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Sun Room, Stainless, Ceramic, Pool - Ranch for sale in The Commons2/22/2008 3:57 PM

Photos from Previous Sidney Model Build

• 2,087 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm ranch - MLS® $194,900

 -  NEW CONSTRUCTION- This Luxurious Ranch Home offers Everything You Have Been Waiting For! Relax in Your Sunroom, or Next to the Fireplace Features 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, and 2,087 SF. The Gourmet Kitchen boasts Stainless Steel Appliances, A Large Island, Ceramic Tile Backsplash, and Pantry. The Open Floorplan is Perfect for Entertaining! The Commons Neighborhood offers a Community Clubhouse & Pool, Basketball & Tennis Courts, Picnic Shelters, and Soccer Fields. *May 15th Completion Date *Photos are from a Previous Build of the Same Sidney Model

Contact Becky today for more details: topagentkw@aol.com, (765)426-2083

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UpScale Ranch for sale in The Commons!2/22/2008 2:21 PM

All Photos from Previous ALLENTOWN Model
Attractive Ranch in The Commons

• 1,965 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm ranch - MLS® $194,900 - Upscale Ranch

 -  Attractive New Home - In the Upscale Neighborhood: The Commons.  Enjoyable Covered Back Patio, Great Floor Plan. Featuring 3 Bedrooms + Office / Study, 2 Full Baths, and an Open Floor Plan. New Stainless Steel Appliances, Grand Fireplace, Master Suite with Garden Tub, Custom Ceramic Tile Throughout. Home to include 3 Car Attached Garage. The Commons offers a Community Park with Basketball Courts & Soccer Field, Neighborhood Pool & Club House. May 15 Completion Date - Built by Majestic Homes of Lafayette.

Contact us today for your personal tour: topagent@aol.com, (765)426-1141

*This home can be built in any neighborhood with available lots, or outside the city.
ALLENTOWN MODEL - MAJESTIC HOMES

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Out of This World, in the City! Unique 4 Story Home for sale!2/18/2008 2:46 PM

Welcome to Paradise!

• 2,800 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm single story - $235,000

 -  Unique Home- In the city, out of this world! Four Level Home Faced with Indiana Creek Sandstone. Enjoy the 60 Feet of Wooden Deck Overlooking Wooded Ravine, Gazebo, and Hot Tub, and Fire Pit. Features 4 Bedrooms and 2.5 Bathrooms. Master boasts a Gas Fireplace & Deck. Wood Burning Fireplace in the Sunken Living Room Offers a Cozy Place to Relax. Newly Remodeled Kitchen with Built in Booth, Open Concept to the Lower Family Room, 2 Lower Level Family and or Game Room. Summer will Always be Pleasant with the Inground Sprinkler System and Goldfish Stocked Pond. Nestled on a quiet cul-de-sac, just 2 blocks from McCutcheon. Only 10 minutes from Purdue University.

Contact Scott today for your personal viewing of this home: (765)714-1971, realestatebrown@yahoo.com

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Cape Cod of Your Dreams For Sale in Battleground2/18/2008 11:04 AM

Cape Cod on 2.14 Acres

• 3,148 sq. ft., 4 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story "Cape Cod" - $325,000

 -  Your Relaxing Personal Retreat is Awaiting You! This Exquisite Cape Cod Home Rests on 2.14 Acres in Popular Cherry HIll. Greeted by a Fabulous Front Porch, Perfect for Long Summer Days! Enter through the 2 Story Foyer Entry, Adorned with an Atrium Window, Plant Shelf, and an Impressive Lighting Pendant. Arched Doorways, Hardwood Floors, and Expansive Windows Instantly Set the Scene for this Home. Entertain Your Guests with Ease in This Open Floor Plan. The Options are Endless from the Dining Room, Breakfast Nook, the Patio, and the Breakfast Bar. You'll love the Kitchen Perfected with Stainless Appliances, Recessed Lighting, Pantry, and Upgraded Cabinetry. Live in Luxury in the Master Suite Fit for Royalty. The Bathroom is Ceramic Tile Galore, with a Whirlpool Tub, Custom Tile Shower, and Double Vanity Sinks. Relax in the 2 Story Living Room, the Heart of this Home. This home features 4 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths, 2 Half Baths, a MudRoom, Bonus Room, Jack&Jill Bath, Laundry Chute, Built-In Desk, and more! The Full Basement is an added bonus, which can easily be Finished.

