order to build the world's largest solar tower.
Information shared with the pu... |
18 March 2013
17:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has already confirmed that it plans to launch several new stores in the United States, but it appears that the company is actually secretly preparing some new locations in the country.
Neowin.net has come across some new job advertisements on the Microsoft Careers website, all of which indicate that the Re... |
18 March 2013
11:50 GMT |
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The Pacific Marine Mammal Center in California has recently declared a state of emergency following its realizing that, since the beginning of 2013 and up until nowadays, a tad too many sea lion pups have had to be rescued.
More precisely, a total of 112 sea lion pups had to be taken in by the staff at said animal ... |
14 March 2013
17:11 GMT |
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This past Monday, Southern California got hit by a 4.7 earthquake that caused no damages and no injuries, and which many now refer to as an utterly uncalled for wake-up call. Although initial reports stated that the quake's magnitude was one of 5.1, seismologists later on reviewed the data they had at their di... |
12 March 2013
04:38 GMT |
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This past Tuesday, a 59-year-old football coach from California passed away as a result of what can only be described as a freak accident. Long story short: Marion Adams somehow managed to impale himself on a car-park barrier.
The car-park barrier was located just outside the stadium where Marion Adams used to coac... |
7 March 2013
00:54 GMT |
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Towards the beginning of this year's February, the state of California's Department of Fish and Wildlife was asked to list great white sharks as an endangered species and grant them legal protection against being harmed or killed.
Recent news on this topic says that conservationists can now rejoice at the... |
1 March 2013
11:08 GMT |
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Between the years 2000 and 2005, the state of California carried out some construction activities meant to widen one of its highways. At that time, the workers stumbled upon several animal remains.
Later on, the remains were taken into custody by a team of paleontologists, who took to thoroughly studying them.
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20 February 2013
15:21 GMT |
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This past Friday, Dave Thomas from San Bernardino, California got arrested on account of not making an appearance in court to deal with some accusations filed against him following his being found guilty of two traffic violations.
Unfortunately, this led to the man’s 2-year-old pit bull being taken to a local anima... |
20 February 2013
04:51 GMT |
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Those concerned about environmental issues will not take kindly to the news that a whopping 13,200 girl scout cookies boxes have recently been destroyed in California. Needless to say, this is because destroying these cookies can and should be labeled as nothing more and nothing less than wasting perfectly good foo... |
18 February 2013
02:06 GMT |
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Jim Craig, a hunter from Indiana, has recently paid a whopping $45,000 (€33,000) in exchange for his being allowed to kill just one Desert Bighorn sheep.
Apparently, this man is a hunting enthusiast, and sees his killing said sheep, which lives in California and which presently finds itself on the endange... |
2 February 2013
16:01 GMT |
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Leland Yee, a California state senator, believes that those who actually play video games should not be part of the debate around media and violence because they lack actual credibility and are already driven towards violence. The politician tells The San Francisco Gate that, “Gamers have got to just quiet dow... |
28 January 2013
04:54 GMT |
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Conservationists will be pleased to hear that the state of California agreed to re-route the ships coming in and going out of the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles just to make sure that the local whale population is kept out of harm's way.
The three species they wish to protect first and foremost are the bl... |
28 December 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Recent news from Southern California informs us that local gray whales have finally decided that the time has come for them to pack their belongings and head towards warmer waters.
Thus, their annual Pacific migration has begun, and people have gathered by the hundreds to bid them farewell and catch a glimpse or tw... |
27 December 2012
10:31 GMT |
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After hundreds of Humboldt squid washed ashore on Californian beaches within a rather limited time frame, marine biologists and conservationists wished to know exactly what caused these animals to die. Although nobody can yet point their fingers at the main “culprit” behind this squid mass beaching, pre... |
17 December 2012
16:21 GMT |
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The news just broke that the American state of California had its coastline hit by an earthquake which struck in the Pacific Ocean around 2:30 a.m. Despite the fact that the quake had a 6.3-magnitude, no tsunami warnings have been issued by the state officials thus far. As well as this, it seems that the earthquake... |
14 December 2012
11:17 GMT |
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As a result of the moon's being aligned with the sun, extremely high tides are now having their way with the Californian coast. Specialists refer to these above-average tides as “king tides,” and explain that their primary cause is an increase in the gravitational pull of the sun and moon. These ... |
14 December 2012
02:45 GMT |
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This past weekend, some of the beaches near Santa Cruz, California, witnessed the beaching of hundreds of Humboldt squid.
For the time being, marine biologists are still unable to provide any reasonable explanation for these incidents, yet some researchers argue that the squid most likely went searching for a new f... |
12 December 2012
03:13 GMT |
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Musician Rob Thomas has recently decided to draw both his fans' and the public's attention towards the story of an abandoned one-year-old terrier, now looked after by the staff at the Carson Animal Care and Control in Gardena, California.
What touched the musician's heart first and foremost was the f... |
11 December 2012
04:01 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto V is still about six months away, but the team at Rockstar working on the it is keen to offer information about the mechanics and the setting, in an effort to show players how the game develops the core ideas of the series.
Dan Houser, a leading developer working on the game and a co-founder of Rock... |
20 November 2012
03:51 GMT |
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Recent news from California informs us that, starting this past Tuesday, four gas stations in Bay Area took to selling algae-based fuel.
Truth be told, the alternative fuel presently made available by these gas stations is actually a combination of 20% algae and 80% petroleum.
However, this does not change the fa... |
15 November 2012
08:20 GMT |
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A sea lion living in captivity at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California is now best friends with a 5-year-old boy, and very much enjoys playing with him through the aquarium’s glass.
Apparently, all the boy has to do is move various shinny objects across the glass (mostly his dad's car ke... |
14 November 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Lawrence Jones, of Fresno, California, opened fire in the chicken processing plant where he was employed, killing two co-workers and wounding other two, before pointing the gun at himself.
Jones came in at 5 a.m. to start his shift at the Apple Valley Farm factory, and, by 8.30, began his execution-style massacre.
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7 November 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Former California principal Lyn Vijayendran was convicted on a misdemeanor count, after ample jury deliberation, as she failed to report suspected abuse of children by a fellow teacher. 35-year-old Craig Chandler, a second grade teacher in O.B. Whaley Elementary School, in San Jose, is currently jailed, awaiting pro... |
6 November 2012
09:36 GMT |
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A team of researchers working with the University of California, Merced now wish to draw attention to the fact that, although the Pacific Ocean is not warm enough to foster the formation of major storms such as hurricane Sandy, this does not mean that this state will not be affected by extreme weather manifestations.... |
2 November 2012
10:26 GMT |
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An unidentified woman has won the $23 (€17,8) million SuperLotto Plus jackpot at the California State Lottery, and she doesn't even know it.
The winner is on the clock, as winners are only allowed 180 days to claim their prize, and it has already been five months since the ticket was purchased.
She was f... |
1 November 2012
13:41 GMT |
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This past Sunday, the staff at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum, California had to part with three orphaned gray foxes which were returned to the wild after being looked after for roughly six months at said wildlife sanctuary.
The baby foxes were found abandoned in a backyard quite a while ago, and the people who helped... |
1 November 2012
04:50 GMT |
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About two and a half weeks ago, a truck carrying fish to several markets across the US got into a traffic accident and ended up turned upside-down. Naturally, the fish tanks it was transporting cracked, and the fish made their way onto the pavement. Some of them died on the spot, as a result of the injuries they ... |
31 October 2012
16:41 GMT |
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A 25-year-old surfer suffered a shark attack, off Bunker Surf Spot, North Jetty, in northern California, on October 30, at approximately 12:00 p.m.
