Den amerikanska senaten antog i dag ett lagförslag som gör det möjligt för de drygt 11 miljoner människor som tagit sig olagligt över gränsen att bli medborgare.
En lastbil och en personbil krockade i kväll i Nykvarn väster om Södertälje.
Ett rör mellan en damm och en kraftstation gick sönder i Bankeryd i Jönköpings kommun i kväll.
An anonymous reader writes "In my younger years, I was briefly employed as an Electrical Engineer. Since 9/11 I have been flying combat missions for the military. Since I now have just a little over a year before becoming a civilian again, I was wondering if any Slashdotters had any applicable advice/anecdotes. How does one effectively combine engineering/development with another professional skill-set? (Being a jet pilot in this example.) For those of you who do hiring, what is the best way to sell this type of background?"
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Senate votes 68-32 for bill that would put 11 million foreigners now living illegally in US on path to citizenship.
Demonstrators smash into barriers near stadium in city of Fortaleza where Spain faced Italy in Confederations Cup.
Trafiken rullar som vanligt under fredagen.
En knivskuren man hittades i kväll i Örebro, rapporterar flera medier.
Ett rör mellan en damm och en kraftstation gick sönder i Bankeryd i Jönköpings kommun tidigt i dag.
An anonymous reader writes "Web technologies need to support DRM-protected media to reduce the risk of parts of the web being walled off, the chief executive of the web standards body W3C has told ZDNet. Dr Jeff Jaffe, CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium, says proposals to provide a hook for DRM-protected media within HTML, via Encrypted Media Extensions, are necessary to help prevent scenarios such as movie studios removing films from the web in a bid to protect them from piracy."
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Professor Christopher Mason explains the significance of a mouse being cloned from a single drop of blood, as achieved by scientists in Japan.
First time accepted submitter Zanadou writes "Al Lowe, the original creator of Leisure Suit Larry and other classic games, announced earlier today the final release of the remake of the first game of the series, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: 'This is the moment I've been waiting a year for – Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded is finally available! Right now. Tonight. For PCs and Mac. At the Replay Games site. (It would also be available via Steam, but they refuse to release a game at midnight; they said 'Tomorrow.' Hmm.) iOS versions will be available as soon as Apple releases it in the iTunes store. Android will follow shortly. What a night! Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Kickstarter campaign. It's been a long, hard year but I think this game is well worth it.'"
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Wreckage of Vittorio Missoni's aircraft, which disappeared in January, discovered on seabed off the coast of Venezuela.
Hela Centralafrikanska republikens befolkning, 4,6 miljoner människor, befinner sig i en allvarlig humanitär kris efter statskuppen i mars, varnar ett tiotal hjälporganisationer.
