Mega-telescope breathes new life into South African outback
The sleepy South African town of Carnarvon has more churches than ATMs, but science is breathing new life into the far-flung farming centre.
Astronomy
Jul 24, 2012
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Hobbs, NM, picked as site of scientific ghost town
(AP) -- Gov. Susana Martinez and a group of investors announced Tuesday that a city in the heart of southeastern New Mexico's oil and gas country will be the site of a new $1 billion scientific ghost town where researchers ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
May 8, 2012
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Spain village votes on plan to rent land to grow cannabis
The Spanish village of Rasquera voted Tuesday on a plan to rent out a field for growing cannabis in an urgent bid to create jobs and raise money to pay off its debts.
Other
Apr 10, 2012
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'Smart City' ambitions for quake-struck Italian town
Three years after a quake devastated L'Aquila, the Italian town has launched a bid to become a hi-tech European city -- to the scepticism of thousands of people still living in temporary housing.
Other
Apr 4, 2012
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Obama to host town hall meeting through LinkedIn
(AP) -- President Barack Obama is again turning to a social networking website to host a town hall meeting.
Internet
Sep 21, 2011
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Obama takes on 'tweeters' in Twitter town hall
(AP) -- President Barack Obama kicked off his first Twitter town hall with - what else? - a tweet.
Internet
Jul 6, 2011
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Obama to hold Twitter town hall meeting
US President Barack Obama will hold a "Twitter town hall" meeting next week at the White House on jobs and the economy as he hones his message on the key 2012 election issue.
Internet
Jun 30, 2011
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YouTube 'Town Hall' takes US political pulse
YouTube on Wednesday launched a "Town Hall" website at which US congressional leaders address issues in brief videos and viewers get to show which positions they support.
Internet
May 18, 2011
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Americans moderate views in deliberative democracy experiment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Liberal and conservative citizens weighing options for reducing the national debt moderated their views as a result of deliberation in the largest experiment in deliberative democracy ever. They also made ...
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2010
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Showcasing the secrets of Caistor Roman town
In December 2007 a team of experts, led by The University of Nottingham, unveiled an extraordinary set of high-resolution images that gave an insight into the plan of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum at Caistor St Edmund ...
Archaeology
Jun 24, 2009
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