http://www.americannewsworld.net American News World - news and technology around the web, around the world. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:00:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en FanIQ, a sports site that focuses more on entertaining its users than bogging them down with the stats and opinion pieces found on the likes of ESPN, has had a landmark year. The site launched in 2006, but hasn’t really hit its stride until now: since January, the site ... http://www.americannewsworld.net/tech/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year Real Girls Media, a San Francisco-based online publishing company specializes in—you guessed it—social communities for women, has raised an undisclosed amount in funding led by Meredith Corporation, which took a minority stake in the company. RGM, which was founded in 2006, had previously raised $6 million in Series A funding ... http://www.americannewsworld.net/tech/real-girls-media-picks-up-strategic-funding-from-meredith Fashion is an expensive business I tend to avoid. For me, some denim jeans and a t-shirt from Macy’s will suffice. For others, fashion designers like Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Chanel provide outrageously priced and strangely designed fashion wear. A price some people are willing to pay just to get ... http://www.americannewsworld.net/tech/custom-louis-vuitton-ipod-trunk Remember that show The Incredible Crash Test Dummies? It makes you wonder: what’s so incredible about crash test dummies, anyway? It’s probably because they come in all different shapes and sizes. Short ones, fat ones, little ones and even tall ones plant their ass in a driver seat and brace ... http://www.americannewsworld.net/tech/the-many-kinds-of-crash-test-dummies It’s not easy being a wrestler. Inside the ring your pounding an opponent’s head against the corner post, but outside the ring it’s hard to meet people. Nobody really wants to be your friend. Not even on MySpace. They say their your friends, but they are not ... http://www.americannewsworld.net/tech/lonely-wrestlers-create-their-own-social-network-2 Boeing's 787 Dreamliner fastener glitch, which now has mechanics finding and replacing thousands of fasteners on every one of the new planes, was caused by a Boeing engineering error made in Everett. http://www.americannewsworld.net/news/boeing-787-fastener-problems-caused-by-boeing-engineers Cedar Park Assembly of God Church in Bothell is starting a new "embryo adoption" service, where couples who have gone through in vitro fertilization donate any leftover embryos to infertile couples. While that practice is, in itself, not particularly controversial, the question of what's to be done with some 400,000 ... http://www.americannewsworld.net/news/embryo-adoption-gives-new-life-to-some-couples-hopes-for-a-child Officials say the Massachusetts public pension fund lost about 13 percent of its value or about $5 billion last month, but still outperformed similar funds. http://www.americannewsworld.net/news/mass-pension-fund-falls-13-percent-in-oct The Massachusetts State Police have cut overtime and put a freeze on hiring new troopers in an effort to deal with the state's budget crisis. http://www.americannewsworld.net/news/mass-state-police-deal-with-budget-troubles A Springfield police officer says it feels like a "truck" has been lifted off his chest now that he has been acquitted of fraud and attempted larceny charges. http://www.americannewsworld.net/news/mass-officer-acquitted-of-fraud-charges