Snowboarder almost buried alive ( video)
Professional snowboarder Michelle Hytner survives an avalanche after she deploys an emergency airbag from her backpack. Print PDF This post was submitted by CNN / IM.
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PDF Let’s Move! Anniversary with Sam Kass
Today, we’re holding a special session of White House Office Hours to celebrate the second anniversary of Let’s Move!, the First Lady’s initiative to solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. At 2:30 p.m. EST, Sam Kass, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives, is answering your questions live on Twitter. Since [...]
Wouw, Ada Uang 97 Juta di Tembok dan Atap Restoran!
Pengunjung restoran Fat Smitty’s punya tradisi unik tiap kali datang. Mereka akan menempelkan uang pada dinding restoran. Kini kebiasaan itu sudah berjalan 27 tahun, dan seluruh permukaan dinding dan atap telah tertutup uang kertas! Fat Smitty’s adalah restoran keluarga yang telah dikelola turun temurun. Sejak tahun 2009, Fat Smitty’s dikelola oleh Casey Carson, generasi keempat. Bangunan resto ini telah dibangun dari [...]
Tim Ilmuwan NASA Temukan 26 Planet Baru di Luar Tata Surya
Dua puluh enam planet baru telah ditemukan tim ilmuwan NASA yang berusaha menemukan planet di luar sistem tata surya. Ukuran planet-planet baru yang ditemukan tim NASA itu bervariasi. Ada yang sedikit lebih besar dari Bumi sampai yang lebih besar dari planet raksasa Yupiter dalam sistem tata surya kita. Planet-planet itu ditemukan oleh Kepler, teleskop antariksa [...]
Romney wins Nevada Republican caucuses
Frontrunner for Republican nomination to run for US president wins western state. Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney has easily won Nevada’s presidential caucuses, further taking command of the party’s race to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama. Romney’s win on Saturday was his second in a row and third in the first five contests in the [...]
Winklevoss Twins May Reap $300 Million From Facebook IPO
Before we finish the week, we have to pass on at least one more story related to Facebook’s plan to raise about $5 billion with its first sale of shares to the public. It seems that Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss — the “Winklevii” twins — could get up to $300 million worth of Facebook shares when the deal [...]
For sale: American Horror’s haunted home (video)
It’s not really haunted, but it is really expensive. The mansion in FX’s American Horror Story is on sale for $17 mil. Print PDF This post was submitted by CNN / IM.
Monster Chupacabra Ditemukan di Pantai?
SAN DIEGO, .- Pekan lalu dalam perjalanan ke Pacific Beach di San Diego, AS, Josh Menard menemukan makhluk mati mirip monster yang sedikit menyerupai campuran antara Chupacabra dan makhluk Montauk yang terbungkus rumput laut dan membusuk di pantai. Menard mengatakan ia tidak tahu apakah itu binatang asli daerah itu, karena dia berasal dari Massachusetts, tapi [...]
Analysis: Wall St. cash flows to Romney over Obama
The captains of Wall Street have picked a presidential candidate for 2012 and it is Republican Mitt Romney, rather than Democratic President Barack Obama, campaign donation records show. The records released Tuesday by the Federal Election Commission illustrate a basic shift in political giving at the presidential level by the nation’s financial elite. After a [...]
American Airlines plans to cut 13,000 jobs
American Airlines told its unions Wednesday it plans to cut 13,000 jobs from the staff of 88,000 at the nation’s No. 3 airline. The cuts will fall most heavily on the airline’s maintenance operations, which will lose 4,600 jobs. More than 4,000 additional ground worker jobs will be eliminated, as will 2,300 flight attendant jobs. [...]
In the Showroom of the Washington Auto Show ( video)
This afternoon, President Obama made the trip across town to the Washington Auto Show to look at some of the incredible new vehicles being built by Detroit. There, he told reporters: Let me just say, when you look at all these cars, it is testimony to the outstanding work that’s been done by workers — American [...]
Ketegangan Meningkat, Warga AS Berlindung di Kedubes di Kairo
Pemerintah Mesir menetapkan larangan bepergian untuk beberapa warga Amerika terkait pemeriksaan LSM yang didanai pemerintah asing di negaranya. Gedung Putih kecewa dengan langkah Mesir yang melarang beberapa warga Amerika meninggalkan negara itu. Sementara ketegangan yang dipicu oleh penyelidikan mengenai LSM pro-demokrasi yang didanai asing meningkat, warga tersebut mencari perlindungan di kedutaan besar Amerika di Kairo. [...]
Obama’s old car for sale for $1 million ( video)
A man hopes to sell President Obama’s old car for $1 million. Print PDF This post was submitted by Jeanne Moos / CNN.
Tim Ilmuwan AS Temukan Terobosan Baru untuk Atasi Penyakit Malaria
Dalam sebuah terobosan baru dalam dunia kedokteran, ilmuwan Amerika mengatakan bahwa analisis atas sejenis protein vital di dalam parasit penyebab malaria menunjukkan kelemahan dalam parasit mikroskopik ini dan memberi titik awal yang baik untuk obat anti-malaria baru. Sekelompok ilmuwan di Universitas Washington di St. Louis, Missouri, menghabiskan enam tahun dalam upaya mereka memahami struktur dan [...]
NASA Scientists Discover More Than Two Dozen New Exoplanets
Twenty-six new exoplanets have been discovered by NASA scientists seeking to locate planets outside our solar system. The alien planets were found orbiting stars in 11 newly discovered solar systems by the Kepler telescope, which the U.S. space agency operates. The exoplanets range in size from slightly larger than Earth to larger than the gas [...]
