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Colorado court says students can carry guns on university campuses
DENVER (Reuters) – The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that students and employees with concealed weapon permits can carry handguns on University of Colorado campuses, overturning a ban by the school’s regents. Gun-rights advocates had challenged the university policy that was adopted in 1994, arguing that the university’s governing…
Indiana ‘right-to-work’ foes drop bid to block law for now
(Reuters) – Opponents of Indiana’s new “right to work” law have withdrawn a request for a court order to block the anti-union measure after the state said it will not enforce it retroactively. But opponents of the law said on Monday they will press on with their larger legal challenge…
Scientist makes violin strings from spider silk
A Japanese scientist said he has made violin strings out of spider silkand claims that — in the right hands — they produce a beautiful sound. Thousands of the tiny strands can be wound together to produce a strong but flexible string that is perfect for the instrument, saidShigeyoshi Osaki, professor of polymer…
General Motors insists it stands by Vauxhall
US auto giant General Motors (GM) insisted that it was committed to supporting its ailing British brand Vauxhall along with German brand Opel in remarks at the Geneva motor show on Tuesday. GM vice president Stephen Girsky told a press conference that GM stood by the two European businesses. “Any talk of insolvency should be…
Netanyahu warns Iran on high-profile U.S. visit
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday winds up a high-profile US visit focused on Iran’s perceived nuclear threat after warning that his country would not live in the “shadow of annihilation.” Netanyahu was to meet with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and visit the US Congress a day after keenly-watched talks withPresident Barack…
Syria presses assaults ahead of Annan peace bid
Syrian forces pursued armed rebels on Tuesday in a number of flashpoint areas ahead of a peace mission by UN-Arab League envoyKofi Annan, as a top US senator called for air strikes to protect civilians. Soldiers in tanks and armoured carriers stormed the town of Herak in the southern province…
Romney aims to seal the deal on Super Tuesday
Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney sought to harness growing momentum on the eve of Super Tuesday and deal a hammer blow to rival Rick Santorum in the 10-state voting marathon, with all eyes on Ohio. Voters in 10 states across America will have their say on Tuesday in what promises to be a pivotal…
Pole-dancing robots wow world’s biggest high-tech fair
Of all the weird and wacky futuristic gadgets and inventions at this year’s CeBIT, the world’s biggest high-tech fair, few have turned heads like a pair of pole-dancing robots. The sleek, white, life-sized humanoids, with camera-shaped lights as heads, gyrate suggestively to the music, provided by a third “DJ” robot, with…
Cuba to test new AIDS vaccine on humans
Cuba’s top biotech teams have successfully tested a new AIDS vaccine on mice, and are ready to soon begin human testing, a leading researcher told a biotechnology conference in Havana on Monday. “The new AIDS trial vaccine already was tested successfully (on mice) and now we are preparing a very small, tightly controlled phase…
Thousands flee Australian town as flood fears grow
SYDNEY — More than 8,000 people fled their homes in Australia’s flood-hit southeast Tuesday as fears grew that a levee holding back the swollen Murrumbidgee River would fail. Floods have hit three eastern states this week, sweeping two men to their deaths after they attempted to cross waterways in cars…
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