Contact Becky today for your personal viewing of this home: (765)426-2083, topagentkw@aol.com

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PRICE DROP on 3220 Kingsmill - Lafayette, IN2/16/2008 11:27 AM

Pipers Glen, Lafayette  -  Announcing a price reduction on 3220 Kingsmill, a 800 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm ranch. Now MLS® $60,000 - Fenced Yard & Central Air. Appraised at $72,000!  GREAT CONDITION!

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Still time to apply for Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships, application deadline Jan 17
LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- There is still time to apply for a Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. The deadline is noon on Thursday January 17, 2008.The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program provides recipients with full tuition and fees for four years of undergraduate education at any public or private accredited Indiana college or university. The scholarship also provides up to $800 per year for required books and equipment. Four...
Northwestern/Stadium corner to have right-turn restriction
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Indiana Department of Transportation soon will restrict traffic heading eastbound on Stadium Avenue from turning right on red onto southbound Northwestern Avenue.The change is expected to go into effect in the next few days, says Purdue Police Capt. John Cox.The restriction is being made to address pedestrian concerns about the intersection, which began to see an increase in foot traffic following...
Faculty survey results show positive shift
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Results from a 2006 survey of West Lafayette faculty show a positive shift in overall satisfaction with Purdue, compared with data gathered in 2001.William Harper, who served as chair of the Faculty Informetrics Committee at the time of survey, presented the findings to University Senate at its Nov. 19 meeting.The Senate initially assessed faculty contentment in 2001, and those results served as a baseline...
HealthyPurdue 2008 begins
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- People participating in Healthy Purdue 2008 have more time and more options to complete their apples.This year, the tracking of qualifying activities began Jan. 2. The earlier start date means that participants will receive credit for completing apples even if they haven't finished their HealthPath Questionnaire, which is now available.Participants fill out the questionnaire with information collected...
Provost invites discussion on scholarly communication
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue faculty, staff, students, and researchers are invited to discuss scholarly communication issues using a recently launched blog. Interim Provost Vic Lechtenberg has appointed and charged a task force to inform campus on issues related to scholarly communication. The task force, chaired by Dean of Libraries James L. Mullins, created the blog, http://scholarly.lib.purdue.edu...

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Families to Plead Case for Vaccine Link to Autism5/10/2008 10:30 PM
Claiming that Thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative in vaccines, triggers autism, attorneys for two Oregon boys take on mainstream medicine in a federal court Monday.

Tricky Exposes His Roots, Crowdsources Remixes5/10/2008 10:00 PM
Adrian Thaws, better known as Tricky, has come a long way from his days in Massive Attack with a successful solo career and film career. His next CD, Knowle West Boy, explores his roots in a "white ghetto" with a post-punk, Two-Tone, dancehall sound. Fans can remix the single "Council Estate."

China to Make Its Own Jumbo Jets5/10/2008 10:00 PM
State media reports Sunday that the Chinese central government and the Shanghai government are major shareholders in a homegrown company that will make passenger jumbo jets. The idea is that China Commercial Aircraft will make the country less dependent on Boeing and Airbus.

Indie Musician's Tumblelog Packs Music, Photos5/10/2008 6:00 PM
Singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur uses his tumblelog, "Bag Is Hot," to build his next two EPs and a full-length CD, due for release in 2008. Sample the goods on the photo and music journal posted by the indie musician discovered and signed by Peter Gabriel.