A number of people were in the water at the time, and one witness drove the man to the hospital. Although he had been able to get to shore by himself, he was bleeding he... |
31 October 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Karen Wright, from Riverside County, California, was arrested one week ago for speaking for too long at the City Council meeting. The woman is now facing misdemeanor charges, CBS Los Angeles reports, as she disrupted a public meeting. Riverside police handcuffed her after she refused to sit down, when her allotted t... |
30 October 2012
03:39 GMT |
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America's inmates are living the cramped life, with the state of California taking the cake for most overcrowded prisons, with 140,000 inmates in 33 prisons. California correctional institutions are designed to only hold 80,000 prisoners. As a result, inmates are sleeping in gyms and on hallways. According to... |
27 October 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Earlier today, researchers working with the University of California, Berkeley have made it public news that, according to their latest research, roughly 87.5% of the day care facilities now up and running in California's Alameda and Monterey counties must soon improve on the quality of their indoor environment.... |
25 October 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Throughout the past 10 years, several biologists have been busy keeping a close eye on the mountain lion population in the US.
Interestingly enough, it seems that the data collected during their research into the behavior of these predators suggests that mountain lions are now on the move.
More precisely, they ar... |
8 October 2012
09:28 GMT |
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Later today, people in Fresno, California are quite likely to have a rather peculiar experience when they go to refuel their vehicles.
This is because several of PETA's “lettuce ladies” will be waiting to give them three gallons of free gas if and only if they agree to also try some vegan food.
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5 October 2012
04:23 GMT |
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Hollywood sweethearts Emily Blunt and John Krasinski recently purchased an environmentally-friendly mansion in Ojai, California.
Apparently, their new residence used to be a hotel back at the beginning of the 20th century. In fact, it was the first hotel ever built in Ojai, and helped up tourism in that region.
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1 October 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has some good news for internauts from California. Their employers or universities are no longer allowed to ask for their email or social media login credentials.
By signing the Assembly Bill 1844 by Nora Campos and the Senate Bill 1349 by Leland Yee, Brown hopes to protect Califor... |
28 September 2012
13:01 GMT |
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On September 20, the space shuttle finally made its way to California, completing the second leg of its cross-country flight. The orbiter departed the NASA Kennedy Space Center aboard the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on September 19, stopped in Texas, and then reached the Dryden Flight Research Center.
The DFRC is loca... |
21 September 2012
11:01 GMT |
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More than 21 years after rolling out of Rockwell International's Palmdale, California-based assembly facility, the space shuttle Endeavour has returned to the Golden State today, September 21.
At around 11:30 am PDT (18:30 GMT), the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) that moves the orbiter around will fly very low... |
21 September 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Due to an unfavorable weather forecast along its designated flight path, space shuttle Endeavour's final trip has been postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday, September 19. The new schedule implies that the orbiter will make its flyover of northern California on September 21.
The spacecraft is attached to the Shu... |
18 September 2012
05:57 GMT |
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In the aftermath of Pacific Gas & Electric making it public news that they wish to engage in seismic testing off the Californian coast, green-oriented organization Sea Shepherd warns that both the noise and the unnatural water movements brought forth by such activities will cause considerable damage to the marine wil... |
10 September 2012
09:17 GMT |
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For quite some time now, dogs who enjoy surfing gather round – together with their owners, of course – at Del Mar Dog Beach, California, to take part in a surf-a-thon.
This year, the competition started just this morning, 8.30 a.m. PST / 11.30 a.m. EST, and its organizers went trough the trouble of maki... |
8 September 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Several green-oriented organizations now decided to join hands and go against the US federal government, on account of the latter's authorizing gillnetting to once again take place in Californian waters.
For those unaware, gillnetting is a fishing method which basically consists of having several nets arranged... |
7 September 2012
08:12 GMT |
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Autonomous cars are fast stepping out of the sci-fi realm and becoming reality. Granted, we're not going to be driven to work by our robot car anytime soon, but there are autonomous cars on the roads as we speak, courtesy mostly of Google. Google's cars though always have a driver ready to take over if need... |
30 August 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Given the fact that climate change and global warming will undoubtedly impact on our society's current water sources, researchers working with the US Climate Change Center and the California Energy Commission decided to investigate how these phenomena will affect the state's hydropower capacity.
Working o... |
2 August 2012
07:58 GMT |
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