Gregoire takes first swipe at huge Sound cleanup Seattle Times
Gov. Christine Gregoire is trying to light a fire under efforts to clean Puget Sound. But she's lighting a match rather than starting a
Paulson keeps up pressure on China to speed reform Reuters via Yahoo! News
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged China on Thursday to work toward a freely floating currency, only to be told that America fails to understand how Beijing is making headway on economic reform.
The Sound of Hacked Dolls' Heads Wired News
What happens when you make music out of kids' toys subjected to Borg-like modifications in front of an audience of preschoolers and parents? You'll have to attend one of Dan Evans Farkas' concerts to find out. Audio and video samples included. Alexander Gelfand reports from New York.
Krieger: Speed thrills, at least for one Rockies fan Rocky Mountain News
Within an hour of the Rockies' latest trade, I had mail ripping them. This is par for the course.
How to Pick a Cell Phone Provider Wired News
Sound advice on choosing the right carrier for your needs. Plus: Why no cell phones on planes? By Robert Strohmeyer and Clive Thompson from Wired Test.
Charms of 'Hardcore' punk fall on deaf ears Bradenton Herald
Nostalgia eventually catches up with everybody. But while it may sound ironic - maybe even a little pathetic - to hear the most rebellious of punk rockers wax fond about the old days, the documentary "American Hardcore" makes a persuasive case for looking back.
'Blow it,' says BMW, 'let's go back to turbos!' Independent Online
Boot the throttle of a BMW 335i and you'll hear the very un-Beemer sound of spinning turbos, a soft whine underlying the familiar muted howl of a six-cylinder petrol engine. Johannesburg correspondent DENIS DROPPA loved it
Seahawks Notebook: What next, locusts? Seattle Post-Intelligencer
KIRKLAND -- A high-wind advisory for the Puget Sound area could buffet Qwest Field with gusts up to 70 miles per hour tonight for the Seahawks game against the San Francisco 49ers.
Robo-music gives musicians the jitters USA Today
Virtual orchestras -- computer programs that can vary dynamics and tempo and follow the singers on stage and the music director's baton -- are changing the music world. The systems are being used widely with traveling professional Broadway shows and in a revival of Les Misrables in London's West End.
USA develops unmanned shape-changing ultrasonic bomber plane to substitute aging warheads India Daily
For years, the U.S. military has wanted a plane that could loiter just outside enemy territory for more than a dozen hours and, on command, hurtle toward a target faster than the speed of sound. And then level it.
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