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Posted 2/2/10 by SensiBreeze
A Downing Street petition is calling for the UK government to drop Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and move to a more modern browser.
The petition says that IE6 has security flaws and uses outdated technology, creating a burden for developers.
The petition comes as the Department of Health advised the NHS to move away from the old browser.
Other government departments - and many f. . .
Posted 2/2/10 by SensiBreeze
LOWELL, Mass. - A house struck by a lumber truck whose driver said he passed out after choking on chili will be demolished.
Police said Monday that structural engineers and city building inspectors determined that tearing down the entire home is the only safe way to remove the truck, which has been lodged in the house since Friday.
The truck driver, Eric Gremm, 59, said that he choked on t. . .
Posted 2/1/10 by InsayneJayne
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Posted 2/1/10 by SensiBreeze
Article Submitted by Bloodpool.
A misplaced baggie that once held illegal drugs caused a fear of a terrorist threat lockdown at a county building Thursday. Authorities said they will not seek charges against the Pacific man who inadvertently sent a baggie containing a drug residue to the Franklin County Assessor's office.
The incident created an anthrax scare at the county building.
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Posted 2/1/10 by SensiBreeze
MENIFEE, Calif. - A California school district that pulled a dictionary from classrooms because it defined oral sex will allow it back on the shelves.
A committee of parents, teachers and administrators decided on Tuesday to permit fourth- and fifth-graders at Oak Meadows Elementary School in Menifee to use Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
However, parents can opt to have their kid. . .
Posted 2/1/10 by SensiBreeze
SANDPOINT, Idaho, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- An Oregon man claims in a lawsuit Idaho police destroyed the mystical powers of a medicine bag when they opened it during his drunken driving arrest in August.
Craig Clark Show, 49, of Portland said the bag provided protection, had been blessed by a medicine woman and had remained closed since 1995, the Sandpoint (Idaho) Bonner County Daily Bee reported Frida. . .
Posted 2/1/10 by SensiBreeze
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Gadget lovers hoping to place a pre-order for Apple's new iPad won't be able to -- because Steve Jobs' new toy can't be legally sold yet, experts say.
Apple has yet to obtain Federal Communications Commission approval for the wireless device to operate on the nation's airwaves, Wired magazine reported Sunday.
Apple confirmed this in an e-mail to prospective cus. . .
Posted 2/1/10 by SensiBreeze
Drivers in the Russian capital, Moscow, were given an unexpected show courtesy of a 30-by-20 foot electronic highway billboard when an explicit pornographic video was played for nearly twenty minutes in place of the paid advertisement clips that are usually shown. The incident happened near the entrance into Serpukovskiy tunnel on Sadovoe Ring Road, about 2 kilometers south of the Kremlin.
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