WASHINGTON | Mon Mar 5, 2012 6:59pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A four-legged robot known as the Cheetah lived up to its name on Monday, setting a new land speed record for legged robots by running at 18 mph on a treadmill at a laboratory in Massachusetts, its developer said. The Cheetah, being developed by [...]

“H.E.R.O.: The Virtual War” Welcome! I hope you will all enjoy this role play, and have a lot of fun. Not only In-Character but in the OOC as well! Please refrain from using the OOC as a fight club or just to troll or whatever it is you kids call it these days. Other then [...]

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March 12, 2012 ? 10:45 am Payday loan firm Yes Loans has had its licence revoked by the Office of Fair Trading. Payday loan firm Yes Loans has had its licence revoked after using ?deceitful and oppressive business practices?, the trading watchdog has said. Yes Loans arranged expensive short-term loans for some consumers rather than [...]

A man covers his hands in crude oil during a Nigerian protest against Shell after last month’s spill. Photograph: George Esiri/EPA In 2010 the world watched in horror as the Gulf of Mexico filled with 5m gallons of oil from an undersea leak caused by the careless handling of equipment on the part of BP [...]