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    InToon.com: Keefe Editorial Cartoons
    20 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    TITLE: Captain Schettino PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 KEYWORDS: schettino, italy, capsize, cruiser, costa, concordia Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • BBC America Greenlights Season 3 of Idris Elba’s ‘Luther’

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    27 Jan 2012 | 3:44 pm
    Idris Elba poses in the press room with the Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television award for "Luther" at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills *BBC America has committed to co-produce and air a four-episode third season of the Idris Elba-led “Luther” this year reports The Chicago Tribune. The UK’s BBC One greenlit a third season a few months ago, the question remains when in 2012 they will actually get around to filming them, reports Dark Horizons. Though…

  • Boko Haram's campaign of violence

    CNN.com - World
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:14 pm
    Over the last month, Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has carried out multiple bombings and shootings across the north of Nigeria; hundreds of people have been killed. What's behind the attacks and why do some think they will only get bolder?

  • 'Moon rocks' made here: tranquillityite discovered in Western Australia

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    Birger Rasmussen, ARC Australian Professorial Fellow at Curtin University
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:08 pm
    By the time the Apollo Program ended in 1972 it had cost NASA roughly US$170 billion dollars (in today’s terms). It was seen as a waste of money by some, but almost 40 years since the launch of Apollo 17, we are still seeing significant returns on the investment. Among the most significant of those returns is the valuable information the lunar landings provided about our moon and, in turn, the planet we call home. Have you seen my rock collection? Prior to the Apollo missions, knowledge about the moon was limited to remote sensing, modelling and speculation. It was unclear what the moon was…

  • Gingrich: A variant on a drinking game

    The Best Defense
    Thomas E. Ricks
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:10 am
    Every time the grandiose one says the word "frankly," slap yourself in the forehead. In my experience, it is a verbal tic that means he probably is stretching the truth -- and knows it. (Another of his tics is the word "fundamental" -- every time he does that, grab your crotch. Before he does.)
 
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  • Italy cruise ship survivors offered $14,400 each

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:51 pm
    Passengers on the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship are to be offered a compensation lump sum of 11,000 euros ($14,400) each, the Italian Association of Tour Operators said in a statement Friday.

  • Deaths rise in Syria; U.N. Security Council holds talks

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:09 pm
    Thousands took to the streets in a Damascus suburb Friday for a funeral procession for a man they say was killed overnight as violence spawned by anti-government protests continues in Syria.

  • Brazil search of collapsed buildings intensifies

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:32 pm
    Brazilian rescuers intensified their search for victims in the rubble of three collapsed buildings in Rio de Janeiro Friday, though they are yet to find any survivors.

  • Boko Haram's campaign of violence

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:14 pm
    Over the last month, Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has carried out multiple bombings and shootings across the north of Nigeria; hundreds of people have been killed. What's behind the attacks and why do some think they will only get bolder?

  • Police: Car bomb targets funeral in Baghdad

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:30 am
    A suicide car bomber targeted a Shiite funeral procession in the Iraqi capital Friday, killing 31 people and wounding 60 others, two police officials said.
 
 
 
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  • Cops Arrest 4 in Tabloid Bribery Probe

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:39 am
    UK police arrest police officer, Sun journalists, as part of inquiry into bribery by tabloid

  • 8 Sea Lions Found Dead, Apparently Shot

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am
    WA wildlife officials: 8 sea lions found dead in recent weeks, all apparently shot

  • Cruise Ship Fuel Removal Stalled

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am
    Rough seas force delay in start of fuel extraction from grounded cruise ship off Tuscany

  • 'Annoying Orange': YouTube to TV

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:05 am
    The Annoying Orange features a bunch of fruit who tell crude jokes and try to escape death by knife. It's now had a billion views on YouTube, and the Cartoon Network has bought the rights to turn it into a TV series.

  • Crow-Killing Group Faces Backlash

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:04 am
    A group of fanatic bird killers in Germany known as "the Crowbusters" has been waging a war on the birds with military-grade weapons and crusader-like zeal. But their stated reasons for massacring these "feathered vermin" are unfounded, and their bloodthirstiness has irked even some hunting groups.
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    In Focus

  • All-Request Photos: Aurora Borealis, Blue Frogs, Spacewalks ...

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:39 am
    Yesterday I decided to try an experiment: I solicited reader requests for news photos. I asked people on Twitter and Google+, "Would you like to see a good photo of a particular subject? A high-res version of a photo you've already seen somewhere else? A photo from a particular photographer or event? If I have access and can find it, I'll try to post it" (details). The response was great, the subject matter was varied, and the task of finding the images and composing this entry was great fun. Images ranged from massive solar flares to tiny insects, taken in places from Thailand to outer…

  • The 2012 Australian Open

    25 Jan 2012 | 10:11 am
    The 100th edition of the Australian Open tennis tournament is currently underway in Melbourne. Players from all over the world have been competing in the heat of the Australian summer, hoping for a win -- this year's singles champions will take home $2.4 million dollars (U.S.). Matches are progressing today into the semifinals, with the final matches to be played on January 29. Collected here are some colorful glimpses of the 2012 Australian Open. [34 photos] Roger Federer of Switzerland serves to Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during their men's singles quarter-finals match at the…

  • Salvaging the TK Bremen

    24 Jan 2012 | 8:04 am
    Just over a month ago, the TK Bremen, a Maltese-registered cargo ship, ran aground high on Kerminihy beach in Brittany, France, during a severe storm. The TK Bremen weighed over 2,000 tons, measured 109 meters (330 ft), and was carrying more than 220 tons of fuel oil -- which immediately began leaking. Inspections were made, and the damage was deemed too severe to repair, so salvage and scrapping operations began. The surrounding dunes are part of a nature reserve, so workers took extra precautions as they offloaded the fuel oil, tore the ship apart, and trucked away the pieces. At a cost of…

  • Chinese Lunar New Year 2012

    23 Jan 2012 | 9:32 am
    Today marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year 2012, the Year of the Dragon. One of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, the dragon signifies good fortune and power. In the Chinese astrological cycle, this year is also associated with the element of water, which makes 2012 the Year of the Water Dragon -- an emblem of optimism and growth that comes around only once every 60 years. People around the world are ushering in this auspicious year with displays of fireworks, family get-togethers, temple visits, and street festivals. Collected below are images from several countries where…

  • Inside the Wreck of the Costa Concordia

    20 Jan 2012 | 9:06 am
    One week ago the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off Isola del Giglio, Italy. Of the more than 4,200 aboard, 11 have been confirmed dead, 21 remain missing, and hopes of finding any more survivors are fading quickly. Rescue operations were called off earlier today amid fears the ship could quickly slip and sink deeper during worsening weather conditions. Captain Francesco Schettino remains under house arrest as investigators work to determine exactly what happened, and who was at fault. Rescue workers have spent the past seven days rappelling from helicopters, scaling the hull,…
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  • It Gets Better, the Lady Gaga music video [video]

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:14 pm
    In collaboration with the LGBT community of Madison and the It Gets Better Project, Colton James Boettcher created this music video to reach out to all of you who feel you’re suffering, all alone, just for being who you are. His words speak most clearly, so we’ll hand the stage over to Boettcher himself: As most of us know, growing up isn't easy. Countless young people are faced with daily tormenting and bullying, causing them to feel isolated and alone. This is an especially harsh reality for LGBT kids and teens, who often hide their sexuality for fear of bullying. In many…

  • Mr. Tea offers up one tough beverage

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:22 pm
    Who says tea’s for wimps? Nobody, thanks to the Mr. Tea tea cup by Matt Jones, which comes complete with a cup sporting the requisite bling, golden sugar cubes and stirrer, and a cute Mr. Tea sticking out of the top. They’re currently sold out, but check back to the website if this is something you simply can’t live without. Pity the fool who prefers coffee. (Aw, c’mon, you knew it was coming.) Full story at Best Week Ever via The Mary Sue. That’s some sweet tea. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • See the world as a shrimp views it

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:34 pm
    Have you ever wondered how other animals view the world? A team of researchers from the University of Bristol has created a specialized camera that allows us to see things as reef-dwelling animals do. Project leader Shelby Temple, a researcher at Bristol's Department of Biological Sciences, will take his colleagues to the Lizard Island Research Station off the coast of Queensland to capture images of the Great Barrier Reef and how critters there visually experience their environment. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a…

  • FBI wants to monitor social networks

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:33 pm
    Although posting an image onto Facebook of yourself swinging from a chandelier may not be a wise decision, I think we can all agree that posting photos of yourself with the $8,000 you just robbed from a convenience store is incredibly stupid. There's certainly been no shortage of foolish criminals being nabbed after logging on to social media sites to boast of their crimes, so it's natural that law enforcement agencies have been upping their efforts to monitor these websites. But just in case state and local agencies don't spook criminals into wising up, maybe the feds can. Full story at…

  • Your privacy on Google: don't panic, do think

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:30 pm
    Alarming news arrived this week about your privacy online. Your Gmail messages, your YouTube viewing habits, the Google Maps directions your Android phone provides and numerous other online activities will get fed into a giant algorithm that shapes the search results you see on Google -- as if one company were seizing control of all those products! Except that one company already owns all those products. You might expect "don't they already do that?" reactions to Google's announcement Tuesday that as of March 1 it would combine data collected through its separate apps to refine search and…
 
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  • Joe Paterno's complicated legacy

    Susan Greenbaum
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:02 pm
    ntos including flowers, beads and pom poms hang from former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's name near his statue in front of Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. Thursday. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma) Hour 1 Following two days of public viewings attended by students, alumni, sports icons, government officials, dignitaries and fans, former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was buried on Wednesday. His death on January 22 came just two months after the University's trustees dismissed him as head coach amid criticism that he failed to respond to a report of child sexual abuse…

  • Cursing & public discourse: Have we gone too far?

    Susan Greenbaum
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    A sign discouraging public vulgarity in Virginia Beach, Va. (AP file photo) Hour 2 Mayor Nutter recently turned a few heads after he used some choice words when responding to the senseless murder of three Philadelphia teenagers.  The award-winning ABC sitcom Modern Family also found itself in a little bit of hot water thanks to an F-bomb dropped by a toddler.  Meanwhile the Supreme Court has begun debating whether or not policing profanity and nudity on broadcast television makes sense in the cable era. From offices, to grocery stores and sporting events, it seems there are very few places…
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    The Conversation

  • It's time to reassess Australia Day ... and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

    Robin Tennant-Wood, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Government at University of Canberra
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:31 pm
    Australia Day: cricket, beaches, prawns on the barbie, beer and a good dose of sunburn; a bit of jingoistic flag-waving, citizenship ceremonies and the conferring of awards to our most outstanding citizens and unsung heroes. It all sounds harmless enough. A good family day out and warm fuzzy feelings of patriotism. A darker history, however, is always lurking at the edges of this anniversary and it is a foolish politician who tries to diminish or discard that history. Yesterday’s protest in Canberra, resulting in the rushed evacuation of the Prime Minister and opposition leader from an…

  • Orchids sheds light on the secrecy surrounding intersex

    Sheila Jeffreys, Professor of Sexual Politics at University of Melbourne
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:22 pm
    The documentary, Orchids: my intersex adventure, aims to reduce the secrecy and shame in which intersex people have been forced to spend their lives. It relates the story of filmmaker, Phoebe Hart, who, along with her sister, Bonnie, has a genetic condition now referred to as AIS, or Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, which is a form of intersexuality. Previously, those with this condition were referred to as hermaphrodites. The Hart sisters have male chromosomes and both had their undeveloped testes surgically removed at puberty. They appeared to be female at birth as a result of the male…

  • Cooling the urban heat island with more reflective roofs

    Dominique Hes, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture at University of Melbourne
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:21 pm
    Can a whiter roof make your home cooler? What about your whole city? The existing literature and theory suggests that increasing the albedo – or reflectiveness – of a building will reflect incoming sun light and associated heat, reducing the building’s cooling requirements and also reducing the “Urban Heat Island” effect. The City of Melbourne recently commissioned our team to look into whether these claims hold true for Melbourne’s climate. The urban heat island (UHI) effect refers to the phenomenon whereby a metropolitan or built up area is significantly warmer than its…

  • 'Moon rocks' made here: tranquillityite discovered in Western Australia

    Birger Rasmussen, ARC Australian Professorial Fellow at Curtin University
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:08 pm
    By the time the Apollo Program ended in 1972 it had cost NASA roughly US$170 billion dollars (in today’s terms). It was seen as a waste of money by some, but almost 40 years since the launch of Apollo 17, we are still seeing significant returns on the investment. Among the most significant of those returns is the valuable information the lunar landings provided about our moon and, in turn, the planet we call home. Have you seen my rock collection? Prior to the Apollo missions, knowledge about the moon was limited to remote sensing, modelling and speculation. It was unclear what the moon was…

  • Minister for Small Business? More like the Minister for Nothing

    Evan Jones, Honorary associate, Department of Political Economy at University of Sydney
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:49 pm
    In December 2011, Prime Minister Julia Gillard reshuffled her ministry. Naturally, senior Cabinet posts and significant demotions attracted attention. Unnoticed was that small business received a new minister: Senator Mark Arbib. What do small business ministers do? Typically, nothing. The ministry appears now as a token sop to small business. It doesn’t help that such ministers also have other responsibilities. Senator Arbib is also Assistant Treasurer, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Minister for Sport. Small business will struggle for attention with this schedule. The…
 
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    Strombo

  • Hey, That's A Cool Website!

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:05 am
    Our weekly roundup of some of the best destinations on the world wide web continues. Thanks to everyone who offered up suggestions this week for sites we can share with our readers. If you have any must-visit URLs you think we should check out, let us know by posting a comment below, adding your thoughts to our Facebook page at facebook.com/strombo or tweeting @strombodotcom with the hashtag #HeyThatsACoolWebsite. Cllick on the images below to visit the sites in question. 1. The Selvedge Yard http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/ What makes for a kickass website? A collection of generally…

  • Upcoming Guests - Week of January 30, 2012

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:28 pm
    January 30, 2012 David Frum Remember the phrase 'Axis of Evil'? Well, that's David Frum. No, he's not the axis of evil - but he did the coin the phrase while working as a speech writer for George W. Bush back in 2002. Those four words cemented David's position as an important voice in Conservative American politics. Throughout his career, David has positioned himself as the smart conservative's conservative. And there's no disputing the smart part. He graduated from Yale, then Harvard Law. He worked for The National Review and, now, as a contributor to The Daily Beast and CNN. He's a…

  • SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Our First Female Film Director

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:32 pm
    So who was Canada's first female auteur director? Her name was Nell Shipman, and as Sarah Gadon, star of 'A Dangerous Method' and the upcoming 'Cosmopolis', explains, Nell was quite the powerhouse.

  • THE LIST: After The Holocaust

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:42 pm
    Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, and last night on our show, comedian Alex Nussbaum took a look at some of the more unexpected treatments that event has received in popular culture:

  • Shawn Atleo: The Complete Interview

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:07 pm
    Shawn A-in-chut Atleo was on the program last night talking about his meeting with Prime Minister Harper and the future of First Nations in Canada. There was a lot more thought-provoking and important conversation between George and Shawn than we could fit into the broadcast. Here's the full interview.
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    The Big Picture

  • 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:13 pm
    For the first time ever, young athletes gathered Jan. 13-22 in Austria for the Winter Youth Olympic Games. The event began with traditional opening ceremonies for more than 1,000 competitors from more than 70 nations. Ranging in age from 14 to 18, they competed in the 15 core events held at the Olympic Games. Keep an eye out for the names you see here, as they may appear again in Sochi, Russia, during the XXII Winter Olympics in February 2014. -- Lloyd Young (29 photos total)The flag bearer from Austria, Tamara Grascher enters the stadium during the opening ceremony of the first Winter Youth…

  • Egyptians gather in Tahrir Square to mark anniversary of uprising

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:05 pm
    A massive demonstration of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo today to mark the anniversary of the uprising that eventually led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak. Political divides are still in force with liberals and Islamists differing on their visions for the future of the country. Mubarak is now on trial for complicity in the deaths of protesters. The uprising in Egypt last year was one of the initial protests of what is called the Arab Spring, which has included the slaying of Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy and the ongoing protests in Syria. -- Lloyd Young (31 photos…

  • Lunar New Year 2012

    23 Jan 2012 | 1:31 pm
    The lunar new year is celebrated throughout the world, but especially in Asia when the lunisolar calendar ticks off a new cycle. This year is the Year of the Dragon on the Chinese zodiac, and is viewed as very auspicious. In China, the holiday is known as 春节, the Spring Festival, and kicks off 15 days of celebration. It also triggers the largest human migration in the world, as hundreds of millions of Chinese trek to see families. Gathered here are images of the preparation for the holiday, the travel scene in mainland China, and celebrations in many parts of the world.

  • Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival 2012

    20 Jan 2012 | 4:48 pm
    The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival has been held since 1963, interrupted for a number of years during the Cultural Revolution until it was resumed in 1985. Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang province, in northeastern China. It is nicknamed "Ice City" and aptly so for winter January temperatures that average minus 18 degrees Celsius, under the influence of the cold winter wind from Siberia. The festival officially starts January 5th and lasts one month, although exhibits often stay open longer, weather permitting. Harbin is one of the world's four largest ice and snow…

  • Costa Concordia cruise ship runs aground off coast of Italy

    18 Jan 2012 | 12:12 pm
    The search continued for those still missing after the Costa Concordia luxury cruise ship smashed into a reef off the coast of Giglio, Italy, and partially sank last weekend. Eleven deaths were confirmed on Tuesday. The ship’s captain, Francesco Schettino, has been accused of manslaughter by prosecutors after he left the ship before all passengers were evacuated. -- Lloyd Young (34 photos total)A rescuer being lowered on the cruise liner Costa Concordia on Jan. 18 that ran aground in front of the harbor of the Isola del Giglio (Giglio island) after hitting underwater rocks on January…
 
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    Slate Articles

  • Middle Age Is Just a Story We Tell Ourselves

    June Thomas
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:15 am
    Listen to Episode 4 of Slate’s new podcast, The Afterword:

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  • The Longform Guide to Saturday Night Live

    Max Linsky
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:05 am
    Every weekend, Longform shares a collection of great stories from its archive with Slate. For daily picks of new and classic nonfiction, check out Longform or follow @longform on Twitter. It’s tough to find much in-depth coverage from the early days Saturday Night Live. It took a few years for reporters to realize what a fantastic soap opera was unfolding behind the scenes and what massive stars many of those involved would become. Here are some of our favorite SNL pieces ever written, including three about life on set and three about cast members who went onto bigger (or, in one case,…

  • All Day Pajamas, Boisterous Debates, and Fixing the Oscars

    Anna Weaver
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:45 am
    “The Pajama Manifesto: Wear them to work. Wear them to the store. Wear them everywhere,” by Farhad Manjoo. We’ve come a long way since the days of getting arrested for wearing pajamas in public, and that’s a good thing, Manjoo argues. Today, the bedtime attire is seen everywhere from the grocery store to movie premieres. Now if only we looked good in them.

  • The Mystery of the Puerto Rican Voter

    Sasha Issenberg
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:31 pm
    ORLANDO, Fla.—Starting a caravana in Orlando is no easy business. A few cars bedecked with flags bearing the name of a local candidate may gather in a shopping-center parking lot, but when they turn out onto the public streets other cars are slow to join the procession, as they do across Puerto Rico in the days before an election. There, caravans are part of a broad political pageant in which party colors—blue for the pro-statehood party, red for pro-commonwealth—seem to wash over every inch of available surface area on the island, from murals to neckties. That flair travels to the…
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    ProPublica: Articles and Investigations

  • Ernie Lopez to Face Charges Again

    ProPublica
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:59 pm
    by A.C. Thompson A Texas district attorney has decided to re-try an Amarillo man on charges that he sexually assaulted a six-month old girl, just days after the state’s appeals court threw out his 2003 conviction. ProPublica, PBS “Frontline,” and NPR examined the case against Ernie Lopez last year, raising questions about the soundness of the medical evidence used against him. The appeals court ruled that Lopez had received ineffective counsel because his lawyer failed to challenge testimony by the medical examiner and other prosecution witnesses that the child’s…

  • By the Numbers: Life and Death at Foxconn

    ProPublica
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:09 am
    by Lois Beckett An investigative series by the New York Times and a performance piece by Mike Daisey featured on This American Life have put the spotlight on Foxconn, the Taiwanese company whose massive Chinese factories manufacture some of the world's most popular consumer electronics. As well as working with companies like Dell, Motorola, Nokia and Hewlett-Packard, Foxconn assembles popular Apple products like the iPhone and iPad. Here's a quick look at what we know about Foxconn. (The company disputes workers' accounts of abusive conditions. In a 2010 company report, Foxconn said it…

  • Podcast: SOPA Opera

    ProPublica
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:51 am
    by Minhee Cho When popular websites like Wikipedia and Reddit decided to blackout their pages last week in protest of SOPA, otherwise known as the Stop Online Piracy Act, the controversial bill got thrown to the forefront of public discussion. The problem was, as ProPublica's Dan Nguyen soon realized, it was extremely difficult to find information on where members of Congress stood on the bill. "When I set out to look up information I was disappointed at how hard it was to really find much," Nguyen said. "Part of it is just the way information in general is organized for our government. It's…

  • Drive-by Scanning: Officials Expand Use and Dose of Radiation for Security Screening

    ProPublica
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am
    by Michael Grabell We're seeking anyone who has had personal experience with certain X-ray devices. Please see the bottom of the story for information on how you can contribute. U.S. law enforcement agencies are exposing people to radiation in more settings and in increasing doses to screen for explosives, weapons and drugs. In addition to the controversial airport body scanners, which are now deployed for routine screening, various X-ray devices have proliferated at the border, in prisons and on the streets of New York. Not only have the machines become more widespread, but some of them…

  • Dems Governors’ Gathering Gets Big Bucks Selling Prime Spot Next to Gov. Cuomo

    ProPublica
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pm
    by Cora Currier New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will spend this weekend discussing infrastructure projects at the Democratic Governors Association's winter policy meeting. The meeting will focus on public-private partnerships, and Cuomo is the big draw, a rising star who just unveiled a massive infrastructure fund for the state. He's also the event's big fundraising draw, luring the "private" in "public-private." The Wall Street Journal and New York Times obtained a letter from a lobbyist to prospective corporate donors, offering them a spot on the panel with Gov.
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  • Fw: O.K. we did it, so you even can prove God

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am
        From:   Thomas van Kesteren Sent:  Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:13 PM To:   nieuwsdienst@anp.nl  ;  ireport@cnn.com  ;  online@dw-world.de  ;  info@rnzi.com  ;  sedoc@vatiradio.va  ;  promo@vatiradio.va  ;  Altrecht Informatiecentrum  ;  kerkbriefkamerik@hotmail.com  ;  stadhuis@woerden.nl Subject:  O.K. we did it, so you even can prove God       From:   Thomas van Kesteren Sent:  Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:29 AM To:   nieuwsdienst@anp.nl …

  • St Thomas

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:19 am
    As I was leaving St Thomas I stopped to take a picture of this quiet beach that is so close to the aiport you can swim and sunbathe while watching the planes take off and land.

