ChannnelWebApple on Tuesday showcased the new specs of its desktop iMac line, bulking the iMac up with new, speedier processors and swifter graphics. According to Apple, the new iMacs come in 21.5-inch and 27-inch models and pack in either an Intel Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 processor.The 21.5-inch model comes in three different [...]
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New York TimesBRUSSELS – The European Union announced that it was imposing its toughest sanctions ever against Iran on Monday, a move that is expected to include a ban on new investment in the country’s eroding oil and gas sector and tighten restrictions on transport and finance.The European move appears to be among the most [...]
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Washington PostFederal prosecutors unsealed a 27-count indictment that charged three officers and one former officer with the killing and subsequent coverup of the deaths of James Brissette, a 17-year-old New Orleans resident, and Ronald Madison, a 40-year-old man who had disabilities and was shot in the back.The officers were armed with two AK-47 assault rifles, [...]
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guardian.co.ukBP has fitted a larger, tighter-fitting containment cap on the ruptured Gulf of Mexico wellhead that has been gushing with oil since the Deepwater Horizon explosion on 20 April.Crude oil continues to spill into the sea, but the company wants to begin testing the new cap’s internal pressure this morning by closing its valves and [...]
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ReutersHOUSTON | Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:31pm EDT”We’re pleased with our progress,” BP senior vice president Kent Wells told reporters on a conference call.It will take up to a week for robots working 1 mile underwater to completely fit a new cap and seal. Oil will flow mostly unchecked until the bigger containment system is [...]
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