Japanese mayor: Wartime sex slaves were necessary May 14th, 2013 - 06:40h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the ranks and provide rest for soldiers who risked their lives in battle, an outspoken pol... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japanese, mayor, wartime, slaves, were, necessary, Top Keywords

Solar-powered plane wraps first leg of flight across United States May 5th, 2013 - 06:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - The flight from San Fransisco to Phoenix took 18 hours and 18 minutes on Saturday - and didn't use a drop of fuel. A solar-powered airplane that developers hope eventually to pilot around the world landed safely in Phoenix on the fir... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : solarpowered, plane, wraps, first, flight, across, united, states, Top Keywords

Solar-powered plane set for first cross-country flight from California May 3rd, 2013 - 12:30h (CET +01.00) By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A solar-powered airplane that developers hope to eventually pilot around the world was due to take off early on Friday from San Francisco Bay on the first leg of an attempt to fly across the United States wi... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : solarpowered, plane, first, crosscountry, flight, california, united, states, Top Keywords

Feathered Dinos Were Diverse Like Darwin's Finches May 1st, 2013 - 15:00h (CET +01.00) Flightless feathered dinosaurs with parrotlike beaks and long, skinny claws that scampered around North America may have been the Darwin's finches of the Late Cretaceous era. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : feathered, dinos, were, diverse, like, darwin's, finches, states, Top Keywords

Twitter's Hashtag-Powered Comedy Festival Sounds Confusing Apr 22nd, 2013 - 02:30h (CET +01.00) The entertainment industry's looking pretty experimental these days, with the announcement of a new five-day-long comedy festival on Twitter. Yes, there is a hashtag involved. Starting on Monday, you'll start to see some familiar handles ma... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : twitter's, hashtagpowered, comedy, festival, sounds, confusing, finches, states, Top Keywords

Christians say they were tortured in Libya Mar 15th, 2013 - 23:10h (CET +01.00) CAIRO (AP) - Dozens of Coptic Christians were tortured inside a detention center run by a powerful militia in eastern Libya, two of the recently released detainees told The Associated Press on Friday amid a wave of assaults targeting Christians in Be... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : christians, they, were, tortured, libya, confusing, finches, states, Top Keywords

What Were They Thinking? 6 Most Senseless Gadgets Mar 5th, 2013 - 20:20h (CET +01.00) Over the years, I've seen a number of head-scratching gadgets that made me wonder, 'What were they thinking?' Remember the Twitter Peak, a $99 3G device with a QWERTY keyboard that did nothing but send and receive tweets? How about the CueCat, a feli... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : what, were, they, thinking?, most, senseless, gadgets, states, Top Keywords

Pistorius, girlfriend were planning future: uncle Feb 16th, 2013 - 16:10h (CET +01.00) JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African athlete Oscar Pistorius was planning a future with girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who he is accused of shooting in cold blood this week, his uncle said on Saturday. "We are in a state of total shock - firstly ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pistorius, girlfriend, were, planning, future, uncle, gadgets, states, Top Keywords

Amy Poehler's Best Buy Tech Questions Answered Feb 4th, 2013 - 18:50h (CET +01.00) Somehow it didn't make most best commercial lists of Super Bowl 2013, but Amy Poehler's Best Buy ad, in which she walks through the store with a salesman asking hilarious questions, topped our list. Poehler pokes fun at a lot of the gadgets she sees.... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : poehler's, best, tech, questions, answered, uncle, gadgets, states, Top Keywords

Jordanians vote for newly empowered parliament Jan 23rd, 2013 - 10:30h (CET +01.00) AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordanians voted Wednesday for a parliament touted to be the most powerful in the kingdom's history, but with much of the opposition boycotting it is unclear how far the vote and its accompanying reforms will go to pacify a ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : jordanians, vote, newly, empowered, parliament, uncle, gadgets, states, Top Keywords