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Google, Brazilian tribe launch culture map project
Google on Saturday unveiled a cultural map of Brazil’ Surui indigenous people, a digital tool that will help the Amazonian tribe share their vast knowledge of the forest and fight illegal logging. The map, the result of a five-year partnership between Surui chief Almir and the US technology giant, was…
Records show multiple suits against both Shantel Davis and her killer
Neither Shantel Davis nor the detective who shot her dead were strangers to legal troubles, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to court records, Phillip Atkins, the New York City police detective who shot Davis Thursday, has been accused of civil-rights violations six times during his career. For her part,…
Michigan man shoots himself through the penis while adjusting gun
A Michigan man is recovering after shooting himself through the crotch while adjusting his .40-caliber Glock, reports The Detroit Free Press. According to police in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham, it could have been worse. “You think about it — your femoral artery runs down there,” Deputy Chief Mark Clemence…
First Apple computer fetches $374,000
A rare surviving first model of the Apple computer — a stripped down, clunky device that bears no resemblance to today’s sleek gadgets — sold for $374,000 at auction in New York on Friday. The price was more than double the pre-sale estimate, reflecting a two-way bidding war eventually won…
Activists occupy Amazon dam construction site
Around 300 indigenous and green activists occupied Friday the construction site of a huge hydro-electric dam across the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon, protest organizers said. The demonstration at the Belo Monte dam sought to draw attention to the project at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development taking…
Work begins on controversial Japan nuclear restart
Japan started work to put nuclear reactors back online Saturday, despite public distrust of the technology after last year’s meltdowns at Fukushima, the world’s worst atomic accident since Chernobyl. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, seeking to head off a summer energy crunch, told Kansai Electric Power (KEPCO) to put into operation…
Federal Reserve to meet facing huge stimulus hopes
The plodding US economy, meager job growth and market tensions over Europe’s debt crisis will hang over Federal Reserve policymakers when they meet next week. A recent string of weak data on the economy, from rising jobless claims to easing inflation as gasoline prices retrench, has raised speculation that the…
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Nayef dies, leaving no apparent successor to the throne
Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, a half brother of King Abdullah, died on Saturday, the royal court said, leaving the oil powerhouse with no apparent successor to the throne. Prince Nayef, a long-serving interior minister, “died outside” Saudi Arabia having recently left the Gulf state for medical treatment,…
Egyptians choose new president amid political chaos
Egyptians were voting on Saturday in a run-off presidential election between an Islamist and ousted leader Hosni Mubarak’s last premier amid political chaos highlighted by uncertainty over what powers the winner will have. Some 50 million Egyptians are eligible to cast ballots in the two-day poll, which sees Ahmed Shafiq…
Category 2 hurricane threatens Mexican coast
Hurricane Carlotta strengthened to a category two storm Friday as it barreled toward Mexico’s Pacific Coast, US monitors warned. The storm was packing winds of 105 miles (170 kilometers) per hour and was moving northwestward at 12 miles (19 kilometers) per hour, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in a…
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