Archive for the ‘Adiggt’ Category

Deaf girl who couldnt hear teachers wins discrimination suit

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

A deaf teenager has won a landmark discrimination case after she was humiliated on sports day because she could not hear announcements telling her to stop running.

Automakers Fear Lower Sales Will be the New Norm

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

After several years of sales topping 16 million vehicles, the U.S. market plummeted to 13.2 million cars and trucks sold in 2008. Analysts do not predict a year with 15 million in sales until 2012 or later. “Trading in a car every three years is a luxury that the average ...

Salmonella outbreak sickens 388 across US

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning has made 388 people sick across 42 states, sending 18 percent of them to the hospital, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is...

Israeli & Palestinian Doctors Work Together To Save A Child

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

For over ten years, Save a Child's Heart has performing life-saving heart surgery on children from all over the world - not just the West Bank and Gaza, but from African countries, eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, even Vietnam and China. Its doctors have treated more than 2000 children.

Chicago Schools Spent $67,000 on Espresso Machines

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

"We also look at it as a waste of money because the schools didn't even know they were getting the equipment, schools didn't know how to use the machines and weren't prepared to implement them into the curriculum," Sullivan said.

Top 15 Reasons to Go to the Movies in 2009

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Sequels that trump the original, Heath Ledger, Watchmen, Judd Apatow, Watchmen, Arrested Development, Watchmen

4 dogs vs. 1 desperate coyote (intense photos)

Thursday, January 8th, 2009



Steve Jobs Makes Less Per Year Than You Do

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

As he's done for the last decade, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs took home his customary $1 annual salary in 2008, but the economic meltdown and Apple's falling stock price whacked half a billion dollars off the value of his personal holdings in the company

“Tweety Bird’ May Hang After All

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals abruptly withdrew abruptly withdrew a recent panel decision declaring unconstitutional a Michigan law that banned objects such as air fresheners, fuzzy dice and rosaries hanging from rear-view mirrors in cars.

Inside Waltz with Bashir

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Ari Folman, the writer and director of "Waltz With Bashir," discusses his filmmaking process, from interviewing subjects to creating the unique animation for the film.