God of War 3 finally has an official release date, and it’s already less than two months away. While we already knew the game was set for sometime in March, Kotaku reports that the game has been narrowed down to March 16. Mark your calendars now; use a red pen or marker to remind yourself of the bloodbath that will ensue on screen.
Interestingly, the date for this PlayStation 3 exclusive places it only a week after the release of Final Fantasy XIII. The RPG isn’t exclusive to the PS3 anymore, but its legacy and development are still strongly associated with Sony and it’s set to be a marquee title for the console. Fans who can only afford one will have to make the choice, though we’re sure more than a few will spring for both and feast on ramen for a while.
Either this is a prank or these people are seriously off their rockers…..A Miami radio DJ actually found a Mom high enough to get a tramp stamp in the image of his face so that her daughter can meet Canadian singing sensation Justin Bieber.
How do you say “Stupid B!tch” in French?
It’s all apart of Y100 FM’s “Tatts For Tickets” Campaign…Couldn’t she just buy this kid a car…or something?
The “One Time” star seems to be quite tickled by the insanity. It was Justin who Tweeted out this video, which features Mom “Louise” having an image of “Mack At Nite” jock Mack tatted on her lower back. The Miami-based station awarded Mom & Daughter with tickets and backstage passes to an upcoming Justin Bieber concert.
Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was joined today by Joseph M. Demarest, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the FBI’s New York office, in announcing the arrest of a fugitive wanted for the December 2008 stabbing death of a Chicago man.
DAVID D. BELL, age 20, whose last known address was 5814 South Indiana in Chicago, was arrested late Tuesday evening, without incident, by FBI Special Agents and Detectives from the New York City Police Department.
Bell was tracked to a public laundry located at 630 Eagle Avenue in the Bronx, where he was found doing his laundry.
BELL has been the subject of a nationwide manhunt, coordinated by the Chicago FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF), since March of last year after being charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago with unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution (UFAP), which is a felony offense.
According to the complaint, in January of 2009 BELL was charged in Cook County Circuit Court with First Degree Murder for the stabbing death of Isiah Stroud, following an altercation between the two men in the 1500 block of West Jarvis in Chicago.
After being charged with this crime, attempts by the Chicago Police Department to locate and apprehend BELL were unsuccessful. It was later learned that BELL had fled the state and the federal warrant charging him with Unlawful Flight was issued.
Subsequent investigation by the Chicago VCTF tracked BELL to New York City, were he was eventually arrested.
BELL is being held without bond in New York City at Manhattan Central Booking, pending his extradition to Illinois.
This case was investigated locally by the Chicago FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) which is comprised of FBI Special Agents, Detectives from the Chicago Police Department and Investigators from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police.
Detectives from the CPD, Area 3, also assisted in locating BELL.
The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Copies of the criminal complaint filed in this case are available from the Chicago FBI’s press office at (312) 829-1199.
The White House just announced its plan to spend $8 billion on high-speed rail, and it looks … pretty diluted.
The biggest chunk of cash — $2.25 billion — will go toward California’s planned rail line connecting Los Angeles to the Bay Area. But as Brad Plumer points out, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) had hoped for twice that amount, and the project is expected to cost $42 billion total. Next comes $1.25 billion for an Orlando-Tampa line — Obama is in Tampa today to make the announcement — followed by $1.1 billion for a St. Louis-Chicago line. (See the full map of projects below.)
None of these cash amounts will actually be enough to build the lines, of course. And things get messier as you go further down the list. The Northeast Corridor, for instance — where the utility of trains is already well proven and a high-speed line from Washington to Boston would generate tremendous excitement — only gets $112 million, while the car-dominated state of Texas receives a mere $4 million.
But that won’t stop Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood from getting downright giddy. On his Facebook page, he writes, “TODAY is the day! Welcome to the age of American High-Speed Rail, brought to you by President Obama and the Recovery Act.” And his blog is full of lofty praise, with lines such as, “I’ve said it before, and I believe it even more today: this is an absolute game-changer for American transportation” and “Today, as promised, we change the game.” He also includes a brief explanation of how these particular projects were selected:
Now, the particular investments we’re making today–they make sense. We’re connecting cities that are too close for efficient air travel but–with the highways connecting these cities nearly choked beyond capacity–too far for productive road travel. Cities like St. Louis and Chicago.