  • Charlize Theron;) Baby

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:14 am
    Tell me on Oscars Ceremony can I have a little "brzuszek" at my age:) Kisses Thomas Von Treider Gott. Wysłane z iPhone'a

  • O.K. we did it, so you even can prove God

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:13 am
        From:   Thomas van Kesteren Sent:  Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:29 AM To:   nieuwsdienst@anp.nl  ;  ireport@cnn.com  ;  online@dw-world.de  ;  info@rnzi.com  ;  sedoc@vatiradio.va  ;  promo@vatiradio.va  ;  Altrecht Informatiecentrum  ;  kerkbriefkamerik@hotmail.com  ;  stadhuis@woerden.nl Subject:  O.K. we did it, so you even can prove God    

  • NASA Guys.

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:11 am
    Whole Solar system was invented created and built only by me:) This is a trap for Your Friends Guys. I know every single element of This system. Cheers. Thomas Von Treider Gott. Wysłane z iPhone'a
 
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    WSJ.com: What's News US

  • As Economy Posts Growth, Worry Lingers

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:15 am
    The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 18 months in the fourth quarter, but underlying weak demand pointed to slower growth in coming months.

  • More Fined in Greenlight Case

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:43 am
    The FSA fined a former compliance officer at Greenlight Capital £130,000 for insufficient oversight in the sale of Punch Taverns shares ahead of a planned equity raising. A J.P. Morgan Cazenove employee was also fined.

  • Delta Weighs a US Air Deal

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:37 am
    Delta Air Lines is studying US Airways as a possible acquisition target as U.S. carriers prepare for a new round of consolidation.

  • Greece Edges Toward Debt Deal

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:13 am
    Greece and its private-sector creditors appeared to edge closer to a long-awaited agreement over a €100 billion debt write-down on government bonds.

  • Ford Motor Profit Lifted by U.S. Sales, Tax Gain

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:49 am
    Ford reported a record fourth-quarter profit on a one-time tax allowance, though slower sales in Europe, growing pains in Asia and heightened competition at home signaled greater turbulence ahead.
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  • Commentary: We can't ignore North Korean suffering

    The Kansas City Star (C.W. Gusewelle)
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:40 am
    If North Korea's unending economic failures did not exact so great a price in lives ? more than 1 million deaths from starvation in the '90s, with a repeat of…Click to Continue »

  • Commentary: Taking the 'Red Scare' off the law books

    The (Tacoma) News Tribune (Peter Callaghan)
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:02 am
    Last week's hearing on Washington state House Bill 2251 didn't take long, a few minutes to explain that it was a simple bill to repeal a law ruled unconstitutional nearly…Click to Continue »

  • Commentary: Is GOP wary of Newt going rogue?

    The (Raleigh) News & Observer (Jim Jenkins)
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    Fellow Republicans are fretful indeed these days, with the race for the presidential nomination having turned into what a few commentators have called a "circular firing squad." The question, after…Click to Continue »

  • Holocaust survivor shares his story on Remembrance Day

    McClatchy Newspapers (Emily Seagrave Kennedy)
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:03 pm
    Holocaust survivor Henry Greenbaum, 83, has made it his life's work to tell his story of survival to whomever is willing to listen, in order to prevent anything like it…Click to Continue »

  • 4th-quarter growth rate disappoints, but sentiment picks up

    McClatchy Newspapers (Kevin G. Hall)
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:56 am
    The lower-than-expected annualized growth rate of 2.8 percent reported Friday for the final three months of 2011 raises doubts about the strength of the U.S. recovery and concerns that 2012…Click to Continue »
 
 
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    Los Angeles Times - Top News

  • California high court backs panel's new state Senate districts

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Even if a GOP-backed proposal to scrap the new plan qualifies for the November ballot, the map produced by a citizens commission is 'clearly the most appropriate' for the election, the court says.The California Supreme Court decided unanimously Friday that candidates for state Senate this year should run in new districts drawn by a citizens commission, a plan that may give Democrats a two-thirds majority in the upper house.

  • California orders hike in number of super clean cars

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    The state's air board issues new rules to automakers as part of its effort to cut greenhouse gases.California, long a national leader in cutting auto pollution, pushed the envelope further Friday as state regulators approved rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and put significantly more pollution-free vehicles on the road in coming years.

  • California bill seeks to limit detention of arrestees facing deportation

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Legislation would counter Secure Communities program by limiting local law enforcement's role in holding people for immigration authorities.A bill being drafted by a state legislator would limit local law enforcement from holding arrestees on behalf of immigration authorities seeking to deport them.

  • Clamor grows to rein in California pension benefits

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Gov. Jerry Brown pledges to cut spiraling costs, but key parts of his rollback plan apply mainly to future workers. Activists want quicker action.Gilbert Robles retired as a state parole agent at age 53, able to collect a $101,195 annual pension — 94% of his final salary. Last year, six months after he retired, the Arcadia resident accepted a political appointment with the same agency that pays an additional six figures.

  • U.S. may rely on aging U-2 spy planes longer than expected

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    The Pentagon has proposed delaying a plan to replace the U-2s with RQ-4 Global Hawk drones because of Defense Department cutbacks.Wars have come and gone. But for more than half a century, the CIA and U.S. military have relied on a skinny sinister-looking black jet to go deep behind enemy lines for vital intelligence-gathering missions.
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    GroundReport.com

  • Prominent Hindi writer, poet Dr.Agnishekhar rejects JK state award

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:49 am
    Jammu, January 28 (Scoop News) –     Prominent   Hindi writer, poet and thinker, Dr.Agnishekhar today rejected state award, saying he is tired of the current government and does not want their honor. Addressing a press conference in Jammu today Dr.Agnishekhar said that “I reject the Best Book Award carrying a cash reward of  Rs. 51,000/-, a memento and a shawl to be conferred on my fourth poetry collection “Jawahar Tunnel”  by the State Academy of Art, Culture and Languages as a mark of protest against the…

  • SSRB blatantly tampers with history of J&K

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:14 am
    Jammu -Instead of filling vacancies in a transparent manner the state Service Selection Recruitment Board (SSRB) is busy scripting new history of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir Independent Press (KIP), said in a news bulletin on Friday.  Already under attack from various quarters for committing series of irregularities in the selection list of Naib Tehsildar examination, handpicking kin of influential people right under the nose of honest and upright Chief Minister Omar Abdullah SSRB has now been accused of tampering with the history of Jammu as well, said in a KIP news bulletin…

  • Calcutta Book Fair 2012

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:41 am
    The 36th Calcutta Book Fair was inaugurated on Wednesdayafternoon (Jan.25) by the chief minister of Bengal Mamata Banarjee at Milon Mela off Eastern Metropolitan Bypass.Italy is the focal theme at Book Fair 2012. Each year the organizer of the fair Publishers and Book Sellers Guild selects a Theme Country and authors from that country are invited to read excerpts and discuss their works. The biggest book fair in Asia, the annual Calcutta Book Fair is a popular cultural event in the city that attracts publishers,writers, buyers and book lovers from all over India and aboard.The fair now not…

  • Health Ministry Has Temporarily Suspended The Using And Selling Of Pakistan Made Cardiac Drug

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:24 pm
    The Sri Lankan Health Ministry has today(27) temporarily suspended  the selling and using of  Drug imported from Pakistan "Isosorbide Mononitrate" 20mg which used to prevent Angina Attacks after more than 100 Heart Patients in Lahore ,Pakistan were reported as died after administering  the said drug.   This drug reported as imported to Sri Lanka from several  trade names is a widely used drug among cardiac patients.   The Pakistani Health Authorities suspended the "Isosorbide Mononitrate" 20mg Drug which the Lahore Government Hospital was purchased from a small…

  • On This Day: Paris Peace Accords Signed, Ending American Involvement in Vietnam War

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:06 pm
    On Jan. 27, 1973, delegates from the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam and the Vietcong’s Provisional Revolutionary Government signed the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, which instituted a ceasefire in the Vietnam War and called for the withdrawal of American troops. The Paris Peace Accords Preliminary peace talks between the United States, its ally South Vietnam and their enemy North Vietnam began in 1968 under the administration of President Lyndon Johnson. The talks were unproductive and bogged down by a debate over the shape of the negotiating…
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    Newsweek Top News

  • The Truth Talker

    Christopher Dickey
    25 Jan 2012 | 5:30 am
    Can Christine Lagarde steer Europe and America away from the brink of the next Great Depression?

  • The Religion-Intensity Gap

    Peter Beinart
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    And what of the Jewish vote?

  • Dim-Witted Technocrats

    Niall Ferguson
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    We need a wonk in the White House. Too bad the ‘experts’ are so often politically clueless.

  • Presidential Beer Test

    Paul Begala
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Mitt’s problem isn’t that he’s rich. It’s that he can’t seem to relate to voters who aren’t.

  • Death on the High Seas

    Eve Conant
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Thinking about booking a cruise? The crew may be unprepared.
 
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    Latest News - UPI.com

  • Republican primaries schedule and results

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am
    By United Press International The following are the dates for the 2012 Republican presidential primaries and their results. All are Tuesdays unless otherwise noted:

  • Outrage over bonus for RBS chief

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:07 am
    LONDON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Politicians and labor leaders went on the attack Friday over the bonus awarded the head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, mostly owned by the British government.

  • Bedwetting may be due to constipation

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:57 am
    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Bedwetting isn't always due to a bladder issue -- constipation is often the culprit -- U.S. researchers found.

  • Babies show 'intuitive physics' evidence

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:57 am
    EVANSTON, Ill., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Intuitive physics occurs in infants as young as 2 months -- the earliest age at which testing can occur, U.S. researchers suggested.

  • Suspect in Philly killing arrested in NYC

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:41 am
    PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A suspect in a Philadelphia killing was arrested Friday in New York and could become a suspect in the shooting of a potential witness, police said.
 
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    The Guardian World News

  • Senior Republicans: don't alienate Latino voters with immigration attacks

    Conal Urquhart
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:24 am
    Florida senator Marco Rubio and former governor Jeb Bush warn Republican frontrunners not to use 'inexcusable' languageSenior Republicans, including the brother of the former president George Bush, have warned their party to avoid using "harsh, intolerable and inexcusable" language about illegal immigration or risk alienating Latino voters.The Florida senator Marco Rubio and former governor Jeb Bush made their appeal before Tuesday's primary which is being contested by Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.The Republican frontrunners clashed over illegal immigration in a debate earlier this week.The…

  • Liverpool v Manchester United | Scott Murray

    Scott Murray
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:04 am
    • Email nice things to scott.murray@guardian.co.uk• Hit F5 for the latest, or use the auto-doofer• Click here for live scores and fixturesOur first friendly message of the day comes courtesy of my learned colleague Jacob Steinberg, via the medium of That Twitter: "As a goodwill gesture towards Manchester United, Liverpool start with Andy Carroll."Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)Manchester United: De Gea, Rafael Da Silva, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Valencia, Welbeck, Park.Subs: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Berbatov, Hernandez, Fabio Da Silva, Michael Keane,…

  • Archbishop of York: don't legalise gay marriage

    Conal Urquhart
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:47 am
    Dr John Sentamu says government should not alter centuries-old social structures, but rights campaigner accuses him of being 'religious authoritarian'The government should not overturn centuries of tradition by legalising gay marriage, the archbishop of York has said.Dr John Sentamu, the second most senior bishop in the Church of England, said the church did not object to the introduction of civil partnerships in 2004, but that marriage should only be between men and women."If you genuinely would like the registration of civil partnerships to happen in a more general way, most people will say…

  • NHS 'faces peril' if reform plans are derailed

    Conal Urquhart
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:27 am
    Group of 50 GPs managing health services through clinical commissioning groups say they are 'already improving services'The NHS could be "in peril" if the government's plans to overhaul it are derailed by doctors and nurses' organisations, a group of GPs piloting the reforms has warned.The health secretary, Andrew Lansley, has proposed that the management of hospitals and budgets in England is reformed by allowing doctors rather than managers to control health services and budgets.The British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nurses and the Royal College of Midwives oppose the reform,…

  • News International offices searched as four more men are arrested

    Josh Halliday, Lisa O'Carroll
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:37 am
    Serving police officer among four arrested under Operation Elveden investigation into payments to policeFour men, including a serving police officer, have been arrested in connection with Scotland Yard's investigation into payments to police officers by journalists.Police are also carrying out searches of the News International offices in Wapping, east London, and the homes of the four people.A 29-year-old serving police officer was arrested at his place of work in central London on suspicion of corruption and misconduct in public office. The officer, of the Met's territorial policing unit,…
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    - News RSS Feed

  • Two remanded over decapitated body

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:48 am
    Two brothers have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man whose decapitated body was found on fire.Related StoriesFerdinand receives bullet in the post'I wouldn't ruin my life to nick a couple of quid'Pensioner 'killed' boy in BulgariaEscaped prisoner back in custodyPoliceman arrested in hacking probe

  • Policeman arrested in hacking probe

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:44 am
    A serving police officer and three men have been arrested over payments to police officers in the phone-hacking inquiry.Related StoriesFerdinand receives bullet in the post'I wouldn't ruin my life to nick a couple of quid'Pensioner 'killed' boy in BulgariaEscaped prisoner back in custodyTwo remanded over decapitated body

  • Skinner to become father at 55

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:11 am
    Comic Frank Skinner has revealed he is to become a father - at the age of 55.Related StoriesBuoyant Starbucks gets set to open franchise stores in UK'Mutual decision' as Harry Styles and Caroline Flack go separate waysHollywood star Uggie hangs up his skateboardShowbusiness's last secret: actors who daren't leave the closetRussian billionaire leads a London bookshop revolution

  • UN calls on Libya to control prisons

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:16 am
    The UN's top human rights official said yesterday that Libya's transitional government must take control of all makeshift prisons to prevent further atrocities against detainees. Related StoriesKenyan minister resigns after charges over election violence'Free' Libya shamed by new torture claimsResults reveal Kabila as victorEgypt slaps travel ban on NGO staff

  • Archbishop warns against gay marriage

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:05 am
    Ministers should not overrule the Bible by allowing same-sex marriage and David Cameron would be like a "dictator" if he lets homosexual couples get married, the Archbishop of York has said.
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    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines

  • New world order

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:14 am
    Victoria Azarenka is the new world No.1 after thumping Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open women's final.

  • 'We're on the way up'

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:56 pm
    Michael Clarke says his team’s 4-0 series sweep of India has sent a message to the superpowers of world cricket.

  • Demi 'smoked something'

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:16 pm
    Actress Demi Moore suffered convulsions after smoking an undisclosed substance, 911 tape reveals.

  • Unionist the go-between

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:12 pm
    Labor figure Kim Sattler told protesters of Abbott's whereabouts on Australia Day.

  • PM's staffer set off protest

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:06 am
    PM's official admits disclosing the whereabouts of Tony Abbott prior to protest incident in Canberra.
 
 
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    Global Voices » Weblog

  • Guatemala: Former Dictator Efraín Rios Montt Questioned for Genocide

    Renata Avila
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:20 pm
    Human rights activists feared that the presidential victory of former general Otto Perez Molina would mean a step backwards in transitional justice in Guatemala. However, this week, two landmark events have given clear signs that Guatemala's fragile democracy is maturing. On January 26, the Guatemalan Congress ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, allowing the international tribunal to prosecute any human rights abusers if Guatemala fails to do so; the same day, after years of being shielded by parliamentary immunity, former de facto President Efraín Rios Montt…

  • Singapore: Corruption Scandal in Least Corrupt Nation

    Kirsten Han
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:26 am
    Over the Chinese New Year, the news broke that the heads of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) are being investigated by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), sparking plenty of conversation about corruption in a country that has been consistently ranked as one of the least corrupt in the world. Director of the CNB, Ng Boon Gay (pictured right), was arrested on December 19, while Chief of SCDF, Peter Lim (pictured left), was arrested on 4 January 2011. Both men are currently out on bail, pending further investigations. They are being…

  • China: Not Worried About Twitter's Decision to Self-Censor

    John Kennedy
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:50 am
    Twitter's announcement Thursday that the site will begin censoring content according to the relevant laws, regulations and policies of each country in which it has users was followed not only by American netizens, but discussed as far away as China. Although Twitter remains blocked in China, the site's Chinese-language users, an assorted bunch, moved quickly to source people to translate [zh] the company's statement and figure out what it might mean—a Twitter.cn, for example, or, as Ai Weiwei wonders, if the time has come to move on in search of a new platform with more respect…

  • Zambia: When Wikipedia Entry “Kills” a President

    Gershom Ndhlovu
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:25 am
    On the morning of 22 January 2012, Zambians woke up to a statement from State House rebuking news websites for spreading a rumour that President Michael Sata had been assassinated. From the look of things, a lot of Zambians had not seen the story on any of the usual new websites. The State House released a statement denying that the President had been assassinated. Part of the statement issued by President Sata’s spokesperson, George Chellah stated: STATE HOUSE is saddened with the malicious, sadistic and unfounded story, which is circulating that His Excellency Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata,…

  • Myanmar (Burma): Betwixt and Between

    Onnik Krikorian
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:27 am
    The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees considers the situation of between 110-150,000 Burmese refugees located in camps on the border with Thailand as one of 29 protracted refugee situations globally. And, according to East Asia Forum, there are also an additional 1.5-2 million refugees in Thailand and represent the ‘visible side of human rights abuse.' Ruled by a military junta from 1962 to 2011, Burma, known locally and by the United Nations as Myanmar, has often been accused of violating human rights and the forcible relocation of civilians. Although an ostensibly…
 
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    Environmental News Network

  • Nanotechnology Safety Strategies Need Improvement

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    According to a report released by the National Research Council (NRC), human and environmental safeties of nanomaterials remain uncertain despite the spending of billions of dollars in nanotechnology research and development over the past ten years.

  • Headed for Surgery? Hold the Protein

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:52 am
    Fast before surgery. That's a common recommendation doctors give patients to ensure a safe procedure. Now a new study in mice suggests that the advice may have benefits beyond the operation itself: Extensive presurgical fasting appears to protect organs from postsurgical damage. Although preliminary, the finding builds on evidence that short-term starvation helps the body guard against stress and may be a useful medical tool.

  • Scientists reveal how females store sperm for decades

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:43 am
    Scientists have discovered that all sorts of females – from birds to reptiles to insects – have a nifty trick to prolong the lifespan of sperm, letting them store it for weeks, months or even years on end. They found that females do this by lowering the metabolic rate of sperm, so it can survive in their bodies almost indefinitely.

  • Fructose Effects

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:02 am
    Fructose, or fruit sugar, is a simple monosaccharide found in many plants. It is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose, that are absorbed directly into the bloodstream during digestion. Fructose is generally regarded as being 1.73 times as sweet as sucrose. Fructose is a common sweetener used in many products such as soda as a result. There is now some new research evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk is present in the blood of adolescents who consume a lot of fructose, a scenario that worsens in the face of excess belly fat.

  • The Era Of Cheap Water Is Over: Deloitte

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:50 am
    Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) today launched the Water Tight 2012 report, which explores the future of the global water sector in the year ahead. The report examines how major global trends such as population growth, increasing economic development, and urbanization, coupled with the changes in climate patterns, underscore the importance of effective public policy and private sector water stewardship in managing this finite and shared resource. The growing demand for water is making conservation and efficient use central issues, particularly as governments, utilities, and the…
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    WND

  • 'Public is really fed up with politicians'

    -NO AUTHOR-
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:19 pm
    WASHINGTON – Missouri Rep. Todd Akin says people in his state are fully fed up with Washington, and he’s getting a lot of positive responses to an anti-Washington campaign on which he’s embarked. The interview: He’s seeking the Republican nomination to challenge longtime Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill later this year. “One of the things we’re hearing consistently is the public is really fed up with politicians,” he said in an interview with Greg Corombos of Radio America for WND. He said he gets a lot of interest in the types of things he would push in…

  • Defense cuts alarming, congressman says

    -NO AUTHOR-
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:19 pm
    WASHINGTON – A congressman who is on the House Armed Services Committee says the fire that the U.S. military is taking right now is alarming. But it’s “friendly fire,” that is, budget cuts made by Washington. The interview: “The volume of the cuts is incredible,” he told Greg Corombos of Radio America in an interview for WND. “We had already taken a 10 percent cut across the entire defense department.” But now he says another 10 percent cut is looming. “The information we’ve gotten tells us the effects of the first 10 percent cut. Twelve…

  • Expert: Obama comparing apples, oranges

    -NO AUTHOR-
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:18 pm
    The senior editor for Americans for Limited Government says Barack Obama is comparing apples to oranges when he talks about the number of jobs being created and the status of the economy. The interview: In an interview with Greg Corombos of Radio America for WND, Senior Editor Robert Romano says he’s concluded that not only is Obama’s total wrong, it’s misleading. He explains that one part of a Bureau of Labor and Statistics report says the private sector created three million jobs over a time period. But in looking at the report’s broader results, that probably was…

  • 'Gay' marriages put on Romney's shoulders

    Michael Carl
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:17 pm
    BOSTON – A pro-family activist says that while Mitt Romney was the Massachusetts governor, from 2004 through 2006 the contender for the GOP presidential nomination handed out more than 500 one-day certificates for individuals to perform homosexual marriage ceremonies. Author and analyst Steve Baldwin says that the numbers are real, even though the records are scarce. “He likely issued a similar number of the permits in both 2004 and 2006, but the state records for these years are not easily available. One-day marriage certificates are permits issued to a couple allowing them to…

  • Count Mexico among deadly failed states

    -NO AUTHOR-
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:13 pm
    Editor’s Note: The following report is excerpted from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin, the premium online newsletter published by the founder of WND. Subscriptions are $99 a year or, for monthly trials, just $9.95 per month for credit card users, and provide instant access for the complete reports. WASHINGTON – Mexican president Felipe Calderon has lost the war against drug cartels for control of his nation, and the candidates for next July’s presidential election have all but surrendered to the drug lords already, creating a failed state on the U.S. border and undermining…
 
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    The Belgravia Dispatch

  • Brzezinski on Execution of the Asia "Pivot"

    18 Jan 2012 | 1:14 pm
    Just by way of a quick follow up regarding the post immediately below, I did want to post this snippet from last weekend's "Lunch with the FT" feature, with Zbigniew Brzezinski. He states: I push him further on Obama. Shortly before our lunch, the president returned from Australia where he announced plans to deploy 2,500 Marines there to shore up alliances in Asia. This is exactly the kind of move that baffles Brzezinski. What’s wrong, I ask, with Obama’s so-called pivot to Asia? Doesn’t it make sense to wind down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and shift attention to the rising east?

