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Come Fry With Me -- By: Mark Steyn
The Corner (subscribe) | yesterday | Other
In order to save the planet from global roasting, it seems entirely reasonable to ask Mr and Mrs Joe Peasant to submit to annual " carbon allowance " preventing them flying hither and yon and devastating the environment. As Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, explains : Hotel guests should have their electricity monitored; hefty aviation taxes should be... -
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Cheney beats back 2012 efforts
Political Ticker (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | Politics
Dick Cheney says he has no interest in running for president. Washington (CNN) - Dick Cheney's throwing cold water on a new group's effort to try and convince the former vice president to seek the Republican presidential nomination in the next race for the White House. "Draft Dick Cheney 2012" officially launched on Friday and unveiled a [...] -
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Zeitgeist 2009: the collective consciousness
The Official Google Blog (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Technology
At Google we're all about curiosity, and clearly, so are all of you. Everyone, it seems, searches the web to fulfill that innate curiosity to find something of interest. Whether searching for the latest news, a popular holiday gift, a website you've heard about, the latest singing sensation, or the trailer to a blockbuster film, you come to the Google search box with something on your mind. And since... -
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Holiday savings with Checkout
The Official Google Blog (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
This holiday season, Google Checkout can help you save time and money. You can shop quickly and easily with one secure login for thousands of stores across the web. And through December 17, save with exclusive discounts of $5, $10 or $20 at hundreds of participating stores, including TigerDirect.com, BlueNile.com and Petco.com. And for Cyber Monday , you can take advantage of special limited-time offers... -
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iDroid App Rejected By Apple. Well, Duh.
TechCrunch (subscribe) | 11/29/2009 | Technology
Here's a tip for all you iPhone app developers out there. If you want to make sure your app doesn't join the long list of rejected iPhone apps out there, make sure it doesn't advertise a competing product, especially if that product runs the Android operating system. Swavv Apps (creators of Beer Pong) learned that lesson recently when they tried to get their iDroid app past the App Store censors.... -
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Crashergate, Desiree Rogers, and the Chicago Way: Land of no consequences
Michelle Malkin (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
"Let the good times roll."
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Crashers Insist They Were Invited
Political Wire (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Entertainment
In an interview on the Today Show , the "most infamous party crashers in the world said Tuesday that they hate that label, denied they finagled their way into a White House state dinner and insisted that they were invited to the bash by a Washington law firm with ties to a senior Pentagon official." Said Michaele Salahi: "We were invited, not crashers. There isn't anyone that would have the audacity... -
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White House Mocks 'Politico' With Super-Mean Email Forward
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 15 hours ago | Politics
Hey, kids! Did you hear about how the White House has gotten themselves in another white-knuckled media feud ... with Politico ? Ha, ha, awesome! Except: no. Those of you hoping for a "War on Fox" redux are going to be sorely disappointed. What's actually going on is that in the wake of John Harris' " Seven Narratives That The White House Hopes Doesn't Take Root And That We Are Going To Plant Ourselves,... -
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Charles Johnson Explains The Crazy Hating
forward movement (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | Other
Only not really. Little Green Footballs on why he flipped from right to left. The explanation is a little thin. But apparently it works like this: If you disagree with any element of half of the American body politic, you disagree with the whole thing. And if you agree with any part of it, you agree with [...] -
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Fring Brings Free Video Calling To The iPhone, Nokia Smartphones
TechCrunch (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | Technology
Apple has long been rumored to integrate video conferencing capabilities in the iPhone, and most expected Skype to incorporate such a feature in its free application for iPhone and iPod Touch devices sooner or later, but Israel's fring is first to actually do it . Big caveat for starters: the camera on the iPhone 3GS is located on the back, which is handy for recording videos of people and locations... -
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Minimum wage machine
MAKE: Blog (subscribe) | 17 hours ago | Technology
Ever feel like you are just cranking away and not getting anywhere in life? Well, at least with Blake Fall-Conroy's Minimum Wage Machine , you are guaranteed to get paid as long as you crank. The idea is that you generate power by turning a handle, which in turn powers a change machine that pays you in pennies, one every 5.035 seconds. It's a work in progress, but Blake was kind enough to share these... -
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We’re Going (RED) for World AIDS Day
The Official Google Blog (subscribe) | 13 hours ago | Technology