Nintendo Taps U.S. Indie Talent in Search of WiiWare Hits5/10/2008 4:00 PM
Japanese gaming visionary Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo says the most unique videogames come from America. Nintendo's games-on-demand download service launches Monday, and the company shifts its focus from Japanese studios to U.S. garage developers to find the next brilliant game.

News Corp. Pulls Bid for Newsday5/10/2008 2:00 PM
Despite Rupert Murdoch's boast lthat he was about to close a deal for the Long Island newspaper, a News Corp. rep says the company has withdrawn its $580 million bid to purchase Newsday. News Corp. already owns two New York papers, WSJ and New York Post.

Data Recovered From Melted Columbia Disk Drives5/10/2008 1:00 PM
Jon Edwards recovers data from computers wrecked in floods and fires. He has retrieved info from a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003. The drive held scientific data -- some was radioed to Earth during the voyage and Edwards recovered the remainder from "two hunks of burned metal."

Craft Brewers Reformulate Beer to Cope With Hop Shortage5/10/2008 11:00 AM

OAKLAND, California -- At Pacific Coast Brewing here, brewer Donald Gortemiller is reworking his recipes and altering his brewing styles like never before.

Gortemiller isn't acting on a spurt of creativity. He's coping with a worldwide shortage of hops -- the spice of beer. The dry cones of a particular flowering vine, hops are what give your favorite brew its flavor and aroma. Prices of the commodity are skyrocketing as hop supplies have plummeted, forcing smaller brewmasters around the United States to begin quietly tweaking their recipes, in ways that are easily discerned by serious imbibers.

The shortage -- caused by a dwindling number of hop growers worldwide, and exacerbated by a Yakima, Washington, warehouse fire -- has forced Gortemiller to use fewer and different hops than before, changing the flavor of his beer. He's also resorted to beer hacks, like "dry hopping," in which the hops are added late to the mix, consuming fewer hops and yielding a more consistent flavor.

"When hops were $2 a pound, compared to $20 or $30 a pound now, it didn't matter. We'd throw them into the boil at various times," Gortemiller says. "That was an inaccurate way of doing things. We're modifying recipes and using about 20 percent less hops."

Brewer Chuey Munkanta at the 21st Amendment Brewery pulls the grain out of the wash tub.
Photo Jim Merithew, Wired.com

The beer-brewing situation demonstrates how the global-commodity shortage is spilling over to affect diverse industries in unexpected ways. The hop shortage lives on the outer edges of a food crisis that's prompted riots across the planet, and last month led U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon to implore the world's governments to increase food production to stave off a 40 percent jump in the cost of staples.

While nobody in the craft-beer industry is going hungry, they are being forced to adapt. There's no replacement for hops in beer -- they give the brew its flavor. But other key ingredients are in short supply, as well. Malt, which comes from sprouted barley, produces the alcohol and body of beer -- its prices have doubled along with hops. The price of rice, used by industrial brewers, has charted a similar course.

The larger commercial brewers are better off. Most have long-term contracts for hops, barley and rice, and are doing whatever is necessary not to tinker with their brand names.

"Coors Banquet has been tweaked very little since it was introduced in the 1800s," says Molson Coors spokeswoman Jenny Volanakis. "We don't play around with our beers."

But even the big brewers aren't immune from the shortage, says industry analyst Jack Russo of Edward Jones in St. Louis. "Most everybody has raised prices in the 2-to-3-percent range," says Russo.

The small, craft brewers are taking the brunt of the beer crisis, though. "When I called my hop supplier," Gortemiller says, "they told me you're 250th on the list."

At the 21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco, brewer Shaun O'Sullivan says he just increased the price of a pint 25 cents, to $5.50. Like Gortemiller, he's reducing the amount of hops used in some recipes. "We've backed off," O'Sullivan says. "We had to get smart. We could have easily limped along."

O'Sullivan is lucky. One of his most popular beers is Watermelon Wheat, which "has virtually no hops in it," he says.

Jesse Houck is head brewer at the 21st Amendment Brewery.
Photo Jim Merithew, Wired.com

Ken Grossman, the head brewer at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, says he's not tinkering with his brand-name recipes, such as his Pale Ale. He has long-term contracts in place to purchase his hops of choice.

