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HMM: Tiger Woods: Injuries Caused by Wife, Not SUV….
Instapundit.com (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sports
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Children who front Richard Dawkins’ atheist ads are evangelicals - London Times
In The Faith (subscribe) | yesterday | Other
I think it's very funny that they chose children from a Christian family. I don't know for sure if they actually are Christian, yet, only the children know. But I don't think it's okay to label them that way. It's not gonna hurt the child. If it is the truth it will show later. If they are really not Christian it will be revealed when they get older. Also I am Christian and if it really is the truth... -
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Dubai Default
Calculated Risk (subscribe) | 11/26/2009 | Other
No one saw this coming ... From Bloomberg: Dubai Debt Delay Rattles Confidence in Gulf Borrowers Dubai is shaking investor confidence across the Persian Gulf after its proposal to delay debt payments risked triggering the biggest sovereign default since Argentina in 2001. ... Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s cut the ratings on state companies yesterday, saying they may consider state-controlled... -
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New ViewSonic MID spotted running Windows XP
pocketables.net (subscribe) | 11/26/2009 | Technology
Previously known exclusively for monitors, ViewSonic is really making strides to broaden their product portfolio and expand into new markets, with the VCP08 Windows XP phone being an example of that. Some new photos have surfaced of another new product from the company also running Windows XP but in the form of a tablet MID. Currently known only as the ViewSonic N01 MID, the device seems to have a... -
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White House Party Crashers Met With Obama Too
Gateway Pundit (subscribe) | 14 hours ago | Sports
Figures… The White House party crashers met with Obama: The Virginia couple who crashed a presidential dinner met President Barack Obama in the receiving line, the White House said Friday, as a “deeply concerned and embarrassed” Secret Service acknowledged its officers failed to check whether the couple was on the guest list. They also posed with [...] -
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New in the Maker Shed: Fuel Cell X7 kit
MAKE: Blog (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
With the Fuel Cell X7 kit you can assemble and experiment with a unique reversible hydrogen Fuel Cell. This fuel cell kit provides a playful introduction to one of the most significant technologies of the 21st Century. With this kit you can build a model car that actually runs on water! The full-color, 16-page manual contains easy, step-by-step instructions for assembling and using the car, as well...
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McIntyre: Data from the “Hide the Decline”
Watts Up With That? (subscribe) | 11/26/2009 | Sciences
By Steve McIntyre from his camirror.wordpress.com site For the very first time, the Climategate Letters “archived” the deleted portion of the Briffa MXD reconstruction of “Hide the Decline” fame – see here. Gavin Schmidt claimed that the decline had been “hidden in plain sight” (see here. ). This isn’t true. The post-1960 data [...] -
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The Most Corrupt Adminsitration in US History:NY TIMES: Attorney General Holder Says...
Atlas Shrugs (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
Where are the defenders of ourngreat nation? Where are our checks and balances? Where are the decent men elected to protect us from carpetbaggers like Obama and his criminal gang. ACORN has been found guilty of voter fraud, illegal voter, conspiracy to traffic in child prostitution, human trafficking, and G-d knows what. My taxpayer dollars cannot be used to fund these vile criminals. And they dump... -
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New Promo for Human Target
Superhero Hype (subscribe) | yesterday | Entertainment
Fox has aired this new promo for "Human Target," the graphic novel adaptation that premieres on Sunday, January 17 at 8/9pm ET. The full-throttle, action-packed drama is about a unique private contractor (Mark Valley) who will stop at nothing even if it means becoming a human target to save his clients. Chi McBride and Jackie Earle Haley co-star in the series. -
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What If Steve Jobs Hadn’t Returned To Apple In 1997?