HIV/AIDS has cut a swath of destruction across the globe—infecting more than 60 million people, leaving 14 million orphans in sub-Saharan Africa alone. But a global movement to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, along with scientific breakthroughs in treatment, have reversed the momentum in recent years. For those living with HIV in Africa, just two pills at 40 cents a day can bring a recovery so miraculous... - see all discussions
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“Tiger Woods Mistress” Rachel Uchitel Offers To Take Lie-Detector Test
The PopCrunch Show (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sports
Rachel Uchitel, a New York City nightclub hostess with ties to celebrity sex and 9/11, continues to deny published reports that she had a romantic relationship with pro golfer Tiger Woods. The reports have grown so widespread that the leggy brunette is offering to take a lie-detector test to prove she’s never been intimate with [...] -
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“Precious,” “The Last Station” Lead Spirit Award Nominations
The PopCrunch Show (subscribe) | 45 minutes ago | Celebrity
Matt Dillon and Taraji P. Henson announced the nominees for The 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Tuesday, and critically-hailed dramas Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire and The Last Station are leading the way with five nominations each. Both films are up for the coveted Best Feature film honor. Precious’ leading lady, [...] -
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Cop Killer Maurice Clemmons Shot Dead- 3 Accomplices Arrested (Video)
Gateway Pundit (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | Politics
Police officers in Seattle shot Maurice Clemmons dead early Tuesday morning. Clemmons killed 4 police officers in an ambush Sunday at a coffee house in Lakewood, Washington. Clemmons told his acquaintances about his intentions beforehand. They did not notifiy the authorities. The AP reported: The man suspected of gunning down four police officers in a suburban coffee [...] -
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Detained British Sailors: Iran Warns Of Tough Action Against Them
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | World
TEHRAN, Iran — Tehran warned on Tuesday that it will take strong action against five detained British sailors if it is proven they had "bad intentions" when their racing yacht entered Iran's Persian Gulf waters and was seized. The detention could heighten tensions between Iran and major world powers, including Britain, that are demanding a halt to Tehran's controversial nuclear program. London rushed... -
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World AIDS Day: South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies
USA Today (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Health
South Africa will treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing, the president announced Tuesday, a dramatic and eagerly awaited ... -
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Officials: Obama asks up to 10,000 European troops
San Fransisco Chronicle (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | World
President Barack Obama is asking European members of NATO to contribute up to 10,000 additional troops to the international force in Afghanistan, officials with the military alliance said Tuesday. A diplomat from a European nation said the troop figure was...
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Del-Fi Records founder Bob Keane dies in LA at 87
Seattle Times (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Entertainment
Del-Fi Records founder Bob Keane, who discovered rocker Ritchie Valens, has died in Los Angeles at age 87. -
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Soldier's mom sues over letter stamped `deceased'
San Fransisco Chronicle (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | US
A Minnesota woman is suing the federal government after a letter she mailed to her son in Iraq was returned with the word "deceased" stamped on the envelope, even though the soldier is alive. Joan Najbar filed the lawsuit last month in U.S. District Court in... -
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UK court: secret evidence not enough to deny bail
San Fransisco Chronicle (subscribe) | 4 hours ago
Britain's High Court dealt a blow to the government Tuesday by ruling that terror suspects cannot be denied bail on the basis of secret evidence. The court was ruling in the case of two men suspected of terrorist activities. They have been refused bail but... -
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Suicide bomber kills Pakistan provincial lawmaker
Seattle Times (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | World
A teenage suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban lawmaker in his house in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Tuesday, showing the militant threat in the region remains months after a military push there was declared a success. -
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Questions mount about Woods' accident
The Washington Times (subscribe) | 8 hours ago | Sports
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. | Tiger Woods still isn't talking. Now he's not playing, either. Woods withdrew Monday from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home. His decision comes as questions continue to mount regarding what exactly happened in the wee hours of the morning last Friday - questions that most certainly would have been asked of him had he played. The... -
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Don't bet newspapers will get rich shunning Google
Salt Lake Tribune (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
San Francisco » There's an intriguing idea floating around the media. Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google. - see all breaking news
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