BoA Begins Layoffs (NYP) The Post relays the news we told you yesterday: Bank of Amerillwide has begun it canning campaign. More details later this morning. BOE Cuts Rate to Lowest Since Bank's Creation in 1694 (Bloomberg) "The Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Mervyn King, trimmed the bank...

One of the main arguments for the military's $337 billion Joint Strike Fighter program is that the F-35 jet is stealthy -- and so it can't be seen by next-generation air defenses. But a new study, published by Air Power Australia, undermines that most basic rationale. According to the report, the F-...

das feuerschiff. ha, werde ich mir ansehen. danke. habe gefrühstück. vier-korn-flocken, banane, tomate, rotbuschtee, physalis. jo. hätte lust auf 'nen apfel, aber. hm. heidi in norden, heino in köln. frag mich, wann neumann sich meldet. in der von mir gelesenen und korrigierten&n...

Today was the 7th day of the administrative hearing on John Freshwater’s appeal of the Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Board of Education’s decision to terminate him. You’ll recall that Freshwater is the 8th grade science teacher accused of burning crosses on students’ arms, teaching from creationist mate...

On the shore of Lake Isabella, about 150 miles north of Los Angeles, a crowd of flight techs, most of them either pierced or tattooed, swarms around a small white airplane. It's called an Icon A5. It's a collaboration between an F-16 pilot and a skateboard designer, and it looks like an odd, rakish ...

Here are the Canon 450D (kits) and Canon 24-105mm F/4 L IS USM lens that cost me an arm, more than RM6400. How much? he Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens is, more expensive than the camera kit itself, RM3900. The lens is still considered cheap because the retail price is around RM4500! I got it fo...

Last year, the Air Force Transformational Satellite (TSAT) program -- which is supposed to provide secure, high-bandwidth satellite communications for the future military -- ran into serious trouble. The Pentagon postponed a contract award, and it seemed likely the new satellite constellation would ...

By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor By mid-afternoon tomorrow, Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson will announce her “final recommendations” for which school buildings and “programs” to close, in hopes of saving the district millions of dollar...

Author: dgreen Subject: What the celebrity. Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:54:01 CST Topic Replies: 2 So I was skimming over a story about Travolta's now deceased son and stumbled upon this little gem: Quote: The family hopes to bury the teen on Wednesday in Jumbolair, Fla., a private housing developme...

This week's Newsweek contains an interesting article on what has happened to the remains of the 9/11 highjackers and their victims: None of the families of the hijackers, and no foreign governments, have come forward to request that the remains be handed over, and it is not clear what the official r...