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Famitsu: Cody, Adon, and Guy join Super Street Fighter IV
Joystiq (subscribe) | 11/24/2009 | Video Games
We thought the Haggar billboard and Metro City license plate in the new car-smashing bonus stage would be the only Final Fight nods in Super Street Fighter IV . Scans from Famitsu show that Final Fight 's two shirt-wearing protagonists, Cody and Guy, will appear as playable fighters in the game. The appearance of Adon, along with Cody's striped prison getup, means that the fighters are appearing in... -
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"Six Charged In Town Hall Disturbance"
Power Line (subscribe) | 14 hours ago | Politics
That's the headline in the St. Louis Post Dispatch . The reference is to the attack on Kenneth Gladney by thugs from the SEIU, although if you didn't already know that, I'm not sure you could glean it from the Post-Dispatch's account. One of those charged is a Post-Dispatch reporter who allegedly failed to obey police commands to leave the scene of the disturbance. The union thugs are charged only... -
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Gallery: Sega Genesis Teardown
Gadget Lab (subscribe) | 11/24/2009 | Technology
Sega’s Mega Drive was first born in 1988, made its way to the US a year later and at last to Europe in 1990. In the United States, it got a change of name: Genesis. At the time, the 16-bit marvel was just amazing, giving us an almost perfect home version of Streetfighter II and [...] -
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WTF? Girl Bitten by Pervert at 'New Moon' Screening
Cinematical (subscribe) | 11/24/2009 | Entertainment
We keep hearing about the annoying Twilight Saga fans and their ever-loyal fandom, but there are other crazies coming out of the woodwork. An ABC affiliate in Michigan reports that while watching New Moon at the Norton Shores theater, a teen girl was harassed and bitten by an old perv while watching the vampire/werewolf blockbuster. It seems that in the midst of a screen full of vamps and wolves,... -
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The Beat: Reagan Would Fail "Purity Test" Proposed for GOP
The Nation Blogs (subscribe) | 11/24/2009 | Politics
The most rigidly conservatives members of the Republican National Committee are circulating a proposal to establish a purity test for the party's candidates. If adopted, the party would withhold money from any contender who disagreed with conservative principles on more than two of 10 essential issues identified by the right-wingers. "The problem is that conservatives have lost trust in the Republican... -
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Check the Redesigned Google (With Always-Visible Sidebar) Yourself
Google Blogoscoped (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
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HTC HD2 to get WinMo 7 in 2010, N900 ships in US, LG GW880 hits China Mobile
Phone Mag (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Word is coming in that in 2010 the HTC HD2 may get a Windows Mobile 7 upgrade. According to the rumor, the update will be offered as soon as WinMo 7 launches. The downside is the update is said to be in late 2010. The Nokia N900 running Maemo 5 is now shipping in the US. [...] -
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Obama's "Christian" grandmother in Mecca for Hajj
Jihad Watch (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
Why the deception? And who was behind it? AP? The Obama camp? Someone else? What was its purpose? AP, March 5, 2008: "In the world of today, children have different religions from their parents," she said. She, too, is a Christian. Is she really? "Saudi Arabia: Obama's grandmother in Mecca... -
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World’s first fring and Skype mobile video calls over internet!
fring (subscribe) | 11/24/2009 | Technology
Only a week after releasing our Android version, we’re very excited to announce the healthy arrival of….the world’s first mobile video calls over internet! (with fring and Skype video calls ) Now for the first time ever fringsters can make and receive internet video calls from mobile devices (for free!), picking up your fring and [...] -
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Global warming with the lid off / The emails that reveal an effort to hide the truth...
