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A road ramp that uses passing cars to generate power has been developed. Dorset inventor Peter Hughes' Electro-Kinetic Road Ramp creates around 10kW of power each time a car drives over its metal plates. More than 200 local authorities had expressed an interest in ordering the £25,000 ramps to power their traffic lights and road signs, Mr Hughes said. The ramps generate up to 50kW of power. Around 300 jobs are due to be created in Somerset for a production run of 2,000 ramps next year. Plates in the ramp move up and down as vehicles pass over them, driving...

CASSELBERRY, Fla. -- Grief counselors are talking to students at Lyman High School about a classmate who was killed. Casselberry police say 17-year-old Brandon Burkhart was riding on the hood of a car Sunday night, when he fell off and was accidentally run over. Burkhart was riding on the hood of a friend's car because they had locked him out and he was just trying to play a joke. Monday, his classmates are learning a valuable lesson on how fragile life is. As soon as first period began, Lyman High School principal Frank Casillo made a very important announcement. "At...

More than 200 people were arrested Thursday for blocking traffic in Manhattan during a day of civil disobedience called to protest the war in Iraq and the corporate media's reporting of the conflict...... ...And in an unusual turn of events, the showing provoked a public display of pro-war sentiment by Fox News.... ....Fox News had its own response to the demonstrators. The news ticker rimming Fox's headquarters on Sixth Avenue wasn't carrying war updates as the protest began. Instead, it poked fun at the demonstrators, chiding them. "War protester auditions here today ... thanks for coming!" read one message. "Who...

HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com | Section: Local & State Feb. 10, 2003, 3:58PM Officer says marks on Mercedes show David Harris run over at least twice By ALAN TURNER Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle EXTRA Clara Harris is accused of running over her husband after catching him with his former receptionist at a hotel. • From the arrest to the trial Video: Private investigator catches incident on tape(Video courtesy of KHOU, Ch. 11. Video requires Real Player) The trial:• The indictment• What we know about them• The experts: Why they're split over jurors Preparing for the trial: Video report from Jan. 19. The testimony:•...