Here’s a map of the projects, with a breakdown of where the money will be spent. Click to enlarge:
The W555 from EVGA made a brief, blurry appearance at CES, but now we’ve got closer look thanks to bit-tech. And what an introduction: two LGA1366 processor sockets, 12 DDR3 DIMM slots and a questionably sane seven expansion card slots.
The W555 is designed to accommodate overclocking to begin with, and with that many PCI expansion slots, who knows how far you can push it. Actually, hopefully we’ll all know sooner than later. It won’t be available until later this year, but for now, it’s time for all you performance junkies out there to start salivating. [bit-tech via Engadget]
We all know that you want an iPad. You haven’t even touched one yet, but you have read every word published on the device since before it was announced on Wednesday’s event. You’ve been up all night dreaming about surfing the web, and looking at your address book in split view. You can’t wait to download iTunes movies and watch them on the gorgeous 9.7″ LED-backlit, glossy widescreen multi-touch display with fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating.
In fact, you have been repeating that last sentence in your head all morning as you watch the keynote again after downloading the high-res podcast from iTunes. You are making a list of which iBooks you will buy from the iBookstore so you can decide which title will be the first to have it’s icon gracefully displayed on your faux wood electronic bookshelf.
You are going to buy an iPad. All that is left to decide is which one. This, unfortunately, could be a difficult decision.
What Are the Choices?
There are six variations on the iPad with various combinations of storage, with and without 3G support, ranging from $499 to $829.
Somewhere in that $330 spread is the perfect iPad for you.
Storage Capacity
You have three choices here: 16GB, 32GB or 64GB. How do you decide how much you need?
iPhone apps are generally pretty small (a quick survey of the 400+ apps I have in my library indicates that they range from 56KB for single-purpose utilities to almost 200MB for some 3D games). It would take a lot of apps to fill up your iPad, even when you consider that the larger screen size will likely require iPad-specific games with larger graphic assets to fill that amazing screen from edge to edge with gaming goodness.
Email and all that doesn’t require a ton of onboard storage either, especially when you are using something like Gmail, Google Apps, Yahoo, IMAP, Exchange or any other solution that keeps most of your archived messages on the server.
Music and movies are the big culprits here. If you want to carry around a lot of music and movies on the device, you will want the bigger capacity iPad. And, if you’re honest with yourself, you’ll want to watch movies on this thing and show them off to your friends.
The real kicker is the pricing. It costs $100 to go from 16GB to 32GB ($6.25/GB) and $100 to go from 32GB to 64GB ($3.13/GB). The storage is actually getting cheaper as you buy more. Don’t be conservative here. Buy the biggest model you can afford.
To 3G or not to 3G? That is the Question
The 3G model offers nearly on-demand access to a wide-area network when you are out of range of Wi-Fi. In the United States, that access will cost you $14.99 for data transfer up to 250MB for the month, or $29.99 for unlimited data. With no contract required, you can sign up for these data contracts on the iPad itself only when you need it (no word yet if you can upgrade mid-month from 250MB to unlimited for the prorated difference). In addition, you also get access to AT&T hotspots as part of your subscription.
But Why Would You Want 3G?
Adding the 3G support to the iPad will cost an extra $130 on top of whatever size model you choose. I think the biggest reason to splash out for 3G is that this model includes support for assisted GPS. You won’t get GPS at all on the Wi-Fi model. The mapping application demonstrated during the iPad introduction (shown at 22:35) looks absolutely stunning andis a huge improvement over the iPhone. The speed on the new A4 processor in the iPad really takes the Maps app to the next level.
The only other reason to get the 3G model is to plan ahead for the possibility that you might need to use the iPad while not near Wi-Fi. If you’re taking this thing out to client meetings, conferences with sketchy Wi-Fi, or Apple press events filled to capacity, you will love having a wide-area network option available.
You might consider using a MiFi or other mobile hotspot to provide connectivity for your iPad while out and about, but those solutions all require long-term contracts. If you already have a MiFi or similar device, then just use that. If you don’t, the 3G model at least offers the opportunity to get online when you need it.