He's paying more for barley, though -- the price has jumped because of a drought in Australia, flooding in Europe and a trend that has farmers worldwide switching to corn to produce biofuels.

"A lot of brewers got caught short on hops," says Grossman. Still, that hasn't stopped him from brewing a new, hop-laden beer called Torpedo Ale, produced with New Zealand hops. "We have been in a fortunate position," Grossman says.

But not everybody in the business is as beer savvy as is Grossman, one of the first to commercialize microbrewing.

Ian Ward, president of Brewers Supply Group in Shakopee, Minnesota -- the nation's largest craft brew supplier -- says things are only going to get worse. "That's the crisis that brewers are finding themselves in," Ward says. "They're having to review their recipes. The crisis really hasn't hit hard yet."

The hop shortage became noticeable around July, when a market glut and hop reserves stored in extract began dwindling.

The bulk of U.S.-grown hops are produced in the Yakima, Washington, area. Farmers weren't getting a profitable return and got out of the market, switched crops or went bankrupt. The same was happening in Germany, the world's No. 1 hop-growing country.

In the United States alone, there were an estimated 515 hop growers in 1950; 75 in 2000 and just 45 today, Ward says. In 2006, about 2 million pounds of hops were destroyed in an S.S. Steiner warehouse in Yakima, equaling about 4 percent of the U.S. hop crop.

All the while, beer sales are increasing worldwide by about 1 to 2 percent annually. The craft brewing industry is growing yearly by 12 percent. That economic reality is pushing hop growers back into the fields.

21st Amendment's Jesse Houck adds hops to the brew.
Photo Jim Merithew, Wired.com

About 8,500 acres of hops were just planted in Yakima alone, and about 2,500 thousand acres in Germany, Ward says.

"The cure for high prices is high prices," he says.

But that isn't sitting well with Omar Ansari, the owner and brewer of Surly Brewing in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, who just signed a long-term hop deal

"My jaw hit the floor when I saw the price," Ansari says. And next year, he'll have to reformulate his brown ale Bender beer, a blend he described as a "flagship" flavor requiring the "Willamette" hop from the Pacific Northwest.

"We were informed by our supplier that next year we can't get that hop. It's just gone," Ansari said. "We're going to have to make changes."

"Everybody," he says, "is crossing their fingers there is going to be good hop crop."


Mom's Day Gifts for Gamer Mums5/9/2008 10:00 PM
Whether your mom likes adventure, nostalgia or "cute" we can recommend games for her. The only question is, how well do you know your mom?

With Motorcycles, Eco-Friendly and Badass Can Mix5/9/2008 7:00 PM
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Electric and alternative-fuel bikes are the future of individual transportation not because of their fuel efficiency but because they are extremely cool. That's right. Creators of eco-friendly motorcycles are pushing the limits of their designs to make them desirable to a biking community that sees little difference between their (relatively) efficient gas engines and the new-fuel wave of alternatives. Riding bikes is all about the cool factor, so the crazier and more technologically advanced they get, the more people will want to ride them, clean fuel or not.

Gaze upon the alt-fuel bikes most likely to break the mold of motorcycle design in the near future.

Left: The ENV Fuel Cell Bike

Intelligent Energy's ENV Bike is on track to become the first available hydrogen-powered motorcycle when it's released next year. The zero-cylinder ENV runs on a removable fuel cell (stored where a conventional gas tank would be) and runs peacefully quiet. The fuel cell uses a proton-exchange membrane that pushes a full 6 kilowatts of peak-load power, resulting in a nice high torque. And one hydrogen tank will last about four hours without a charge, or about 100 miles.

The ENV is also supposed to offer a fairly gentle ride, since power is distributed evenly through a single gear, avoiding the regular gear-induced kickback of a gas bike. But the best part is that instead of CO2, the bike emits water. Not so pure that you could bend backwards for a little midride drink, but better than adding to the global carbon load.

