| While you were sleeping - Day 7
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 A quick bite of the best of the action from day seven at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. NZ medals on day seven 0 gold 0 silver 3 bronze
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| Israel Artillery Hits Gaza School
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 Israeli artillery hit a United Nations school sheltering more than 3,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, U.N. officials said, and at least 15 were reported killed.
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| In Two Years, Denmark's Wind Power Will Be Half the Cost of Fossil Fuels
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 Wind power is officially the cheapest source of energy in Denmark, according to the nation's government—and by 2016, it claims the electricity whipped up by its newest turbines will be half the price of fossil fuels like coal and natural gas. Denmark's Energy Association (everything about Scandinavia is friendlier, even its DEA) announced the news last week, and it's an achievement worth highlighting. Wind and solar are achieving grid parity with fossil fuels—that is, it's just as cheap—in many places around the world. Even without the tax breaks, declining manufacturing costs and growing scale have rendered wind power just as cheap as natural gas in many places, right here in the gas-rich US. And at least one analyst determined that this the "beginning of the grid parity era" for solar, worldwide. But Denmark is blowing past grid parity and towards a scenario in which clean energy is actually much, much cheaper: When its two massive offshore wind farms come online, they'll be the nation's most ...
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| Here Is an Alligator Trying to Eat a Drone
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 There's no real need to fly a drone a couple feet above the jaws of a waiting alligator, but damn if it doesn't create one hell of a video. The potential disturbance of wildlife is one of the reasons why the National Parks Service has banned drones in National Parks, and it's something we've touched on before: Where's the line between merely using drones to monitor wildlife and using it to bother a moose or an alligator? On the conservation side, you've got drones being used to look for poachers and to monitor whales and dolphins. On the other side, you've got random drone encounters with wildlife. Videographer Scott Wemhoff said he happened upon the alligator while he was in Houston filming a video about paintball: "Ive never seen a gator before in the wild … I wanted to see if I could get some cool video of such a large animal. I paid close attention the the gators every move so I could escape in time," he told me. "Once I saw it perch up for an attack…I quickly backed off and ended up with some cool ...
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| Russia Counts Cost of New US, EU Sanctions
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 Russia blasted new Western sanctions Wednesday targeting Russian state-owned banks and trade in technology, trade, and arms. The European countries hope these new sanctions will put pressure...
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| Jimmy Fallon Makes The Roots Watch Horror Movie Version of The 50 Shades of Grey Trailer
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 The 50 Shades of Grey trailer has been in heavy rotation this week as fans get their first peek at Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in action as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, stars of EL James's steamy boudoir bestseller turned sure-to-be blockbuster. So it wasn't entirely surprising that Jimmy Fallon would ask The Tonight Show house band, The Roots, to watch the trailer. It never hurts to be up on current event in pop culture when the stars of the film will probably be stopping by the show during the eventual all-out 50 Shades press tour. What The Roots didn't know is that Fallon is an evil genius. They may have suspected as much after seeing him make acclaimed actor Morgan Freeman huff helium, but with this prank, he proved he belongs along side Lex Luthor, The Brain and Dr. Evil (or at least Dr. Doofenshmirtz) in the evil genius hall of fame. What did Fallon do? He secretly inserted a bleeding, screaming ghoul into the clip to scare the bejeezus out of them. Questlove did not approve. MORE: 50 ...
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| Elgin prisoner fled during bathroom stop: police
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 A handcuffed prisoner who escaped from Elgin Mental Health Center custody earlier this month was being transported in a van with three security officers when he fled out the vehicle's rear door, a police report shows.
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