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If you have a family heirloom sitting in your garage you might want to take a second look. A rags to riches story this week may get you off your seat digging through what you thought was rubbish. A 79-year old Brit walked into an auction house with a mint condition Ming vase in a cardboard box. This retired worker from the Cadbury chocolate factory is expected to auction this piece for around 1.6 million dollars.
AOL is shelling out $315 million to try and reinvent itself. Earlier today, AOL shook hands to buy The Huffington Post. The merger will mean AOL will gain about 25 million visitors to its site. Competing with search engines like Yahoo and Google, AOL is betting that their site will offer a more-well rounded experience for online users. Scratching to keep up with the digital age, AOL is hoping the transaction will close around April of this year.
FISHERMAN AND FARMERS STILL FIGHTING OVER SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER SYSTEM AND WHO’S TO BLAME FOR THE RECORD LOW IN 2009 OF SPAWNING CHINOOK SALMON. THE DECLINE IS OBLITERATING THE FISHING INDUSTRY WHO BLAME IT ON WATER DELIVERIES TO CENTRAL VALLEY FARMERS. AS THE WATER WARS CONTINUE, BIOLOGISTS BELIEVE A LACK OF SPAWNING HABITAT, POLLUTION, PREDATION BY OTHER FISH, AND SOMETIMES OCEAN CONDITIONS IS THE CAUSE.
NASA FOUND NO FLAWS IN TOYOTA’S ENGINE CONTROL SOFTWARE. CONFIRMING THE RECALL OF 11 MILLION CARS WERE BECAUSE OF FLOOR MATS AND STICKY ACCELERATORS, THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING TO IMPLEMENT STANDARDS FOR IMPROVED PEDAL DESIGN, AND “EVENT DATA RECORDERS” TO CAPTURE DATA DURING AN ACCIDENT. TOYOTA IS INSTALLING A BRAKE OVERRIDE SYSTEM TO STOP THE CAR EVEN WHEN BOTH PEDALS ARE PRESSED IN ALL NEW MODELS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WON’T BUDGE THIS TIME TO APPEASE THE GOP. HE’S PUSHING FOR A SIX-YEAR 53 BILLION DOLLAR HIGH-SPEED RAIL TO GET YOU TO YOUR JOB AT 250 MILES PER HOUR. REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE ARE NOT IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE BILL, BUT VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WOULDN’T COMPROMISE SPENDING ON INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION, AND INNOVATION PROGRAMS OBAMA IS ENDORSING.
#in Cargo inspections for WMD/dangerous materials/drugs/etc. on foreign ports is a growing international problem; a building block without a single entry point prior to shipment. Cargo reaches soil before it’s too late.
