Day: September 23, 2011

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We Regret to Inform You but Your City Has Been Cancelled.

If you are a resident of Chaohu in China, you aren’t any longer. The Chinese government has divided up the city of Chaohu, population 4 million, among its three larger neighbors, in effect canceling Chaohu’s existence. Residents were not aware that this was happening until after it was already completed. Neighboring Hefei’s growth has been […]

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German Industrial Conglomerate Siemens Says No to Nuclear Energy.

In an interview with Der Spiegel, Siemens CEO Peter Loescher said that Siemens would follow along with the general national mood and forego further development of nuclear energy. This all comes in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan and public support for nuclear power in Germany is at an all time low. Siemens […]

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No More Last Meals in Texas.

Sen. John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee in Texas wants to get rid of last meals after death row inmate Lawrence Russell Brewer ordered a last meal consisting of two chicken fried steaks smothered in gravy with sliced onions, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, a cheese omelet, a bowl of fried okra with ketchup, […]

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