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Los Angeles police play down crime fears after killing spree
LOS ANGELES AFP — Police in Los Angeles played down fears of a crime wave on Monday after an an unusually violent weekend saw more than a dozen people killed across the city. Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Earl Paysinger described the spike in violent deaths that left...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, spike
Research articles 2008-06-09
Tough guys take over TV
Are you tough enough? If not, no problem. There are plenty of tough guys to live through vicariously on TV. From lumberjacks to king crab fishermen, workers risking life and limb at dangerous jobs, adventurers relying on survival skills in the wilderness...
Tags: CBS Corp., Ford Motor Co., programming, Spike, TVs
Research articles 2008-05-07
Spike speaks
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Spike Speaks: Guest of honor Spike Lee conducts a Q&A at the Wexner Center on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. The 50-year-old filmmaker was awarded the $50,000 Wexner Prize, presented annually to a major contemporary artist "who is unafraid to provoke and challenge...
Tags: Ohio State University, Spike
Research articles 2008-03-03
Attarian enjoys muddy race Dublin's Attarian enjoys muddy race
SAN DIEGO -- Dublin High's James Attarian ended his high school cross country career with a 25th-place finish at the Foot Locker national finals on Saturday at Balboa Park. Attarian, the California Interscholastic Federation Division III state champion, ran the 3.1-mile Balboa Park course in 15 minutes,...
Tags: Foot Locker, spike, team
Research articles 2007-12-09
PULLING OUT STOPS
IF YOU'RE the Eagles' defense, and you're getting ready to face a really good running back, you know the questions are coming.Six games into the season, you are ranked eighth in the NFL in rushing defense, but everybody knows this is a team that has had trouble stopping the run...
Tags: carry, Games, Minnesota, NFL, Peterson, Spike, team
Research articles 2007-10-26
Drop in US inventory fuels rise in crude.
Byline: Nina Wan Jun 28, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Shares in Australian-listed oil producers rallied on 28 June 2007, in response to a spike in the crude oil price. The price of West Texas International crude peaked at...
Tags: FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., spike
Research articles 2007-06-28
As US gasoline prices hit record peaks, consumers voice concern
WASHINGTON AFP — US gasoline prices continued to hit fresh record highs Monday as millions of Americans prepare to take to the nation's roads en route to summer vacation hotspots. The American Automobile Association AAA said Monday that the average national price of unleaded regular gasoline petrol had jumped...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, car, gasoline, spike, voice
Research articles 2007-05-21
Option bets prompt suspicion
Investors quietly betting on a big spike in Dow Jones' stock ahead of Tuesday's news have raised suspicions that the surprise bid from News Corp. wasn't such a surprise. Roughly 4,400 call option contracts, bets that pay off handsomely if a stock spikes higher, traded Monday,...
Tags: Dow Jones & Company Inc., FINANCE, Investment, spike, stock
Research articles 2007-05-02
Clean Rooms
Avian flu, SARS, all manner of bacteria strains --it's enough to turn us into a nation of germaphobes. We could commit to washing our hands after touching … anything--or we could hope for a more practical strategy. As it happens, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed...
Tags: bacteria, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, polymer, researcher, spike
Research articles 2007-04-01
2. Husqvarna's AR25 aerator
Husqvarna's AR25 offers an aerating width of 25.5 inches and boasts a 4-hp. Honda engine with 2 detachable, 36-pound weights. The AR25's patented free-wheel design and a 7-tine cutting deck allow operators to work without losing speed on tight corners, while minimizing turf damage. The rear-wheel controls can adjust up...
Tags: blade, grass, HARDWARE, Honda Motor Co., Servers, spike
Research articles 2007-02-01
Russian oil giant Lukoil reports 34 percent spike in net earnings
MOSCOW AFP — Russia's leading oil producer Lukoil reported a 34 percent spike in net earnings over the first nine months of 2006 from the same period in 2005, that it attributed to higher crude prices and increased production. Net profit in the January to September period came to 6.442...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, earnings, FINANCE, Lukoil, spike
Research articles 2007-01-12
Wall St. shares fall as inflation spikes
NEW YORK AFP — Wall Street shares were lower around midday after the government reported a much sharper-than-expected spike in wholesale price inflation last month. At 1620 GMT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 16.02 points (0.13 percent) at 12,425.25. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index was down 14.44 points...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bond, Delta Air Lines Inc., FINANCE, Government, inflation, Investment, SOFTWARE, spike, stock, US Airways Group Inc.
Research articles 2006-12-19
QBE's leap of approval.
Byline: Eric Johnston Dec 14, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Investors and analysts have responded positively to the latest acquisition by QBE Insurance Group. The Australian-listed insurer's shares closed $A2.48 higher at $A28.78 on 14 December 2006....
Tags: analyst, FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Insurance, Investment, shareholder, spike
Research articles 2006-12-14
That's all, folks -" or is it?
Another day, another bounce and c'est la vie -" surely by now we are inured to the sight of all the see-sawing volatility around us. The third chart on the right shows that the spike at the beginning of the year was followed by another spike shortly...
Tags: bond, equity, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Investment, spike, U.K.
Research articles 2006-07-31
Penn Researchers Calculate How Much the Eye Tells the Brain.
Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, July 26 AScribe Newswire -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine estimate that the human retina can transmit visual input at about the same rate as an Ethernet connection, one of the most common...
Tags: cell, spike, University of Pennsylvania
Research articles 2006-07-26
New York subway lines closed over fears of power outages
NEW YORK AFP — After a four-day heat wave that saw a sharp spike in energy consumption, New York authorities shut down several subway lines over fears of power interruptions. "Due to ongoing concerns about power supply in the Queens neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, outage, spike
Research articles 2006-07-19
Root Cause of Black Pad Failure of Solder Joints with Electroless Ni/Immersion Gold Plating, The
This paper reports on a study of the reaction of solder with the electrolessnickel with immersion gold ENIG plating system, and the resulting interfacial structures. A focused-ion beam FIB was used to polish the cross sections to reveal details of the microstructure of the ENIGplated pad with and without soldering....
Tags: Comp, cross-section, IEEE, joint, spike, substrate
Research articles 2006-06-01
Oil rise threatens to hold Australian economy to ransom.
Byline: Josh Gordon Apr 18, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- JP Morgan's Jarrod Kerr warns that Australia's economic growth could be affected by the spike in oil prices. Petrol prices averaged $A1.238 a litre in Melbourne on 18 April 2006;...
Tags: Australia, barrel, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Melbourne, motorist, spike
Research articles 2006-04-18
Crude Oil Moves Back Above $63/bbl
MARKET WATCHCrude oil futures prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange moved above $63/bbl Tuesday.The increase in crude prices is coinciding with a sharp spike in gasoline futures prices that is likely due to increased travel during the Christmas and New Years holiday weekends. Gasoline shot up above $1.75/gal Tuesday,...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, New York Mercantile Exchange, spike
Research articles 2006-01-04
Murder rate in small cities jumps 13%
WASHINGTON -- Murder increased by 2.1% across the USA during the first six months of 2005 and was on track to nearly reverse a 2.4% decline recorded last year, according to preliminary FBI figures released Monday. The largest spikes over the same period in 2004 occurred in some of...
Tags: FBI, Government, spike, violence
Research articles 2005-12-20
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