  • Donilon's Missing Word

    4 Dec 2011 | 7:09 am
    (Updated Below) Perhaps it is because I am writing this from Beijing, but I found it odd that this Tom Donilon (President Obama’s National Security Advisor) op-ed in a recent FT entitled “America is back in the Pacific and will uphold the rules” has not a single explicit mention of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) and/or the word “China” (save embedded within the obligatory reference to the South China Sea). Odd because really the entire piece reads rather like a thinly veiled warning shot to the PRC that the U.S. still ‘means business’ in the Asia Pacific region,…

  • In-House Update

    19 Oct 2011 | 10:26 pm
    Occasioned by the recent mini-flurry of blogging activity below, I thought providing a brief update about the future of this site might be merited. I have been remiss in doing so for far too long and meaning to apologize to any regular visitors. As most of you have probably concluded, varied commitments have conspired these past several years allowing virtually no time to post here. These factors include family, professional development obligations, and perhaps more than anything, an exceptionally demanding work and travel schedule. Indeed, given the dearth of fresh content posted on-line…

  • OWS: October 13th, 10:53 PM

    13 Oct 2011 | 11:30 pm

  • Occupy Wall Street: An Early Assessment

    8 Oct 2011 | 6:27 am
    I stumbled on the initial Occupy Wall Street protest by accident back on its first day of September 17th walking through the financial district in lower Manhattan. While the group seemed quite inchoate and far smaller than the 20,000 thousand or so initially advertised, I’d been intrigued by the solidarity Occupy Wall Street had expressed with protest movements in Spain or even revolutionary episodes such as the pivotal events in Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the early days of the Arab Awakening. I overheard that day some bemused onlookers who may have been low-level financial sector…
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    amnestyusa.org

  • Guatemala: Former head of state’s trial for genocide one more step against impunity

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
    A former Guatemalan head of state will face trial on genocide charges over massacres of thousands of mostly Mayan villagers in 1982 and 1983. January 27, 2012 International  read more

  • Mexico: Migrants making dangerous journey through Mexico ‘desperately need socks’

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am
    A new Amnesty International campaign highlights the plight of thousands of Central American migrants travelling across Mexico each year. January 26, 2012 International A thought-provoking new campaign by Amnesty International highlights the plight of thousands of Central American migrants travelling across the region every year by calling for donations of a particular, humble item of clothing. When Amnesty International asked migrants what one thing they would take if leaving the country, the answer was: ‘socks’.   read more

  • Bahrain’s use of tear gas against protesters increasingly deadly

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am
    The Bahraini authorities must investigate reports of more than a dozen deaths following the security forces' use of tear gas. January 26, 2012 International Bahrain must investigate more than a dozen deaths that followed the misuse of tear gas by security forces, Amnesty International has said after another person was seriously injured by a tear gas canister in Manama this week. On Tuesday, 20-year-old Mohammad al-Muwali was seriously injured and hospitalized after being hit in the head by a tear gas canister launched by riot police responding to an anti-government protest in the capital…

  • Libya: Deaths of detainees amid widespread torture

    26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    Amnesty International delegates in Libya have uncovered widespread torture and ill-treatment of suspected pro-al-Gaddafi fighters and loyalists. January 26, 2012 International Several detainees have died after being subjected to torture in Libya in recent weeks and months amid widespread torture and ill-treatment of suspected pro-al-Gaddafi fighters and loyalists, Amnesty International said today.Amnesty International delegates in Libya have met detainees being held in and around Tripoli, Misrarah and Gheryan, who showed visible marks indicating torture inflicted in recent days and weeks.

  • Olympics ethics chief: London 2012 committee ‘apologists’ for Dow chemicals

    26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    London 2012 ethics chief tells Amnesty International why she quit her role on Olympic commission over Dow's connection to the 1984 Bhopal disaster. January 26, 2012 International When sports fans and athletes arrive in London this summer to celebrate the Olympic Games, the victims of a gas leak disaster that happened on a winter night in central India almost 30 years ago are unlikely to be at the forefront of their minds.But today’s resignation of Meredith Alexander, the Olympic Games’ ethics commissioner, may prompt Olympic visitors to take a second look at the plastic wrap that will…
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    Fast Company

  • Artists: SoundExchange Has Free Money For You, No Nigerian Princes Involved

    Austin Carr
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:05 pm
    Since its inception, SoundExchange, the organization that collects royalty payments from digital music services like Pandora, has brought in more than $900 million--$292 million of which it collected last year alone. But how much of a cut does SoundExchange take for itself? Nothing, other than for operating and administrative costs. SoundExchange is a non-profit that's rapidly growing to become one of the most important organizations in the music industry. For many labels, it's the No. 2 source of digital revenue only behind iTunes. And for president Michael Huppe, it's now more important…

  • This Week In Bots: Roboplayers, Robodancers, Robowarriors, And The Delicate Ethics Of Robosex

    Kit Eaton
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:40 pm
    Would you love your Roomba more if it had rat-like whiskers? How about if it saved people's lives in post-disaster situations? Yeah, us too.RobohockeyTeaching robots to play sports is a clever way to advance the science of robotic movements, environment sensing, and artificial intellgence all in one swoop. That's because a game or sport has a predetermined set of rules so it's simpler than the "real" world. Enter UPenn's Design of Mechatronics Students with their robotic hockey players. [youtube 7njq2hFbw14]See how instructive programming those little beasts must've been? They're not…

  • Jon Rubinstein, Force Behind TouchPad, WebOS, Leaves HP: "We Ran Out Of Runway"

    Austin Carr
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:23 pm
    Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm and the man behind WebOS, has left HP.It's hard to imagine that only about 19 months ago, HP acquired Palm for $1.2 billion. In that short span, HP embarked on an aggressive plan to produce smartphones and tablets running WebOS--before deciding to kill that original strategy due to poor sales, spin off its PC business, change CEOs, and radically pivot toward acquiring enterprise services company Autonomy for $10 billion. Now Rubinstein joining a slew of recently departed executives--including Phil McKinney and Richard…

  • Spotify Growing By 8,000 Subscribers Per Day, More Than Netflix, Sirius XM

    Austin Carr
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:19 pm
    Spotify just hit 3 million paying subscribers, the Financial Times reports. That may sound like an impressive milestone for the popular on-demand music service, but how impressive is it really? Only about 64 days have elapsed since Spotify announced it reached 2.5 million subscribers in November. That means 500,000 users have signed up to pay for the service in that time--or, from another perspective, a back-of-the-envelope calculation reveals that 7,000 to 8,000 users are subscribing to Spotify each day, on average. And remember: These are global statistics from a service that has been…

  • Rubinstein Leaves HP, Twitter Can Block Tweets By Country, Cook Defends Apple On Worker Standards

    Nidhi Subbaraman
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:41 pm
    Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.Jon Rubinstein Leaves HP. Rubinstein, formerly of Apple and then lead at Palm during its efforts to rival the iPhone, is leaving HP. It's being spun as simple fulfillment of contractual agreements, signed when HP bought Palm. But with the killing-off of HP's Pre smartphone and tablet efforts, a disorganized decision process about webOS and news that Jon has no current plans a different conclusion can easily be drawn. --HP--Updated 1:30 p.m. ESTApple TV Buzz: OLEDs And Remote Controls. The freshest leaks about Apple's…
 
 
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    ITN Headlines

  • Extreme tattooing: Meet Mexico's 'Vampire Woman'

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:39 am
    Mexican lawyer Maria Jose Cristerna has become known as Mexico's "vampire woman" for her almost total body modificaions.Related StoriesFrench police arrest PIP implant bossPIP implant boss released on bail

  • Demi Moore 911 call released

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:29 am
    A 911 phone call has been released, featuring friends of actress Demi Moore calling an ambulance for the "semi-conscious" star.

  • Handshakes abandoned at Chelsea QPR tie

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:08 am
    The traditional pre-match handshakes between the players of QPR and Chelsea were cancelled at their FA Cup tie on Saturday.

  • Denise Welch wins Celebrity Big Brother

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:34 am
    Loose Women star Denise Welch was "lost for words" after being crowned the winner of Channel 5's Celebrity Big Brother on Friday night.

  • Azarenka wins Australian Open

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:23 am
    Victoria Azarenka has claimed her maiden grand slam title at the Australian Open, in a win that propels her to the top of the world rankings.Related StoriesMurray through to semi-finals in AustraliaMurray out of Australian Open
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  • Deception Diet: How Optical Illusions Can Trick Your Appetite

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:12 am
    Everything from the size of your plate to the color of your food may be telling you to eat more than you actually need. The good news is you can use psychology to your advantage, if you learn a few tricks of the trade.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Why New Photo ID Laws Mean Some Won't Vote

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:24 am
    Most Americans use photo IDs daily. And their driver's license — perhaps the most common form of government-issued photo ID — has become indispensable. So what's the big deal about new laws requiring a government-issued picture ID to vote? Some who have always voted, but can't in 2012, explain.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • 'Battling Was Won': Romney Gets Boost In Fla.

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:18 am
    After his second-place finish in the South Carolina primary, Mitt Romney arrived in Florida armed with money and organization. With three days until the primary, Romney's recent debate performances and an endorsement from Puerto Rico's governor are part of his campaign's growing momentum.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Mexican Community Takes Taboo Stance On Guns

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:16 am
    In Mexico, where criminals are armed to the teeth with high-powered weapons, it may come as a surprise that the country has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the world. One community has begun to ask if it's time to make guns easier to obtain legally so they can defend themselves.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • The Smart Politician's Guide To Avoiding Scandal

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:15 am
    If you're a politician, you don't have to engage in any kind of wild or outlandish behavior to become the talk of the Internet and cable news. To spare politicians further embarrassment, we have prepared this list of do's and, mainly, don'ts.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us
 
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  • The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:32 pm
    The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke Journalists Kati Marton and David Rohde and historian Gordon M. Goldstein assess the late Richard Holbrooke's legacy in a discussion moderated by Roger Cohen of the New York Times. Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:30:00 -0800 Location: New York, NY, Asia Society, Asia Society Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2011/11/28/The_Unquiet_American_Richard_Holbrooke

  • Amitav Ghosh and Jonathan Spence

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:15 pm
    Amitav Ghosh and Jonathan Spence Novelist Amitav Ghosh and historian Jonathan Spence discuss China and India's relationship over the centuries and the 19th-century Opium Wars, which form the backdrop to Ghosh's new novel, River of Smoke. Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:00:00 -0700 Location: New York, NY, Asia Society, Asia Society Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2011/11/03/Amitav_Ghosh_and_Jonathan_Spence

  • Robert Barnes: The Future of the EU and Global Markets

    26 Jan 2012 | 1:24 pm
    Robert Barnes: The Future of the EU and Global Markets After the largest financial crisis in the history of the capital markets, what changes do we need to promote liquidity recovery? As authorities world-wide seek a safe framework within which we can behave as entrepreneurs, what insights can Equities offer Over-The-Counter markets andvice-versa?Investors and Exchanges empowered with choice of on-and-off-orderbook mechanisms, dark and light, will innovate electronic trading to diversify by geography and asset class. Come and learn the bold ideas shaping the new landscape.For download and…

  • Richard J. Evans: The Scramble for Africa

    26 Jan 2012 | 1:16 pm
    Richard J. Evans: The Scramble for Africa In the early 1880s, informalimperial expansion gave way to formal imperial acquisitions. Between this pointand the outbreak of the First World War, more colonial territory was acquiredby European states than in the previous three-quarters of a century. New statesentered the business of imperialism, notably Belgium,Germany and Italy. Sofierce was the competition that in 1884 an international congress was held in Berlin to establishdemarcation lines between the new colonial possessions. The Scramble forAfrica extended in fact to other parts of the globe…

  • Nassim Taleb: The Predictability of Unpredictability

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    Nassim Taleb: The Predictability of Unpredictability Renowned academic and author Nassim Nicholas Taleb discusses his groundbreaking ideas and their relevance to the current economic crisis, national policy making and other topics with Rohan Silva, senior policy advisor to the British Prime Minister. Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:43:00 -0800 Location: London, England, The RSA, RSA Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2011/12/01/Nassim_Taleb_The_Predictability_of_Unpredictability
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  • Your Ideas, Your NATO

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:06 am
    Policy Workshop Competition: We are excited to announce our newest policy workshop! We want you to tell us your ideas for promoting NATO values, building partnerships, and engaging members in the Smart Defense initiative. Winners receive a cash prize and a trip to Berlin to present their ideas to policymakers!

  • Hungary: A Test Case for EU Relevance

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:22 am
    Jack Abraham Yves Bicker: The diplomatic turmoils surrounding domestic politics in Hungary are a chance for EU institutions to define their effectiveness at a moment of significant flux. They also confirm that a potentially consolidated EU could be a strong and valued partner in a continuing transatlantic alliance.

  • Confronting Pakistan's Fears

    25 Jan 2012 | 4:14 am
    Marno de Boer: Pakistan's foreign policy is driven by two security concerns that need to be addressed before it will be on board with any lasting solution for peace in Afghanistan. The US must establish a regional treaty that deals with both Afghanistan's relations with India and Pakistan's fear of Pashtun nationalism.

  • "Softer" Touch Needed to Battle al-Qaeda Offshoot

    24 Jan 2012 | 2:48 am
    James M Bridger: Western states have recently increased support for the regional governments fighting al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. However, a more coordinated "soft power" approach is required to address this security threat tactfully and effectively.

  • Renewable Energy as an Incentive for Peace

    20 Jan 2012 | 2:29 am
    Keri Elise Majikes: The US can eliminate Iran’s incentives for developing nuclear technology without becoming militarily involved by creating an economic agreement that establishes Iran as a leader in renewable energy. Such an agreement would be less expensive than a military operation against Iran.
 
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  • THE VANESSA REDGRAVE THEORY

    Robert Butler
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:54 pm
    ~ Posted by Robert Butler, January 27th 2012 In a blog post last week we noted how Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, was giving mothers-in-law a good name. An example of the opposite can be seen at the movies. Listen to the New Yorker on Vanessa Redgrave's performance as Volumnia in "Coriolanus": "Every mother-in-law joke you've ever heard, along with every Oedipal fantasy, is distilled into this formidable figure..." Critics have called Vanessa Redgrave's performance "magnificent" and "one of the best of her career", yet she hasn't been…

  • MARS TO WITHIN A METRE

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:55 am
    In his new column, The Music of Science, Oliver Morton looks forward to a new era of exploration on Mars, the only other planet on which humans might plausibly live ...   read more »

  • BEEF STROGANOFF WITH DEPTH

    Simon Hopkinson
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:25 am
    Stove notes: Simon Hopkinson recommends a dusting of paprika, a spoonful of sour cream and some fresh tomatoes ...   read more »

  • W.G. SEBALD'S MENTAL WEATHER

    Simon Willis
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:29 am
    ~ Posted by Simon Willis, January 26th 2012 When I left the office the other afternoon for a screening of a new documentary, the sky was grey and overcast: good weather for watching any movie, perfect for one about W.G. Sebald. His book "The Rings of Saturn" (1995 in German, 1998 in English) records a walk he took around East Anglia in 1992, during which the author meditates on everything from herring fishing to the Holocaust. Darkness is always falling in Sebald's books, or clouds casting a shadow or "veils of mist" drifting in from the sea. Grant Gee's excellent new…

  • IRAN'S CHANCE OF AN OSCAR

    Robert Butler
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:32 pm
    ~ Posted by Robert Butler, January 25th 2012  read more »
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    The Best Defense

  • Parsing the new promotion list for Army 2 stars: There are some good signs here

    Thomas E. Ricks
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:51 am
    By Douglas A. Ollivant Best Defense department of Army-ology Determining the state of cultural change in the Army is not an exact science. However, if you believe, as I do, that "personnel are policy," then who the Army selects as its next generation of senior leaders is an important -- even critical -- indicator. This is not to say that reading any particular promotion list is a clear lens into the inner workings of the Army -- far from it. I once memorably heard it said that interpreting messages from any one promotion list is akin to the old Sovietology of trying to determine who…

  • Obama is on top on foreign policy issues, but unfortunately Americans don’t care

    Thomas E. Ricks
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:34 am
    This is the first presidential election in many decades, I think, in which the Democrats have the upper hand in foreign policy and national security. I have only dim memories of the 1964 campaign, but I recalls Lyndon Johnson having an advantage over Barry Goldwater in that area. Hard to remember that now, in light of how badly LBJ handled the Vietnam War in the following four years. Ironically, Obama is likely only to get a small boost in votes for this, because -- just a bit more than a decade after 9/11 -- Americans frankly don't give a damn about foreign policy, Scarlett. By a 81 to 9…

  • Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week: Memorial for first female handler KIA

    Thomas E. Ricks
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:31 am
    By Rebecca Frankel Best Defense Chief Canine Correspondent On January 12, a bronze plaque was unveiled in front of the kennels at Fort Belvoir bearing the facility's new name: "Sgt. Zainah "Caye" Creamer Military Working Dog Kennels." It was a year ago to the day that Sgt. Creamer succumbed to wounds she sustained in Afghanistan after her unit was attacked by an insurgent's IED. She was the first "female working dog handler to be killed in action during the Iraq or Afghanistan wars." Sgt. Creamer and her detection dog Jofa had deployed to Afghanistan in October…

  • The Air Force chief's 2012 reading list: A C+ for book selection, but overall a B+

    Thomas E. Ricks
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:14 am
    By Lt. Col. Thomas Cooper, USAF Best Defense aviation literature correspondent Earlier this month the Air Force released the Chief of Staff of the Air Force's (CSAF) Reading List (CSAF). One of the non-flying things I've looked forward to in the past 16 years of my Air Force career is the CSAF's list. Ever since the first one from General Ron Fogleman in 1996, the list has presented books about the Air Force and its history that I've never heard of. Sadly, when I opened up this year's list, there were no books that I hadn't already heard of or enough that reached back into Air Force heritage…

  • Gingrich: A variant on a drinking game

    Thomas E. Ricks
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:10 am
    Every time the grandiose one says the word "frankly," slap yourself in the forehead. In my experience, it is a verbal tic that means he probably is stretching the truth -- and knows it. (Another of his tics is the word "fundamental" -- every time he does that, grab your crotch. Before he does.)
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    To The Center

  • Teen succeeds in removing prayer from school

    Robert Kirchgassner
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:50 pm
    A Rhode Island teenager has won a suit removing prayer from her high school. Jessica Ahlquist, 16, filed a lawsuit against Cranston High School on Jan. 11 to remove a prayer which has hung on the school auditorium for 49 years. US District Court Judge Ronald Lagueux issued a ruling Wednesday that the prayer’s presence at the school was unconstitutional. He ordered its immediate removal as well as legal fees paid to the plaintiff. Ahlquist, an atheist, has angered her mostly-Roman Catholic community of Cranston since the ruling. She has reportedly received death threats online and has been…

  • Obama talks college costs in Michigan

    Jessica Pedersen
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:49 pm
    At the University of Michigan, President Barack Obama spoke of his plan to reward colleges that keep their tuition controlled with more federal aid and his plan to make college affordability a top priority. According to The Wall Street Journal, his stop in Ann Arbor, Mich., was an organized government event, the last stop on a 3 day, 5 state tour to promote the ideas President Obama talked about in his State of the Union address. Obama’s plan to deal with spiraling higher education costs was announced in the State of the Union and it specifically targets the aspects of income and…

  • Car bomb kills 31 people in Baghdad

    florahackett
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:39 pm
    A car bomb killed dozens in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Friday. The bomb was targeted at Shiite funeral in the Zafaraniya district and according to early reports by the BBC, killed 31 and injured at least 60. According to CNN officials stated that the bomb went off while mourners were on the way to a nearby hospital to retrieve the bodies of three individuals who had been shot the night before. The car bomb is another indication of violence  in the wake of the US troops withdrawal Dec. 18 and the political crisis that has ensued since.  Seventeen people were killed in violent attacks…

  • US economy grows just 2.8 percent in late 2011, falling short of estimates

    Daniel S Levine
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:41 am
    The US economy grew just 2.8 percent in the last quarter of 2011, according to a new report released by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis on Friday. The report shows that the GDP fell short of 3 percent growth, which many economists and government officials had predicted. According to the report, the real gross domestic product, which shows the rate of goods and services produced in the US, grew at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in 2011′s fourth quarter. This is up from the third quearter, when the real GDP grew by only 1.8 percent. While growth did fall shy of…

  • ‘Barefoot Bandit’ Colton Harris-Moore to be sentenced

    Daniel S Levine
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:15 am
    Colton Harris-Moore, the 20-year-old man who was nicknamed the ‘Barefoot Bandit,’ will be sentenced Friday in a Seattle federal court room for the series of crimes that lead to an international manhunt in 2010. According to CNN, Harris-Moore plead guilty last year to charges of piloting without a license, stealing an airplane, burglarizing a bank and possessing firearms while a fugitive from the law. He also plead giuilty in December to 33 state charges for residential burglaries, identity thefts, a firearm theft, a car theft, attempting to elude a police vehicle and other…
 
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  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 01/22

    22 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    This week on Face the Nation, Republican front runner Newt Gingrich joins Bob Schieffer. The morning after the South Carolina primary, Bob Schieffer also talks to two key southern Republicans -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MI) -- about what the results will mean for the GOP moving forward.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 01/17

    17 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Presidential candidate Rick Santorum tells Bob Schieffer why he thinks Mitt Romney is just a part-time conservative; Also, Newt Gingrich responds to questions about negative ads against Romney, and why he believes he is the GOP candidate that can defeat President Obama; And, Remember the old adage, "Think before you speak"? Bob Schieffer offers an update for the age of social media.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 01/08

    8 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    General Martin Dempsey and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta speaks with CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer on the reorganizing of the U.S. military and the application of sanctions against Iran. Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona discusses the current state of Iraq and his endorsement of Mitt Romney. Also, Schieffer talk about how the internet is redefining politics.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 01/01

    1 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    The volatile Republican presidential race in Iowa will come down to which way an enormous chunk of undecided voters breaks in the coming days. With the first-in-the-nation voting of the 2012 race for the White House looming Tuesday, CBS's Bob Schieffer reports that it's still anyone's race to win.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 12/25

    25 Dec 2011 | 1:00 pm
    In an annual Face the Nation year-end tradition, CBS News correspondents make fearless predictions on the year ahead. This year, CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer was joined by a panel of correspondents covering Washington, the economy and the world for a review of 2011 and a look at what's to come in 2012. The predictions spanned from the economy, to the Middle East and what will happen after next year's election.
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    The Next Women - Business Magazine

  • She Takes on the World Founder Natalie MacNeil's TEDx Talk: Women are the Largest Block of Untapped Catalysts for Tomorrow

    She Takes On The World
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    She Takes on the World Founder Natalie MacNeil’s TEDx Talk about women as the largest block of untapped catalysts for tomorrow and how we can empower women to change the world.