Other Considerations
iPhone Users: If you have an iPhone, the iPad 3G might not be necessary. If you are really in a pinch where you can’t use Wi-Fi, you can rely on your iPhone until you get back into range of an access point.
Upgradeitis: It seems obvious that there will be a new iPad next year. Who knows, it might even have a camera. If you think you might upgrade next year, consider what you need for the next 12 months. I think the two models that will have the highest resale demand in 2011 will be the low-end $499 device because of the price point and the $829 64GB 3G model because it will still be appealing to a power user that is looking for a used iPad to save a little money over next year’s high-end model.
What Am I Buying?
I was leaning towards the $829 3G model because I know I will love the iPad but now I’m pretty sure I’ll get the $499 Wi-Fi model. I want an iPad, but I already have a MacBook Pro and an iPhone. If the iPad proves indispensable, I will sell the original iPad once iPad 2.0 comes out and buy the biggest and baddest model then.
Tell Us Which Model You Will Buy
Here’s your chance to weigh in. Vote in the poll to tell everyone which iPad you’re planning on buying.
Not sure what to make of this parody — but we guess it just goes to show how disappointed some folks are about the features of Apple’s new tablet computer. It was one of the most highly-anticipated gadgets to debut in recent memory, but not everyone was impressed when Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled The iPad in San Francisco on Wednesday. Retailing for between $499-$699, the Apple iPad is expected to go on sale in early March.
The device is definitely cool, but “truly magical?” Eh — not so much. Hitler counts down the gizmo’s drawbacks…..
Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that a reward of up to $10,000 was being offered for information leading to the identification and arrest of the individuals responsible for the Oct. 7, 2009 armed robbery of the Sherwin-Williams Credit Union, located at 14700 South Myrtle Avenue in south suburban Harvey, Illinois.
The robbery took place during the early morning hours, when a credit union employee was confronted by two armed men outside her home as she was leaving to open the credit union for the day.
She was handcuffed and forced to accompany the robbers to the credit union, while a third robber followed in another vehicle, described only as a white, four-door, mid-sized sedan.
Upon arriving at the credit union, the third robber waited outside acting as a lookout, while the other two demanded that she unlock the door and de-activate the alarm.
Once inside, the robbers forced the kidnapped employee to open the vault, from which they took an undisclosed amount of cash. They then locked the employee in the basement of the credit union and fled in her vehicle, which was found abandoned a short distance away.
The three robbers were described only as black/males. Their identities were concealed as all three wore Halloween masks during the robbery.
This matter is being investigated jointly by the FBI and Harvey Police Department. Anyone recognizing these individuals or having any information about this robbery is asked to call the FBI at (312) 421-6700 or the Harvey Police Department at (708) 331-3030.
Additional information about this case and other unsolved bank robberies, including downloadable photographs, is available on the Bandit Tracker Web site, bandittrackerchicago.com.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Copies of the wanted flyer are available from the Chicago FBI press office at (312) 829-1199.
Jasmina Anema, the sweetfaced 6-year-old whose brave battle against leukemia captivated the hearts of New Yorkers and an island-born pop star, has died.
Celebrities like Rihanna, Lil Mama, and even President Obama rallied to Jasmina’s side to publicize the need to find a bone marrow donor to save her life over the past year. Sadly, the Manhattan girl — who was adopted from Africa at birth — lost her 12-month fight against the fatal disease this week. Jasmina passed away @10:55 PM Tuesday night at NYU Langone Medical Center, her mother, Thea Anema, was by her side.
“She was an incredible fighter to the end,” said Jasmina’s godmother, Mariana Verkerk. “Her attitude was always incredibly positive. She fought her battle so hard, and unfortunately she didn’t win it.”
President Obama, who met Jasmina just last month, championed the child’s courage in a statement issued Thursday.
“Jasmina showed tremendous bravery in the face of adversity, and her ability to stay positive throughout her battle was an inspiration to me and to all those she touched,” Obama remarked. “As the parents of two young girls, our hearts particularly go out to Jasmina’s devoted mother Thea. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and with all who knew and loved Jasmina.”
