Meet Riki-san and Haui-san, a cute and clumsy pair of clouded leopard cubs that made their debut this week at the San Diego Zoo.
The 14-week-old brothers came to Southern California by way of the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, which has a breeding program aimed at boosting the numbers of this species, listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Named for their...
Climate Skeptics Swayed by Consensus, Not Evidence
Labels: Science Conservatives are less likely to accept the reality of human-caused climate science when presented with supporting scientific evidence. But tell them that 99 out of 100 climate scientists agree on the subject, and conservatives will be more likely to accept that humans are altering the climate, according to a new pilot study.
The findings, presented today (Dec. 7) at the annual meeting of the American...
10 Gifts for the Geek Who Has Everything
Labels: Science You wouldn’t buy a new toilet snake for your buddy the plumber, because he already has a top-of-the-line model. And if he wants a new one, he should pick it out himself. So why on earth would you buy a laptop, tablet or smart phone for the tech geeks on your list when we either already have these products or would need to pick our own? Fortunately, there are plenty of high-tech gifts that even hardcore...
Television host and actor Gary Collins dies at age 74
Labels: BlogsGary Collins, the former Miss America emcee who was also a television actor and host, has died at the age of 74.
The Biloxi, Miss., resident died of natural causes just before 1 a.m. Saturday at Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove told the Associated Press.
Collins's acting career began in the 1960s, when he appeared in several movies and TV shows, including "The...
Starbucks tax avoidance has Brits frothing mad
Labels: WorldAs the US considers higher tax rates for the wealthy to deal with a budget crunch, a similar debate is going on across the pond. But in the UK, it's not the individually wealthy who are being eyed: It's those multinational corporations who, despite turning over hundreds of millions of pounds in revenue, routinely pay little to no tax on their local profits.
Protesters against corporate tax-dodging...
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Storm delays lift already strong US auto sales
Labels: BusinessDETROIT (AP) — Superstorm Sandy gave an extra boost to U.S. auto sales, making November the best month for carmakers in nearly five years.Toyota, Volkswagen and Chrysler were among the companies posting impressive increases for November, which is normally a lackluster month because of colder weather and holiday distractions. Only General Motors was left struggling to explain yet another month of weak...
Boeing separates airplane production, design
Labels: Business(Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Monday it is creating a new division to oversee airplane development, hiving off that function from production as it seeks to ramp up factory output.The company named Scott Fancher, who heads Boeing's 777 jet program, to lead the new "airplane development" division, which will handle design and flight certification of planes that are currently on the drawing board....
China's Huaxia may face liability for troubled wealth product sale
Labels: BusinessBEIJING (Reuters) - China's Huaxia Bank Co Ltd <600015.SS> may face some liability after a rogue employee sold unauthorized wealth management products which weekend reports claimed had stopped making payments, a bank official said on Tuesday.An employee at Huaxia's Jiading branch, in a Shanghai suburb, sold the instruments issued by the Zhongding Wealth Investment Center without permission,...
Supreme Court lets GM workers pursue case against State Street
Labels: BusinessWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court is allowing General Motors Co employees whose pension plans lost money to pursue their case against a State Street Corp unit over its management of their retirement savings plans before the automaker went bankrupt.Without comment, the court refused on Monday to review the case and let stand a February ruling from a lower court that allowed the workers...
Auto sales race to five-year high for November
Labels: Business(Reuters) - Auto sales in November raced to a five-year high for that month on a rebound from storm-ravaged October and the need to replace aging vehicles, leaving industry executives optimistic about 2013.Sales in November rose 15 percent to 1.14 million vehicles, the highest level for that month since 2007, before a recession caused a dramatic decline in demand and led to the bankruptcy filings...
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