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Florida man charged with stealing Wi-Fi

Update since publication This article mentions that Wi-Fi stands for “Wireless Fidelity”, although this is disputed. Thursday, July 7, 2005 A Florida man is being charged with 3rd degree felony for logging into a private Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Internet access point without permission. Benjamin Smith III, 41, is set for a pre-trial hearing this monthRead More

Florida man charged with stealing Wi-Fi

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Blow out sales prices likely on mattresses as new U.S. fire-resistant standards take effect

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 If you are in the market for new bedding, and not too concerned with the new United States guidelines for mattress fire resistance, now might be a good time to buy. Mattresses sold in the U.S. must meet new federal guidelines for flammability starting on July 1. The peak heat releaseRead More

Blow out sales prices likely on mattresses as new U.S. fire-resistant standards take effect

Need More Space? Find Storage Containers In Long Island

byAlma Abell Often people and businesses need more space than they have. It’s not feasible for them to move to a larger location, so they look at adding temporary storage to their site. They turn to Mods of NY to Find Storage Containers in Long Island. Their storage containers began as steel shipping containers. ThereforeRead More Need More Space? Find Storage Containers In Long Island

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Flight lands safely with help from mobile phone text messages

Monday, August 11, 2008 In November 2007, a twin-engine 30-year-old Piper aircraft lost all electrical power on board shortly after departing from Kerry airport in Ireland for a flight to Jersey. Without any electrical power, the pilot was unable to use his radio to contact air traffic control. He was briefly able to re-establish contactRead More

Flight lands safely with help from mobile phone text messages

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China’s winter weather threatens food supplies

Thursday, January 31, 2008 A Chinese official says harsh winter weather is threatening food production and adding to inflationary pressures. Political pressure is also building on the government for its failure to anticipate and solve the problems. A top Chinese disaster relief official was quoted by Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper Thursday asRead More

China’s winter weather threatens food supplies

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Expert calls for less vaccination and more research

Friday, October 27, 2006 Following fears earlier this month that, in Britain, flu vaccine would not be available for all those due to be vaccinated this autumn, a contributor to the British Medical Journal now wants resources diverted from vaccination towards research to establish the efficacy of vaccination. There have been warnings that production problemsRead More

Expert calls for less vaccination and more research

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Riyo Mori is crowned Miss Universe as Japanese after 48 years’ absence

Thursday, May 31, 2007 According to The Japan Times, the 20-year-old Japanese delegate Riyo Mori was crowned as the 56th Miss Universe, in a ceremony held at Mexico City on May 28 . Riyo, the new Miss Universe titleholder, is from Shizuoka, Japan. She had stayed in Canada to study ballet while in high-school. AfterRead More

Riyo Mori is crowned Miss Universe as Japanese after 48 years’ absence

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WHO’s reaction to H1N1 influenced by drug companies, reports claim

Sunday, June 6, 2010 Reports suggest the World Health Organisation’s declaring a swine flu pandemic was an error driven by drug companies, and lead to unjustified fear. A year after the swine flu pandemic was declared, stocks are left unused and governments try to abandon contracts, pharmaceutical companies have profited at least £4.6billion from theRead More

WHO’s reaction to H1N1 influenced by drug companies, reports claim