  • Your First Step Into The World Of Social Media Marketing: Listen to Your Customer

    Paul Writer
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Are you hesitating with your social media strategy, unsure of where to start? You are not alone! In this interview David Alston, CMO of Radian6, explains how listening to what your customers are saying to, and about, your company is the best first step to take. PW: ln our recent survey, social media was seen as the next big thing for marketers with 41% stating that they would be looking at it in 2012.  Yet, many organizations hesitate.  What is the mindset change required within an organization to succeed with this medium? DA: If companies are feeling overwhelmed and don’t want to…

  • Lean Startup Creator Eric Ries Packs The House at London Event

    Sabrina Kiefer
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Some 500 people packed the theatre on a recent Monday evening at the Business Leaders Network (BLN) event showcasing Eric Ries, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup. (Well done BLN, and especially Mark Littlewood, who hosted the proceedings and ran the Q&A with aplomb and humour.) This and numerous other packed TLS events in the preceding week in Ireland and the UK showed that Ries’s fame preceded him, even drawing attendees from continential Europe. Much has already been written and said online about the Lean Startup method, and the book is so widely available…

  • How Do I Enter A Room Confidently?

    Heather Townsend
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    I’ve spent a large portion of 2011 helping professionals and business owners become more confident to both stay in to network as well as going out to network. Every time I run a training workshop focusing more on the working the room part of networking, there is normally someone who wants to know how to enter a room confidently. It sounds like a trivial matter to enter a room confidently. Or at least that’s what we try and tell ourselves, when we are beating ourselves up because we still haven’t cracked the secret of confidently entering a room. Let’s be honest, it can be very…

  • Heidi Messer, Co-Founder, Collective[i]: Dream Big, Recruit the Right People, Stay Focused & Execute

    The NextWomen DWEN Interview Series
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Heidi Messer is Co-founder and Chairman of Collective[i]™, a cloud-based business intelligence platform that enables business leaders to answer their toughest questions through big data analysis. Heidi is also Co-Founder and CEO of World Evolved, a global investment and expansion platform. Prior to Collective[i]™and World Evolved, Hiedi and her brother, Stephen Messer, co-founded LinkShare Corporation, which is host to one of the world’s largest online affiliate networks. Heidi and her brother built and managed LinkShare until its sale to Rakuten for $425 million in 2005. Recognized as…
 
 
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    The Faster Times

  • What Apple Isn’t Telling Us About Its Workers

    Elizabeth Grossman
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:43 pm
    Apple’s Supplier Responsibility Report Doesn’t Reveal the Whole Story The morning after President Obama’s State of the Union speech that featured plans for reinvigorating U.S. manufacturing, Marketplace Morning Report asked former Obama Administration economic advisor Jared Bernstein why a company like Apple doesn’t create more jobs in the U.S. “Well,” replied Bernstein, “because the infrastructure for consumer electronics – particularly the assembly for consumer electronics – for many decades has been building up in Asia. And they just…

  • Country-Based Censorship on Twitter Prompts Outcry

    Alex Cacioppo
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:32 pm
    Imagine a global chat room where anyone anywhere can express themselves however they want. It has been in existence for a few years, already, but now picture the administrator of the platform that enables people to share their comments, observations, thoughts, questions, and everything else from all corners arrogating to itself the power to say that — depending on the country of origin — your words may be subject to censorship in that country. Now, both things are happening, and the reaction is not positive. Twitter announced on its blog, “As we continue to grow internationally, we will…

  • Netflix’s Latest, Most-Silent Policy Change

    Lary Wallace
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:12 am
    Netflix’s latest stealth maneuver may just be their most ill-advised yet. More unfair than their recent price changes (which really weren’t unfair at all, considering how the extensive streaming expansion has increased viewing options exponentially), and nearly as pointless-stupid as their decision (quickly aborted, mercifully) to bisect and become two distinct entities (one for streaming, one for discs), this new decision, from what I’ve been able to find, has nonetheless gone unremarked-upon at large. They’ve withdrawn the option you’d had to change your plan mid-month and do the…

  • The Republican Establishment Steps In

    Elvin Lim
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:37 pm
    The Republican establishment is stepping up its attacks against Gingrich. It was coordinated today from a variety of quarters: Bob Dole, Peter Wehner, Tom Delay, William Buckley Jr., and Anne Coulter. The very reason why Gingrich appeals to primary voters is the reason why he will not do well with independents voters in the fall. (And that’s an assessment coming from Anne Coulter.) Gingrich has fire, but placed alongside No Drama Obama, he’s going to look like a very unlikeable candidate. There’s hardly anyone who has worked closely with the former Speaker who has endorsed…

  • Second Republican Florida Debate Liveblog/Recap

    Chas Carey
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:02 pm
    Here we go, folks.  Last debate before the last “early” primary and the stakes couldn’t be higher.  Who won and lost?  What happened minute-by-minute?  Keep mashing refresh to find out. Good evening, team.  Could the stakes be any higher for Romney or Gingrich?  Let’s find out how things are going to go.  I’m sitting here with my colleague Justin Vassallo, once again, as we did so many times before, watching this slog-through. RECAP This was a stupid debate.  A stupid, stupid debate.  Virtually none of the questions were new, and Wolf Blitzer just…
 
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    LA Weekly | News

  • Stopping 2,000 Barking Dogs

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Los Angeles residents who live within hearing distance of an estimated 2,000 chronically barking dogs go through a private hell, with City Hall policies allowing the barking to continue for months. But things might change with a new law, now in effect, to fine dog owners $250 to $1,000 — th...

  • We Open in Venice

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    No more jewelry and trinkets for sale on the east side of the Venice Boardwalk? As Hillel Aron reported last week, the Los Angeles City Council is attempting to force just that, with new rules banning the sale of all art not created by the vendor, among other things ("Venice Boardwalk Trinket Sal...
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    InToon.com: Keefe Editorial Cartoons

  • - Newt on the Media

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    TITLE: Newt on the Media PUBLICATION DATE: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 KEYWORDS: newt, gingrich, media, reporter, republican, campaign, president Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Captain Schettino

    20 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    TITLE: Captain Schettino PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 KEYWORDS: schettino, italy, capsize, cruiser, costa, concordia Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - SuperPac

    12 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    TITLE: SuperPac PUBLICATION DATE: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 KEYWORDS: superpac, election, campaign, president, finance, money, anonymous, republican, democrat Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Independent Trump

    29 Dec 2011 | 2:00 am
    TITLE: Independent Trump PUBLICATION DATE: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 KEYWORDS: trump, independent, election, president, 2012, republican, ego Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Kim Jong Il Dead

    21 Dec 2011 | 2:00 am
    TITLE: Kim Jong Il Dead PUBLICATION DATE: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 KEYWORDS: kim, jong, il, un, north, korea, obit, nuclear, aresenal Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post
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    LA Weekly | Complete Issue

  • Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Thurs., Jan. 26 Six films that are not to be missed are playing on three separate double bills across the city tonight. The Aero is having a night of Stacy Keach with Fat City, John Huston's pain-pulsating boxing drama of...

  • Liam Neeson: Evolution of a Badass

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Click here for Brian Miller's review of The Grey Halfway through last year's rough-and-tumble thriller Unknown, assassins come calling for a man who's suffering from amnesia (...

  • We Open in Venice

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    No more jewelry and trinkets for sale on the east side of the Venice Boardwalk? As Hillel Aron reported last week, the Los Angeles City Council is attempting to force just that, with new rules banning the sale of all art not created by the vendor, among other things ("Venice Boardwalk Trinket Sal...

  • Declaration of War Review

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    The gorgeously scruffy Juliette (director/co-writer Valérie Donzelli) and Roméo (co-writer Jérémie Elkaïm) — yes, the improbability is noted — move from dive-bar love at first sight to proud parents of a newborn boy in the first few minutes of Decl...

  • Stopping 2,000 Barking Dogs

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Los Angeles residents who live within hearing distance of an estimated 2,000 chronically barking dogs go through a private hell, with City Hall policies allowing the barking to continue for months. But things might change with a new law, now in effect, to fine dog owners $250 to $1,000 — th...
 
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    Wildfire Today

  • Simulation of a P-3 air tanker

    Bill Gabbert
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:09 pm
    Simulation of a P-3 air tanker I don’t know if we will ever see another Aero Union P-3 air tanker flying over a fire in the United States, but to refresh your memory, check out this simulation of two P-3s working a fire near Aguanga, California. Wildfire Today - News and commentary about wildland fire

  • Robert Stack in an arson prevention video

    Bill Gabbert
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:31 pm
    Robert Stack in an arson prevention video Remember Robert Stack from The Untouchables, Airplane, Unsolved Mysteries, and, uh, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America? And do you remember when CALFIRE used to be called California Department of Forestry, or CDF?  CALFIRETV recently posted a video of a public service announcement that Mr. Stack made in 1982 about turning in arsonists. Wildfire Today - News and commentary about wildland fire

  • South Dakota state Fire Chief retires

    Bill Gabbert
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:32 pm
    South Dakota state Fire Chief retires The Jasper fire, about 2 hours after it started on August 25, 2000. Photo by Bill Gabbert Joe Lowe, the Director (or Fire Chief) of the South Dakota Division of Wildland Fire Suppression retired on Monday. Joe was the first and so far the only Director of the agency that was formed in 2001. Before accepting that position, he worked in wildland fire suppression in southern California. During most of the decade of the 1990s, there were few large fires in South Dakota. That began changing in August of 2000 when the Flagpole and Jasper fires burned 7,000 and…

  • Neptune gears up for early deployment of their air tankers

    Bill Gabbert
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:12 pm
    Neptune gears up for early deployment of their air tankers Neptune Aviation and Minden Air Corp have been asked by the U.S. Forest Service to have their air tankers available three to four weeks earlier than last year. We first reported on this here and here. Below is an excerpt from a news release about how it affects Neptune. Neptune Aviation Accelerates Air Tanker Readiness For Predicted Early 2012 Wildland Fire Season Neptune Aviation, the largest US private operator of fixed wing aerial tankers, is gearing up for the 2012 fire season through an accelerated maintenance and training…

  • Northern Great Plains Dispatch moves

    Bill Gabbert
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:46 am
    Northern Great Plains Dispatch moves The new Northern Great Plains Interagency Dispatch Center. Photo by Bill Gabbert The Northern Great Plains Interagency Dispatch Dispatch Center was evicted from their facility at the Rapid City Regional Airport. On January 9 they became operational in a brand new building located south of Rapid City adjacent to the new Black Hills National Forest Mystic Ranger District office at 8123 South Highway 16, Rapid City, SD 57702. During most of the decade of the 1990s, there were few large fires in the Northern Great Plains area, which includes western South…
 
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    The Charlotte Observer -- * HP | Breaking News Feed ~ Breaking News

  • Cat resting with a new knee

    bsiceloff@newsobserver.com (Bruce Siceloff)
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:12 am
    A cancer-survivor cat named Cyrano was resting comfortably Friday, with the help of pain meds, after receiving a custom-designed artificial knee during a six-hour surgery Thursday at N.C. State University.Click to Continue »

  • Gambling compact inches toward reality

    jfrank@newsobserver.com (John Frank)
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:12 am
    Two months after Gov. Bev Perdue trumpeted a new gambling compact with the state's Cherokee Indians, live blackjack and poker are inching closer to reality at the tribe's Western North…Click to Continue »

  • Police say student with suspected gun was playing zombie game

    rgallagher@newsobserver.com (Ron Gallagher)
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:12 am
    Two reports this week of possible men with concealed guns on the campus of N.C. State University stemmed from students playing a game called Humans vs. Zombies that has become…Click to Continue »

  • Roadside trees will be lost to billboards

    cjarvis@newsobserver.com (Craig Jarvis)
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:12 am
    Not only will billboard companies be able to cut down many more trees than they could before a new law loosened restrictions, under newly approved rules taking effect in March…Click to Continue »

  • Bus, rail fare hike sought

    sharrison@charlotteobserver.com (Steve Harrison)
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:03 am
    Still struggling with stagnant sales-tax revenue, the Charlotte Area Transit System is seeking a fare increase for bus and light rail - its fourth hike since 2008.Click to Continue »
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  • Yasso launches frozen Greek yogurt smoothie line

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:13 am
    Yasso, the creator of frozen Greek yogurt novelty bars, has launched Yasso Smoothies - an all-natural frozen Greek yogurt smoothie line, in the US. The new product is available in the following flavors - Strawberry Banana, Mango Pineapple and Mixed Berry.

  • Taco Bell launches new breakfast menu

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:35 am
    Taco Bell, a US-based Mexican style quick service restaurant chain, has launched a new breakfast menu featuring 11 menu items across ten states in the US, including California, Arizona, and Colorado.

  • UK unveils new plan to increase exports in emerging markets

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:57 am
    UK Food and Farming Minister Jim Paice has unveiled a new plan – the Exports Action Plan - which could enable UK food and drink companies to boost sales in the emerging markets.

  • McCormick Q4 net income down 1.4%

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:37 am
    McCormick & Company, the US-based manufacturer of flavour products, has reported that its net income fell 1.4% to $131.7m for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011, down from $133.6m a year earlier, due to acquisition-related transaction costs and higher raw material costs.

  • McDonald's launches Chicken McBites in Greater Philadelphia Region

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:10 am
    McDonald's, the international fast food chain, has launched its newest menu addition - Chicken McBites, in the Greater Philadelphia Region in the US.
 
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    News from Scott & White Healthcare

  • Scott & White Healthcare opens new clinic in Leander

    Katherine Voss
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:04 pm
    Scott & White Healthcare has opened a brand new, 12,000+-square-foot family medicine clinic at 1007 South U.S. Hwy 183 in Leander today January 23. Plans for the clinic, which includes primary care physicians, specialty physicians, and physical therapy services, were first announced in April 2011.  A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on Thursday, February 2 at 4:00pm.    Specialty care services include cardiology, psychology, orthopedics, and podiatry.  The clinic features 14 exam rooms, two treatment rooms, on-site X-ray, laboratory services, and a physical therapy…

  • 1/18/12 Update on school bus accident in Little River/Academy

    Scott & White Staff
    18 Jan 2012 | 3:53 pm
    One child and one adult remain hospitalized today in Temple hospitals following a major school bus accident in Little River/Academy on Tuesday. The condition of both patients is critical. Thirty-two patients were brought to Scott & White Hospital – Temple and Children’s Hospital Scott & White after the collision involving the bus and a building materials delivery truck around 7:30 a.m. yesterday (1/17).

  • 4:30 pm update on school bus accident in Little River/Academy

    Scott & White Staff
    17 Jan 2012 | 4:35 pm
    4:30 pm update – Most of the children and adults involved in this morning’s school bus rollover in the Little River / Academy area have been released from Scott & White hospitals in Temple. Thirty-two patients were brought to Scott & White Hospital – Temple and  Children’s Hospital Scott & White. Three children and one adult remain hospitalized at this time. Both Scott & White Hospital – Temple and Children’s Hospital Scott & White are open for normal operations. If that should change, we will make public announcements to the news media and…

  • 11:33 am update on school bus accident

    Scott & White Staff
    17 Jan 2012 | 11:39 am
    11:33 am update – A school bus rollover occurred this morning in the Little River / Academy area on Highway 93. Thirty-two patients were brought to Scott & White Hospital – Temple and the Children’s Hospital Scott & White. As of this report, all patients are being treated, but none has been officially discharged as yet (this corrects earlier information provided in the previous advisory). Twenty-nine children are being treated; five of those children have been admitted, one in critical condition. Three adults are among those being treated, and one of those adults has…

  • Update on school bus accident from Little River

    Scott & White Staff
    17 Jan 2012 | 9:48 am
    9:35am update – Two children have been admitted to the Children’s Hospital, and another 14 are being evaluated and treated. 14 children have been treated and released at Scott & White Hospital – Temple, with one adult being admitted. Concerned families should call 254-724-0016 for information. The hospital remains open and operating while the Emergency Department staff evaluate and treat arriving victims. As the Level 1 trauma center for the region, Scott & White  Hospital – Temple is communicating and coordinating with emergency responders to provide care for…
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  • Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran

    Mike Rivero
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:43 pm
    Pentagon war planners have concluded that their largest conventional bomb isn't yet capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, and are stepping up efforts to make it more powerful, according to U.S. officials briefed on the plan.

  • Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East

    Mike Rivero
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:20 pm
    In response to requests from the U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, the Navy is converting an aging warship it had planned to decommission into a makeshift staging base for the commandos. Unofficially dubbed a “mothership,” the floating base could accommodate smaller high-speed boats and helicopters commonly used by Navy SEALs, procurement documents show.

  • Valkyrie: movie for today’s US military to arrest US War Criminals

    Carl_Herman
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:20 pm
    *hyperlinks and movie scene live at source* Valkyrie opens with the Nazi soldier’s loyalty oath; identical in effect to the 2003-altered US Army Soldier’s Creed: "I will always place the mission first" (as dictated by the leader/fuehrer). The historical hero, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, writes in his diary that Germany has been lied-to by their political leadership, that their creed for peace was a lie to cover offensive wars, that their honorable military engaged in torture and unlawful execution of civilians, and that he could not find the military leadership to confront and end…

  • Ron Paul Villians

    dawson
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:05 pm
    awesome poster and video

  • We are chaos

    StingRay
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:55 pm
    They had to ask? Isn't that the whole name of the liberation game - to break successful regimes down into utter chaos, first by demonizing them, then by pitting neighbour against neighbour? Ordo Ab Chao? Where is the order in Afghanistan after 10 years (Suicide bomber kills 4), Iraq after 8 years (Suicide bomber kills 29 in Baghdad)? Where will it be if Iran - "a cradle of civilization" (VIDEO) - is the next target? Erasing history; cultural genocide; architecture turned to rubble and streets to rivers of blood; murdering the souls of the surviving children. All orchestrated by the so-called…
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  • Facebook will end on 15 march 2012 or not ?

    Dani khan
    9 Jan 2012 | 2:06 am
    This newspaper report is mention something about facebook ending on 15 march 2012. what do you think is that possible news or not because facebook in now social network father with billion Dollars business.

  • Supportive Eye Care Tips

    Dani khan
    4 Jan 2012 | 1:40 am
    By so many of us expenses lots of time in front of the computer every day it comes to no surprise that study is showing a rise in visual harms. What can one do? First, it’s important to find out how you can guard your eyes through eye health exams and by making a few minor changes in your computer viewing practice. Here are some supportive Eye Care Tips - Positioning is the whole thing - Correct positioning of your computer, keyboard and typing duplicate is indispensable. Your screen is supposed to be positioned about an arm’s length from your eyes and 20 degrees below eye level. Regard…

  • Bridge Of Water In Germany

    Dani khan
    4 Jan 2012 | 1:26 am
    Water Bridge in Germany EVER SEEN A WATER BRIDGE? Water Bridge in Germany... What a feat! Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering! This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin. The photo was taken on the day of inauguration. To those who appreciate engineering projects Taking six years to build and costing around half a billion euros, the massive undertaking will connect Berlin's inland harbor with the ports along the Rhine…

  • 2011 New Year Night Celebration at Burj Khalifa with Fireworks

    Dani khan
    31 Dec 2011 | 6:00 pm
    Dubai: New Year at Downtown Dubai as the colours of the UAE national flag lit the night sky and brilliantly draped the Burj Khalifa in an eight-minute fireworks display on New Year Night Celebration. "The New Year's Celebrations 2012 is our tribute to the cosmopolitan spirit of Dubai. The spectacle has reiterated this global city's position as one of the most sought after destinations for New Year's celebrations," Ahmad Al Matroushi, Managing Director, Emaar Properties, said. "The colours and the different kinds of fireworks coming from the water, all the way to the top and all the way down,…

  • 4-Year-Old Model Kristina Pimenova

    rta
    26 Dec 2011 | 4:27 am
    Kristina Pimenova is only 4 years old but she is already  a very well known girl in the fashion industry.
 
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    Odd News | newslite.tv

  • Brits look like Steven Gerrard or Lorraine Kelly

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:34 am
    The average British man has the face of England footballer Steven Gerrard, while Lorraine Kelly is the celebrity most girls resemble, it's been revealed. Liverpool FC legend Gerrard was the typical man in the street’s celebrity look-a-like –- rated by an iPhone app which measures facial contours.The app then uses a complex algorithm to perform high-performance face identification and facial feature recognition before telling users the star they resemble most.The second most commonly matched face belonged to shapely comedian James Corden and then Prime Minister David Cameron.As for…

  • Sandwich recreations of classic artworks are good enough to eat

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:14 am
    A pair of US artists have recreated a series of classic artworks using nothing more than the ingredients for their lunch.Brittany Powell and Tae Kitakata -- who plan to create a new art project every Monday in 2012 -- came up with the idea of replicating the works on a slice of bread.As such the pair spent a morning turning toast into works inspired by the likes of Piet Mondrian, Damien Hirst, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.The Mondrian-esque grid system lunch used rectangles of cheese and a leaf of basil while the spotty Hirst one consists of blobs of mustard and ketchup.

  • Star Wars Uncut becomes unsurprising online hit

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:11 am
    A home-made recreation of Star Wars: A New Hope -- with fans each performing 15 second segments of the movie -- has become an unsurprisingly huge hit online.The movie, which was uploaded to YouTube on 18 January, has already been viewed more than 1.5 million times on the site.The Star Wars Uncut project began in 2009 when Casey Pugh asked thousands of internet users to contribute by recreating scenes however they wanted.In 2010 it won an interactive media Emmy and while the clips have been available online, they have now been put together into a full-length film.

