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  • Source of Mysterious Antimatter Found

    01/16/2008 8:20:33 AM PST · by placerville · 13 replies · 160+ views
    Space.com ^ | 1/11/2008 | Charles Q. Choi
    Antimatter, which annihilates matter upon contact, seems to be rare in the universe. Still, for decades, scientists had clues that a vast cloud of antimatter lurked in space, but they did not know where it came from.
  • Cosmic Cloud on Collision Course

    01/12/2008 11:20:45 AM PST · by placerville · 51 replies · 39+ views
    ScienceNOW Daily News ^ | 11 January 2008 | Govert Schilling
    AUSTIN, TEXAS--It's large, it's fast, and it's heading toward the Milky Way
  • Freakynomics

    12/07/2007 6:07:18 PM PST · by placerville · 5 replies · 27+ views
    cnn ^ | 12/07/07 | Stanley Bing
    On the other hand, there's an upside to all the fact, opinion and speculation to which we are subjected. It helps us get ready for any eventuality, and I say "any" because absolutely all of them are out there, each put forward by one pundit or another with equal self-assurance. And me? Because I'm something of a moron on a wide variety of subjects, I believe them all. And I'm preparing accordingly.
  • How the markets really work

    12/06/2007 5:50:22 PM PST · by placerville · 3 replies · 51+ views
    Brasscheck TV ^ | 12/06/07 | Brasscheck TV
    Funny British video on how sub-prime works.
  • Wachovia Bank Tells Man He Owes $211 Trillion

    12/01/2007 7:38:31 AM PST · by placerville · 32 replies · 100+ views
    wsbtv ^ | Nov 30, 2007 | wsbtv
    It’s one thing to bounce a check and it’s another to be so far in the red Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Donald Trump combined couldn’t come close to bailing you out. A Cobb County man got a letter from his bank with that very shocking news.
  • Longtime pumpkin patch owner runs afoul of Yolo

    11/03/2007 5:28:23 PM PDT · by placerville · 35 replies · 110+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 10/26/07 | Blair Anthony Robertson
    Bob Kirtlan says Yolo County conducted a "Gestapo" raid on his 1,000-acre property, and he's fighting back against criminal charges.
  • FBI joins hate crime case

    11/03/2007 1:01:57 PM PDT · by placerville · 36 replies · 78+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 11/03/07 | Terri Hardy
    A black mannequin found with a noose around its neck in a county landfill building has triggered a joint hate crime investigation between the FBI and the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department.