Daily Archives: October 10, 2005
New Orleans police officers beat a 64-year old man
by admin • OCT 10, 2005
A 64-year-old retired school teacher was beaten on Bourbon Street by three police officers.
Game theory economists share Nobel prize
by admin • OCT 10, 2005
A pair of game theorists who defined chess-like strategies in politics and business that can be applied to arms races, price wars and actual warfare won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday.
Israeli-American Robert J. Aumann and U.S. …
Fire Destroys Wallace & Gromit Warehouse
by admin • OCT 10, 2005
The company behind the new “Wallace and Gromit” film said Monday its “entire history” has been destroyed in a fire at a warehouse containing props and sets.
Cleaner Coal Now Possible?
by admin • OCT 10, 2005
The technology — called integrated gasification combined cycle, or IGCC — gasifies coal before it’s burned, cutting large quantities of pollutants harmful to human health, such as particulates, small components and mercury, from going up the smokestack.
EU Bans Turkish Live Bird Imports
by admin • OCT 10, 2005
The European Commission says it will ban all Turkish live bird and feather imports, after a bird flu outbreak.
Merkel Set To Become First Female Chancellor
by admin • OCT 10, 2005
Conservative leader Angela Merkel was set to become Germany’s first female chancellor under a power-sharing agreement that would end Gerhard Schroeder’s seven years in office, party officials said Monday.