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  • Colleges Offer Courses And Training For Flying Unmanned Drones

    For students who haven't yet declared a major, they might want to consider learning how to fly unmanned predator drones. A growing number of schools now offer courses and programs around building and flying drones, The Daily reported in a recent article. Jeb Bailey, 28, told The Daily he has taken every drone-related course at Northwestern Michigan College. It's no wonder why, when drone pilots can make $50,000 to $120,000 per year, according to Tom Kenville, founder of Unmanned Applications Institute...

    Concept Video Shows What Touchscreen Apple Laptop Might Look Like

    After Apple introduced the iPhone's touchscreen technology in 2007, it was only natural that fans would start speculating as to whether it would ever be incorporated into the company's massively popular MacBooks. But with characteristic conviction, Steve Jobs' put at end to those rumors in 2010 when, at an unveiling for the OS X Lion, he declared that "Touch surfaces don't want to be vertical." For the Lenovo Yoga's sake, let's hope Jobs was wrong about that. And also because a new concept video,...

    Steve Nash keeping options open

    Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash, one of the top free agents this summer, joined the "Dan Patrick Show" this afternoon and made some comments that made ripples around the league. "I'm not coming back to the Suns if there isn't improvement," Nash told Patrick. Nash explained he's expecting the Suns to try to make those improvements, but that he's looking forward to becoming a free agent and deciding where to continue his career. The hypothetical of LeBron James asking Nash to join up in Miami...

    Prom Dress Rules: High Schools Ban Sexy Gowns

    Prom is supposed to be a fairy tale evening, and some teenage girls (and boys) spend their entire senior year dreaming about it. It really would be an unforgettable night if you were turned away at the door for wearing an unacceptable dress. Related: Best Prom Styles for Under $100 The Wall Street Journal reports that high schools across the country are tightening their rules about what constitutes overly provocative prom clothing in response to more and more girls pushing the envelope with micro-minis,...

    iPad Factory Workers' Grievances Detailed In Report

    A team of five to seven inspectors from the FLA visited three different Foxconn factories -- two in Shenzhen, one in Chengdu -- and spent up to five days at each conducting hundreds of interviews with workers and managers in an attempt to understand what labor problems existed at the manufacturing facilities of China's largest employer. According to the FLA's 13 page report, the non-profit "observed at least 50 issues related to the FLA Code and Chinese labor law, including in the following areas:...

    'Mirror Mirror' Song Mystery: The Missing Woman Behind 'I Believe in Love'

    This is the true story of a quest -- the quest for a song, first, and then for the woman who wrote it. The song appears in the closing credits of "Mirror Mirror," the first of this year's two big-screen adaptations of the Snow White fairy tale. Its director, Tarsem Singh, first heard the song in the early 1970s, when he was a boy growing up in India's Punjab province. The song was called "I Believe," and it was sung -- in English -- by a woman who might best be described as the Madonna of Iran...

    Duchess Of Alba Birthday: Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart Turns 86!

    The Spanish royal (and we do mean royal -- she possesses 46 aristocratic titles, more titles recognized by an existing government than any other noble in the world) celebrates her 86th birthday today, and honestly, she's kind of our hero. Here's your Duchess of Alba primer: Her full name is Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva. (Fine, we'll 'fess up: we copied and pasted that.) The only child of the Duke of Alba, she plunged into two marriages...

    Mexico Needs Its Own Clothing Measurements, Study Finds

    Isn't it the worst when you just can't find a pair of jeans that fit right? Well, according to a new survey that's exactly what men and women of Mexico are going through -- all the time. Women's Wear Daily reports shoppers in Mexico have been complaining of sizing issues with clothing for years, generally stating the clothes are never big or long enough for the population. This problem also has Mexican retailers losing out on an estimated $4 billion dollars because of the high rate of returned...

    Boulder Couple Builds 125 Square-Foot House

    With grand designs on minimizing their housing footprint, Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller have spent the last 10 months building the tiny home of their dreams. "It's 19 feet long wall to wall,” Smith said. “The interior square-footage is about 125 square feet.” The interior layout consists of a sitting area, kitchen and bathroom. A vaulted ceiling makes room for a sleeping loft that can accommodate a queen-size mattress. Click here to find out more! “The interior looks a lot bigger than...

    Greek Kore Statue Recovered From Goat Pen

    Greek police recovered an ancient statue that was illegally excavated and hidden in a goat pen near Athens, and arrested the goat herder and another man who were allegedly trying to sell the work for (EURO)500,000 ($667,000). The marble statue of a young woman dates to about 520 B.C. and belongs to the kore type, a police statement said Wednesday. Police photos showed the 1.2-meter (4-foot) work to be largely intact, lacking the left forearm and plinth. Although dozens of examples of the kore...

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