For Boston-area startups that have already spent years staking out their corners of the mobile marketplace, getting on board with the Apple iPad—and the new set of business opportunities it creates—is a no-brainer. At least two local companies have already announced they’re providing technologies or services targeted at the tablet-sized device, and the area’s application developers are diving in too, looking for ways to optimize existing mobile apps for iPad, or build entirely new ones.
I’ve touched base today with a number of these local players, and have rounded up their news, comments, and approaches below. Many of these folks have clearly known about the iPad project for months, but couldn’t talk due to Apple’s strict confidentiality rules. If there’s a common theme in what they’re saying now, it’s that they expect the technology and marketing elements that have worked so well on the iPhone—things like location awareness, specialty apps, and rich-media advertising—to work even better on the iPad. And each is ready to help clients and consumers take advantage of the new platform.
At Boston-based Skyhook Wireless, which makes software that allows laptops and mobile gadgets to translate Wi-Fi or GPS signals into an exact location fix, CEO Ted Morgan announced via Twitter yesterday that Skyhook’s software will be built into the iPad. That means iPad owners, just like iPhone users, will be able to locate themselves on the device’s native map interface, as long as there are a few Wi-Fi networks in the neighborhood. (Skyhook’s software works by collecting the IDs of nearby Wi-Fi networks, checking them against its global database of Wi-Fi access point locations, and triangulating.) It also means that the location data will be available to third-party apps running on the iPad, starting with the 140,000 existing iPhone/iPod Touch apps in the iTunes App Store.
The significance of the iPad deal, for Skyhook, is that “it shows in general that all mobile devices are going to have location in them,” Morgan told me. “It’s our goal at Skyhook to make sure we are the ones providing location on all of them, and this just broadens our technology into a whole new device category.”
Morgan points out that more and more apps are incorporating location awareness, even those that have nothing to do with maps or navigation. “Music apps, movie-finders, newsreaders are all starting to have location,” he says. On the iPad, location data will initially be used in much the same way that it’s used on laptops, Morgan predicts. For example, Skyhook announced this week that …Next Page »
Just because they weren’t playable in the original version, doesn’t mean they’re pushovers. Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition will change that Josh and Excella now have a chance to show that they can hold their own
Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that a B-52H upgraded with new communication technology successfully accomplished its first test flight at Edwards Air Force Base on Jan. 17.
The Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade allows B-52H crews to receive and send real-time digital information during their missions.
The more than three-hour flight around the Edwards area included an initial system build-up test, interphone test and communication test.
The test process included power-on of each system in flight to determine that there were no adverse effects on flight-essential systems.
“Completion of the first test flight brings us one step closer to giving command centers and troops on the ground the ability to communicate with the B-52 through the military’s digital information network,” said Jim Kroening, Boeing B-52 Development Programs manager.
“Augmenting current voice-based communication gives B-52 crews greater situational awareness and significantly enhanced mission capabilities.”
Prior to the first test flight, a robust testing approach was used, starting with unit and system testing in the laboratory, progressing to system ground test and then flight test.
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have accomplished more than 220 ground test points out of about 500. Ground and flight test will continue through February.
The aircraft will then rotate through its planned depot maintenance at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., and resume ground and flight test in January 2011 at Edwards.
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Got a health question? Don’t trust those “Doctors” at the University Health Center? Are you scared of Web M.D. because it always tells you you’re gonna die? Ask a real doctor, like our friend Dr. Lissa Rankin. She’s here every Thursday to answer whatever you throw at her – like post-sex soreness– so ask away. Leave your question in the comments or send it over to us. Don’t be shy; she’s waiting for ya!
Q: I found out that I have HPV. So, having sex with my boyfriend, does that mean he has HPV too? And if either of us perform oral sex – can the warts then be transferred to our mouths? Will this lead to cancer? On the paper I got back from the doctor it said to come back in 12 months for another pap smear; will it get worse by then? I’m nervous.
A: HPV can be a sneaky bastard. Unlike sexually transmitted infections like gonorrhea and chlamydia, HPV can hang around, unexpressed and asymptomatic, then suddenly rear its ugly head with little warning. Chances are that your partner also has HPV. In fact, chances are good that your boyfriend gave it to you. But it’s possible you could have contracted it from a prior partner and that he doesn’t have it. No way to know for certain, so the best strategy is to behave as if he doesn’t have it, just to protect him.