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Technically, a tesseract is a four-dimensional analogue of a cube. To us, it's a bike design that looks just a like a Praying Mantis Predacon Transformer come to life.

Yamaha's Tesseract is a four-wheeled motorcycle powered with a liquid-cooled V-twin engine and an electric motor. It's designed with a dual-scythe suspension for slick turns, allowing the wheels to adapt individually to uneven, rocky terrain independently of one another.

Similarly to other new-wave, multiwheeled green bikes, the body is built up instead of out, so that the body width is more equivalent to regular-size bikes. That leads to above-average handling and stability. Add the thin-but-durable body frame and expect to ride this one fast. Just don't wait up for it -- it won't come out until after 2010.

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This is a superhero's bike. Suzuki's slick Crosscage prototype uses a fuel-cell block developed by Intelligent Energy, which creates power from hydrogen gas. According to IE, its fuel designs are based on thin metallic bipolar plates and make the fuel block small, compact and cheaper to produce. To the lay reader, this means that it's more likely to come out sooner rather than later. With blue neon V-shaped flares on its rims -- and a look that the Silver Surfer would envy -- PEM fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries are just icing on the cake.

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If you drain your wallet every week at the pump, the relief promised by Yamaha's FC-Dii fuel-cell prototype bike will be as refreshing as the water it runs on. Well, partially.

The FC-Dii, available for ogling at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, runs on a methanol-fuel-and-water build, with a new type of cell stack that promises the "highest levels of power density in the 1-kilowatt class." It also features a detachable lithium-ion battery for recharging, and a model 30 percent efficiency standard for a direct-methanol-fuel-cell system. Plus, you can look into the insides of the bike's cellblock, and that's just too future-cool for us.

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The design of the Enertia electric motorcycle from Brammo smartly resembles the classic lines of the 1961 Triumph TR6 Trophy Bird from the movie The Great Escape. And what's more fantastic than the thrill of Steve McQueen racing away from the Nazis? Nothing.

The Enertia uses lithium-ion phosphate batteries with power settings that let the user trade off performance for range. At 12 to 25 horsepower (19 kilowatts) in its "performance" mode, it's on the same power level as the Kawasaki Ninja 250 gas bike (though its speed tops out at 50 mph).

Better still, the carbon-fiber chassis enables lightweight maneuverability, and its six lithium-phosphate batteries reduce its emissions footprint to close to zero. If you live in a small city, you won't find a more viable commuting vehicle. McQueen would have plugged it in himself.

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The Killacycle is the fastest electric drag bike in the world. Unfortunately, its name almost became a self-fulfilling prophecy at Wired's NextFest conference last September. During the conference, owner Bill Dube crashed into a minivan while attempting a burnout on a narrow sidewalk.

The inventor had barely ridden the beast before but knew the massive stats: 0-to-60 in 0.97 seconds, 400 horsepower, and a top speed of 158 mph. The bike's 619 pounds (100 pounds more than regular bikes) make it difficult for a rookie rider to maneuver safely. Dube ended up in the hospital with a few body nicks. Afterwards, he came out with his head high and -- believe it -- promised to push his machine to even greater speeds. Currently, his team is working on a 1,000-horsepower drag bike that will attempt to break the land speed record on salt.

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The VentureOne looks like a car and is legally classified as a three-wheel motorcycle, but -- copy Blue Leader! It looks just like a Tron Light Cycle come to life. Carver Europe's VentureOne superbike features an automatic balancing system that stabilizes the body and allows it to tilt into a turn like a motorcycle without fear of wipeout.

The bike is scheduled to come out in hybrid build (with a 350-mile range) and two all-electric propulsion models (up to 125 miles). It'll cost between $20,000 and $30,000 and will include GPS navigation and an entertainment system to provide as much distraction as possible.

We think this car-bike mashup could push out its identity crisis and make a name for itself, and we can't wait to (legally) race our Venture Ones out on the grid.

