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Thursday, June 3, 2010

New device helps blind people maneuver

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, June 3 (UPI) -- Students at Israel's Ben-Gurion University say they've created an optical radar system to help blind people maneuver around obstacles. The students, led by Professor Shlomi Arnon, said their radar system incorporates a computer, two video cameras and a scanning... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Utah memorial for Coleman in the works

SALT LAKE CITY, June 1 (UPI) -- Gary Coleman's agent says the late actor's family is working out the details for his funeral, which is to take place this weekend in Salt Lake City. The "Diff'rent Strokes" star died last Friday at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center of a brain hemorrhage following a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Obama promising strong oil spill response

WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday made his strongest statement to date that those responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be held legally accountable if a new commission investigating the disaster finds wrongdoing. Speaking from the White House Rose... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

BP says it hasn't been 'cutting corners'

WASHINGTON, May 30 (UPI) -- A BP official said the company had not been "cutting corners" by using an oil well casing despite internal warnings it could fail at 5,000 feet underwater. Robert Dudley, BP's managing director, was responding to a report in The New York Times Sunday that showed BP... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Coleman's widow thanks fans for support

PROVO, Utah, May 29 (UPI) -- Shannon Price, U.S. actor Gary Coleman's widow, thanked fans for their support after her husband's death. "We are very grateful for all the wonderful support everyone has been extending to Gary's family," Price said in a statement read by her brother Shawn,... Sign in to see full entry.

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