It’s unclear to me whether you have warts already or whether your HPV just came up on a pap smear. If it’s just a pap smear, chances are good that you carry the type of HPV that causes abnormal paps and cervical cancer, but not genital warts. The good news about this for your partner is that these strains of HPV tend to cause nothing in guys (which is why guys are passing it around like candy. They don’t even know they have it).
If you do have warts, you’ll want to be a bit more careful. While condoms can help reduce the chance of transmitting warts, they can’t protect you completely. Because the condom only covers the shaft of the penis, it leaves vulnerable scrotal skin in contact with potentially infections coochie skin, so it’s important for him to realize that he may still wind up with warts.
As for oral sex, yes, laryngeal warts (warts in the larynx) have been reported. But they’re very rare. HPV tends to prefer the genitals and the anal area, so oral sex is relatively safe. If you want to be uber careful, you can use a dental dam to protect your boyfriend when he’s going down on you, and if you’re worried, have him wear a condom. (I know, it’s not sexy, but it is safe).
If your doc told you to wait a year to repeat your pap smear, I would wait a year. While abnormalities on paps can get worse, they change very slowly, and as long as you don’t miss a pap, you should be fine. Most of all, though, don’t worry. HPV is more of a nuisance than a life-threatening disease, as long as you listen to what your doctor recommends. I know it can be scary and embarrassing, but I commend you for trying to get the information straight. Take a deep breath. Now, let go of any anger, frustration, or shame you feel around this. And let it go. Stressing about HPV only makes it worse. You’ll be fine, sweetie.
– Dr. Lissa Rankin’s book, What’s Up Down There? Questions You’d Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend, will be published by St. Martin’s Press in Fall 2010. She invites you to join her Pink online community (www.owningpink.com/forum) or read more of her writing at Owning Pink (www.owningpink.com).
Apparently times are hard over at ECN Magazine. Rather than come up with compelling content to draw people in, its Technical Editor decided to pen the mother of all troll-baiting editorials. NSILMike points us to Jason Lomberg’s recent rant on The Internet Entitlement Mentality, which I think may set a record for repeating pretty much every long-debunked fallacy about online content and business models, as well as how it describes those folks who actually understand basic economics, and how free works as part of an economic ecosystem. It’s really not worth debunking all those points over again. Honestly, reading it makes me wonder if it’s pure satire instead of troll-bait, given the number of old debunked cliches it tosses out. I mean, you name it, it’s got it. Unauthorized access is “theft,” the publishing and music industries are dying, other business models simply cannot fund stuff, paywalls will solve everything for newspapers, and suing music fans is a reasonable solution. It’s all in there.
But as I read it, it again made me wonder which is the real “entitlement mentality”? Is it those who recognize what the technology enables and uses that to better share and spread culture and information? Or is it those who insist that business models should go back to the way things used to be, and that governments should change and enforce laws to prop up those failing business models? It seems like you could make a very strong case that it’s the latter position that is the true “entitlement mentality.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) insisted today that he still supports placing a cap on greenhouse gas emissions and would work to win over reluctant Republicans as part of a broader bill that also opens the door to more domestic energy production.
“To jump-start nuclear power, wind and solar and the green economy, you’ve got to price carbon,” Graham told reporters today. “How you do it is subject to discussion and open debate. But the idea of not pricing carbon, in my view, means you’re not serious about energy independence. The odd thing is you’ll never have energy independence until you clean up the air, and you’ll never clean up the air until you price carbon.”
Supporters of climate legislation will have to hope they catch Graham on a good day when the bill actually comes to a vote.
I have a 1.6l Audi80 TD, 1985 model.
The car has manual steering and I would like to know if and how I can get it converted to Power steering.
What all parts/components are required to make the change without having to do any major (structural) changes under the hood?
Also, the car requires some work in terms of clutch replacement, brake pads, drive shaft bushes etc.
Please advise the best place in Bangalore (or outside) to get these parts and where to get the work done on the car.