TechCrunch (subscribe) | 11/26/2009 | Technology
Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Traditionally we take stock of the things that we're thankful for on this day each year. And I realized that one of those things is Steve Jobs . I'm thankful that he returned to Apple in 1997 and did the things he has done since. It wasn't at all a certainty that he would ever return to the company that he cofounded two decades earlier. In fact, it was only luck and... -
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Trades Of The Decade: A-Rod For Soriano
MLB Trade Rumors (subscribe) | 11/26/2009 | Sports
You might remember that the Red Sox were very nearly the ones to acquire Alex Rodriguez when the Rangers made him available after the 2003 season. According to USA Today, the reigning MVP would have gone to Boston, Manny Ramirez would have gone to Texas and the Red Sox would have dealt Nomar Garciaparra to the White Sox. The blockbuster Red Sox-Rangers deal fell through when the MLBPA stepped in, providing... -
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Netronix Android ebook readers in 2010, plus 3.5G models
SlashGear (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Netronix are developing Android-based ebook readers , working with Texas Instruments to push the e-readers out in 2010, according to company chairman Arthur Lu. Full specifications on the devices are unknown, though Lu has also said the the devices will be “able to interoperate” with both Android smartphones and embedded devices; the executive didn’t go on to explain exactly what form that interoperation... - see all discussions
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White House Posts Photo Of Party Crashers To Its Flickr Page
The Business Insider (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Politics
Not exactly the best way to discourage future attention-crazed White House party crashers: The White House has uploaded an official photo of party crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi to its Flickr feed . The Virginia couple crashed a State Dinner with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India on Nov. 24. The couple is reportedly trying to get onto a cable TV reality show. The Secret Service is "deeply... -
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Police to talk to Woods about accident
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sports
There are plenty of vivid details from the car crash that sent Tiger Woods to the hospital. There are also plenty of questions. -
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Recession Sends Older Americans To Food Pantries
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | US
ALBANY, N.Y. — Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowding soup kitchens and food pantries in greater numbers for the first time after seeing retirement funds, second jobs and nest eggs wiped out by recession. "What we see in line is lots of gray hair, lots of walkers," said Marti Forman, CEO of The Cooperative... -
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China Cargo Plane Crash: 3 Americans Killed
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | World
SHANGHAI — A cargo plane crashed as it took off from Shanghai's main airport Saturday, killing three American crew members and injuring four other employees after it veered off the runway and burst into flames. Three Americans on the seven-member crew died and a fourth American was injured, U.S. Embassy spokesman Richard Buangan told The Associated Press. He did not know the injured person's condition.... -
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Roger Federer loses to Nikolay Davydenko at ATP finals
Boston Herald (subscribe) | 20 minutes ago | Sports
LONDON - Roger Federer has been eliminated from the ATP World Tour Finals after losing to Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in the semifinals. The top-ranked Federer was... -
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Russia Train Crash: Bomb Caused Wreck That Killed 26
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | World
UGLOVKA, Russia — Russian officials opened a terrorism investigation Saturday, saying that a homemade bomb planted on the tracks of the high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg route caused a derailment that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more. The head of Russia's Federal Security Service, Alexander Borotnikov, was quoted by the Interfax and RIA Novosti news as saying that an improvised explosive...
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Government delays online gambling ban
The Washington Times (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Technology
The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling. The two agencies said Friday that the new rules, which were to take effect Dec. 1, would be delayed until June 1. A key Democratic opponent of the ban on online gambling praised the action and said it would give Congress time to... -
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Pakistan leader faces corruption probe
CNN (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | World
An amnesty protecting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari from corruption charges expired on Saturday and threatened to cast the nation into political crisis. -
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U.S. Military Divorce Rate Rises As War Stress Frays Marriages
War News Updates (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
From The L.A. Times: The divorce rate in the armed forces increased slightly again in the last year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the nation’s ninth year at war. In the 2009 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, there were an estimated 27,312 divorces among the nearly 765,000 married members of the active-duty Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, according to figures provided... -
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Clock is ticking on 2010 health care plan choices
Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe) | yesterday | Health
The holidays may be starting to crowd your to-do list, but one thing you shouldn't let get buried under the tinsel is your health insurance coverage. -
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Spice Girls Musical In The Works
Splash News Online (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | Celebrity
Plans for a Spice Girls musical are reportedly under way. Geri Halliwell will be the executive producer of the show, which will tell the story of the five girls' journey and include 14 of their biggest hits. The musical, which will be called Viva Forever, will debut at London's West End Nov. 5 of next year. Related Links: The Beckham's Get A Posh Pig -
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Relative sought in 4 Fla. Thanksgiving killings
Kansas City Star (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | US
Authorities in Florida were searching Saturday for a man police said opened fire on his family after Thanksgiving dinner and killed four people, including his pregnant sister and a 6-year-old cousin who was sleeping in her bed. - see all breaking news









