Posts Tagged ‘electric’

Knicks 99, Jazz 88: Jeremy Lin Scores 28 as Knicks Beat Utah Jazz

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

An electric Jeremy Lin scored 28 points, a career high for a second straight game, to lead the Knicks over the Jazz.

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Knicks 99, Jazz 88: Jeremy Lin Scores 28 as Knicks Beat Utah Jazz

One protester tased, arrested at Occupy D.C.

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Tensions between Occupy DC protesters and law enforcement increased Sunday afternoon after a member of the McPherson Square encampment was subdued with an electric shock and taken away after a violent encounter with police. Read full article > >

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Amish Man in Beard Attacks Would Allow Electronic Monitor

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Samuel Mullet Sr. said he would allow an electronic monitor, but prosecutors said the issue in his continued custody was the danger he posed to the community, not his aversion to electricity.

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E.On cuts electricity price by 6%

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Energy company E.On says it is to cut its standard electricity prices by 6% from Monday 27 February.

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Why cars will keep getting lighter

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

At this year’s Detroit auto show, there’s been a lot of hoopla over fancy new electric cars and hybrids. Less-remarked has been the fact that automakers are shifting to smaller and lighter vehicles. With good reason: This is, by far, the easiest way to boost gas mileage. Read full article > >

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British Gas and SSE drop prices

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

British Gas announces a 5% cut in its domestic electricity prices with immediate effect, while SSE will reduce gas tariffs on 26 March.

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Design: It’s Electric. Should It Look Electrifying?

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

The electric cars that will be on display in Detroit adopt one of two overriding design philosophies: make it exciting, or make it familiar.

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Design: It’s Electric. Should It Look Electrifying?

Design: It’s Electric. Should It Look Electrifying?

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

The electric cars that will be on display in Detroit adopt one of two overriding design philosophies: make it exciting, or make it familiar.

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Design: It’s Electric. Should It Look Electrifying?

GM to reinforce Volt to better protect battery; asks owners to return cars to dealers

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

DETROIT — General Motors is advising Volt owners to return their electric cars to dealers for repairs that will lower the risk of battery fires. The company hopes that the repairs, which will add steel to the plates protecting the batteries, will ease worries about the car’s safety. Three Volt batteries caught fire after government crash tests last year, prompting a federal investigation and sending GM engineers scrambling to find a fix. Read full article > >

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U.S. Manufacturing Gains Jobs as Wages Retreat

Friday, December 30th, 2011

General Electric is adding jobs at its appliance factories in Louisville — even bringing some work back from overseas — but the newcomers are earning less than longtime workers.

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Tepco dips on state control fears

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Company fall on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on fears the utility provider may be nationalised.

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Japan urges nuclear rescue plan

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Japan asks nuclear operator Tokyo Electric Power Company to consider temporary state control, as the company seeks extra funds to compensate disaster victims.

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‘New metal type’ at Earth’s core

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Under the extreme conditions present in the Earth’s interior, a common metal oxide changes its electrical properties without changing shape.

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‘New metal type’ at Earth’s core

Enviros, clean-coal advocates make strange bedfellows

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Washington might be a small town, but sometimes it feels downright tiny. Take, for instance, the new neighbors — on diametrically opposite sides of the political spectrum — who nevertheless found themselves in cozy quarters in the same office building on 15th Street NW. The Natural Resources Defense Council–the greeny environmental group– had been ensconced on the third floor of the building for a few months when a new tenant arrived. The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity had moved into a suite only a floor above the green group’s space. Read full article > >

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Runaway cart strikes several people onfield at Cowboys Stadium after high school championship

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

ARLINGTON, Texas — A runaway electric cart raced unmanned from an end zone to midfield at Cowboys Stadium and plowed into several people after a high school championship game Saturday night, bowling over the winning head coach and several others. An emergency medical technician who declined identification told The Associated Press that one man who was conscious and talking was taken to a hospital with an apparent leg injury. The Arlington medical technician said he had no further information on the man’s condition but several others hit or grazed by the cart were checked out by emergency workers as they sprawled stunned on the field. Read full article > >

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