| Sat, 28 Jan 2012 Tablet as Sous Chef
| Enlarge ImageClose | It's hard to argue against books. They're portable, durable and don't require any batteries. But in the kitchen, their physical limitations become obvious. Cookbooks are clunky. They take up precious counter space and never stay on the page you wa... | Many Mississippi pardon applicants stressed ties to governor
| JACKSON, Miss. — Before he left office, Mississippi's governor, Haley Barbour, approved 10 times as many full pardons as his four predecessors combined. | Some of the cases drew attention: Among them were four murderers who had worked at the governor's mansion; ... | St. Louis holding first major parade for troops after Iraq War's end
| ST. LOUIS — Since the Iraq War ended, there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades. No massive, flag-waving public celebrations. | Two friends from St. Louis decided to change that. They sought donations, launched a Faceb... | Ky. to review how to restore bridge struck by boat
| LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky's governor said Friday there will be an immediate review of ways to restore an aging traffic bridge in the western part of the state after a five-story-high cargo boat carrying space rocket parts for NASA and the Air Force slammed into... | Suicide of 'prime suspect' in Esme Barrera slaying leaves questions unanswered
| Not long after Esme Barrera was killed and two other women were attacked early New Year's Day, fliers featuring a sketch of a suspect were posted on every door of the Guadalupe 31 condominiums, residents said. | James Loren Brown , the man police say is the prime susp... | Eastern Travis County residents hope Austin will annex them
| AUSTIN'S COLONY — Thomas Fritzinger is among the residents of a series of neighborhoods in eastern Travis County who want to be a part of Austin. | Residents of Austin's Colony, Forest Bluff, Kennedy Ridge Estates and other neighboring communities along a two-la... | Disputed coal mine project revived on Texas border
| SAN ANTONIO — A two-decade old plan to mine tons of low-quality coal in South Texas for Mexican power plants has been revived. | The San Antonio Express-News (http://bit.ly/zLYw6e) reports a Texas Railroad Commissioner will begin hearing evidence Monday on an ap... | Budinger, Scola lead Rockets past Wizards
| HOUSTON — Chase Budinger scored a season-high 21 points and Luis Scola added 19 points to help the Houston Rockets blow out Washington 103-76 on Friday night. | Jordan Hill had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, who scored 41 points off Washington's seas... | Feds deny Texas waiver on health insurance rules
| Texas regulators will not be allowed to phase in a new rule designed to penalize health insurance companies that spend more than 20 percent of premiums on overhead, federal officials said Friday. | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Texas failed to ... | Frank McCourt starts to cut bidders for Dodgers
| NEW YORK — Hedge fund head Steven Cohen, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and groups including Joe Torre and Magic Johnson have survived the first round of cuts in bidding for the Los Angeles Dodgers. | Initial bids were submitted Monday to the financial firm h... | Microbubbles Cut Cost of Algae-Derived Biofuel
| Algae naturally produce oil. When it’s processed, that oil can be turned into biofuel, an alternative energy source. There’s just one snag—harvesting the oil from algae-filled water is prohibitively expensive. But researchers have come up with an effervescent so... | Astrowatt Invents Efficient Solar Cell Manufacturing Process.
| Astrowatt has developed a new manufacturing method for solar cells that would permit the relatively high efficiency of traditional silicon wafer solar cells, but while wasting far less silicon in the process. This could lower the cost of solar power. | First, i'll hel... | |
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