Wikipedia has blocked a user account on suspicions that it is being used by the Conservative party chairman, Grant Shapps, “or someone acting on his behalf”, to edit his own page and those of Tory rivals and political opponents. The online encylopedia, where pages are edited and created by readers, has tracked the changes made […]
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The Los Angeles Time reports… Questions are swirling around Wal-Mart’s decision to temporarily close five of its stores, including one in Pico Rivera, California. The retailer claims the closure is due to “ongoing plumbing issues that will require extensive repairs,” however workers have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board alleging the closure
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ON DECEMBER 26, 2011, a week before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, an influential Republican state senator named Kent Sorenson and his wife, Shawnee, arrived at a steak house in Altoona, a suburb of Des Moines. A goateed Mr. Clean look-alike, Sorenson was a hot commodity. His deep ties to the state’s evangelical leaders and home-schooling
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Facial hair has long been a source of debate in the Islamic world, with religious and cultural implications intertwined. The Arab Spring and the election of President Mohamed Morse, along with the Muslim Brotherhood’s success in gaining political power, brought a new wave of Arab leaders to the fore – men with beards. In contrast,
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A new study published in Nature Climate Change has revealed that electric vehicle batteries are becoming cheaper faster than anticipated. According to Bjorn Nykvist and Mans Nilsson of the Stockholm Environment Institute, from 2007 to 2011, the average battery cost for battery-powered electric vehicles dropped by 14% annually. This is even more impressive when considering
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