Rabbit saves owner from house fire

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Sept. 20)  - A pet rabbit is being credited for saving its owners from a house fire in southeastern Alaska before it died of smoke inhalation, fire officials said on Friday.
The rabbit woke up the homeowner early on Tuesday morning by scratching on her chest, the Ketchikan Fire Department said in a statement.
The homeowner realized that the house was full of smoke, woke up her daughter and fled the house.
The fire was brought under control fairly quickly, with four engines, a ladder truck and 33 firefighters responding.
Damage to the house from flames, smoke and water was considered moderate.
While there were no injuries to the mother or daughter, the rabbit was not so lucky. The animal succumbed to smoke inhalation and did not survive, the fire department said. - Reuters

Facebook lets users tell life stories

SAN FRANCISCO (Sept 22, 2011) — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday unveiled transformed profile pages that let members of the world's leading online social network tell the stories of their lives. Zuckerberg kicked off Facebook's annual f8 developers conference in San Francisco by introducing "Timeline" pages designed to let people digitally map everything they've ever done. "The heart of your Facebook experience, completely rethought from the ground up," Zuckerberg said. "Timeline is the story of your life." He demonstrated by showing his revamped profile page chronicled his experiences from meeting US President Barack Obama to baby photos. "The biggest challenge was to tell the story of your life in a single page," Zuckerberg said. "What Timeline does is show all the recent activity and then as you go back in time it starts summarizing the things you've done in your life." He also said the latest changes at Facebook include a new class of applications that will let people discover and share music, movies, books and other news as well as seemingly lightweight experiences like bicycle rides. "I am excited about what the latest wave of music companies is doing with the open graph," Zuckerberg said. Software apps made by more than a dozen developers, including Spotify, will let Facebook members share, discover and listen to music, he added. "It's a big day for everyone who loves music," Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said after joining Zuckerberg on stage. — AFP

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