Press release: Varioptic, the liquid lens company, today announced that it has developed its first liquid lens, A316S, offering Optical Image Stabilization functionality to mobile phones.
Varioptic is the world leader in liquid lenses having pioneered the development of Electrowetting Technology to create variable focus lenses with no moving parts. Liquid lenses are used in a wide range of imaging applications from industrial vision to consumer cameras, and feature a number of advantages over traditional focusing technologies in terms of robustness, power consumption, size, cost and speed. Varioptic’s Autofocus (AF) liquid lenses are used in consumer, medical and industrial devices ranging from full HD DV camcorders, bar code readers, security cameras, dental cameras to machine vision cameras. Liquid lenses have been in production since January 2007 and more recently, ramping mass production, with Japanese partner Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII).
Varioptic has now finalized the next generation of Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) liquid lenses, correcting handshake. Today’s camera phones deliver relatively poor image capture indoor with a frustrating handshake blur. The new Varioptic liquid lens OIS functionality, A316S, compensates this defect, restoring an image quality comparable to a compact digital still camera (DSC).
With no moving parts, the new liquid lens, A316S, is very robust and uses very limited power (less than 50mW during a shot). The A316S liquid lens actuator, featuring both OIS and silent/smooth AF, is able to fit in typical AF camera module size.
“This unique OIS technology, developed by Varioptic, will enable our customers to integrate liquid lenses in camera phones in early 2011, accelerating Varioptic’s growth” stated Christian Dupont, Varioptic CEO. “Liquid lenses with Optical Image Stabilization will enable mobile users to take good pictures even in low light conditions as well as capturing stable and focused videos with their mobile phone. The next generations of camera phones will become comparable to digital still cameras and camcorders, while remaining compact and robust", added Christian Dupont.
Low light indoor photography and stabilized video capture will be demonstrated during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from 15th to 18th February 2010.OIS developer’s kits and samples of the new A316S liquid lenses are available upon request.
J.D. Salinger, who penned the Great Illustrated Classic The Catcher in the Rye, died at his home in New Hampshire early Thursday, The New York Times has learned. Considered to be one of the most prolific writers of our time, Salinger was also the author of Nine Stories and Franny and Zooey.
With our free horse racing selection for our forum audience on Thursday we will pick from the 8th race at Santa Anita racetrack. Post time for the 8th is scheduled for 7:37PM Eastern Time and you can watch it on TVG. With our free horse racing pick we will play on #3 Bewitched Again to win.
Bewitched Again will be ridden by Vic Espinoza and is trained by the red hot Doug ONeill. The 8th race is a 6-½ furlong event for fillies and mares four year old and upward and will be contested over the main synthetic surface with a claiming tag of $12,500. ONeill drops this four year old from a $50,000 claimer into a $12,500 event. She has posted the highest Brisnet speed ratings over her past three races posting an 80 in each event and one of those races was an Allowance event. I like the turf to dirt move and the jockey switch is a positive one. Trainer Doug ONeill has 8 wins in 41 mounts at the current meet.
Play #3 Bewitched Again to win race 8 at Santa Anita 3-1 on the Morning Line.
Remember, doing it yourself doesn’t always mean you’re making something look nicer. Sometimes you turn a perfectly good Honda motorcycle into a recumbent spearmint pod. It’s worth it, though, when that pod gets 214mpg going 55mph.
Allert Jacobs designed and built this contraption from a Honda Innova motorcycle. In its previous incarnation, the bike weighed 231 pounds and got a still respectable—but not mind-blowing—114mpg.
By giving it an aerodynamic shell (that splits in half for easy entry), Jacobs has undoubtedly made his hog a much more efficient vehicle in all aspects, aside picking up ladies or applying to the Hell’s Angels. [Allert Jacobs via Inhabitat]
We all know that you want an 
Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that a reward of up to $10,000 was being offered for information leading to the identification and arrest of the individuals responsible for the Oct. 7, 2009 armed robbery of the Sherwin-Williams Credit Union, located at 14700 South Myrtle Avenue in south suburban Harvey, Illinois.
Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that a B-52H upgraded with new communication technology successfully accomplished its first test flight at Edwards Air Force Base on Jan. 17.
