A decent tower defense title that takes you underground to defend your keep.
By Becky Bratu, Kate Snow, Tim Uehlinger and Jay Kernis, NBC News As she tours the husk of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. -- the little that was left behind after a powerful tornado shredded everything in its 17-mile path -- Principal Amy Simpson thinks back to M …
On Tuesday, officials in the southeast Idaho town of Roberts removed three lighted crosses from the water tower after a complaint from resident Joe Cohea. Atheist or not, Cohea opposes the expression of religious sentiment on government property, igniting debate in the small town of nearly 700.
Is it just us or are towers getting taller and taller these days? Broad Group, a Chinese developer, recently announced plans to scale up its prefabricated building technology to unparalleled proportions. The proposed Sky City outside Changsha will be the tallest on earth at 838 m or 2,749 ft, just barely inching past the Burj Khalifa in the UAE. Show More Summary
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The lawsuit filed by the city charges the parking garage consortium no longer is entitled to the arbitration award because they cut a deal with the developer of Aqua tower to end public parking in the building’s garage, but this is dependent on if the city wins the lawsuit. [ more › ]
LEGO enthusiasts Rich-K & Big J are working on an awesome recreation of the Battle of Helm’s Deep from The Two Towers volume of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. It’s an epic model for an epic tale. Weighing in around 160 pounds and covering the area of a ping-pong table, this impressive project is 90% complete. Show More Summary
Photo via Co.Design The latest to jump on the contemporary adult "treehouse" bandwagon—a trend that now includes 20-ton mansions and huts speared by poplar trees—is the gorgeously glassy pile that is Tower House, a vacation home in Ulster County, N.Y.,...
Funerals for two more children killed when a tornado hit Plaza Towers elementary school in Moore, Okla., will be held on Friday, school officials in the town said.
They were among the seven 8- and 9-year olds who perished as the storm tore through the elementary school. Another …
Ubiquity — Sears Holdings has formed a new unit to market space from former Sears and Kmart retail stores as a home for data centers, disaster recovery space and wireless towers. Google Abandons Open Standards for Instant Messaging (EFF) — …
The most interesting thing about Agora Garden, a new residential building set to open in 2016 in Taipei isn't its vertical gardens that boast organic vegetables and medicinal plants on every floor; nor is it the recycled materials it...Show More Summary
The company adds $0.01 to its latest quarterly distribution.
American Tower is about to put a few more coins into the pockets of its investors. The company has declared its latest quarterly dividend, which is $0.27 per share. This will be paid on July 16 to shareholders of record as of June 17. Show More Summary
The first fatality identified as a casualty of the Oklahoma tornado was Ja'Nae Hornsby, 9, an African American student who was among seven people found dead Monday, drowned under the rubble at Plaza Towers Elementary School in suburban...Show More Summary
As Sears continues to consolidate its retail locations in an effort to become a more lean and profitable business the company is faced with left over square footage in the tens of millions. So what will the company do with that space? According to the company it will repurpose the closed stores, turning them into [...]Show More Summary
If you saw the side of the water tower in Roberts, Idaho last week, you would've seen this cross (and two others):
But they're not there anymore thanks to Joe Cohea, who lives in the small town. With the help of the ACLU, Joe got the city to replace the crosses with flags:
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"Children of Men": Rachel (Elizabeth Mitchell) and Monroe (David Lyons) battle with more than wits. Meanwhile, Miles (Billy Burke), Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos), Nora (Daniella Alonso) and Aaron (Zak Orth) get inside the Tower but Tom Neville (Giancarlo Esposito) and son Jason (JD Pardo) get shut out. Miles and Monroe once again face-off, this time even more lethally. - From NBC.
All cash flow is not created equal.
Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company's economic output. That's because earnings are very often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earningsShow More Summary
Despite the fact that all I want in life is a daemon familiar and a wand and a sarcastic dappled mare who really gets me and violet eyes and a tower, in actuality I'm forever harping on the fact that magic isn't real. There are no magic Spanx that will turn you into Cindy Crawford. Show More Summary