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July 1, 2008
Aside from several Jaguars, an Audi and a Range Rover that run on used cooking oil-based biodiesel, an Aston Martin fueled by bioethanol from wine is the latest environmentally friendly car of Britain's Prince Charles. The luxury car given by Queen Elizabeth as a birthday present when the prince turned 21 has been converted to run on pure bioethanol supplied by Green Fuels Limited. The biofuel is made from excess local vintage produced by English wine makers. The wine comes from a vineyard close to Prince Charles' Highgrove Estate, a spokesman of Green Fuels told CNN. com.
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June 25, 2008
Italian architect David Fisher said Tuesday he plans to build a third rotating tower in New York. The first two under construction would soon rise in Dubai and Moscow. Fisher disclosed he was inspired to build one while atop a friend's apartment in Manhattan as he imagined a structure which would permit New Yorkers and their visitors a view of the East River and the Hudson River.
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June 25, 2008
A gang of six Romanians was arrested for stealing laptops and cellular phones in a high-speed robbery on Germany's autobahn. The Associated Press said the police were tipped off about the unusual robberies from a driver who witnessed the stunt a couple of weeks ago. In a stake out, police witnessed the robberies first hand.
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June 25, 2008
Topics jessica, house, mobile, pregnant, green, led, cars, girl, phone, young, life, children, mom and songs
A three-year-old girl from Guthrie, Okla. , saved her pregnant mother's life by dialing the emergency number 911 using the lyrics of the song "911 green. "The 24-year-old Jessica Eaves discovered it pays to teach children young important procedures like dialing an emergency number when she taught her daughter Madelyn, the song one week after discovering she has vasovogal syncope which causes her to faint.
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June 23, 2008
The roadways of the Indonesian capital Jakarta have long been plagued by congestion, affecting even police response to emergencies. The answer: skateboards. Jakarta's traffic police chief thinks skateboards will be able to get the traffic police to a congested road much faster than cars or motorbikes. He's hired a professional skateboarder to teach 20 police officers, so they can begin patrolling starting July 1.
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