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21 stories about "test".
Route 219 wins "Worst Road in Maine" contest 8 hours 30 minutes ago.
A couple from central Maine who had to spend $1,000 in repair bills after their car went over a particularly bad pothole has won a $250 car repair gift certificate for their troubles.
Maine - United States - Scrip - Business and Economy - Arts and Entertainment (feeds.boston.com)
Space Photos This Week: Rocket Test, Tropical Storm, More 8 hours 37 minutes ago.
The world's strongest solid rocket motor revs up, a star nursery is seen in its sharpest view yet, and more in this week's best space pictures.
Solid-fuel rocket - Rocket engine - Space - Technology - NASA (feeds.nationalgeographic.com)
New test may 'revolutionize TB care,' diagnosing 8 hours 52 minutes ago.
Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether ...
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Pilot removed from jet passes alcohol test 11 hours 3 minutes ago.
American Airlines says a pilot removed from a flight to Mexico passed an alcohol test.
American Airlines - Aviator - Business - Aviation - Aircraft Rental and Instruction (pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)
Talent contestant denied tribunal 13 hours 18 minutes ago.
A former Britain's Got Talent hopeful who claimed she was discriminated against at an audition fails to get her case taken to an employment tribunal. (www.bbc.co.uk)
Bidding for 3Par heats up; HP tops latest Dell bid 13 hours 28 minutes ago.
The bidding contest between computer makers Hewlett-Packard and Dell for the data storage company 3Par is heating up. Even before Dell could make its latest offer public, HP has come back with a higher bid. (www.newsvine.com)
Greenland Oil Protest Ends 13 hours 48 minutes ago.
Cairn Energy said it has restarted operations on the oil drilling rig it has under contract offshore Greenland following the end of a protest by Greenpeace.
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IBM Unveils Fastest Microprocessor Ever 14 hours 57 minutes ago.
adeelarshad82 writes "IBM revealed details of its 5.2-GHz chip, the fastest microprocessor ever announced. Costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, IBM described the z196, which will power its Z-series of mainframes. The z196 contains 1.4 billion transistors on a chip measuring 512 square millimeters fabricated on 45-nm PD SOI technology. It conta... (rss.slashdot.org)
France firm on raising retirement despite protests 16 hours 57 minutes ago.
Massive street protests planned for next week won't dent the French government's resolve to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, the labor minister said Thursday. (www.newsvine.com)
Clashing Testimony on Lehman 17 hours 15 minutes ago.
The Democratic chairman of a blue-ribbon panel examining the U.S. financial crisis said that government officials made a "conscious policy decision" not to prevent Lehman Brothers' 2008 collapse, potentially accelerating the financial crisis.
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IBM Claims Fastest Mainframe 19 hours 27 minutes ago.
IBM unveiled details of its new advanced mainframe chips that it said can process information at record-breaking speeds, more than 17,000 times the rate of the company's high-end system in 1970.
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Bernanke testifying to crisis inquiry panel 22 hours 55 minutes ago.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to appear before a panel investigating the financial crisis to give his take on the meltdown and his views on potential systemwide risks posed by large financial institutions. (www.newsvine.com)