  • Moby Dick printed on four and a half toilet rolls

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:09 am
    A US man has tried to sell a unique edition of the classic novel Moby Dick -- one he spent hours typing onto a four-and-a-half toilet rolls.Going by the eBay username The_Heppcat the man says he typed the 822 page Herman Melville novel onto loo roll as part of a weird wager.Writing on the auction site he said: "My friend and I once joked that toilet paper should have instructions printed on them for certain people."One day, the conversation grew from there and turned into a wager that i couldn't (or wouldn't) be able to type out a novel on toilet paper."Yes, we did have some time on our hands…

  • Snow leopard steals researchers hidden camera

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    Scientists who set up a series of hidden cameras in a remote area of Tajikstan to capture footage of snow leopards were shocked to discover one of their devices had been stolen.But they were even more shocked when they uploaded footage from one the remaining cameras and discovered the culprit was a sneaky snow leopard cub.Researchers from Panthera say camera trap thefts normally occur where jaguars and tigers live in very close proximity to human populations in warm climates."As far as we know, this is the first documented incident of a snow leopard stealing a camera trap… and he or she has…
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    Information Is Beautiful

  • Hollywood budgets – extended deadline

    Alex, Editor
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:59 am
    Well, our Information is Beautiful Awards challenge on movie budgets is proving more popular than a DVD of Juno on a wet afternoon.We’ve had loads of great entries already. And some amazingly creative ideas are popping up.Like, Jermone Cukier‘s explorations of the dollar value of individual features of a plot. He cross-referenced keywords for each movie on IMDb with box office return. The result? A price tag for each plot element.Having an explosion in your film could earn you $150m, he finds. A love triangle $37m. And a psychopath – just $32m. See the list.All this is very…

  • A Taxonomy of Ideas?

    david
    13 Jan 2012 | 6:10 am
    Recently, when throwing ideas around with people, I’ve noticed something. There seems to be a hidden language we use when evaluating ideas. Neat idea. Brilliant idea. Dumb idea. Bad idea. Strange idea. Cool idea.There’s something going on here. Each one of these ideas is subtly different in character. Each adjective somehow conveys the quality of the concept in a way we instantly and unconsciously understand.For instance, a ‘neat’ idea is not the same as a ‘brilliant’ idea. A ‘bad’ idea is not quite the same as a ‘dumb’ idea.But…

  • Hollywood Budgets – A $5000 Data-Viz Challenge

    david
    10 Jan 2012 | 3:46 pm
    This might be our best dataset yet. A massive sheaf of numbers on every major Hollywood film since 2007. Their budgets, review scores, grosses, genres and profits. Just in time for the Oscars in February! We’re challenging people to visualise this data – either in a design or an interactive piece. And, thanks to beloved sponsors Kantar, we’ve got $5000 to give away to the winners.Best of all – you don’t need to be able to design. You can sketch your entry on a napkin.» Check out the challenge at InformationIsBeautifulAwards.com » Check out the data…

  • The Top 21 Albums of 2011 from 120 Top 10 Lists

    david
    2 Jan 2012 | 8:55 am
    All the top-rated albums from all the top top-ten lists visualized. Try saying that with a mouthful of egg-nog. Thanks to Metacritic.com’s awesome data clumping.Here’s nearly all of them on a single Spotify playlist.

  • Information is Beautiful Awards: Shortlist #2

    Alex, Editor
    13 Dec 2011 | 9:46 am
    The second shortlist of amazing entries for the monthly Information is Beautiful Awards challenge is up!Tasks don’t come much bigger than the one we set with the Guardian Datablog – visualizing the financial crisis.But you didn’t let us down.Follow the links to see this month’s selected visualizers - Design challenge - Napkin challenge - Interactive challenge (category debut)If you missed out on entering or being shortlisted this month, fear not! The next monthly challenge will be announced soon.Keep on top of announcements by following our awards on Twitter.
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  • Term Paper Qualities in Research Paper Help

    nice
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:15 am
    Usually, in a term paper writing service, there are no categories of quality which are offered. In other words, it can be said that all term papers sold will have the same quality. Although it is so, there is a thing found to be different in Research Paper Help, a writing company accessible in Researchpaperhelp.org.  The different thing meant here is actually different term paper qualities offered in the service. What is it actually? Let us learn further about it in general. There are actually three different categories of quality offered by Research Paper Help. Those qualities are: Standard…

  • All about HR Management

    nice
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:05 am
    Every organization and business wants to get and retain the qualified employees. They also help them to find the best suited job for them. The connection of human resources and training plays important role to in providing this matter. Human Resource Management is the process of managing people in organizations in a through and structured manner. Interested in what Human Resources managers do? Simply go directly to Explorehr.org because you can get free knowledge, ideas, applicative tools about Human Resources Management, the latest information about their roles, and more. In order to help…

  • Smart Metering Service by Wave2M

    nice
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:03 am
    From time to time, Smart Metering is a type of service used by so many people in order to deal with their financial. The reason is of course because by smart metering, bill monitoring can of course be done. In other words, it can be said that electricity bill can of course be lowered by the help of smart metering technology. When the monitoring shows that there are too many electricity used that the bill should be paid is quite high, later on, the bill can be lowered by reducing the use of electricity. There are many smart metering services can be found in nowadays. One example of it is the…

  • What is a Drop Shipping Wholesaler?

    nice
    19 Jan 2012 | 3:36 pm
    Many people who are having a difficulty finding suitable employment due to the economic circumstances and have discovered that starting their own business is a very profitable way to take care of the situation on their own. Some people start these businesses in their local area, marketing to people who have a need for a service that they can provide. Other people look to the Internet and the opportunities that it provides. For example, you can start a business on the Internet, and as long as you have the right wholesaler by your side, you can be relatively profitable without having a lot of…

  • Enjoying above ground pools

    nice
    16 Jan 2012 | 4:03 pm
    Hi everyone! Do you have had swimming pool liners? If you have pool, there are several things that you simply have to be compelled to think about. Pool cowl is one necessary factor that you simply have to be compelled to think about. It’s vital for you to own the pool cowl. Does one wish to shop for the pool cover? Recently, you’re ready to purchase the poll covers simply since there are some stores that supply the pool covers. There is many kinds of pools covers that you simply are ready to notice simply nowadays. Maybe you want to have above ground pools, there are several stores that…
 
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  • The Moscow Protests, Part 3

    Aglaya Glebova
    31 Dec 2011 | 4:29 pm
    A police officer stands in front of a blocked off Triumfalnaya Square ahead of the arrival of protesters on New Year's Eve in Moscow, Russia. Opposition protesters, organized by Strategia-31, planned to gather in Triumfalnaya Square on New Year’s Eve as part of their monthly protest but arrived to find it closed and surrounded by police. I can’t say I wasn’t warned. Running toward the escalator at the Mayakovskaya metro station, I glimpsed a familiar face out of the corner of my eye. It might be more correct to say that I spotted a familiar figure: an elderly woman in a fur hat, leaning…

  • Consider the Lobstermen

    Jesse Dukes
    31 Dec 2011 | 4:28 pm
    The Maine lobster industry has developed a reputation as one of the best managed fisheries in the world. At a time when fish stocks across the globe are depleting at an alarming rate and natural ecologies are reeling from overfishing, many in the industry believe that Maine is getting it right. By giving the responsibility to self-manage the industry to multi-generational fishing families, Maine has ensured that lobster fishing is performed by small, personal operations with the incentive, in a region with few other economies, to carefully manage the fishery. But few have considered how this…

  • Assignment Afghanistan: Third Squad

    Elliott D. Woods
    30 Dec 2011 | 3:41 pm
    In July 2011, I embedded with Third Squad, First Platoon, Blackfoot Company, 1/5 Marines, in Helmand Province’s Sangin District. While there, I shot diptych portraits of the young men of this one Marine squad—in uniform in color, out of uniform in black and white—and interviewed them, in the middle of their seven-month tour, about their thoughts on Afghanistan, the dangers they faced, and what they had learned about the realities of war. By the time, they returned to Camp Pendleton, California, three months later, First Platoon had suffered 50 percent casualties—including three…

  • The Lovely Sea

    Nadia Shira Cohen
    28 Dec 2011 | 3:58 pm
    In the 1960s, the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya rivers were diverted by the Soviet Union to irrigate cotton plantations. Deprived of its two main tributaries, the shores of the Aral Sea, which spanned from the North in Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan at its Southern tip, began to recede—taking with it the fishing industry, as well as much of the sustainable agriculture of both countries. The damming also left behind miles of desert where fresh water had once flourished, with sandstorms now becoming frequent during the increasingly hot, dry summers. And what remained of the waters of the Aral was…

  • The Golden Triangle

    Louie Palu
    27 Dec 2011 | 9:47 pm
    The image of Canada as an untouched pristine wilderness is a myth. In the world of mining, it is a land of giants—home to massive deposits of almost every mineral and metal bought and sold on commodity markets throughout the world, a global leader in extraction and processing. Nickel, copper, silver, zinc, cobalt, rare earth metals, and the list goes on. The world’s largest gold producing company, Barrick Gold Corporation is based in Toronto, not New York or London. Canada has long been a natural resource pillar in the worlds of production and the trading of commodities. From the…
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    Utne Reader Latest 10 Articles

  • First Environmentalism-Then Socialism!

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:55 pm
    To the power brokers of America's right, climate change poses a dire threat to business as usual.

  • Don't Spit on My Street

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:33 pm
    With all that's wrong with the world, let's at least stand up for polite social interaction...

  • The New Land Rush

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:19 am
    Fears of violence and a hunger for profit are sparking a worldwide run on farmland...

  • Behold, the Power of Poop

    25 Jan 2012 | 10:30 pm
    Can excrement save our personal health and our planet? "Fecal transplants" may be a miracle cure for everything from asthma and depression to Crohn's disease and MS, while panda poop and human feces are promising energy producers....

  • Logging the Wilds of Latvia

    25 Jan 2012 | 4:44 pm
    Lynx, wolves, moose, and wild boars still roam under dense tree cover in Latvia-but the country's alarming logging spree may endanger this rich European outpost of wildlife.
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    News from Cranes Today

  • Hiap Tong takes delivery of a GMK6300L

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    International rental firm Hiap Tong has bought a Grove GMK6300L all terrain crane for work within its headquarter country of Singapore.

  • Crane Rental Corporation expands offerings with new branch

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    Crane Rental Corporation, US-based rental firm, plans to open a taxi crane service from a new location in its home state of Florida, while adding another Manitowoc 31000 to its fleet of heavylifting crawlers.

  • Mighty Crane mini-cranes launched in Russia

    24 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    R&B Engineering, a Japanese manufacturer of mini-cranes, has formed an agreement with Russian LTECH-Lifting Technology to distribute Mighty Crane mini-cranes throughout Russia.

  • Scheuerle's flexible option

    24 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    A new semi-trailer from Scheuerle and sister company Nicolas incorporates hydraulically movable axles, allowing spacing to be adjusted to suit the centre of gravity of the load.

  • IMT’s Hasty takes on general manager role

    23 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    Service truck crane manufacturer Iowa Machine Tooling has promoted its current vice president of sales, Jim Hasty, to the position of general manager of the company.
 
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    Bahamas Press

  • Christie: Ingraham should be asking for forgiveness and not votes

    media
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:36 pm
    Rt. Hon. Perry Christie speaking in Grand Bahama tonight.... NOW IS THE TIME!!! Address by the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie PC, MP, SC Freeport, Grand Bahama Friday, January 27, 2011 Hello, Grand Bahama! Good evening, my beloved Bahamians! We gather here as a newly energized, forward-looking Progressive Liberal Party primed and ready to  take the first steps towards the recovery of Grand Bahama. I know the people of Grand Bahama are ready to leave these tired and bleak days behind…I’ve been visiting with you and hearing your stories. I have seen your suffering for myself. I know you are…

  • LIVE MASS PLP EVENT AT THE OUR LUCAYA ON GRAND BAHAMA

    media
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:39 pm
    PLP Deputy Leader Philip 'Brave' DavisPHILIP BRAVE DAVIS Freeport Grand Bahama Friday Jan 27th, 2011 Are you Ready Grand Bahama? The time is near. It is here Grand Bahama. The day of decision is upon us. Mr. Party Leader … Team Grand Bahama! Are you READY NOW!? I asked you if you are ready? Good…I hope you are ready because them no good fellas trying hard to swing you again! They are trying so hard that a few weekends ago they brought you a big circus! Did you see it? They had balloons…they had music…and they had a double-potion of clowns! Of course, the biggest clown of them all was…

  • NEWS HAPPENING NOW: Son of Minister of Health rushed to hospital in Atlanta

    media
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:06 pm
    Dr. Hubert Minnis, MP and Minister of Health Minnis son rushed in medical emergency Nassau, Bahamas — Breaking News reaching our newsroom at this hour confirms a medical emergency has hit the family of the Minister of Health. BP can report that, while attending the renaming ceremony of the Sir Cecil Wallace- Whitfield Building, formerly the SG Hambros Building, Dr. Hubert Minnis was informed via telephone that his son had been immediately admitted to hospital in Atlanta. His condition is unknown at this time. A source close to the minister has advised BP that the Minister is monitoring…

  • FNM Government using taxpayer’s money to bribe votes in Fort Charlotte

    media
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:09 am
    Hubert Ingaham and Zhivargo Laing has wrecked the Bahamian econcomy. Both FAILURES WANT ANOTHER TERM but is running from their record. Vote buying now in Fort Charlotte by the FNM – The FNM is paying $7,500 for each vote… Nassau, Bahamas — Bahamas Press is gathering details this afternoon after insiders in the Ministry of Finance have confirmed that the Government of the Bahamas is now involved in the exercise of bribing voters in the Fort Charlotte Constituency. Last evening, participants from both Grand Bahama and Nassau, were recipients of the Government issued $7,500 –…

  • Carl EVICTED? DERAILED ECONOMY KNOCKS AT THE HEART OF FNM DOOR

    media
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:54 am
    Carl Bethel soon to be FIRED as FNM CHAIRMAN. CARL BETHEL TO BE EVICTED FROM HEADQUARTERS? Nassau, Bahamas — Early reports reaching our newsroom reveal the stunning reality BP and most Bahamians knew all the time. This is the reality that Carl Bethel and the WUTLESS FNM have avoided for four and a half years. Today reality gave the FNM chairman a bitch slap in his face as the legal and legitimate new owners asked him to leave their property. The eviction of the FNM from its Seabreeze headquarters symbolizes a defining moment and a taste of sobriety as to how badly Hubert Ingraham has…
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    The New Yorker

  • Sasha Frere-Jones: Lana Del Rey’s image on “Born to Die.”

    Sasha Frere-Jones
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    In 2008, Elizabeth Grant, a twenty-two-year-old woman from Lake Placid, recorded an album in Manhattan with the well-known producer David Kahne. It was released digitally in early 2010 as “Lana Del Rey aka Lizzy Grant,” but was pulled offline two months later. This week . . .

  • “Jack Holmes & His Friend” review.

    newyorker.com
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    This story of two young men—one gay, the other straight—who come of age in literary New York in the sixties examines two unrequited passions: Jack’s love for Will, and Will’s literary ambitions, which end abruptly after a review disparages his first novel . . . (Subscription required.)

  • Steve Futterman: Paul Motian’s “Further Explorations.”

    Steve Futterman
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    With the unexpected death of the drummer Paul Motian, last November, “Further Explorations” (Concord), an album intended to be an homage to the pianist Bill Evans, has become a double tribute. Motian, an integral member of Evans’s landmark trio of the early sixties, joined the pianist . . . (Subscription required.)

  • Ryan Lizza: The Obama memos: How Washington remade the President.

    Ryan Lizza
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    On a frigid January evening in 2009, a week before his Inauguration, Barack Obama had dinner at the home of George Will, the Washington Post columnist, who had assembled a number of right-leaning journalists to meet the President-elect. Accepting such an invitation was a gesture on Obama’ . . .

  • Goings on About Town: Art

    newyorker.com
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    PageBreak -->MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)—“The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini.” Through March 18. | “Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904-1965).” Through April 15. | “Photographic Treasures from the Collection . . .
 
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    YLE Uutiset | News | Latest news

  • Growing trend: First phone the media, then the police.

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am
    The newspaper Keskisuomalainen reports that growing numbers of witnesses to crimes and accidents are phoning media outlets in hopes of a reward for a news tip, before they call the police. Police intend to battle the trend by providing better information services themselves to the media.

  • Soini opts for Niinistö

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:54 pm
    Finns party chair and unsuccessful presidential candidate Timo Soini says he has voted for Sauli Niinistö in the second round of the election.

  • Finnish women dazzle on Sheffield ice

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:19 am
    Kiira Korpi and Juulia Turkkila wowed the crowds at the European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, on Friday evening.

  • Finns Party support slips, Greens gain

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:40 am
    Support for the Finns Party has dropped by 2.5 percentage points since December to 17.4 percent. Meanwhile the Green League picked up about two percentage points, according to a YLE-commissioned Taloustutkimus poll published on Friday.

  • Parliament close to approving EU bailout fund

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:42 am
    The Parliament's Constitutional Law Committee has given the green light to Finland's participation in the EU's permanent bailout fund.
 
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  • EADS to deliver fault-free CASA planes by May 31

    Tom Jones
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:13 pm
    Last November, Czech Minister of Defense Alexandr Vondra (Civic Democrats, ODS) said that Spanish aviation manufacturer EADS and the Czech arms trading firm Omnipol must deliver the four CASA planes purchased by the Czech defense ministry in full working order, including functional anti-rocket defense system, by end of May, or the order would be cancelled. read more

  • Formans bring Durrellʼs ‘Talking Parcel’ to life

    Guest Writer
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:34 am
    Anyone familiar with Gerald Durrellʼs classic childrenʼs book The Talking Parcel will be delighted to see many of its characters brought to life in the National Theaterʼs newest opera, Enchantia. Everyone else is likely to find the production a confusing mishmash of bizarre costumes, spectacular sets and a muddled, impossible-to-follow storyline. read more

  • Andy Murray seeks Ivan Lendl edge for improvement

    Chris Johnstone
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:21 am
    Scottish tennis player Andy Murray says he will sit down with his new coach, former Czechoslovak champion Ivan Lendl, and talks about ways of improving his game after narrowly failing to get into the Australian Open men’s single final on Friday. read more

  • EU blocks at least Kč 1.2 billion due to Education Ministry mismanagement

    Martin Rychlík
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:37 am
    The Ministry of Education has received notification from the European Commission that it will not pay out at least Kč 1.2 billion allocated to finance Czech projects within the Education for Competitiveness Operational Program (ECOP) managed by the ministry. read more

  • ČEZ finance boss indicates institutional sale of renewable unit

    Chris Johnstone
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:28 am
    The chief financial officer of Czech state-controlled electricity company ČEZ has said the company may sell-off a minority stake in its renewable power division to institutional investors, in order to raise new money for further wind energy projects. read more
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  • Arts & Letters Daily (27 Jan 2012)

    26 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm
    Should philosophy ask questions but not give answers? "No. It can't be!" says Alain de Botton. "Civilization should transmit the best ideas"... more Miscarriages of justice almost always suit somebody. That was the case in France in the 1890s. Many had a lot to gain from Alfred Dreyfus's conviction... more Persecution and civilization. Police states, dirty wars, ethnic cleansing, renditions, fatwas, surveillance: The Inquisition built the modern world... more

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    25 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm
    The other Vitruvian Man. The image of a man inside a circle and a square was thought to be the work of Leonardo. But the genius had company... more Only at Vauxhall Gardens, a pioneer of mass entertainment, could Handel perform for an 18th-century Londoner being serviced by a sex worker... more And so it goes. Kurt Vonnegut was "born into prosperity, raised in austerity, and redeemed by posterity." The last laugh is his... more

  • Arts & Letters Daily (25 Jan 2012)

    24 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm
    It's been said that a biographer is a novelist under oath. A life story cannot be told with facts alone. It must be marshaled to maximum literary effect... more Despised and adored, Nietzsche was the original culture warrior. Though he was read by an eccentric few, we still live in his intellectual shadow... more Girly, but never frail; sexy, but never feminine; worldly, but never cynical - Patti Smith always knew her place: "I'm one of the best poets in rock ʻn' roll"... more

  • Arts & Letters Daily (24 Jan 2012)

    23 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm
    Prisons and profits. Is there any greater disconnect between public good and private interests than the rise of corporate-owned jails?... more What happened to Caitlin Flanagan? The once-feisty contrarian who urged wives to nag less and put out more has turned painfully tame... more The liberated libido. In the West, a dalliance is no longer punished by death. The ideal of sexual freedom is powerful - but, unfortunately, far from universal... more

  • Arts & Letters Daily (23 Jan 2012)

    22 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm
    Fierce and magnetic, Lucian Freud seduced his models into the ordeal of posing. "Those eyes would be peering in: peering and piercing"... more Man of ideas. Facing death, Tony Judt took on the air of a cuddly social democrat. He wasn't. Temperamentally and intellectually, he was a bruiser... more A member of the Roman elite, Petronius knew that in times of abundance, hedonism is cheap. But our capacity for pleasure, including that for information, is finite... more
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  • In 20 days nearly 300 of animals have disease claims

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:46 am
    ASKA: in the last 20 days mouth and foot disease has been claimed in around 300 of the animals which is cloven hoofs and also this is a highly contagious disese and also it has affected the animals like pigs, goats, sheep and cattle. Opinion given by the sources The sources said that in the last five days 40 sheep and goats have died and in that nearly 50 of the animals has been affected. And in that similarly two cows and eight of the calves were also died and 25 of the others were infected with the black quarter which is the bacterial diseases that spread in the cattle and this is being…

  • After protests-group by the Chinese forces two more of the Tibetans were killed

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:35 am
    Reuters: When the security forces has fired on the demonstrators in the Sichuan province at the China’s Southwestern the two Tibetans were killed. The advocacy group from the Tibet said that in the region the new in the series of clashes which was following the protests on the controls of the government. Opinion given by the Tibet group The London-based free group of Tibetans said that after he two of the people were shot dead at the residents in the country of Seda which were under the curfew and also on Tuesday at around afternoon many of them were wounded during the protests and this…

  • Healthy practice was encouraged among the kids and teenagers in Bangalore

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:32 am
    Bangalore: at their by the Accessories Limited and also by the Tree House Education with a theme of supermarket the play of socio-dramatic was organized. With the great enthusiasm the children’s from the age group of two to six years participated in the play. Opinion given by the sources The sources said that they have created a replica of the super market and the role of the shopkeepers, security guards and the customers was played by the students. And in that the kid who is three-years-old Suhas was really engrossed in playing the character of the customer and his role is to buy all…

  • By Karnataka Milk Federation Amul man was feted

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:30 am
    Bangalore: On Tuesday the father of Indian Dairy Industry Varghese Kurein was felicitated by D V Sadananda Gowda the chief minister and also by Karnataka Milk Federation. Kurein the father of Indian dairy industry who was ushered in for what is called as the white revolution from the 75,000 villages helped nearly around 90lakh of the families across India by establishing corporative societies, dairies and administration organization in rural. He has also created the largest dairy development plan “Ksheera Dhara” throughout the world which has also helped in the great increase in…

  • For bullying revenge the boy killed the woman who is 63-years-old from South Australia

