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David Warren dies at 85; inventor of the 'black box' flight data recorder
David Warren, an Australian scientist who invented the flight data recorder famously known as the "black box" to help investigate aircraft accidents, died Monday in a Melbourne nursing home. He was 85. Australian defense officials announced the death but...Tags: Melbourne (Australia), India, Australia, Boxing, Sydney (Australia)
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Ivins stood to gain financially from anthrax scare
Bruce E. Ivins, the government biodefense scientist linked to the deadly anthrax mailings of 2001, stood to gain financially from the huge federal spending in the fear-filled aftermath of those killings, the Los Angeles Times has learned. Ivins is listed...Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Criminals, Vaccines, Georgetown
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Meet the Robinsons
Zap2It.com"Meet the Robinsons," a goofy, gadget-packed kid's science-fiction comedy based on William Joyce's invention-happy "A Day with Wilbur Robinson," is a frenetic, sometimes too-dizzying experience that nevertheless left me impressed. It's a real technical...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Angela Bassett, Cartoons, Danny Elfman, Adam West
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Edison as the first tech-celeb
Times Staff WriterAMERICANS disdain abstraction, but they adore practical genius. Hence the long and reverential infatuation with Thomas Edison. There is no shortage of Edison biographies, and at least 10 adult accounts of his life are in print, along with a nearly...Tags: The New York Times, Michael Jordan, Judaism, Bill Gates, Biography (genre)
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Igor (D)
87 min. Rated PG Directed by Anthony Leondis (Director; Lilo & Stich 2) Have you ever seen a kid's movie that was completely not for kids? But not in that, "oh, the humor is for adults, and it's too sophisticated for kids" kind of way... but...Tags: John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Fiction, Death, Entertainment
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