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As the Auto Industry Sputters, Is Car Culture Dying?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailySeveral trends point to the beginning of the end of car culture in the United States. But are Americans seriously ready to embrace alternatives to automobiles? It's been a bad few years for cars in America. First, there was the auto industry bailout to the tune of $110 billion. Then, two of the three big carmakers -- GM and Chrysler -- went through bankruptcy. Finally, just when we thought that the future lay in turning Japanese, even the beloved Prius went off the road (literally) and Toyota has recalled nearly 9 million of its vehicles in the last few months. ...
Six Surprising Things You Can Learn From 2009's Most Popular Google Searches
By Dana Chivvis - AOL NewsContrary to popular belief, the world is not searching the Internet mostly for porn. On Tuesday, Google published its ninth annual Zeitgeist survey, a collection of rankings of search term trends that the company calls its "view into the spirit of the times." Many of the results, which are grouped into categories ranging from "headline news" to "Internet memes" to "lyrics," are what you'd expect: Michael Jackson's death made him the fastest rising search term worldwide, while people aren't so interested in "Beijing 2008" anymore, dropping searches about last summer's Olympics to the top of ...
Texting While Driving Ban Proposed in Senate
By Emily Miller - Politics DailySenate Democrats introduced a bill on Wednesday that would ban texting on a cell phone or other personal electronic device while driving. If passed, the bill would force states to enact laws against texting while driving, or risk losing federal highway funds. "iPhones, Sidekicks and Blackberries are ingenious, indispensable devices," Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said in a statement. "But while they make our lives so much easier, they make driving that much harder." ...
Minus Cheney, VP Mansion Is Again Visible on Google Maps
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyIf you ever swung by our internet neighbor Google Maps during the Bush/Cheney administration, you might have noticed a pixilated void at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Observatory Circle in Northwest Washington.That void just so happened to be the vice president's mansion, and whether it was blurred out by executive order or a cloud of noxious methane, you simply couldn't see it. Even the White House was more clearly visible.Well that has just changed...Once obscured by pixilation, Google Earth's aerial image of the vice presidential residence on the grounds of the U.S. Naval ...
Adventures In Fandom: 3-D College Football Stadia in Google Maps
By Brian Grummell - AOL NewsNow, you too can be like Rudy's father and cry inside Notre Dame stadium -- from the comfort of your home computer.Google has just released the Google Earth plug-in for Internet browsers using Windows. This means you'll be able to view Google Earth and college stadiums in 3-D right from the comfort of your browser.Currently about 40 stadiums have 3-D animation capabilityWho doesn't want to have their very own "greatest sight these eyes have ever seen" moment at say, Doak S. Campbell Stadium? Or, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum?OK so it's not the real thing but don't let that distract you ...
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