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A look at the companies that provide the court surface, windscreens, and umpire microphone at the Westgate Tennis Center in Dothan, Alabama. Court Installation The Westgate Tennis Center, a public facility, hosts the Dothan Pro Classic, a United States Tennis Association women's event, annually
Read More »Wilson misses Players cut after costly penalty
With his ball nestled near a tree on the par-4 fifth at TPC Sawgrass, Mark Wilson decided to turn around and hit a left-handed chip shot.
Read More »Will You Be Taxed for Driving?
States, fearing that more energy-efficient cars mean less money to maintain roads, begin testing a mileage-based tax. I was driving in Minneapolis several weeks ago when I heard on the local radio news that Minnesota would be conducting a study to research whether it made sense for the state to start charging drivers a mileage-based tax
Read More »Rescuers Fight to Save Stranded Pilot Whales
By Pascal Fletcher MIAMI (Reuters) - Wildlife experts and volunteers in the Florida Keys have rescued seven of a group of pilot whales stranded in shallow waters and are using boats and a helicopter to locate more of the animals, officials said on Friday. [More]
Read More »Low genetic diversity, local resentment threaten great Indian bustard
Decades of widespread hunting and poaching have taken a mighty toll on the great Indian bustard ( Ardeotis nigriceps ), an endangered bird once found throughout India and Pakistan but now limited to a few small populations totaling maybe 1,000 individuals. New research reveals that the species is in worse shape than previously realized
Read More »Sergio has long road to US Open
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) -Sergio Garcia missed the cut in his first major as a pro, at Carnoustie in 1999 for the British Open.
Read More »5 Augmented Reality Campaigns We Love
The German automakers launched the new Z4 in April 2009 with an innovative AR campaign using MagicSymbol technology. Using a webcam and a printable symbol, users could control a virtual Z4 and drive the car around their desktop as a virtual paintbrush to create pieces of art out of tire skid marks in what the company called “An Expression of Joy.” Check out a demo of the campaign here . Launched in December 2009, the Belgian beer’s branded mobile app combines real world GPS tracking with directions and user interaction.
Read More »The Worst Product Designs Ever
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today
Read More »Start-ups Serving Start-ups
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today.
Read More »The Big Thirst: The Secret Revolution In U.S. Water Use
Fact: The United States uses more water in a day than it uses oil in a year. In four days, the United States uses more water than the world uses oil in a year.
Read More »Video: Restaurant serves booze to boy
Erica Hill talks to Jill VanHeest, Florida mother of a 2-year-old child who was served alcohol at an Olive Garden.
Read More »Coast Benefits: NASA Announces Retirement Homes for Space Shuttles
The launching and landing of space shuttles has always been a fairly coastal affair: The shuttles take off from Florida and almost always touch down in Florida or California. (Once, in 1982, a shuttle landed at New Mexico's White Sands Space Harbor.) NASA is continuing that coastal tradition with the placement of its retired and retiring shuttles , whose final homes were announced April 12. The three shuttles will be displayed in Florida, Los Angeles and Virginia, and a test-flight shuttle that never reached orbit will go to New York City.
Read More »The Silicon Valley of South America?
Erika Anderson has something of a Silicon Valley pedigree. She graduated from MIT and Cornell Law School before bringing her socially conscious business plan to the Bay Area's Singularity University
Read More »Strong winds pull cruise ship from Florida dock
Strong winds from a passing storm in central Florida separated a Carnival cruise ship from its dock at Cape Canaveral.
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