| Beware the Internet’s Looming Class Divide
Every week, presenters would show us fantastical pieces of technology that would, in The Distant Future, remake the world. A telephone you could carry everywhere, in a little briefcase of its own! A special machine that would tell drivers where they were and supply directions in a smooth, soft voice! Computers all wired together that could communicate across long distances and contain reams of information for all to see! Now we all live in an episode of Tomorrow's World, faster than we could possibly have imagined. It is easy - and a little trite - to gush with Panglossian glee about the internet. But, still. Today, anyone with a laptop and an internet connection has access to a heftier chunk of humanity's knowledge than the most privileged visitor to the Great Library of Alexandria in the third century BC, or the British Library reading room just a generation ago.
PEDAL POWER: Nonprofit empowers adults, kids by helping them build and ...
To Maurice Potts, bicycles were simply large toys, good for just riding around the neighborhood, with no destination in mind. That was before the semi-retired doctor took a class two years ago to learn to build and repair bicycles at Back Alley Bikes, a nonprofit program in Detroit's Cass Corridor that teaches children and adults how to build their own bikes from scrap parts and do repairs. There, Potts discovered that for many inner-city residents who don't have access to cars and can't afford public transportation, bikes are a tool, a necessity. .
U.S. BMX Team Gearing Up For Olympics
Some think it will be the summer equivalent of snow boarding, which debuted in 1998 and has since become an overwhelming crowd favorite.
There?s a California man who's guiding a team of riders towards Beijing on a brand new state of the art track in Chula Vista, California.
Mike King is a former world champ and now the director of U.S. Olympics BMX programs.
He said, "Everyone is saying that BMX is the new it sport for the summer games and I have to agree with them. I would've loved to have had the opportunity, but at the same time I?m just as excited, if not more, to watch these guys progress over time."
The U.S. team is one of the deepest in the world and will have an overwhelming advantage heading into Beijing.
That's because a new track in southern California is set for completion any day now.
Forty-nine miles per gallon for this car
MT. VERNON REGISTER NEWS (MT VERNON, Ill.) MT VERNON, Ill. — High gas prices? What high gas prices? It takes Russell Davis less than $20 to fill up his car, and he can drive it up to 500 miles before needing to refuel.Davis, of Mt. Vernon, last year purchased a "hybrid" 2005 Toyota Prius, the environmentally friendly car that gets in the neighborhood of 50 miles to the gallon at peak performance."The technology just boggles my mind," said Davis. "There's a computer printout and it said that I am averaging 48 miles a gallon for (my last) 100 miles. "It varies, really, but I average closer to 49."Hybrid cars — vehicles that combine two or more power sources — were popular when they first came out about five years ago, but lagged in sales — at least until the recent upswing in gas prices."They were very popular when they initially came out," said Trevor Moore, manager at Tyler's Motors, a local Toyota dealer that orders the Prius for its customers.
The name says it all – Justin Kredible performing in St. Louis
Justin Kredible's vigorous mix of comedy and magic has quickly established him as one of America's premiere performers. As a regular guest on the 'Rachael Ray' show and a crowd favorite at colleges and events around the country Justin lives up to his recent title of "Entertainer of the Year 2007" from Campus Activities Magazine. It's been an amazing year for this young superstar. This summer he co-starred in the hit MTV show "Room 401. He's also the host and creator of the video-on-demand TV series, "Turning Tricks", on the LIfeskool network. In the coming year you'll see him in TV commercials nationwide as the new face of Sunny Delight. All this while rocking the busiest tour schedule in the college market. Justin began performing at the age of twelve.
Former NBA superstar Michael Jordan visits Slidell Boys and Girls Club ...
At least he is putting it in the hands of people that are going to make a difference. If he would have given it to Orleans Parish the mayor and his cronies would have stole most of it and only put less then half of it into building a Recreational Center. Thanks Micheal for thinking of the children of LOUISIANA!!!!! I don't even watch the NBA no more because it's not the same without MJ....THE BEST EVER TO PLAY THE SPORT!!!!!!!!! .
Two bicycle accidents leave one dead, one critically injured
A bicyclist was killed this morning on La. 92 one mile north of Cade, when he was struck from the rear by a Ford Explorer. Another is in critical condition after being struck when he cut in front of a van on the southbound service road of the Evangeline Thruway near Carencro according to Trooper David Anderson of Louisiana State Police Troop I. .
Phelps dunks all competition
So here we are, at the end of another year in which the world's most famous bicycle race turned into the Tour de Farce because of doping.
And the greatest female star in recent track and field history, Marion Jones, confessed to being a fraud whose achievements owed to doping.
And most of France's top middle-distance runners were implicated in or charged with doping.
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Kenya: Football Madness Grips Host Ghana
Football madness has gripped host nation Ghana. You can tell if from the moment you disembark at the Kotoka Airport in Accra. The bill boards mounted inside the airport leave you in little doubt where the 26th African Nations Cup is being held. .
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