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:28 am
    South Australia: the boy who was intellectually been retarded was bullied at the school has killed the elderly woman from South Australia to feel empowered and this was heard by the Court. Opinion given by the reporters The reporters said that in the year 2010 in the month of September the boy who is just 15-years-old has pleaded guilty to murder Prijo Kemppainen the elderly woman from South Australia who is 63- years-old. They also that by the family members the body of the old woman was found after she called the police just an hour before to report that the rock has been thrown to her…
 
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  • Ways on How to Check for Breast Cancer in Men

    vhon
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:53 am
    People know that cancer of the breast is a huge dilemma for almost all women around the world. However, the occurrence of this kind of illness can also affect some men. In this situation, it is essential for men to understand the symptoms and other indications of this condition so that they know what to do to prevent it. Any time the signs and symptoms are noticed, men must see and consult a physician immediately. Remember that early discovery is simply as vital for men as it is for most women. The earlier stage of this form of cancer is lifted up, the faster medication can start. This also…

  • The Benefits of Buying Auto Insurance Online

    francis
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:50 am
    If you are looking for car insurance, you need to have a thorough research of the companies that offer this kind of service. In order to get the best price when you want to purchase car insurance, you must surely be shopping for your next plan on the web. The main reason for this is that it will be much inexpensive, easier and faster than purchasing it from the local insurance agency. Aside from the benefits stated above, there are a few of basic reasons that cut down the cost of car insurance when it is purchased via the Internet. The benefits that you can get when you but car insurance on…

  • Effective Ways on How to Get Rid of Your Allergies

    francis
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:41 am
    A lot of people are suffering from various kinds of allergies and for various reasons. Even if it may seem like that there is nothing that you can do about it, there are still ways on how to get rid of allergies. Once the body detects these foreign substances, which are called allergens, it releases a chemical into the bloodstream, which is the most common being histamine. For those that suffer from this condition this is how to get rid of your allergies fast. In addition, since the body will always react the similar way to allergens every time, you cannot really do anything to eternally…

  • Five Ways on How to Cope With Anxiety Attacks

    roxel
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:37 am
    Knowing how to cope with anxiety attacks is essential particularly if your uncertainties have become crippling, which heads you to prevent going out or doing the things that you use to love doing. In addition, this condition is distinguished by an unexpected feeling of concern with regard to something or an unexpected feeling that there are several worrisome things out there and together with these emotions and thoughts; you may feel physical indications like sweating, increasing beat of the heart, nausea and complexity in breathing. If you have been experiencing those things mentioned above…

  • Useful Ways on How to Cure Type 2 Diabetes

    ivory
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:42 am
    Having type 2 diabetes is very difficult to deal with since there are many other complications are associated with this kind of illness. If you are suffering from this condition, you need to look for ways on how to cure type 2 diabetes. Medication for type 2 diabetes includes much more than observing the level of your blood sugar and taking your medicine regularly. Your physician will inform you that appropriate diet and regular exercise is important to have a long-term health with this condition. When you follow the nutritional lifestyle and advises of your physician and yet you do not…
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    Bible Prophecy Blog

  • In Defense of Israel

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:46 am
    By Hal Lindsey The Hal Lindsey Report Last week, I reported on an upcoming conference of liberal theologians and ministers (mostly American) and Palestinian Christians. The conference is called "Christ at the Checkpoint" and will convene in March in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. Because the event promises to be nothing more than a naked attempt to de-legitimize the state of Israel

  • Croatia Says YES to EU Accession

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:58 am
    By Arno Froese Midnight Call Ministries Croatians voted in favor of joining the European Union on 22 January in a popular referendum that will see it become the 28th member state. Of those who did show up to the polls, around 68 percent voted for the accession despite concerns over economic turmoil in Europe and ambivalence over a possible loss of sovereignty. Accession still needs to be

  • Ezekiel 35, the Arab-Israeli War Before Ezekiel 38

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    25 Jan 2012 | 3:07 pm
    By Bill Salus ProphecyDepot.com Many end times experts believe the “Gog of Magog” invasion described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 is nearing the time of its prophetic fulfillment. Russia’s seemingly inseparable alliance with Iran, Turkey’s increased disdain toward Israel, and Libya’s uncertain future all suggest that the stage is rapidly setting for the fulfillment of the Magog invasion of

  • Muslim Brotherhood Takes Egypt's Parliament

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:58 am
    By Dr. Chuck Missler Koinonia House The Muslim Brotherhood won elections in the new Egyptian government with 235 seats in the 498 seat interim People's Assembly earlier this month. The Brotherhood is reportedly not as extreme as other groups like the hardline Salafists, but Islamists as a whole took nearly three-quarters of the assembly seats. The new chamber speaker, Saad Katatni, will

  • Is Netanyahu's Patience with Iran Running Out?

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:56 pm
    By Joel C. Rosenberg JoelRosenberg.com Does Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu think the West is taking decisive action to stop Iran from getting the Bomb, or does he think the West is fiddling while Tel Aviv runs the rising risk of burning? That’s the Big Question as tensions continue to mount in the epicenter this week. Iran is making new threats to close the Strait of Hormuz to oil
 
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  • Friday Night LIVE: Cosmos Cafe Ballantyne!

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:12 pm
    Joey Hewell & Ashley Anderson broadcast live from South Charlotte! Ferris Bueller is back in a new Super Bowl ad... Which TV or Movie character would you like to see revived?

  • Southern Hospitality For The DNC

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:47 pm
    Finding a hotel in Charlotte the first week of September may not be an easy task. Over 35,000 people are expected to be in town for the Democratic National Convention. To supply the high demand, some local residents are offering up their private homes at high prices.

  • Community Concerned About More Violence at Garinger

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:27 pm
    Saving Garinger. Another outburst of violence at the East Charlotte school has local community leaders talking. They say too often it's become associated with crime; blue lights a too familiar sight.

  • Mandatory Recycling Could Be Coming To Charlotte

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:20 pm
    You could soon be forced to recycle at home. Mecklenburg County government is putting together a 10-year solid waste plan. Mandatory recycling for everyone is up for discussion. Fox Charlotte's Audrina Bigos finds out how you can weigh in and how this would impact our area.

  • US Airways, flight attendants reach tentative deal

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:01 pm
    NEW YORK (AP) — US Airways Group Inc. says it has a tentative agreement with negotiators for the union representing 6,700 flight attendants across its main network.
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    QuikBrief

  • Trends That Could Change Your Business!

    Frank V.V. Boss Jr
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:21 pm
    QuikBrief Weekly Business Journal December 18, 2011: This week see how college age students spend there time and watch video also the top performing industries for 2011

  • Market Trends For 2012

    Frank V.V. Boss Jr
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:10 pm
    QuikBrief Weekly Business Journal December 13, 2011: This week see the top 12 consumer and market trends predicted for 2012 that you can’t wait to see…

  • Mobile Video Is Exploding!

    Frank V.V. Boss Jr
    19 Sep 2011 | 2:05 am
    This week see how Mobile Video is exploding and tips on marketing to mobile users

  • Mobile Video Is Exploding!

    Frank V.V. Boss Jr
    18 Sep 2011 | 6:15 pm
    Click to Play QuikBrief for September 18, 2011: This week see how Mobile Video is exploding and tips on marketing to mobile users Formats available: Flash Video (.flv) Tags: mobile video, marketing, news, markets, economy, trends, blog, video, blogs, video blog, tips

  • What consumers will click on an ad?

    Frank V.V. Boss Jr
    11 Sep 2011 | 11:15 pm
    QuikBrief Weekly Business Journal September 11, 2011: Find out which consumers are more likely to click on a Facebook ad, and who are more comfortable with interacting with brands on Facebook, are more likely to click ?like.?
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    Deadline.com

  • ABC Greenlights Three More Comedy Pilots

    NELLIE ANDREEVA
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:38 pm
    ABC has given out 3 more pilot orders to comedy projects, How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, from Accidentally on Purpose creator Claudia Lonow; untitled buddy comedy from feature writer Adam Sztykiel (Due Date, Made of Honor); and And Only Fools And Horses, from Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley. How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, a multi-camera/hybrid comedy produced by 20th Century Fox TV and studio-based Imagine Television, is in the mold of another 20th TV comedy, How I Met Your Mother – a multi-camera comedy that is shot without live audience…

  • Sundance/NHK Award Goes To Jens Assur

    THE DEADLINE TEAM
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:32 pm
    Jens Assur, director of the upcoming film Close Far Away, is the winner of this year’s Sundance/NHK International Filmmaker Award. The annual award recognizes and supports a visionary filmmaker’s work on on his or her next project. Sundance Institute staff provide creative and strategic support through development, financing and production of the films. Close Far Away is a dramatic thriller weaving together stories of five seemingly random individuals in Africa and Europe whose actions have global consequences. Assur’s short film Killing the Chickens to Save the Monkeys is…

  • OSCARS: ‘Tree Of Life’ Producer Credits Finally Determined For Best Picture Contender

    NIKKI FINKE
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:01 pm
    Beverly Hills, CA – Producer credits for 84th Academy Awards® Best Picture nominee “The Tree of Life” have been determined by the Producers Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The official nominees for the film are Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill. Academy rules allow for no more than three producers to be nominated and to potentially receive Oscar® statuettes. The executive committee called a meeting to determine if “The Tree of Life” represented a “rare and extraordinary circumstance,” as…

  • Walt Disney Pictures Sued By Fired Bigwig

    NIKKI FINKE
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:57 pm
    EXCLUSIVE: Former EVP Music/Creative Marketing Glen Lajeski filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court today alleging breach of contract. It claims that he was terminated without warning or explanation by Walt Disney Pictures 2 years before his employment pact was due to expire and without providing him any opportunity to cure. Lajeski began working for Disney in 1996 as VP of Music Marketing. Among his credits, he spearheaded the unexpected success of the Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack which won Grammy and Country Music awards. He also had success with…

  • Participant Acquires ‘Middle Of Nowhere’: Sundance

    MIKE FLEMING
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:03 pm
    Park City, UT – January 27, 2012 – Participant Media and AFFRM (African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement) have jointly acquired U.S. theatrical rights to MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, an elegant and emotional drama chronicling a woman’s separation from her incarcerated husband and her journey to maintain her marriage and her identity. Written and directed by AFFRM founder Ava DuVernay, the film was produced by DuVernay and Howard Barish with producer Paul Garnes. Staring into the hollow end of her husband Derek’s eight-year prison sentence, Ruby Sexton fights to support him on the…
 
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    Interesting News from Around the World

  • iBooks 2 Launched by Apple to ‘Reinvent’ the Textbook

    James
    19 Jan 2012 | 12:49 pm
    iBooks 2 launched by Apple in order to ‘reinvent’ the textbook. Ahh yes the bane of every young students life, a bag full of text books each 500 pages thick and weighing more than they do. I almost killed myself when I was 12 as the bag of books I was carrying swung from one side of my body, where it had been nicely balanced, over to the other side… where it was not. The sudden shift in weight caused the bike I was riding to veer across the road in front of oncoming traffic. It all happened so fast I had no choice but to hang on and pray. Thankfully, all I bruised was my ego…

  • Wikipedia Blackout in Protest Over SOPA & PIPA

    Jeff
    18 Jan 2012 | 4:20 am
    Wikipedia blackout in protest over SOPA & PIPA legislation proposals in the US. Wikipedia is one of a number of high profile internet companies which has put up a holding page for 24 hours explaining a blackout and why people cannot access the site. Reddit, the user generated news site and the blog Boing Boing have also pledged their support for the blackout. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA is the Protect Intellectual Property Act. Both are currently being debated in Congress. Wikipedia and others say the acts are so broad and badly constructed that they will have an impact…

  • X Factor Vs American Idol – Battle of the Music Shows

    Tracy
    15 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    X Factor Vs American Idol the ultimate battle of the music talent show. Now that we have finally seen the X factor USA in action and we have our first winner, Melanie Amaro, we are interested in what you think about the talent shows and tell us your views about the X Factor Vs American Idol debate. Its major rival is the long running show American Idol and old hunting ground of the X Factor judge and driving force Simon Cowell. So we have a couple of straw polls below, just vote on which show you thought was the best and who was your favourite judge. We have our own opinions and would love to…

  • Cruise Ship Accident As Costa Concordia Grounds in Giglio, Italy

    Clive
    14 Jan 2012 | 8:11 am
    Cruise ship accident as the Costa Concordia grounds near the island of Giglio, Italy. There are 3 people who are confirmed dead and at least 50 people from the 4000 passengers aboard still missing. Most passengers had managed to escape the cruise ship accident via life boats or by swimming or the nearby shore. Initial reports suggest the Costa Concordia hit a sandbar on a Friday evening and quickly listed to the side. It is now half submerged in the water. The Costa Concordia is a $675 million cruise ship that had recently sailed from Rome on a Mediterranean cruise planning to eventually to…

  • Watch 30 Storey Building Go Up in 15 Days

    Jeff
    10 Jan 2012 | 10:42 am
    Watch a 30 storey building get built in 15 days flat. Yes, China is the new Dubai. The Chinese sustainable building company, Broad Group, managed to put building companies in the West to shame as they completed a 30 story hotel in 15 days. Using prefabricated building techniques is part of their secret, the building was built over Christmas and finished before New Years Eve 2012.
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    Todays World News

  • Passwords to become fossils by 2017 RFID, Biometrics, HandScan ID cards

    DanJ
    6 Jan 2012 | 6:28 pm
    Image via Wikipedia As many of you already know I've spent a lot of time searching and studying this very topic. It seems the more it comes out the more hush, hush seems to come out on this very topic. Anyone that know anything about the Bible knows what this system actually is. It's not rocket science to figure out what the technology brings. After all Eventually we will no longer be able to buy or sell without it right? As I continue to keep you up to date in all this. Here are a few more articles below that just may interest you all. But first I want to add this very scripture yet one more…

  • Internet Giants Threaten Mass Blackout over SOPA

    DanJ
    5 Jan 2012 | 4:18 pm
    Image via Wikipedia Internet Giants Threaten Mass Blackout over SOPA http://facecrooks.com/Internet-Safety-Privacy/internet-giants-threaten-mass-blackout-over-sopa.html The Stop Internet Piracy Act – SOPA is to the Internet what a giant meteor would be to Earth. Hopefully, this particular meteor is still pretty rough around the edges and will miss its mark, but it is going to need your help to do it. Its presence alone is enough to make an entire hoard of netizens take up virtual torches and pitchforks. This isn’t just your regular angry Internet mob, as they’ve got the weight of some…

  • New Pentagon defense strategy puts more focus on Asia?

    DanJ
    5 Jan 2012 | 4:12 pm
    http://news.yahoo.com/obama-plans-cut-tens-thousands-ground-troops-131927738.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on Thursday that calls for greater U.S. military presence in Asia and envisions cutting troops in Europe as the Pentagon seeks to reduce spending by nearly half a trillion dollars after a decade of war. Obama, in a Pentagon news conference alongside Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, released a strategy document that calls for the United States to maintain a force that can win one war while still having the capability to deter the objectives…

  • Obama’s Signing Statement on NDAA: I have the power to detain Americans

    DanJ
    2 Jan 2012 | 6:19 pm
    Image via Wikipedia The more I look into this new bill signed by our President on New Years Eve the more I have to question it. What is the Law of America now? Do we Live under the Constitution still? Or this Law now passed by Obama? There is no possible way we can do both.See it for yourself here. Pages 438 on is a great place to start on this one. After all it is a book.http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1540rh/pdf/BILLS-112hr1540rh.pdfKeep reading it gets to us as well.Yet again. I really want to know. What is the Law of America now? Do we Live under the Constitution still? Or this…

  • Happy New Year. No more rights to a Fair Trial.

    DanJ
    2 Jan 2012 | 2:09 pm
    Image by The U.S. National Archives via Flickr On December 31, 2011, Just before the New Year. President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Bill Into Law  This is what I find very sad. This very Law that just past should be all over the Main Stream News. Yet, as I keep looking I see nothing on it whatsoever? Whether or not you like Alex. He has this totally right. This is something that should be all over the News and it is not. Wake Up America it is now law. This new law breaks so many rights the Constitution gives the Citizens of the United States of America. I cannot for the life of me…
 
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  • It's time to reassess Australia Day ... and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

    Robin Tennant-Wood, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Government at University of Canberra
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:31 pm
    Australia Day: cricket, beaches, prawns on the barbie, beer and a good dose of sunburn; a bit of jingoistic flag-waving, citizenship ceremonies and the conferring of awards to our most outstanding citizens and unsung heroes. It all sounds harmless enough. A good family day out and warm fuzzy feelings of patriotism. A darker history, however, is always lurking at the edges of this anniversary and it is a foolish politician who tries to diminish or discard that history. Yesterday’s protest in Canberra, resulting in the rushed evacuation of the Prime Minister and opposition leader from an…

  • Orchids sheds light on the secrecy surrounding intersex

    Sheila Jeffreys, Professor of Sexual Politics at University of Melbourne
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:22 pm
    The documentary, Orchids: my intersex adventure, aims to reduce the secrecy and shame in which intersex people have been forced to spend their lives. It relates the story of filmmaker, Phoebe Hart, who, along with her sister, Bonnie, has a genetic condition now referred to as AIS, or Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, which is a form of intersexuality. Previously, those with this condition were referred to as hermaphrodites. The Hart sisters have male chromosomes and both had their undeveloped testes surgically removed at puberty. They appeared to be female at birth as a result of the male…

  • Cooling the urban heat island with more reflective roofs

    Dominique Hes, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture at University of Melbourne
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:21 pm
    Can a whiter roof make your home cooler? What about your whole city? The existing literature and theory suggests that increasing the albedo – or reflectiveness – of a building will reflect incoming sun light and associated heat, reducing the building’s cooling requirements and also reducing the “Urban Heat Island” effect. The City of Melbourne recently commissioned our team to look into whether these claims hold true for Melbourne’s climate. The urban heat island (UHI) effect refers to the phenomenon whereby a metropolitan or built up area is significantly warmer than its…

  • 'Moon rocks' made here: tranquillityite discovered in Western Australia

    Birger Rasmussen, ARC Australian Professorial Fellow at Curtin University
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:08 pm
    By the time the Apollo Program ended in 1972 it had cost NASA roughly US$170 billion dollars (in today’s terms). It was seen as a waste of money by some, but almost 40 years since the launch of Apollo 17, we are still seeing significant returns on the investment. Among the most significant of those returns is the valuable information the lunar landings provided about our moon and, in turn, the planet we call home. Have you seen my rock collection? Prior to the Apollo missions, knowledge about the moon was limited to remote sensing, modelling and speculation. It was unclear what the moon was…

  • Minister for Small Business? More like the Minister for Nothing

    Evan Jones, Honorary associate, Department of Political Economy at University of Sydney
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:49 pm
    In December 2011, Prime Minister Julia Gillard reshuffled her ministry. Naturally, senior Cabinet posts and significant demotions attracted attention. Unnoticed was that small business received a new minister: Senator Mark Arbib. What do small business ministers do? Typically, nothing. The ministry appears now as a token sop to small business. It doesn’t help that such ministers also have other responsibilities. Senator Arbib is also Assistant Treasurer, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Minister for Sport. Small business will struggle for attention with this schedule. The…
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  • Topless protesters detained at Davos forum

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:43 am
    Three topless Ukrainian protesters were detained Saturday while trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders to call attention to the needs of the worl

  • Need for courtroom artists fade as cameras move in

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:22 am
    One marker in hand and one in his mouth, Lou Chukman glances up and down from a sketchpad to a reputed Chicago mobster across the courtroom _ drawing feverishly to capture the drama of the judge's ver

  • Despair, crackdowns breed more violence in Tibet

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:22 am
    A young man posts his photo with a leaflet demanding freedom for Tibet and telling Chinese police, come and get me. Protesters rise up to defend him, and demonstrations break out in two other Tibetan

  • British police arrest 4 in tabloid bribery probe

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:21 am
    British police searched the offices of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers Saturday after arresting a police officer and three other men as part of an investigation into police bribery by journalists.

  • Afghans blast French plan to withdraw troops early

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:12 am
    France's plans to withdraw its combat troops from Afghanistan a year early drew harsh words Saturday in the Afghan capital, with critics accusing French President Nicolas Sarkozy of putting his re-ele
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  • This is a totally cheap post on Mediaite’s part, but...

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:21 pm
    This is a totally cheap post on Mediaite’s part, but it’s totally hilarious. And sad. There have been more debates this election season than “Freaks and Geeks” episodes. Which is such a crime.

  • January 20, 1992: It was a pretty good day, we hear. How do we...

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:16 pm
    January 20, 1992: It was a pretty good day, we hear. How do we know this? Ice Cube reportedly wrote a song about it. Slate reports on a guy who used deductive power to figure out what day was probably Ice Cube’s good day. Though holes have been poked in the theory (the difficulty of getting “Ice Cube’s A Pimp” on a Goodyear aside), he’s won us over. He didn’t even have to use his AK.

  • CBS Sports fires blogger who flubbed Joe Paterno death...

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:44 pm
    CBS Sports fires blogger who flubbed Joe Paterno death report Bad sourcing plus poor timing: Adam Jacobi took to Twitter earlier this afternoon to reveal that CBS Sports — which ran with a erroneous story that Joe Paterno had died hours before he actually did, based on a single tweet from a student Web site, originally linked to and otherwise unsourced (then retracted it, naming the source and initially refusing to take full credit for the error) — fired him over the incident. “In the end, CBS had to let me go for the Paterno story going out the way it did,” Jacobi wrote. “and I…

  • Poll: On Twitter's updated censorship policy

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:36 pm
    Quipol Hop over here to hear the latest on this story, which involves Twitter allowing for censorship of tweets by country, but being open and transparent about it.

  • Twitter responds to controversy over new country-based censorship

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:10 pm
    cause On Thursday, while evoking a post the company wrote during the Arab Spring, Twitter discussed a new policy for allowing countries to censor tweets, arguing it would allow the company to go more places. reaction While many reacted to the news negatively, Twitter was not without its defenders, most notably UNC professor Zeynep Tufekci, an expert on the intersection of social media and global politics. response A day later, Twitter updated the post with a FAQ, saying the overall goal is transparency: “We have users all over the world and wanted to find a way to deal with requests in the…
 
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  • GigaOM Asks, “Forget e-books; are you ready for virtual books?”

    Gary D. Price
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:04 pm
    From a GigaOm Report by Kevin Tofel: Siglio Press is offering 250 signed and numbered copies of a limited edition print book that requires a webcam and computing device to actually be read. Why? The print pages — a back-and-forth series of letters between two lovers — only have glyph-like symbols on the page. The [...]

  • Texas Tech University Begins Digitizing Collection of Vietnam Refugee Documents

    Gary D. Price
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:23 pm
    From The Daily Toreadoer The Texas Tech Vietnam Center and Archive received a grant to begin the three-year long process of digitizing their collection of documents of war refugees in Vietnam during World War II. They received the grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, said Mary Saffell, assistant director of the Vietnam [...]

