Tag: Science and Technology

$180k in fines sought for animal testing deaths

Scott Sonner · December 14, 2012 7:58 pm

FuelCell Energy gets contract for fuel cell park

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 7:45 pm

FILE - In this July 26, 2011 file photo, a Greenlandic Inuit hunter and fisherman steers his boat past a melting iceberg, along a fjord leading away from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, near Nuuk, Greenland. Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is done about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds. Belief and worry about climate change are inching up among Americans in general, but concern is growing faster among people who don't often trust scientists on the environment. In follow-up interviews, some of those doubters said they believe their own eyes as they've watched thermometers rise, New York City subway tunnels flood, polar ice melt and Midwestern farm fields dry up. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

AP-GfK Poll: Science doubters say world is warming

Seth Borenstein · December 14, 2012 7:36 pm

92K Missourians affected by insurance data breach

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 7:27 pm

Pedestrians cannot resist getting close to Thursday's king's tide cresting along the San Francisco Embarcadero on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The tide measured 7.2 at the Golden Gate and was the highest of the year. The king tides are expected to peak during the next several days, with surges over 9 feet in some areas. The phenomenon is caused by a unique alignment of the sun, moon and earth. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Karl Mondon) MAGS OUT; NO SALES

More flooding on 2nd day of CA ‘king tides’

GILLIAN FLACCUSLISA LEFF · December 14, 2012 6:54 pm

Vt. Supreme Court says judge ok to limit search

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 6:38 pm

FILE - These file product images made available by Google show the new Google Maps iPhone app. The world's most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, with the release of the Google Maps iPhone app. The release comes nearly three months after Apple Inc. replaced Google Maps as the device's built-in navigation system and inserted its own map software into the latest version of its mobile operating system. (AP Photo/Google, File)

Review: New Google Maps boasts big improvements

Bree Fowler · December 14, 2012 6:21 pm

File - In this July 14, 2009 file photo Gary McKinnon, accused of hacking into U.S. military computers and facing extradition to the U.S. to stand trial, leaves the High Court in London. British authorities say Friday Dec 14 2012 theyâve opted not to charge the computer hacker who waged a decade-long struggle to avoid trial in the U.S. Prosecutors had to decide whether Gary McKinnon should be tried in Britain over alleged breaches of military and NASA networks, after he successfully fought extradition to the United States. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

UK police say they won’t charge hacker

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 6:20 pm

BC-OH–Ohio News Digest 1 pm, OH

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 6:14 pm

In this photo taken Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, locals share stories of some of the odd creatures that they claim to have seen while they stand around a watermelon that an Upper Fruitland, N.M. resident cut up and left in the road for a local "Bigfoot". (AP Photo/The Daily-Times, Jenny Kane)

Creature legends on Navajo Nation attract interest

Jenny Kane · December 14, 2012 5:10 pm

KU Medical Center cited for death of goat in lab

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 4:39 pm

Starry Night

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 4:32 pm