Tag: Science and Technology

In this Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012 photo, Daniel Ramirez works through a simulated emergency from the supervisor's console in the training simulator at Plant Vogtle in Augusta, Ga. Ramirez is training to become a licensed nuclear plant operator. Utility companies are preparing a new wave of workers to run first-of-their-kind nuclear plants, a process certain to influence how workers are trained on the new technology for decades to come. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Training under way for new nuclear plant operators

Ray Henry · December 19, 2012 10:37 pm

GM, FedEx, Oracle are market movers

Washington Examiner · December 19, 2012 10:05 pm

Hungarian students protest education reforms

Pablo Gorondi · December 19, 2012 9:49 pm

This undated photo shows that after placing an electronic collar around the neck of a cow elk, biologists work to take other samples before the animal awakens during a recent elk capturing operation in the southern Bitterroot Valley in Montana. Biologists will begin fanning out across the region to begin gathering information about mountain lions as part of three year study. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish, Wildlife and Parks, via Ravalli Republic )

Scientists collect DNA from wildlife in Bitterroot

Perry Backus · December 19, 2012 9:49 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, file photo, Floor official Nicholas Brigandi, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks are opening mixed on Wall Street as traders keep a close eye on budget talks in Washington as a deadline approaches for reaching a deal. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks fall as sides snipe in ‘cliff’ talks

The Associated Press · December 19, 2012 9:42 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, "Today" show co-host Ann Curry attends the "Today" show 60th anniversary celebration at the Edison Ballroom in New York. A new movement has taken off to honor the 26 people killed at a school in Newtown, Conn. The campaign sparked from a question NBC News correspondent Ann Curry asked herself after the Friday, Dec.14, 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School: "What can I do?" (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

To honor the fallen: 26 acts of kindness proposed

Washington Examiner · December 19, 2012 9:32 pm

NY AG Schneiderman says more sex predators offline

Washington Examiner · December 19, 2012 6:28 pm

he Tungurahua volcano emits an an ash-filled plume as seen from Huambalo, Ecuador, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The country's National Geophysics Institute says that a constant plume of gas and ash is rising about half a mile (1 kilometer) above the crater, with ash falling on nearby communities. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador volcano blasts more hot rock from crater

Washington Examiner · December 19, 2012 5:45 pm

In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, the Astell & Kern AK100, is displayed for a photographer in Atlanta. The Astell & Kern AK100 is a portable music player retailing for $699 and is capable of playing 24-bit, audiophile-quality digital music files. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Review: High-res music player ups the audio ante

Ron Harris · December 19, 2012 5:23 pm

The International Space Station (ISS) crew members, from left: Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, U.S. astronaut Thomas Marshburn and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield joke during their talk with relatives after putting on their space suits at the Baikonur cosmodrome Kazakhstan Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/ Shamil Zhumatov, pool)

Rocket with 3 onboard heads for space station

Peter Leonard · December 19, 2012 5:21 pm

Video sweepstakes industry seeks NC closing delay

Emery Dalesio · December 19, 2012 5:02 pm

This Nov. 27, 2012 photo shows the McKay Tower in Grand Rapids, Mich. The building, which has more than a dozen bank vaults stashed here and there, is in the midst of an upgrade project being undertaken by its new owners, Steadfast Property Holdings Inc., of which Derks is director of operations. Steadfast, owned by Jonathan Borisch, founder of Borisch Manufacturing of Kentwood (now Amphenol Borisch Technologies), has been busy resealing windows, fixing the faÃ§ade and making other internal upgrades to the grand dame of Grand Rapids skyscrapers since purchasing the building for $10.5 million in May. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

McKay Tower in Grand Rapids undergoes renovation

Garret Ellison · December 19, 2012 3:37 pm