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MIT scientists have built a camera that can peer around corners
New technology could lead to devices that can spot people hidden from view or inspect components deep inside machines. Scientists at MIT have built a camera that can peer around corners and see objects that would otherwise be hidden from sight. By overcoming a major challenge in optics and image…
Trayvon Martin and the fatal history of American racism
Kevin Powell: Every incident like the shooting of Trayvon Martin has its random elements. But the pattern of tragedy upon tragedy is inescapable I am Trayvon Martin. So are you. And so is any human being who has ever felt cornered, in a dark and desolate alley, between life and death.…
Muppets get their own Hollywood star
LOS ANGELES — The Muppets were honored with their own star on the storied Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, right outside the theater where their recent movie was made and premiered. Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and the rest of the puppet gang gathered in front of the El…
Dating agencies battle sexual and financial predators
LOS ANGELES — Three major US online dating agencies have pledged action to protect users from sexual predators and financial scammers, California’s attorney general said Tuesday. Dating services eHarmony, Match.com and Spark Networks — which operates websites including JDate and ChristianMingle — said they notably look for fake profiles and…
Occupy protesters want New York police chief out
NEW YORK — About 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters marched in New York on Tuesday to demand the resignation of the city’s police chief after a slew of arrests. Several of the demonstrators knelt down, their mouths covered with tape and their hands tied behind their back in front of…
Greece receives first 7.5 bn euros in new bailout
ATHENS — Greece received on Tuesday a first payout of 7.5 billion euros ($9.9 billion) under its second international bailout, a finance ministry official said. Greece received 5.9 billion euros from the eurozone and 1.6 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund, said the official. Following a debt swap with…
Obama daughter safe after Mexico earthquake
WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s 13-year-old daughter Malia was safe after an earthquake hit Mexico where she is on spring break vacation with friends. “In light of today’s earthquake, we can confirm that Malia Obama is safe and was never in danger,” said Kristina…
Bernanke schools public on Federal Reserve’s role
WASHINGTON — Facing brickbats from left and right, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke revisited his academic roots to answer the skeptics Tuesday, delivering a public lecture on the bank’s role. The bookish former professor visited George Washington University to give the first in a series of four lectures on central…
Restored ‘Yellow Submarine’ to be released on DVD
LONDON — The animated Beatles movie “Yellow Submarine” has been painstakingly restored frame by frame for DVD release this year, the band’s holding company announced on Tuesday. Apple Corps Ltd revealed that specialists worked for four months to individually hand clean each frame of the surreal 1968 tale. The company…
Obama to visit DMZ between Koreas on Sunday
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama will visit the tense border zone between the two Koreas after arriving in Seoul on Sunday for a nuclear security summit, a White House official said Tuesday. Obama will also hold bilateral summits with China’s Hu President Hu Jintao, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and…
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