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Chargers Player Arrested in
Tila Tequila Beating

Shawne Merriman accused of choking her

Sep 6, 09 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police arrested San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman today after he allegedly choked his reality-TV star girlfriend, Tila Tequila, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. She signed a complaint charging Merriman with battery and false imprisonment, and said he choked her when she tried to leave their house this morning. Tequila,... More »

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reality TV • battery • San Diego • San Diego Chargers • domestic abuse • Shawne Merriman • Tila Tequila

 Brown Apologizes 
 for Rihanna Assault 

'No one is more disappointed in me than I am,' singer says in YouTube video

Jul 20, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown breaks the silence on his alleged assault on Rihanna with a YouTube confessional posted today, E! reports. “I felt it was time that you heard directly from me that I am sorry,” the singer said, explaining that he had remained silent since the February incident on... More »

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entertainment • music • battery • domestic violence • hip-hop • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown • R&B

(Newser) - Lost amid the hoopla over the new iPhone 3GS is an annoying flaw: its battery rarely gets through the day without pooping out. Apple's website now advises users to temporarily shut down certain features, including the 3G network itself, to prolong battery life, reports the Los Angeles Times. Battery life... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • battery • smartphones • iPhone 3GS

tech review

 Sealed-Battery Macs 
 Earn High Marks 

Batteries can't be replaced, but few do so anyway

Jun 25, 09 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Removable notebook batteries are convenient in theory, but hardly anyone actually replaces them. Apple and other firms are responding with sealed-in batteries, which, Apple says, can be bigger and thus last longer. Walter Mossberg ran his “own harsh battery test” on the new MacBook Pros and found their sealed-in... More »

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Walt Mossberg • Apple • battery • laptop • tech review • MacBook Pro • MacBook • notebooks

 Korea Roadway Recharges Cars 


May 18, 09 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Korean scientists are working on road technology that allows electric vehicles to continually recharge while driving, Reuters reports. Inductive charging, used with watertight electric toothbrushes, requires no contact between power source and appliance. For vehicles, electric strips would be embedded in the road at intervals, and a magnetic field... More »

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South Korea • roadways • battery • electricity • electric cars • automobile • inductive recharging • toothbrush

Battery Breakthrough Could Recharge Phones in Seconds

Scientists believe super-fast ion transfer will let technology charge ahead

Mar 13, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - MIT scientists have developed new battery technology that could potentially recharge a cell phone in seconds and an electric car in minutes, the Boston Globe reports. The researchers, who say the breakthrough could revolutionize technology and even lifestyles, have created a coating that speeds the transfer of ions into and... More »

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cell phones • MIT • battery • electric cars • lithium ion batteries • cell phone charger

PRODUCT REVIEW

 Kindle 2 Worth It 
 for 'Serious Book Readers' 


Feb 26, 09 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Amazon’s new Kindle e-reader offers vast improvement over the previous model, writes Walter Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal, and “is finally a pleasure to use.” Faster page-flipping, sleeker design, tons more memory, and a digital audio feature are just some of the advances. But hardware is... More »

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Walt Mossberg • battery • data storage • Kindle • Amazon.com • ebooks • e-readers • improvement • digital content



 Hilton Sis 
 'Arrests' 
 Homeless 
 Guy at IHOP 

Heiress got shoved at IHOP

Feb 24, 09 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Those Hilton sisters are tougher than they look. Nicky was at a West Hollywood IHOP at 5am Saturday when she was shoved by a homeless man—whom the socialite promptly placed under citizen’s arrest, Us reports. A deputy who happened to be at IHOP helped out, and the man... More »

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battery • homeless • Nicky Hilton • arrest • IHOP

'Crazy Green Idea' Video Wins Students $25K 

Clip challenges techies to create long-term power-storage device

Feb 9, 09 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Two California film students won $25,000 for a YouTube video challenging the tech community to develop a rechargeable device far more eco-friendly than standard batteries, BusinessGreen reports. The clip was one of 133 entries in a contest to create a challenge to be met for a future environmental prize.... More »

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environment • California • YouTube • contest • battery • green energy • UC Irvine • X Prize Foundation

 Exploding Cell Phone Kills Man 

Chinese cops suspect counterfeit battery may have caused phone to blow up

Feb 3, 09 4:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A man in Guangzhou, China, was killed last week when his cell phone blew up and severed an artery in his neck, the Times of London reports. The young shop clerk is believed to have put the phone in his breast pocket straight after charging a new battery before it... More »

