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Kanye West sues Amazon, others in massive digital currency smackdown

2014-01-15 13:34:08| InfoWorld: Top News

The rapper Kanye West, leaving no stone unturned, has included Amazon.com -- and more than 50 others -- in a new lawsuit intended to shut down some digital currencies that have sprung up bearing some variation of his name. The lawsuit follows the creation of "coinye," a digital currency that was inspired by West and was invented to provide an alternative to bitcoin, another digital currency that some would say is more established. Coinye was developed to provide a more consumer-friendly version of bitcoin, though it never really took off once West got wind of it.

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Brazil Launches Massive Subway Construction

2013-12-30 22:35:53| ENR.com: Headline News

"Armadillo" tunnel boring machines will build Fortalez metro.

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New 'Massive Lake' Threatening Climate Change Debate?

2013-12-24 17:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Design and Trend: Researchers at the University of Utah said that lake, known as "perennial firn aquifer," remains liquid year-round despite the otherwise frozen landscape around it, according to English.chosun.com. "Large amounts of snow fall on the surface late in the summer and quickly insulates the water from the subfreezing air temperatures above, allowing the water to persist all year long," said Rick Forster, lead author and professor of geography at the University of Utah. The 43,500 sq.km body of water...

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Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Gets Approved, Ignores Massive Opposition

2013-12-23 18:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: In a long-awaited announcement, the National Energy Board (NEB) released the final recommendation from the Joint Review Panel (JRP) to approve the contentious Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project--along with a lengthy list of conditions that must be met for the pipeline to go ahead. The panels report, released last week in Calgary, follows years of heated public debate and fierce opposition to the project across British Columbia--opposition that wont be letting up any time soon. This...

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