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...continue to show an ability to innovate. For example, Optoma, a leading maker of digital projectors, recently created the world's smallest projector, the Pico PK101. Delta Electronics, a supplier of power adapters, is coming out next year with a full-color e-book reader that is thinner and lighter than Amazon's Kindle and plays video...
...Moussaoui says he regrets pleading guilty. But, he has a problem: U.S. law does not allow those who have taken that route to appeal their cases. His only shot at winning a lighter sentence is the July 14 decision by a federal appeals court in Virginia to re-hear arguments that the government had failed to turn over key evidence to Moussaoui and his lawyer that might have helped in his defense. As politically untenable as it may seem, President Barack Obama should support Moussaoui's efforts to win another trial. (Check out a story about "Bombers...
...Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain are aimed at the broad midmarket where motorists move among sedans, minivans and SUVs. The crossover segment, where vehicles are lighter and more fuel-efficient than traditional SUVs and not as dowdy as minivans, has grown in recent years, but the previous version of Equinox underperformed against Toyota's Highlander, Honda's Pilot and Mazda's CX9. The 2010 Equinox has a better, functional interior, more power and significantly better ride and handling than the old version, but it is an open question whether the improvements are enough to motivate motorists to trade in their...
...people convicted of the abduction and brutal 2006 murder of cell-phone salesman Ilan Halimi. Though the verdict announced on July 10 handed out stiff sentences to the leaders of the gang, Halimi's family, supporters and Jewish groups across the nation were outraged that 14 defendants got lighter punishments than prosecutors had requested. In response, Justice Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie announced Monday evening that she'd ordered prosecutors to appeal any sentence that was less than the state had sought. (See pictures of Nazi Germany's Kristallnacht pogrom...
Japanese and Korean researchers were the first to notice the El Niño Modoki phenomenon, before its possible effect on hurricanes really snapped into focus in 2004. That was an El Niño year, which led experts to predict a lighter than average Atlantic hurricane season. But it instead to turned out to be an El Niño Modoki, and overall hurricane activity was 2½ times as severe as normal, with 15 named storms and six major hurricanes. Florida was repeatedly battered. "We had a lot more storms than we expected, and that got us thinking...