In The Faith (subscribe) | 11/24/2009 | Entertainment
'The two MMs have been after the CRU station data for years. If they ever hear there is a Freedom of Information Act now in the U.K., I think I'll delete the file rather than send to anyone. . . . We also have a data protection act, which I will hide behind."So apparently wrote Phil Jones, director of the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit (CRU) and one of the world's leading climate... -
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Hudler and Physioc Dumped By Fox Sports West
Halos Heaven (subscribe) | 11/24/2009 | Sports
Hudler and Physioc Dumped By Fox Sports West la times reporting hud and phys were let go this morning...leaving us with....rory and gubi... from the article: According to a release from Fox Sports and sent, it says, on behalf of Fox Sports West and the Angels, Rex Hudler and Steve Physioc will no longer cover Angels games for the local sports network. The statement read: "We are going in a different... -
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Searching for Christmas, and Case of the Missing Layoff Stories
NewsBusters (subscribe) | 11/24/2009 | Other
This is the fifth year I have looked into how the media treats these two topics: The use of "Christmas shopping" vs. "holiday shopping" (note how the AP photo at right uses "holiday" and not "shopping," even though there is a C-C-, Chr-Chr-Christmas tree in the picture). The frequency of Christmas and holiday layoff references. I have done three sets of simple Google News searches each year on the... - see all discussions
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China To Send Premier To Copenhagen Climate Talks, Announces "Aggressive" Emissions Cuts
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | World
BEIJING — China announced plans Thursday to cut its carbon emissions by up to 45 percent as measured against its economic output – a commitment from the world's largest polluter that builds momentum ahead of a widely anticipated climate conference in Copenhagen next month. The announcement comes a day after President Barack Obama promised the U.S. would lay out plans to substantially cut its greenhouse... -
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Australian Camels To Be Shot After Invading Town
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | World
ALICE SPRINGS, Australia — Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies. The Northern Territory government announced its plan Wednesday for Docker River, a town of 350 residents where thirsty camels have been arriving daily for weeks... -
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Aspiring reality stars crash White House state dinner
Chicago Tribune (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says it's looking into its own security procedures after determining that two people crashed Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House. -
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Obama is to unveil his plan for Afghanistan on Tuesday
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | yesterday | World
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to announce a redrawn battle plan for Afghanistan, including what the military says could be a roughly 50% increase in U.S. forces, in a national address Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy. -
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Toyota targets gas pedals for repairs
Chicago Tribune (subscribe) | yesterday | Leisure
Recall affects about 4 million vehicles; action spurred by runaway acceleration events Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it would reconfigure or replace the gas pedals in about 4 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles to prevent the episodes of runaway acceleration that prompted the largest vehicle recall in the company's history. -
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Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs weighs Senate run in N.J.
Tampa Bay Online (subscribe) | yesterday | Entertainment
Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid — a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.
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Activist group posting 573,000 9/11 pager messages
Tampa Bay Online (subscribe) | yesterday | US
An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox." -
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Report: Former MVP Allen Iverson set to retire
Examiner (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sports
With no apparent interest from NBA teams, Allen Iverson is set to retire, according to an online report. -
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Outrage: Navy SEALS face assault charges for giving a bloody lip to a most wanted...
Stop the ACLU (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
If this doesn’t infuriate you, then I don’t know what will. These men are heroes, but in the newer, hopier, changier United States, heroes who capture a most-wanted terrorist responsible for the brutal murders of four Americans are charged with assault… for punching him in the lip. Three Navy SEALS caught Ahmed Ashim [...] -
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President Obama's Thanksgiving message
The Political Carnival (subscribe) | yesterday | US
By GottaLaff An e-mail from the president: Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones. American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they each share. Our families are bound together through times of joy and times of grief.... -
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DUI Mug Shots Posted Online Before Suspects' Court Hearings
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
HONOLULU — Mug shots of drunken driving suspects are landing on the Honolulu Police Department's Web site, creating a virtual wall of shame long before suspects get their day in court. Supporters say the experiment in public humiliation to be launched Wednesday should be used elsewhere in the nation if it reduces the number of drunks on the road. Critics counter the photo gallery is a heavy-handed... -
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GlaxoSmithKline Pulls Swine Flu Vaccines In Canada
Pro-Life News (subscribe) | 11/25/2009 | Health
Pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccines in case they trigger life-threatening allergies. Company spokeswoman Gwenan White said that they issued the advice after reports... - see all breaking news









