French Airport Tests 'Virtual' Hologram Boarding Agents

Aug. 18: An airport experimenting "virtual" boarding agent, left, is displayed at Paris' Orly airport, on the southern outskirts of Paris. The pilot project began last month, and has so far been met with a mix of amusement and surprise by travellers, who frequently try to touch and speak with the strikingly life-like video images that greet them and direct them to their boarding gate.

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U.S., Mexico reach agreement on trucks coming into the country

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- A 15-year trade dispute between the United States and Mexico is over.  The new agreement means trucks from Mexico will soon be on Texas highways.  But the change could also be an opportunity for drug cartels.
http://www.kvue.com/news/US-Mexico-reach-agreement-on-trucks-coming-into-the-country-127914318.html 

Putin ‘castrated’ democracy in Russia – Gorbachev

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110818/165906628.html

IBM develops first 'brain chips' capable of mimicking the process of human thought

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2027517/IBM-produces-brain-chips-capable-mimicking-process-human-thought.html

Rick Perry teaches small New Hampshire child about evolution: It's a 'theory' with 'some gaps in it'

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/08/18/2011-08-18_rick_perry_teaches_small_new_hampshire_child_about_evolution_its_a_theory_with_s.html?r=news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nydnrss%2Fnews+%28News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Allen West: I‘m Here to Lead Blacks Off the Democratic Party ’Plantation’

GOP Rep. Allen West believes that the Democratic Party is akin to a modern-day “plantation.”

In an interview on Wednesday night’s “O’Reilly Factor,” he told guest host Laura Ingraham that he is the “modern-day Harriet Tubman“ and that he wants to lead fellow African Americans away from the the ”21st century plantation.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/allen-west-im-here-to-lead-blacks-off-the-democratic-party-plantation/ 

China must punish US for Taiwan arms sales

Now is the time for China to use its "financial weapon" to teach the United States a lesson if it moves forward with a plan to sale arms to Taiwan. In fact, China has never wanted to use its holdings of U.S. debt as a weapon. It is the United States that is forcing it to do so. 
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90780/91342/7562776.html 

Noah's Ark Theme Park in KY

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/new-noahs-ark-theme-park-project-in-ky-seeks-to-show-visitors-that-bibles-stories-are-true/2011/08/17/gIQAaX0cLJ_story.html?wprss=rss_national

Non-profit mailing status: proposed changes in

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/17/nonprofits-oppose-measure-wiping-out-their-mail-discounts/