  • Calgary Library System Sets Borrowing Record

    Gary D. Price
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:01 am
    From the Calgary Herald: The Calgary Public Library set a borrowing record in 2011, making it the sixth-busiest municipal library system in North America, behind only Toronto, three New York City libraries and Los Angeles. Borrowing in 2011 was up more than a half million from the previous year. A record 17 million items were [...]

  • Cool! “Meet Ye Olde 19th Century GIF Machine, The New York Public Library’s Stereogranimator”

    Gary D. Price
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:26 pm
    From The Measure: Forget about electricity, running water, modern sanitation and food preservation; what did people do before GIFs? Well, it turns out that some were busy entertaining themselves with stereoscopes, instruments that allowed people to view 3D images from two slightly different photographs superimposed on top of one another. The New York Public Library [...]

  • U.S. Congress: Financial Contributions: MapLight Launches New Company Pages

    Gary D. Price
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:24 pm
    From the MapLight Blog: MapLight announces the launch of its Company pages (Beta) for U.S. Congress and the CA and WI Legislatures. The new Company pages profile top contributing companies and organizations, ranking them according to the total contributions they have made, documented bill positions they have taken, and bill positions they have “won.” Company [...]
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  • Vital Signs: Binge Drinking Prevalence, Frequency, and Intensity Among Adults — United States, 2010

    fulltextreports
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:37 pm
    Vital Signs: Binge Drinking Prevalence, Frequency, and Intensity Among Adults — United States, 2010 Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC) Background: Binge drinking accounts for more than half of the estimated 80,000 average annual deaths and three quarters of $223.5 billion in economic costs resulting from excessive alcohol consumption in the United States. Methods: CDC analyzed [...]

  • Challenging Medical Ghostwriting in US Courts

    fulltextreports
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:32 pm
    Challenging Medical Ghostwriting in US Courts Source:  PLoS Medicine Summary Points + Despite growing concern about medical ghostwriting, pharmaceutical companies, universities, medical journals, and communication companies employing ghostwriters have thus far failed to adequately stem the problem. As a result, some commentators have proposed that legal remedies could be sought by patients harmed by drugs [...]

  • Creeping Corporatization of National Parks

    fulltextreports
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:31 pm
    Creeping Corporatization of National Parks Source:  Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility As the National Park System prepares for its centennial in 2016 it is turning toward corporate funding for support, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). A core strategy announced by National Park Service (NPS) leaders in August 2011 is creating a billion [...]

  • New From the GAO

    fulltextreports
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:57 pm
    New GAO CorrespondenceSource: Government Accountability Office 1. Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act: Observations on Implementation. GAO-12-275R, January 27. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-275R Filed under: Government Accountability Office, government and politics

  • Study: U.S. Households Believe Current Retirement Saving Incentives Should Be Maintained

    fulltextreports
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:27 pm
    Study: U.S. Households Believe Current Retirement Saving Incentives Should Be Maintained Source:  Investment Company Institute As U.S. policymakers consider tax policy and how to resolve federal budget deficits, more than eight in 10 U.S. households believe the current tax incentives to encourage retirement saving should be preserved, according to new research released today by the [...]
 
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  • Taitz And The Birthers Still At It

    Joshua Merer
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:40 am
    Apparently the birther controversy is still going on in Fulton Country Georgia. President Obama is prepared to ignore a subpoena by Judge Malihi to appear in court on Thursday. Barack Obama / Image from Pete Souza President Obama is set to be in Las Vegas, Denver, and Detroit on Thursday talking about job creation. This comes after the judge rejected a move by Obamas legal team to quash the subpoena requesting him to appear. The claim behind the subpoena is that Obama is not a natural born citizen, and therefore cannot be President. Behind this movement is Orly Taitz, who will not take the…

  • Romeny Releases Tax Returns

    Joshua Merer
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:19 am
    Mitt Romney has finally released his tax returns for 2010 and 2011, showing an income of over $42.5 million the past two years. It is also estimated that Romney will pay about $6 – $7 million in taxes, about 15%. Mitt Romney’s complete tax information can be found on his website. MItt Romney / Image from Gage Skidmore The Average American pays a tax rate of about %11 according to the non-partisan Tax-Foundation. Millionaires, such as Mitt Romney, on average pay a 25% effective tax rate. In comparison, President Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama earned about $1.75 million in…

  • Gingrich Attacks Saul Alinsky

    Joshua Merer
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:50 am
    Newt Gingrich sometimes like to tout his intellectual prowess over people. He believes that he is significantly smarter than his opponents, and that people are just not able to realize the significance of his campaign yet. However sometimes he can really put his foot in his mouth. Saul Alinsky / Image from en.wikipedia.org During Gingrich’s victory speech in South Carolina, he mentioned a man named Saul Alinksy, and how dangerous his ideas are to America, and tried linking him to President Obama. Some may know the name Saul Alinksy; he was an extremely active community organizer in Chicago,…

  • Hogwarts Acceptance Letters Going Out?

    Joshua Merer
    23 Jan 2012 | 9:40 am
    Bird watchers and Harry Potter fans a have been witness to a very special treat this winter. All across the United States Snowy Owls have been sited flying over fields, lakes, and cities. Snowy Owl This is the type of owl that Hedwig is from the Harry Potter series, and Harry Potter fans across the U.S. have been flocking to see these birds. Snowy Owls are who live in the Artic most of the year are known to fly south every couple winters in what is known as an irruption. Researchers claim that the Snowy Owls had a very good breeding season this year, and that could be an explanation for why…

  • A First Look At The New Tim Burton Film “Dark Shadows”

    Joshua Merer
    20 Jan 2012 | 2:34 pm
    Johnny Depp as Barnabus Collins / Image from Warner Brothers Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are back together once again, this time with a Vampire thriller Dark Shadows. Depp plays Barnabus Collins a Vampire who was buried in the 1700’s and un-earthed in the 20th century. During the film viewers encounter other magical creatures such as werewolves, witches, and ghosts. In this film Depp stars along side Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Lee, and Chloe Moretz. Burton, as usual takes a darker look at Vampires as shown by Depp’s picture, in contrast to the recent twilight slant, which…
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  • “Listen To 10 Seconds Of Every Hit Song Of The ’70s”

    Craig Newmark
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:39 am
    If you lived through the 70s, this is pretty cool.

  • Most popular dog names

    Craig Newmark
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:07 am
    The Twihards are everywhere: Bella is #2 for females.

  • GOP Makes Obama Look Good

    Roger Simon
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:32 am
    The Republican field debated for the 19th time Thursday night, and once again, the media promised us it was going to be a “make or break” event. Don’t believe the media. The media say the debates have been the most critical factor in the nominating race so far because the media have been forced to watch them all. And take notes. And write stories. And we want someone to share our pain: Someone like you. Having done my duty and paid attention to all of the debates, and since we do not have another ...

  • On The Economy, Obama Doesn’t Know His “Stuff”

    Alexa Shrugged
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:09 pm
    Cross-posted from AlexaShrugged.com: The man with the plan!  Real Clear Politics has this clip of Obama demonstrating his economic genius: Obama: I Want An Economy “Where We’re Making Stuff And Selling Stuff And Moving It Around” “On Tuesday at the State of the Union, I laid out my vision for how we move forward,” President Obama said at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada. “I laid out a blueprint for an economy that’s built to last, that has a firm foundation. Where we’re making stuff and selling stuff and moving it around ...

  • The Conservative Response To The State of the Union Address

    Ben Shapiro
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
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  • Meeting Detroit’s brain gain challenge

    Marge Sorge
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:58 pm
    TweetClick photo to hear Doyle Mosher speak about Challenge Detroit A little over two years ago I got an e-mail from a friend telling me to check out The Collaborative in Birmingham. It was a good, trusted source so I called and met with its founder Doyle Mosher. He sat at a table made of Detroit relic shadow boxes designed and built by Detroit artist Scott Hocking. I knew then this was going to be fun … I just didn’t know how much fun and how much The Collaborative would be contributing to Detroit’s transformation. Doyle exuberantly talked about this “little” plan he had to bring…

  • That pocket change? In these hands, it will change Detroit

    Karen Dybis
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:52 am
    TweetIf there’s a town does a lot with a little, it’s Detroit. Three new projects show how we’re funding a revolution with whatever coin we scrape up. Literally. People’s lives will be improved, neighborhoods revamped, stores rescued from bankruptcy because Detroiters searched the proverbial couch cushions. We may be economically depressed, but this region knows how to squeeze a penny until it cries mercy. Karpov The Wrecked Train Over the past few days, three fresh, shiny initiatives got my attention in a big way. And they all have the same thing in common: Groups of individuals…

  • THAW and WWJ team up to keep Michigan warm

    David Lingholm
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:34 pm
    TweetWhen you tune into WWJ AM 950 this Friday morning, you’ll notice their programming is just a bit different.  In addition to their normal news, weather and traffic reporting, they will be raising money for THAW, The Heat and Warmth Fund. This will be the ninth radiothon that THAW has done with WWJ and this year the need is greater than ever.  From 5 am on Friday, January 27 until noon on Saturday, January 28th, organizers hope to raise $1.6 million, an increase of 20 percent from last year.  Susan Sherer, CEO of THAW is confident that goal can be reached because of the neighborly…

  • LiveWorkDetroit! puts a stopper in Detroit’s brain drain

    Ashley Hennen
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:26 am
    TweetThe Michigan Economic Development Corporation just held its LiveWorkDetroit! tour, showing up and coming graduates the best of the best around the city proper. Their video from last year shows a good number of students and recent grads touring the city, but it seems that momentum is only growing. This weekend’s event maxed out with over two hundred participants, from over thirty different colleges and universities. “I’d like to work here… I’m hoping there are opportunities here,” says Michael Dingess, a recent graduate from Allen Park. Frustrated with applying for jobs online…

  • Time to help others in Detroit? There’s a bank for that

    David Lingholm
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:58 pm
    TweetI have lived in the city of Detroit for the better part of a decade, but there are things about my hometown of Vermontville I really miss. There is nothing like the smell of the sap of a maple tree being boiled down to a glorious syrup on a chilly March afternoon. Try as I might, I have never been able to recreate the neighborliness of that mid-Michigan town. Miles of chain link fences, years of feeling like it is not safe to go outside and too many broken promises of help has left many residents of Detroit feeling isolated and alone within the wall of their own homes.  For someone just…
 
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  • Phils and Hunter Pence Agree on One-Year Deal, Avoid Arbitration

    Mike Bertha
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:28 pm
    Hunter Pence and the Phillies avoided arbitration by settling on a one-year, $10.4 million contract. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s go eat. Oh, by the way, 18 days until pitchers and catchers—not that we’re counting or anything. [CBS 3]

  • CBS Senior College Football Blogger Let Go Over Premature Report of Joe Paterno’s Death

    Mike Bertha
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:57 pm
    Onward State—a website run by Penn State students—prematurely reported that Joe Paterno had passed away. The organization tweeted that the football team had received a mass e-mail informing them of Paterno’s passing. As it turns out, that wasn’t the case. Paterno was still alive at the time—a fact the world realized when the Associated Press, and later Joe’s sons Jay and Scott, tweeted to set the record straight. On the night that Onward State reported Paterno’s death, CBS picked up the story. Now, CBS has parted ways with their senior college football blogger…

  • Whooping Cough at Great Valley High School

    Mike Bertha
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am
    Two cases of whooping cough have been reported at Great Valley High School. If this were 18th-century London we’d all be in some serious trouble. That, and we’d be drunk on gin and dumping sewage on the streets. But, mostly, we’d be worried about the whooping cough thing. [FOX 29]

  • Which Former Flyer Crossed Swords With Scott Hartnell Last Night?

    Mike Bertha
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:21 am
    At last night’s All-Star selection special, a bunch of the players hustled off the ice to, ahem, relieve themselves during a TV timeout. Apparently there were too few available facilities and Scott Hartnell ended up in a vulnerable position with former Flyer Joffrey Lupul. Hartnell joked about the situation with Greg Wyshynski of Puck Daddy saying, “Let’s just say we shared the same bathroom at one time. He had to get out there quick. Everyone likes to play swords I guess.” Lupul copped to the incident in an interview after the event. [Crossing Broad]

  • What’s With All the Mural Arts Hatred?

    Victor Fiorillo
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:07 am
    There sure is a lot to complain about in this city. And we sure do like to complain about it. A lot. But one thing that you don’t normally hear people venting about are the city’s 3,000-plus murals, the public art works created by artists, students and ex-convicts as part of Jane Golden’s 27-year old Mural Arts Program. But in recent days, the normally immune-from-criticism organization has seen its fair share of it. The first hit came less than two weeks ago, when the Daily News ran a piece juxtaposing Zoe Strauss’s “genius” billboards project against the…
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  • Facebook may file for it's IPO next week

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:08 pm
    In a new report from the Wall Street Journal published a short time ago, they are saying that Facebook may finally file for their Initial Public Offering (IPO). Currently Facebook is a privately held company, and if they go public their stocks can be traded publicly and they can build on their capital dramatically.The IPO if filed, is estimated to be in the range of about $100 billion, which if it pans out could be the largest tech IPO ever in history. It will also make Mark Zuckerberg the $24 billion dollar man. WSJ was irritatingly clear that their source or sources were anonymous, citing…

  • Tweets still must flow, even if some are censored

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:01 am
    What the heck is happening to the Internet? It seems lately that it’s going to hell in a hand basket. Sure the Internet has always been a place where volatile things can happen, but it could be avoided on an individual basis. Now it appears the places that we come together as a community to interact and socialize in places that have become sacred is evolving and changing at a rapid pace and is veering out of control. From the entertainment industry buying out the government to create bogus laws to control the global web, to site shut downs, protests and advanced social media tracking…

  • The FBI is building an interactive social media map to better track you

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:34 pm
    The FBI is expanding their plans for their social media tracking program. The bureau has published a Request For Information from application developers/companies for information on how the FBI can build a flexible program to map out and analyze social media in real-time. No longer does the FBI want to waste their time doing this by hand, they want to automate it, naturally. A year ago DHS started a program called the Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative. The initiative tracks sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and YouTube (and others) against keywords and…

  • This currently takes up most of my iPhone time at the moment

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:19 pm
    For the past week I have to admit something I have been doing. You see, most of my iPhone time has been spent playing Temple Run. I definitely think I am addicted to it. It’s one of my favorite iPhone apps at the moment. If you haven’t played it before, go download it (it’s free) and give it a try. You will like it, I promise, but be prepared to not be able to put it down after. It’s one of those games where you have to continue to try to beat your high score. If I could compare it to a game of yesteryear, I would really say it’s like a modernized version of Super Mario. You just…

  • Obama implies ACTA enforcement during SOTU speech

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:52 pm
    It’s no secret that President Obama approves of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), since the U.S. has signed the agreement along with several other countries in 2011. If you aren’t familiar with ACTA, you need to get familiar with it, fast. The premise of ACTA is to combat piracy and counterfiet goods, however with all the undermining issues with the agreement it’s hard to think that such an agreement would ever be signed on by Obama and the U.S.Currently ACTA is not “law” in the U.S., as it would need ratification under Congress, but it is an International Trade…
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  • Google celebrates “World record for the largest observed snowflake”

    Jean Xiam Sun
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:19 pm
    According to Google, January 28th is the 125th anniversary of the largest snowflake ever recorded in the world, and a Wikipedia entry said the big snowflake recorded by Guinness World Records measured 15 inches (or two Samsung Galaxy Note and one Galaxy Nexus phone displayed diagonally) fell at Fort Keogh on January 28th 1887, by the way -- that's huge.

  • PS Vita AT&T variant wants a “release date line”

    Raphael Labuguen
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:47 pm
    PS Vita is arguably the much-anticipated gaming device right now (aside from the cheaper Nintendo 3DS) and to attract more customers on the device's release date, February 22, Sony is expected to offer a new PS Vita bundle which will include a free PS Vita game (sweet), and an 8GB storage card.

  • iPad 3 release date, and the possible Samsung rival

    Joan Lee
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:43 pm
    Rumors say Apple will introduce a new iPad this quarter, the so-called iPad 3, and according to rumors, the device will get a March release date. Well, here's a little piece of good news if you love Android and Samsung because the other side of tablet world hints an upcoming Samsung tablet packed with a 2GHz dual-core CPU.

  • Zynga Bingo arriving soon

    Jean Xiam Sun
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:21 pm
    Zynga introduces its own Bingo game.

  • More Sony Xperia S features revealed ahead of release date

    Carlo Raphael Diokno
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:48 pm
    Yeah, I'm a fan of the new Xperia S because of its premium and competitive design, and new features of the phone posted today makes it more attractive. Take note other Android manufacturers.
 
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  • Edward VIII coronation beer on display – and it is still drinkable

    Adrian Hearn
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:46 am
    Brewer John Bexon proudly shows off a 75-year-old ale which never went on sale because it was brewed to celebrate the coronation of Edward VIII. The Suffolk brewer’s Coronation Ale was due to be sold around Britain to commemorate the historic anniversary of the king’s first year on the throne in 1936 – but it never saw the light of day after he abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson. The tipple then lay undiscovered for decades until workman found it in a bricked up cellar after being called in to replace a floor at the 200-year-old brewery site in Bury St Edmunds. After cracking…

  • Rare £850,000 Lamborghini Reventon for sale

    Adrian Hearn
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:42 am
    An ultra-rare Lamborghini inspired by a fighter jet has gone on sale – for a whopping #850,000. The Lamborghini Reventon is the most expensive model ever built by the Italian supercar company, with just 20 rolling off the production line between 2007 and 2008. Engineers used the F22-Raptor for inspiration, taking styling cues from the fighter jet’s angular shape, sharp edges and stealthy paint job. They even fitted the interior with a G-force meter to give the driver the feeling they are in the cockpit of a mach two aircraft. Lamborghini’s engineers used a massive 6.5-litre…

  • Postcode lottery denies three-year-old life changing operation

    Adrian Hearn
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:37 am
    A three-year-old girl has been denied an operation that could enable her to walk because of an NHS postcode lottery – despite the procedure only being available at her local hospital. Little Evie Tucker suffers from cerebral palsy and can only shuffle a few steps at a time in her walking frame. She will be unable to walk for life without a #25,000 operation which is only performed at one hospital in Britain – which happens to be just 12 miles away from her home. But the procedure is not routinely funded by the NHS and bosses have ruled that Evie’s case is not strong enough…

  • One-off gold Mercedes on sale for £7 MILLION

    Adrian Hearn
    9 Dec 2011 | 9:35 am
    A flamboyant entrepreneur who turned his classy Mercedes into this extraordinary one-off supercar which he’s now selling for a staggering £7 MILLION. The Mercedes McLaren SLR is the one of the German company’s most exclusive cars and is known for its stylish design. But Swiss businessman Ueli Anliker wasn’t satisfied with the car’s image and set about transforming the 200mph-plus Merc. He employed a team of 35 who spent a total of 30,000 man hours and more than £3.5 million developing the outlandish ‘Anliker McLaren SLR 999 Red Gold Dream’. However, it…

  • Injured football fan’s incredible skull operation

    Adrian Hearn
    9 Dec 2011 | 9:27 am
    A football-mad teenager who had half his skull removed after falling through a roof is playing for his team again 12 months after surgeons put his head back together ”like a jigsaw”. Tom Buckett, 17, spent two weeks in a coma after his skull smashed ”like an egg” when he plunged 15ft through a glass skylight onto his head. The talented striker nearly died in the accident last May and doctors warned he would never play the sport again. But he made a miraculous recovery after he became only the third person in the UK to have a fake skull glued onto his head – known…
 
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  • Lenders making credit card agreements clearer

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    While many consumers are trying to reduce debt and get a better hold of their finances, some of the nation's top credit card lenders may soon be able to help with that debt relief thanks to new documents that make borrowing agreements easier to understand.Major banks are now starting to issue simplified documents for checking accounts, which clearly list the terms of the agreement in plain language, and it's expected that credit card contracts will come next, according to a report from the Columbus Dispatch. These financial institutions are likely taking the lead of the new federal…

  • Bank of America credit card users may soon find more deals

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Many consumers are now taking advantage of social couponing services like Groupon and LivingSocial to find savings on items they may want to purchase. Now the nation's largest credit card lender is working on a similar program for its debit and credit card holders.BankAmeriDeals, a kind of social couponing service that offers consumers daily discounts based on their previous card spending habits, is now being tested by Bank of America employees in three states and will be rolled out to its workers across the country over the next few weeks, according to a report from The Associated Press.

  • Newport Beach Couple Face Prison for Tax Evasion

    25 Jan 2012 | 8:19 pm
    ​ ORANGE COUNTY (OCWEEKLY) -- In the 1990s, you could not serpentine around a champagne server at a high society soiree in Orange County without bumping into Richard and Jolene Engel. They were everywhere, even landing aboard the P'zazz yacht when the Nordstrom family hosted a private Newport Harbor supper-cruise for New York designer Donna Karan and her artist-sculptor husband Stephan Weiss. That was then. Now divorced, the Engels pleaded guilty Friday to failing to pay taxes on more than $180 million in unreported income from their Costa Mesa business that was supposed to refurbish the…

  • Growing IRS Workload Causing Problems

    25 Jan 2012 | 7:42 pm
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service can't keep up with surging tax cheating and isn't sufficiently collecting revenue or helping confused taxpayers because Congress isn't giving it enough money to do its job, a government watchdog said Wednesday. To cope with its growing and increasingly complex tasks, the agency is relying more on computer software designed to weed out fraud, Nina E. Olson, the national taxpayer advocate, said in her annual report to lawmakers. But errors are abundant, creating even more work for the agency when taxpayers dispute its findings, the report said. In…

  • CFPB Plans Review of Payday Loan Practices to Help with Debt Relief

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:27 pm
    The state of the economy has stretched so many Americans beyond their means that the demand for emergency credit and debt relief is skyrocketing. Payday lending has become a $7 billion-a-year industry. And even though some states limit the interest rate lenders can charge and a few states have banned payday loans all together, there has been little federal oversight. That is, until now. Now the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPD) plans to examine both bank and non-bank institutions offering payday loans (called a deposit advance at banks) to ensure that lending practices are neither…
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  • Get a summer job at Louisville’s Youth Opportunity Showcase

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:44 pm
    The Youth Opportunity Showcase, an annual job fair for young adults, ages 16 through 21, has been held for the past six years in Louisville. This event gives teens a chance to apply for jobs, as well as learn about...

  • Candidate filing deadline less than one week away in Kentucky

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    25 Jan 2012 | 3:55 pm
    Thinking about tossing your hat into the ring? Well you’d best hurry up, because time is running out for potential candidates to place their name on the ballot for this year’s primary elections. Primary...

