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Pacific Beach Journal: Trying Again on a Coast That Defies Big Dreams The rise of “Washington’s new authentic beach town” has prompted sneers because of the upscale market it goes after but has won praise for creating jobs and tourism. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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July 2, 1937: Earhart Vanishes Over the Pacific 1937: At 8:43 a.m. local time, the Coast Guard cutter Itasca, steaming off Howland Island, receives this faint transmission from Amelia Earhart: "KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you but cannot see you -- but gas is running low…." She vanishes along with her navigator, Fred Noonan, Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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July 2, 1937: Earhart Vanishes Over the Pacific 1937: At 8:43 a.m. local time, the Coast Guard cutter Itasca, steaming off Howland Island, receives this faint transmission from Amelia Earhart: "KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you but cannot see you -- but gas is running low…." She vanishes along with her navigator, Fred Noonan, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Gallery: Concept Cars of Past Visit Pebble Beach : Photo: Casey Cramer/Wired.comPEBBLE BEACH, California -- Nowhere is the old saying "there's nothing new under the sun" more true than in the auto industry, where "innovations" often are updated takes on old ideas. From the wind-cheating aerodynamics that make today's cars more efficient to the Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Gallery: Concept Cars of Past Visit Pebble Beach : Photo: Casey Cramer/Wired.comPEBBLE BEACH, California -- Nowhere is the old saying "there's nothing new under the sun" more true than in the auto industry, where "innovations" often are updated takes on old ideas. From the wind-cheating aerodynamics that make today's cars more efficient to the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Magnitude 5.9 quake hits off US Pacific coast WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck on Saturday at 7:44 a.m. Pacific time off the U.S. northern Pacific coast of Oregon, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Update: BlackBerry network down again on Wednesday BlackBerry users in North America were complaining of service problems again on Wednesday morning.Users of the BlackBerry outage newsgroup began reporting problems at around 6 a.m. on the East Coast of the U.S. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Texas beach towns get back to normal after storm - The Associated Press The Associated PressTexas beach towns get back to normal after stormThe Associated Press - 30 minutes agoGALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Surfers and joggers hit the beach Tuesday after Tropical Storm Edouard brushed past and caused little damage, while inland farmers hoped the Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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In Palm Beach, Investors Assume Worst - Wall Street Journal WELT ONLINEIn Palm Beach, Investors Assume WorstWall Street Journal - 1 hour agoBy PAULO PRADA PALM BEACH, Fla. -- John Sullivan was at a holiday pageant at a local school Thursday when a neighbor's cellphone interrupted a children's caroling.Madoff ‘Tragedy’ S Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Stray left foot washes up on Vancouver beach One of five podiatric landfalls since 2007 Canadian police are probing a possible link between a left foot which washed up yesterday on a beach near Vancouver and four right feet which have since last year similarly made landfall on the coast of British Columbia, the BBC reports.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Google Apps still trying to win over corporate users While Google is often cited as having a golden touch, the company's productivity application suite is still a mere bronze competitor to Microsoft's Office and collaboration tools despite upgrades over the past year that focused on evolving and securing the online tool Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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McCain, Palin Take Campaign to Va. Beach - Washington Post Boston GlobeMcCain, Palin Take Campaign to Va. BeachWashington Post - 1 hour agoRepublican nominee John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin rallied supporters in Virginia Beach, Va. this week. The Arizona senator is trailing in state polls, but vowing to "never give Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Bad harvest, low demand threaten Pacific fishermen
(AP) AP - An unusually weak Dungeness crab harvest is compounding the financial woes of West Coast fishermen who were already struggling with depressed consumer demand and the unprecedented collapse of the Pacific chinook salmon fishery. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Search for missing cruise ship passenger suspended - The News Journal Modesto BeeSearch for missing cruise ship passenger suspendedThe News Journal - 55 minutes agoThe Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 46-year-old woman who fell off a Norwegian cruise ship about 45 miles northeast of Atlantic City.Coast Guard searching for ov Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Top 10: HP-EDS buy, Icahn strikes again, China quakes This was a big IT news week, with the massive earthquake in China on Monday showing once again the role that the Internet plays in connecting us all, in good times and bad, and the importance of telecommunication, particularly for rural areas. HP opened the week with Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Democrats Could Make Big Gains in Congress Again "At the outset of this election cycle, most political analysts did not anticipate a second consecutive big win in November for congressional Democrats for a number of reasons," Charlie Cook explains.However, after losing three special House elections this year and with President Bush's Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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A hurricane again, Gustav plows toward Caymans
(AP) AP - Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Bush, on His Final Trip Abroad, Goes to Peru for Asia-Pacific Summit - Washington Post BBC NewsBush, on His Final Trip Abroad, Goes to Peru for Asia-Pacific SummitWashington Post - 30 minutes agoBy Dan Eggen LIMA, Peru, Nov. 21 -- President Bush arrived in Peru's capital on Friday for his last scheduled overseas trip, taking a final chance to mingle with Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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US Considers Protections for Stretches of Pacific Ocean - Washington Post Discover MagazineUS Considers Protections for Stretches of Pacific OceanWashington Post - 36 minutes agoBy Rosalind S. Helderman CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 25--President Bush announced today that three isolated stretches of the Pacific Ocean are under consideration for nation Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Big Madoff Investor Found Dead - Wall Street Journal TVNZBig Madoff Investor Found DeadWall Street Journal - 26 minutes agoBy DIONNE SEARCEY and DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS The co-founder of an investment advisory firm that lost $1.5 billion in the Madoff scandal was found dead Tuesday in an apparent suicide in his Manhattan Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |