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With Elerts, Emergency Broadcasts Go Digital

A new app allows first responders to issue alerts to citizens, and for users to make reports about accidents and even find each other after a disaster.

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EarthRisk Can Predict Extreme Heat Waves Up To 40 Days In Advance

When it gets hot, power companies can be pushed to the brink, but knowing when everyone is going to blast their AC at the same time can help them plan for all eventualities. There's no getting around it; the number of extreme weather events has significantly increased over the past few years. Heat waves--along with their accompanying droughts and strains on the electrical grid--are some of the most common extreme weather phenomena.

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Can The Local Food Movement Scale Up?

The local food movement in America is gaining steam. The question is whether can it attract sufficient capital from the private sector to build large, profitable businesses.

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When Tobacco Does A Body Good: Pharma-Planta Uses GMO Tobacco Plants To Fight HIV

Smoking is still bad for you, but tobacco may have finally been redeemed. Cigarettes cause a nearly endless amount of health problems--heart disease, lung cancer, and asthma are just a few of the more common issues triggered by the tobacco-filled sticks

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Nokia’s Grim Finances, PayPal’s Physical Store Plans, Hackers Hack Anonymous Hackers, The End Of The Shuttle Era

Nokia Finances Will Be Gloomy . Nokia's delayed its quarterly earnings call today, citing "technical reasons," but it won't delay the inevitable: Market expectations are that it will report a net loss of €10 million ($14.2 million) for the quarter, down from a profit of €419 million for the same period last year. Nokia's limping smartphone efforts are being blamed for the company's lost income.

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The Possibilities of Mexico

Gary Hoover is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and educator. He is the founder of BOOKSTOP and Hoovers, Inc. Below, Gary explains why he believes that Mexico is vital to the future of the U.S.

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Intangible Benefits for Employees

Gene McCubbin, founder of PopLabs, talks about how his Houston interactive agency competes with the salaries oil and gas companies pay.

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Break Into the Flash Deals Space

Sites such as Ideeli, Lot18, Gilt Groupe, and Rue La La are offering carefully curated deals at reduced prices.

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Weir looking to break par at Canadian Open

Mike Weir has enjoyed a lot of breakthroughs playing golf in Vancouver, including his first professional win while playing on the Canadian Tour in 1997, and his first PGA Tour victory two years later.

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Video: New mammogram guidelines

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released new guidelines that recommend that all women - 40 and older - get a mammogram each year. Dr.

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