  • Kentucky governor celebrates Magna Seating’s 450 new jobs

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    24 Jan 2012 | 5:27 pm
    Governor Steve Beshear today participated in the grand opening of Magna Seating of America’s new 139,500-square-foot Bullitt County facility, just down the road from Metro Louisville. The nearly $20 million investment is expected to create...

  • Louisville Better Business Bureau lists 2011’s worst local businesses

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    20 Jan 2012 | 7:18 pm
    The Better Business Bureau, serving Louisville, Southern Indiana, and Western Kentucky has named its top area businesses producing the most unanswered/unresolved complaints and serious complaints - to the BBB in 2011.This is a distinction no...

  • A little good news: Kentucky’s unemployment down to 9.1 percent

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    19 Jan 2012 | 4:10 pm
    For the third month in a row, there is some good news for the Commonwealth’s unemployed workers. Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate dropped to a three-year low of 9.1 percent in December...
 
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  • Morning Gossip (Video): Bow Wow Kisses and Tells

    EURpublisher03
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:30 am
    *Rapper Bow Wow went on an airing dirty laundry spree yesterday on a radio show.* He went on to talk about growing up in the industry and the numerous women he’s dated. Check out the video below as he talks to the Breakfast Club about everything in a very candid interview:  

  • Giants Wide Receiver Victor Cruz Has a Girlfriend, Ladies

    EURpublisher03
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:45 pm
    *The man who Salsa dances in the endzone has a girlfriend ladies. New York Giants Victor Cruz not only has a girlfriend, but she’s his fiancee as well. The talented wide receiver has been dating the Dominican Elaina Watley for a while now. Cruz who was alleged to have broken up the relationship of an Atlanta Falcons player and his stripper girlfriend, seems to be happy where he’s at with Elaina. Let’s wish this couple the best.  

  • Twitter Beef: Lozada Tells Williams ‘Our Friendship is Done’

    EURpublisher03
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:14 pm
    *Evelyn Lozada went on a Twitter back and forth last night with her former Basketball Wives co-star Jennifer Williams and now says they are no longer friends, according to TheInsider.com.* The future wife of Chad Ochocinco said that their friendship is “done.” Here’s an excerpt from the interview: TheInsider.com: I saw an interview Jennifer did recently that said you were jealous of her friendship with NeNe Leakes. Why would she think that? Evelyn Lozada: That’s really what threw me over the edge because Jennifer, you’re lying. We’re two months into filming…

  • Mackie on How His ‘Man on a Ledge’ is Like ‘The Help’

    EURpublisher02
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:21 pm
    Anthony Mackie in a scene from "Man on a Ledge" *Anthony Mackie says his latest film “Man on a Ledge,” in theaters today, is the perfect psychological thriller because of two realities: A) It’s not trying to do too much, and B) It’s exactly what the title says it is. “’Man on a Ledge!’ the actor proclaims during interviews for the film in LA. “You got a man, and guess where he is the whole movie? On a ledge! You know what I mean? I like movies like that. You give me a title, that’s it! Live up to the title. ‘Smokey and the Bandit.’ You got Smokey, and you got a…

  • BBC America Greenlights Season 3 of Idris Elba’s ‘Luther’

    EURpublisher02
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:44 pm
    Idris Elba poses in the press room with the Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television award for "Luther" at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills *BBC America has committed to co-produce and air a four-episode third season of the Idris Elba-led “Luther” this year reports The Chicago Tribune. The UK’s BBC One greenlit a third season a few months ago, the question remains when in 2012 they will actually get around to filming them, reports Dark Horizons. Though…
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  • Helping Loved Ones Find Help for Connecticut Veterans

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    14 Jan 2012 | 8:42 am
    Many veterans experience depression when returning from overseas, with some showing signs of being suicidal. While a veteran's family and friends might notice these warning signs, they don't always know how to approach the situation. The Connecticut Department of Veteran Affairs recognizes this and has a new program called Coaching into Care. The program helps loved ones of veterans get help for those who need it. Links: Connecticut Veterans Affairs

  • Exclusive Interview with "Pawn" Producer Jeff Most About Shooting a Movie in West Hartford

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    19 Dec 2011 | 7:02 am
    West Hartford may not have the Hollywood sign, but it does have lights,cameras, and action going on inside what was once a Friendly's restaurant in the town's center. The movie being filmed is an action thriller called Pawn and has stars like Michael Chiklis, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta and Nikki Reed. A major reason the high profile film is being shot in Connecticut is because of the tax credits the state offers movie makers. LocalOnlineNews.TV was granted an exclusive interview with Pawn's producer Jeff Most to find out why they chose West Hartford as a shooting location.

  • Brew Your Own Holiday Gifts in Southington

    admin
    29 Nov 2011 | 9:29 am
    If you want to go beyond bringing that store-bought bottle of wine to your next holiday party, try making your own. Sarah Miner checks out the Cork and Brew in Southington. The shop helps customers make their own beer, wine, and sodas.

  • Mars Curiosity in 60 Seconds

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    29 Nov 2011 | 8:32 am
    Learn about the Mars Curiosity Rover that NASA launched to the red planet on November 26, 2011. Read the full article and learn about Curosity's Connecticut components at our partner site CTTechJunkie.com.

  • West Hartford's A Hand Up Helps the Homeless Transition to New Homes

    admin
    20 Nov 2011 | 7:05 pm
    West Hartford's A Hand Up helps the homeless transition to new homes by accepting donations of furniture and other household goods. They will pick goods up from your home, but bringing donations to their location helps them save money on fuel and transportation.
 
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  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Speak in Long Beach April 21st

    Editor
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Photo by Ferne Millen His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be delivering a public talk on ‘Peace of Mind in Troubled Times’ on April 21st, at 1:30PM, at the SMG managed Long Beach Arena. This event is hosted by Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling (GSTDL), a Tibetan Buddhist center in Long Beach.Read the rest of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Speak in Long Beach April 21st

  • Cal Rep Questions Authority With ‘Quills’ a Sadistic Fable

    Editor
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:30 pm
    California Repertory Company presents Quills by Doug Wright, directed by guest artist Larissa Paige Kokernot, February 17-March 10. Set during the final year of the infamous Marquis’ incarceration in the insane asylum Cherenton, Quills explores the lengths some will go to silence an inciting voice. The production is presented in partnership with the B-Word Project, a CSULB campus-wide initiative examining what it means to be “banned, blacklisted, and boycotted.”Read the rest of Cal Rep Questions Authority With ‘Quills’ a Sadistic Fable

  • Long Beach Airport Tops List With Lowest Airfares in California

    Editor
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Long Beach Airport (LGB) is pleased to announce the lowest airfares in the State of California and the second lowest airfares in the entire country, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics, which tracks the data nationally. “Long Beach Airport is known for exceeding expectations – very low fares, easy access, great destinations and excellent customer service all help make Long Beach Airport one of the very best in the country,” Mayor Bob Foster said.Read the rest of Long Beach Airport Tops List With Lowest Airfares in California

  • Long Beach Rotary Welcomes Dr. Terrence J. Roberts, Member of the Little Rock Nine

    Editor
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:30 am
    Dr. Terrence J. Roberts Long Beach Rotary will host its fourth meeting this year on Wednesday, February 1st, and will feature Dr. Terrence J. Roberts, member of the Little Rock Nine Foundation that was established in the wake of fierce opposition to the desegregation of schools by nine young African American students.Read the rest of Long Beach Rotary Welcomes Dr. Terrence J. Roberts, Member of the Little Rock Nine

  • DA Files Charges Related to Recent Homicide

    Editor
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am
    On January 18, 2012, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against a suspect believed to be responsible for the January 5, 2012, murder of 19-year-old Jeff Pouncil of Long Beach, and the attempted murder of a 19-year-old male from Long Beach, who was with Victim Pouncil at the time of the shooting, which occurred in the area of 21st Street and Orange Avenue at approximately 12:02 p.m.Read the rest of DA Files Charges Related to Recent Homicide
 
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  • Protest against Lynas plant continues; approval date draws near

    Yong Yen Nie
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:37 am
    Residents of Kuantan, Pahang continue to protest against the setting up of a rare earth mining plant by Lynas Corp, as the company awaits for approval by the Malaysian government, which could come as early as Jan 30. According to The Malaysian Insider, the Stop Lynas Coalition and Save Malaysia Stop Lynas groups have put in a joint submission stating that the synthetic gypsum that Lynas would produce from its plant in Gebeng, Kuantan, would be an additional source of radiation to the locals. The two resident groups had presented their views after the public viewing and feedback period of…

  • HK: Octopus card donations during flag days

    Elmer W. Cagape
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:53 pm
    Out on a weekend morning walk, it is not unusual to find people armed with cash bags seeking donations outside conspicuous locations in the city. This activity, practiced during what is known as ‘flag day’, is an activity permitted by the government in an effort to generate funds generally for charitable purposes. Troops to school children, youth and parents congregate at prominent places like MTR stations, parks and areas frequented by pedestrians, each holding coin collection bags and politely asking for spare change donations from passers by. If, in an instance you don’t…

  • Australian govt, activists trade blame for clash

    AP News
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:05 am
    SYDNEY (AP) — Authorities and indigenous-rights protesters blamed each other Friday for a heated clash in which bodyguards had to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event marking the anniversary of British colonization. Gillard stumbled in Thursday’s fray and lost a shoe, which protesters scooped up after the rowdy demonstration in the capital Canberra. Aboriginal-rights supporters had surrounded a restaurant and banged on its windows while Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott were inside at an award ceremony to mark Australia Day. Australia's Prime Minister Julia…

  • Thousands battle forest fire in southwestern China

    AP News
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:56 am
    BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of fire fighters are battling a blaze in the forest near the famed southwestern Chinese tourist town of Lijiang. State media say investigators were looking into the cause of the fire. While all visible flames had been extinguished by Friday morning, high winds continued to pose a threat of re-igniting sparks and hot spots. The Xinhua News Agency said the blaze broke out Thursday morning and burned about 111 acres (45 hectares) around Lijiang’s famous Yulong Snow Mountain. About 3,000 people were fighting the blaze, including paramilitary troops and volunteers.

  • Japan: Time to expand the voting pool?

    Anna Watanabe
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:29 am
    Today, Chief Cabinet Secretary, Osamu Fujimara, announced the government will begin talks to lower Japan’s national voting age to 18, next month. Official talks on the subject haven’t been held for almost a year and it is widely believed that February’s talks will again result in naught. Fujimara himself seems skeptical and the Japan Times reports he has stressed that as the changes would affect up to 300 laws, it’s unclear if the bill would even be submitted to Diet. “It is a very, very difficult issue and needs to be thoroughly and carefully discussed,”…
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  • The North – SOPA, PIPA and Digital Police

    Johnson.J
    25 Jan 2012 | 3:42 am
    The first digital switch in history who joined thousands of online sites had the desired success. Stopped short two bills on intellectual property protection that are discussed in U.S. Congress which, if sanctioned, would infringe serious damage to the climate of freedom on the internet and technology companies subdue her. The power of global protest, led by Wikipedia, with a 24-hour blackout and Google, with a call for its users to disavow the bills, legislators made hasty halt their march, try to learn more about the use of new technologies and think of a better balance law copyright…

  • 26 Victims Rescued after Another Earthquake in Turkey, At least 7 dead at the Spot

    Johnson.J
    10 Nov 2011 | 5:56 am
    The earthquake that struck last night the Turkish province of Van has claimed the lives of at least seven people, while another 26 have been rescued from the rubble, said today Disaster Management and Emergency (AFAD). The earthquake of 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale, occurred at 21.23 yesterday (19.23 GMT) with epicenter in the town of Edremit, about 17 miles from Van, and hypocenter 5 km depth, which caused about 25 buildings including two hotels, he collapsed. 26 People Rescued after 5.6 magnitude Earthquake Hits Van in Turkey The last two men were rescued about 60 and 25, which…

  • Palestine Become a 195th Member of Unesco: The Embassy of Palestine in Senegal Welcomes the Accession

    Johnson.J
    3 Nov 2011 | 4:43 am
    Pending state to be admitted as a full member of the UN, Palestine just now to be the 195th member agency of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). Recognition hailed by its diplomatic mission in Senegal. In a press release, the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Senegal welcomes the admission of Palestine as a member state of the UN agency for Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the 195th. ’This has been validated, this Monday, October 31, 2011, by a vote at the general conference at the organization’s headquarters…

  • Bangkok Floods: Bangkok is Holding its Breath

    Johnson.J
    29 Oct 2011 | 1:59 am
    The Thai capital, with 12 million inhabitants, is on high alert for this weekend holidays declared in haste before the arrival of huge water masses coming from the central plains of the country, coinciding with major tidal coefficients. The provisional toll reported 380 deaths and millions of people affected. Several districts in the north and west of the capital are flooded but the financial center is currently saved. | AFP / Nicolas Asfouri Bangkok has been preparing to receive the bodies of water covering the northern and central regions and descend inexorably towards the Gulf of…

  • Earthquake Havoc in Turkey – There are Still People Trapped after the Earthquake in Turkey

    Johnson.J
    25 Oct 2011 | 1:06 am
    Continue the rescue work. And the death toll is approaching 300. Rescuers were digging through the rubble yesterday to try to save people trapped in Van, the Turkish city most damaged Sunday by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale. The earthquake affected the whole country east of the 264 deaths caused so far and thousands wounded , according to the Turkish interior minister, Idris Naim Sahin. But it is estimated that the casualties could become 1,000. 7.2 Earthquake destroyes Turkey Centre The official death toll is still low, but we know that many people in the vicinity of…
 
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  • Derrick Rose showing off MVP skills

    Administrator
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:05 am
    Just amazing! Probably one of the beastliest crossovers and drives this year.

  • UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs Davis

    Administrator
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:04 pm
    Are you excited for the fights tomorrow? Who do you think is going to win in the main event?

  • Top 10 dunks of the week

    Administrator
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:02 pm
    Top 10 dunks from the NBA for the week of Jan. 27. Be prepared for entertainment.

  • Solidarity among Electro-Motive workers as they picket at dealerships

    Administrator
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:04 pm
    The CAW local 444 showed much solidarity Thursday morning as they banded together at the Toromont/Caterpillar dealership in Maidstone to hold an information picket line to protest against the lockout of Electro-Motive plant workers. This demonstration is only part of a national effort to bring awareness to U.S. based Caterpillar’s actions, where less than one ...Continue reading

  • Drugs trafficked to Canada via fruit shipments

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    27 Jan 2012 | 3:24 am
    With the new findings of drugs being transported into Canada via fruit shipments, six residents of southern Ontario have been charged for trafficking illegal substances. The drugs were found secretly hiding in hollow fruits by border officials in a shipment to New Brunswick and to Windsor, Ontario, The Canadian Press reported. Last August, border officials ...Continue reading
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  • Berkeley energy lab plans big expansion

    Mukesh civil
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:43 am
    The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said it will expand beyond its 200-acre Berkeley, California, campus with a 90-acre site in neighboring Richmond, California, hoping to ride gains in U.S. government energy research funding.A new 300,000 square foot building will consolidate into one site the satellite offices employing some 800 researchers, most of them focused on biology, who are currently scattered around the San Francisco Bay Area. It could eventually grow up to 2 million square feet and involve researchers in other fields, according to planning documents released by the lab on…

  • St. Louis to host first major parade for Iraq War vets

    Mukesh civil
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:18 am
    At least 1,000 Iraq War veterans and their family members are expected to march in St. Louis on Saturday in the nation's first major homecoming parade honoring U.S. soldiers who served in the war, a coalition of veteran groups, private citizens and local officials said.Since the last troops left Iraq in December there have been scattered small events, including a speech by President Barack Obama at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, thanking veterans for their service, but no major parade of the style seen at the end of World War One and World War Two.Organizers said the downtown St. Louis parade…

  • Kuznetsova and Zvonareva win Australian Open doubles

    Mukesh civil
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:04 am
     Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva ground down the Italian pairing of Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani 5-7 6-4 6-3 to win the Australian Open women's doubles title on Friday.The unseeded Russians captured the decisive break in the second game of the third set at Rod Laver Arena and survived five break points before closing out the match on the third match point.The win secured the Fed Cup team mates their first grand slam doubles title in their first tour final, though each had won major doubles titles separately.Kuznetsova won the 2005 Australian Open with Australian Alicia…

  • Facebook takes on 'clickjacking' spammers in court

    Mukesh civil
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:25 am
    Facebook and the state of Washington sued a company on Thursday they accused of a practice called "clickjacking" that fools users of the world's top social network into visiting advertising sites, divulging personal information and spreading the scam to friends.The scheme, also known as "likejacking" because victims are tricked into using Facebook's "Like" button to perpetuate it, has grossed $1.2 million a month for the Delaware-based firm, Adscend Media, according to the state attorney general's office.Adscend profits from the scam by collecting money from its advertising clients for every…

  • Texas executes man caught years after crime by DNA

    Mukesh civil
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:18 am
    Texas executed a convicted murderer by lethal injection on Thursday, administering the ultimate punishment to a man who had been paroled for an assault in Michigan when his DNA linked him to a years-old murder in San Antonio.Rodrigo Hernandez, 38, was convicted of sexually assaulting and strangling Susan Verstegen in 1994, leaving her body in a San Antonio trash can.The execution, which a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said was carried out at a prison in Huntsville, was the second in the United States this year after Oklahoma executed Gary Welch on January 5 for…
 
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  • U.S Top 10 H1-B Visa Users

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    28 Jan 2012 | 6:08 am
    Government has recently released report which states that most of the H1-B Visa users have been acquired by offshore outsourcing companies. The data released by government states that these companies are making more with their [...]

  • Symantec Says to Uninstall PcAnyWhere

    admin
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:56 am
    We were not expecting some thing like this from a big company like Symantec that we should uninstall PcAnyWhere from our personal computers experts say. Symantec a big company which provides computers security has said [...]

  • 10 Add-Ons You Must Have for Google Chrome

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    21 Jan 2012 | 6:18 am
    I started using internet since 2002 and at that time Microsoft was leading the market with only famous browser internet explorer. Microsoft no doubt leaded the internet users to surf with ease till years. Opera [...]

  • Register with Your Real Name for Healthy China

    admin
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:37 am
    Government of China is implementing the policy to register with their real name and identities for those who tend to use micro blogging sites like twitter. The trial system has been implemented in five cities [...]

  • Analytics and Business Intelligence Top Priority for CIOs

    admin
    18 Jan 2012 | 9:26 pm
    Gartner’s annual survey held with IT Executives this year shows that analytics and business intelligence will be top technology priority for CIOs this year. Gartner conducted survey with 2135 CIOs world wide and asked them [...]
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    3 Jan 2012 | 1:26 pm
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  • The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics

    mgopin
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:34 am
                          This article was originally published on January 18th here. At the beginning of December 2011, the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University convened a meeting of over twenty world famous Islamic scholars and dignitaries together with over one hundred and twenty clerics from every province of Afghanistan. The event was unprecedented in the history of Afghan conflict resolution. Never before had anyone brought together…

  • SECRET COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ABOUT MORE THAN THREATS

    mgopin
    13 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
                        We are facing the beginnings of a Cuban Missile Crisis moment in the Straits of Hormuz, and without the proper communications system to avoid a catastrophe, as David Ignatius has noted. Secret communications between President Obama and Khameini are an excellent idea right now, with the right back channels, but they should not be just about communicating red lines and threats directly and personally. They should also be about opportunities, and those opportunities must be…

  • The Iranian Yalda And The Fateful Choice Of Light Over Darkness

    mgopin
    30 Dec 2011 | 4:10 pm
                        Just a few days ago was the longest night of the year. Another way of looking at is that this was night in which the tide of darkness began to turn back in favor of light. Bunched around this time are so many ancient holidays of lights and candles, of which Hanukah and Christmas are but two. Ancient rabbinic tradition suggests that the purpose of the small light at night is to teach that it takes only the light of one individual candle to illuminate the darkness of an entire…

  • Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran

    mgopin
    12 Dec 2011 | 11:37 am
                         This article originally appeared on the Al Jazeeera English website on Dec. 12, 2011.  You can view it by clicking here . Washington, DC - There is a long record of the grim effects of sanctions in international struggles against those states deemed as “rogue”. Sanctions are seen as righteous instruments, a non-violent way to pressure problematic regimes to change. But when you really don’t care about a country or its people, then your true attitudes…

  • More than 120 Muslim leaders Commit to the Future of Afghanistan during International Conference in Turkey

    mgopin
    4 Dec 2011 | 12:54 pm
                         George Mason University Press Release November 29, 2011 Media Contacts: In U.S., James Greif, +1 703 993 9118, jgreif@gmu.edu. In Turkey, Aziz Abu Sarah +1 571-236-0380, azizabusarah@gmail.com . Istanbul, Turkey –From every province of Afghanistan, Imams and civil society leaders will meet together today with Islamic scholars for the first time during the Islamic Cooperation for a Peaceful Future in Afghanistan conference, an unprecedented gathering that will open on…
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  • Palin Defends Newt, Calls GOP Elites 'Cannibals'

    Mark Russell
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:44 am
    The GOP establishment are "cannibals" who have adopted the "politics of personal destruction" to defend their "chosen one," writes Sarah Palin on her Facebook page . Although the Republican establishment has long fought the grass roots, from opposing Reagan in the 1970s to the Tea Party today, Palin said these latest...

  • US Sending 'Mothership' to Gulf for Special Ops

    Mark Russell
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:10 am
    With the US increasingly relying on targeted special ops instead of large military forces, the Pentagon will send an aging warship to the Gulf region to serve as a "mothership" for Navy SEALs and other special forces fighting Somali pirates, al-Qaeda, and other threats (like maybe this ), reports the...

  • Gingrich: I Was Bad in Debate Because Mitt Kept Lying

    Mark Russell
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:48 am
    First, Newt Gingrich aides blamed their boss's poor performance in Thursday's debate on a biased crowd, packed with Romney supporters . Now Gingrich himself is blaming Romney's "totally dishonest" answers, which left him too "shocked" to respond properly, reports the Washington Post . “I wanted to fact-check. I wanted to make sure...

  • Azarenka Wins Australian Open

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:30 am
    Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 today to win the Australian Open and take over the women's No. 1 ranking, all in her first Grand Slam final. The 22-year-old Belarusian had her serve broken in the opening game of the match and was down 2-0 after a nervous start...

  • Grandkids of 10th President John Tyler Still Alive

    Kate Schwartz
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:19 pm
    A leading candidate for the week's most bizarre story: Two of John Tyler's grandchildren are still alive. And yes, we're talking about the Tyler who was the 10th president of our country. The one who was born in 1790 and became president in 1841. Sounds impossible, but here is how...
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