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The Piaggio Vespa scooter is as intrinsically connected to the Italian experience as cannoli from Mozzicato's. Now, the Vespas are growing with the times by introducing the lithium-ion-battery-powered Vespa M3 Hybrid. With a 125-cc engine, the M3 will ride just like any other Vespa but will latch on tighter to the pavement with the addition of the third wheel. The added rubber won't extend the width of the scooter -- in fact, the wheelbase at the front is still narrow enough to maneuver tightly, just like the classic.

The M3 has four different performance modes at the flip of a switch: all-electric, low-charge hybrid, high-charge hybrid and standard hybrid. In its all-electric mode, the hybrid turns off the combustion and becomes beautifully silent. But this is sadly lame: At electric-only power, it's supposed to last only 12 miles. The other options push the scooter to a more city-friendly range of 25 to 50 miles on a full charge.

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A hybrid motorcycle can't promise the same raw power and performance as a V-Twin Harley, can it? That would be like the Hell Angels going green and Al Gore becoming cool. Well, it's about to happen.

The Gen-Ryu Hybrid bike is the future eco-friendly Harley, with a lightweight 600-cc engine and a high-output, high-efficiency electric motor. And it has awesome features you will not find in a regular hog: noise-canceling system to reduce wind noise, voice-navigation function and hands-free music player and cellphone. Plus, it'll have our favorite feature from recent smart cars -- the rear-view monitoring camera to make sure you can fit in those ridiculously tight urban parking spots.

The prototype includes a cornering light system that makes it easy to see around curves at night. The balance will prevent you from popping a wheelie in the street, but the wide-ish tires will give you a comfortable, smooth ride -- perfect for the trip from the dusty fields into the nanotech-laced asphalt of the future San Angeles.

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The Silence PT2 is another car-bike tweener. The electric-powered PT2 has a range of 125 to 250 miles and a high speed of 125 mph due to its smallish size at only 13 feet long, 6 feet wide and 900 pounds. That's about one-third of the 2008 Mini Cooper Clubman S, and 400 pounds lighter than the minimum weight of an F1.

As the wild child from the unholy union of a Go Kart-making company and another that built high-speed three-wheelers, there's a childlike sense of fun in this design. With a wide-open top frame, large front wheels sticking close to the ground, and an aerodynamic front screen to cut the wind, you could easily place it on the track next to Racer X, and it would feel at home. Just wear a helmet.

The Silence PT2 is scheduled to be available in early 2009 for close to $50,000.

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Industrial designer Sam Jilbert hit upon a great concept while creating his final-year project at Britain's Northumbria University: Take a past success, tweak it for the present, and fill it with technology from the near future. Voilà! A new design for us to drool over.

The Honda Cub Concept updates the 50-year-old (and 50 million-selling) Honda Super Cub by adding a hydrogen-fuel-cell case. The resulting design resembles a giant LifeSaver mixed with a collapsible bike. Though Honda hasn't endorsed it, its concept has sparked many consumers' imaginations, which could eventually land it on city streets. Like other fuel cell-based bikes, expect to sacrifice a high torque for a slim riding range -- probably close to 50 miles at first.

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The Vectrix is the first commercially available electric bike on the market designed like a mullet in reverse: all business in the back and party on the front. The nickel-metal hydrate, battery-charged engine sits in the back of the bike for controlled, efficient acceleration, and the front resembles the angular shape of a ravenous one-eyed wasp. That's hot.

It's expensive at $13,000, but it'll save you money on the back end: It takes three hours to charge the bike fully (at about 1 cent per mile), and has a 40-to-50-mile range at 25 mph. There's also no clutch and no transmission, forcing down the maintenance fees. But it's the ingenious regenerative breaking system that rounds it out: Twist the throttle in a radial backwards motion and the bike will slow down, while cooling and charging the engine at the same time.


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Over 20 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms (AP) 5/11/2008 2:49 PM

Houses are seen after being destroyed after a tornado in Stuttgart, Ark., Sunday, May 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 21 people in three states.


Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000 (AP) 5/11/2008 12:54 PM

Myanmar soldiers unload bags of supplies aid, donated by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, from a Thai military plane onto a truck at Yangon airport in Myanmar Sunday, May 11, 2008. More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees, but a British aid group warned that up to 1.5 million face death if they do not get clean water and sanitation soon. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Myanmar's monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow Sunday when a boat laden with relief supplies — one of the first international shipments — sank on its way to the disaster zone.


Clinton goes from inevitable nominee to on the ropes (AP) 5/11/2008 1:26 PM

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a Mothers Day fundraiser in New York Saturday, May 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win.


AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising (AP) 5/11/2008 12:18 PM

In this Nov. 8, 2007 file photo, wounded soldiers involved in physical therapy wait for President Bush to visit a physical therapy lab for wounded soldiers at the Center For The Intrepid at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Lines of U.S. troops are limping away from the military with damaged bodies and minds, a surging increase in disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come — even as the total of America's vets from all wars has begun to shrink.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come — even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.


Serbian president declares victory (AP) 5/11/2008 2:42 PM

A man fills his ballots in northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, early Sunday, May 11, 2008, as polls open on Serbia's crucial election that determine whether Serbia pursues closer ties with the European Union, as advocated by pro-western President Boris Tadic, or embrace the defiant nationalism that marked the era of late strongman Slobodan Milosevic. The U.N. and local institutions allowed Kosovo's Serb minority to vote in Sunday's local and parliamentary elections. The U.N. has run Kosovo since the war ended in 1999 between ethnic Albanian separatists and Serb troops. Ethnic Albanians leaders declared independence of the Serbia's province earlier this year. (AP Photo/Zveki)AP - Serbia's pro-Western president is declaring victory in the country's parliamentary elections.


Documents indicate that Chavez helped Colombia rebels (AP) 5/11/2008 1:46 PM

Ecuadorian soldiers look at weapons and equipment found in this March 2, 2008, file photo, in Angostura, Ecuador, near the border with Colombia, were Colombian security forces killed Saturday 17 leftist rebels including Luis Edgar Devia, known as Raul Reyes, a top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC. A newly disclosed set of documents, on Friday, May 9, 2008, that Colombia's government says were recovered from a slain rebel's computers indicate senior Venezuelan officials tried to help arm Colombia's main guerrilla army. (AP Photo/Diego Norona)AP - Documents that Colombia says it recovered from a slain guerrilla leader give the clearest indication yet that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to arm and finance insurgents across the border.


President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular' (AP) 5/11/2008 2:55 PM

President George W. Bush and his daughter Jenna Bush pose for a photographer Saturday, May 10, 2008, prior to her wedding to Henry Hager at the Bush family's Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas. (AP Photo/The White House/Shealah Craighead)AP - President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.


Rice: Israel, Palestinians need to show progress (AP) 5/11/2008 2:07 PM

A Hezbollah fighter gets a ride on a scooter during a battle in Chouweifat South of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 11, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between pro- and anti-government supporters in Lebanon's central mountains overlooking the capital Sunday sending echoes of gunfire and explosions rolling across Beirut. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - The Bush administration has told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they will need to show progress in their secret talks soon, or risk a potentially fatal erosion in public support for a process now in its sixth month without any obvious successes.


Person close to talks: NBC installing Fallon on 'Late Night' (AP) 5/11/2008 2:38 PM

Jimmy Fallon arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala, in New York on Monday, May 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)AP - Jimmy Fallon will officially be given the keys to NBC's "Late Night" franchise following Conan O'Brien's exit.


Crawford's 3-run homer lifts Rays over Angels (AP) 5/11/2008 2:49 PM

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Andy Sonnanstine throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday, May 11, 2008, in St. Petersburg, Fla.  (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)AP - Carl Crawford hit a three-run homer and Cliff Floyd added a pair of run-scoring singles, helping the Tampa Bay Rays stop Ervin Santana from becoming the AL's first seven-game winner with an 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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