eyeglasses News Archive

22-Feb-2009

 

  • Red Cross ?Fire Hurts? campaign extended (The Sentinel)
    Since Jan. 26, the Cumberland County American Red Cross had responded to seven fires, assisting eight families and 31 individuals.


  • Obama plans to slash deficit despite stimulus bill (The Record)
    WASHINGTON ? President Obama is putting the finishing touches on an ambitious first budget that seeks to cut the federal deficit in half over the next four years, primarily by raising taxes on business and the wealthy and by slashing spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, administration officials said.


  • Obama's first budget seeks to trim deficit (Contra Costa Times)
    n In addition to trying to ease economic crisis, president's plan changes tax structure, expands health care coverage


  • Mercury? De Soto? Call It a Winner (New York Times)
    Combining a 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis sedan and panels from 11 different cars, including a 1957 De Soto, Steve Heller won the Collectible Car of the Year contest.


  • How dogs, dirt take priority over education (Miami Herald)
    College students may think of themselves as dirt poor, but in Florida they're regarded as less than dirt. Fill dirt, unlike students, remains a sacred commodity in Florida, among the 239 items that the state Legislature has decreed too essential to our way of life to be squeezed for new revenue.


  • Patricia Barber shows off beautiful sound, strange magic (The Oregonian)
    The enigmatic singer-pianist hypnotizes with Portland Jazz Festival tribute to Cole Porter


  • Props used by Ernie Kovacs part of Dallas auction (Access Atlanta)
    Dallas ? Props used by 1950s television comedian Ernie Kovacs, including a pair of eyeglasses with images of eyes on the lenses, are being sold this weekend by a Dallas collectibles auctioneer.


  • Vuzix iWear AV310 Widescreen now shipping (MacNN)
    Vuzix on Thursday announced that its iWear AV310 Widescreen personal media viewer is now available. The device is worn by users like a set of eyeglasses and includes two tiny screens, one for each eye, which provide a 16:9 aspect ratio and have the ability to display 3D images. Each screen also has independent focal adjustments to accommodate different eyesight. The AV310 Widescreen plugs into ...


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