Japan continues to deal with the enormous task of cleaning up and moving forward three months after the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeast coast.
Japan: three months after the quake
| June 23, 2011
Author: luapo
The Times They Are A-Changin’
| June 23, 2011
Miss USA 2011 Contestants On Evolution
| June 23, 2011
New Apple Technology Stops iPhones From Filming Live Events
| June 22, 2011
Fans at concerts and sports games may soon be stopped from using their iPhones to film the action —as a result of new technology being considered by Apple, The Times of London reported Thursday.
The California company has plans to build a system that will sense when a person is trying to film a live event using a cell phone and automatically switch off their camera.
Don’t Sue Google If You Are Hit by a Car Following Directions
| June 22, 2011
Even though Google is a big company with deep pockets, the courts sided with the corporate giant in a frivolous lawsuit over walking directions. The woman sued Google when she was struck by a car following the directions Google supplied. Sometimes there is just no legal argument that tops common sense.
“She was in an area that she’d never been to before. It was pitch black. There were no street lights. She relied on Google that she’d cross there and go down to a sidewalk.”
Man Robs Bank Of $1 To Get Health Care In Jail
| June 22, 2011
A 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, N.C., on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a gun, according to the police report.
He then sat down and waited for police to arrive. “… I say, ‘I’ll be sitting right over here, on the chair, waiting for the police,’” Verone told reporters, recalling the June 9 robbery in an interview from Gaston County Jail.
Verone said he asked for $1 to show that his motives were medical, not monetary, according to news reports. With a growth in his chest, two ruptured disks and no job, Verone hoped a three-year stint in prison would afford him the health care he needed.