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China • cell phones • counterfeit • battery • death • explosion • Guangzhou

Livid Softball Dad
Jailed for Tirade

Ill. man also spat at deputy, earning battery charge

Jan 6, 09 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Parents, take note: An Illinois man who exploded at an umpire during his daughter's softball game was sentenced to five days in jail and anger-management classes for battery and assault, the Chicago Tribune reports. Michael Beck, 47, also spat sunflower seeds on the deputy who responded to a worried... More »

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sports • crime • battery • Illinois • anger • umpire • assault • emotion • softball

H-P Will Offer 3-Year Battery for Notebooks

Warranty will be the longest on the market, company says

Dec 10, 08 8:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Hewlett-Packard next year plans to offer the longest-lasting battery for notebooks on the market. The company says its new lithium ion battery, called HP Enviro, will run as good as new for three years, PC Magazine reports. It also will charge faster than current models, reaching 80% after 30 minutes.... More »

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battery • lithium ion batteries • computer • notebooks • Hewlett-Packard

PRODUCT REVIEW

 MacBook Doesn't 
 Disappoint: Mossberg 

But $300 price bump may be too much for some

Oct 23, 08 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The redesigned MacBook adds several nice features to an already top-selling laptop line, writes Walt Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal. The most striking difference from the old models is the trackpad: rather than tacky plastic, the controller is slick glass like the screen of an iPhone, and users depress... More »

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iPhone • Walt Mossberg • Apple • battery • Windows XP • MacBook

Bangkok Pol Assaults Host on Live TV

Strip-club owner turned candidate irked by probing questions

Oct 2, 08 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Thai politician, vexed by an interviewer’s questions, pummeled the man on live TV today, Reuters reports. Chuvit Kamolvisit, a strip-club magnate turned Bangkok gubernatorial contender, did not deny the charges. “What I did was a petty crime,” he said. “I am happy to pay the... More »

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Thailand • battery • Bangkok • assault • sex industry • politician • television interview

(Newser) - Heroes star Hayden Panettiere's father, Alan, was charged with misdemeanor battery yesterday for hitting wife Lesley. After a late night out at their 19-year-old daughter's charity event last month, he allegedly struck her "one or two times on the cheek causing bruising with a closed fist," an LA... More »

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Heroes • Los Angeles • battery • domestic abuse • celebrity parents • Hayden Panettiere • Alan Panettiere • Lesley Panettiere

 Chrysler Goes Electric 

Firm to offer hybrid and pure-electric models in 2010

Sep 23, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chrysler is hopping on Detroit's belated eco-friendly bandwagon, a source tells the Wall Street Journal, with a full stable of electric cars and trucks that it plans to market starting in late 2010. While most of the planned models are hybrids, at least one will be a fully electric... More »

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Chrysler • fuel efficiency • battery • electric cars • auto industry • hybrid car • minivan

Fla. Protesters Attack Caylee Anthony's Grandparents

Demonstrators hold daughter Casey responsible for toddler's disappearance

Sep 18, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida police are looking for the protesters who provoked a violent confrontation last night outside the house of George and Cindy Anthony, grandparents to missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Protesters who suspect the Anthonys' daughter Casey in Caylee’s disappearance threw pennies at the house’s door... More »

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Florida • battery • violence • missing person • protesters • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

 Overheated iPods 
 Blamed for Fires 

Japanese trade ministry points to defective batteries

Aug 19, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Japan’s trade ministry says iPod nanos are to blame for three fires, Reuters reports. The Japanese government suspects defective battery cells could be the cause of the fires, which left individuals with minor burns. A product safety commission will investigate the incidents with Apple’s cooperation. More »

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Japan • battery • iPod Nano • fire

Neil Young Steering His '59 Lincoln Green

Hopes to be rockin' the greenie world with electric car prototype

Jun 3, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Young has shifted gear in his quest to make the world a better place, reports the AP. The Canadian rock legend known for his protest songs is working with a Wichita mechanic to convert his 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on an electric battery. Young hopes the prototype could... More »

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environment • rock stars • battery • electric cars • hybrid car • Neil Young

Used Hybrid Market Soars

But buyers beware pricey replacement batteries in aging
green cars

May 28, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The rising price of gasoline has heated up the used hybrid market, leading Newsweek writer Keith Naughton to wonder about the staying-power of the pricey battery the part-electric cars run on. Initial fears that Prius batteries would die well before the expected life of the car have proven unfounded, and... More »

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battery • Toyota Prius • auto industry • hybrid car • Honda Civic

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