CHICAGO (Reuters) - Conrad Black’s former business partner, who has already pleaded guilty to fraud, took the stand on Monday as the star witness against the fallen media baron and prosecutors began to link the two men as inseparable in running Black’s company.

- Star witness Radler tied to Black at trial

A man who snatched a young girl from her bath and raped her has his appeal bid rejected.

- Bath girl rapist loses appeal bid

We grade the biggest summer movies so far, giving high marks to “Knocked Up” and “Ocean’s Thirteen” and flunking “Evan Almighty.”

- ‘Knocked Up’ Is Head Of Class, ‘Evan Almighty’ Is Dunce: Summer Movie Midterm

Nicole Richie was sentenced to four days in jail for a December drunk-driving arrest. She also got three years’ probation and was fined $2,048.

- Nicole Richie To Serve Four Days In Jail For Drunk Driving

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Researchers have for the first time shown that they can inject spin-polarized electrons into silicon, manipulate them, and measure them coming out the other side.The development of a working silicon device that can manipulate the spin of electron.

- Silicon-based ’spintronics’ device developed

California Institute of Technology researchers have developed a nanoscale “resonator” that could form the building blocks of the logic gates for an electromechanical computer.In experiments, a voltage as low as 5 nanovolts - the equivalent of the.

- Nano ‘resonators’ form tiny logic gate

AFP - A US newscaster refused to lead her program with a story about Paris Hilton, arguing she was fed up with media attention given to the controversial Hollywood socialite.

- US newscaster refuses to read Paris Hilton news
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Researchers from the RIKEN Frontier Research System have shown that vortices similar to those of “twisted light” can be produced in beams of electrons.Optical vortices can be made by passing a laser beam through a fork-shaped computer-generated hologram. Electron-beam vortices could be produced in a similar fashion, using a thin crystal plate with a dislocation. Such vortices could power nanomotors and nano-engines, or could be used in telecommunications by storing information in the optical vorticity, or the intensity of twisting. The vorticity is robust against perturbations, so this potential future technology could reduce the loss of information during optical communications. (Source: http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=4770.php)

- Quantum corkscrews from twisting electron waves

AP - Air traffic controllers told Congress on Tuesday that poor maintenance of their aging work places has hampered and harmed them and could endanger the flying public.

- Air traffic operators fault maintenance
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Boasting used to be a very un-British trait - but these days it’s become a key part of getting on in work.

- No, I’m the greatest

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hershey Co. on Thursday posted a 96 percent drop in second-quarter net income and again cut its 2007 profit forecast as it spends more money to try to jump-start flagging sales.

- Hershey posts lower net on charges, cuts outlook

Criticised for excess zeal when he raised rates in 2005, the ECB chief now basks in a eurozone recovery. But governments still have much to do.

- A vindicated Trichet continues to press for reform

How smart can cars become? Quite a bit smarter. That was reporter John Markoff’s conclusion after a test ride in Junior, a Volkswagen Passat filled with computers and navigation gear that will compete Saturday in the third autonomous vehicle gran.

- Riding With Robots 2.0

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