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Message from Michelle Obama: "Our first guest"
Obama HQ (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
Today, Michelle Obama sent out a message announcing the first of the ten grassroots supporters who will be chosen as special guests to attend the Inauguration: Last week, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that we're bringing 10 supporters to Washington, DC for several days of Inaugural celebrations. With the deadline coming up on Thursday, I'm pleased to announce the selection of the... -
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Harry Reid Refuses to Seat Roland Burris
American Power (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | US
Majority Leader Harry Reid has refused to seat Democratic-appointee Roland Burris to Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. The Los Angeles Times reports: President-elect Barack Obama's appointed successor was turned away when he appeared at the U.S. Capitol to take his seat today. Roland Burris announced the decision to deny him the seat as he stood before a large throng of reporters and cameras in the... -
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Norm Coleman expected to file legal challenge today
StarTribune.com (subscribe) | 40 minutes ago | US
Coleman, who received 225 fewer votes than DFLer Al Franken in the U.S. Senate recount, will speak to the media at 3 p.m. today in St. Paul. -
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Falling rock ends search for landslide victims
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 54 minutes ago | World
Rescuers ended their search Tuesday for victims of a massive landslide that tore down a mountain and buried a northern Guatemalan highway, killing at least 35 people. -
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Rebuilding Our Government
Mercury Rising 鳯女 (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
As Phoenix Woman noted below, President-Elect Obama’s selection of Leon Panetta to head the CIA signals that he won’t tolerate terrorist tactics by the U.S. agencies that are supposedly fighting terrorism. His selections for top Justice positions reinforce that message. In particular, Indiana University law professor Dawn Johnsen (head of the Office of Leagal Counsel) “has [...] -
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The Lede: Rap of Grief From Bhutto Daughter
New York Times (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | World
Bakhtawar Bhutto, the 18-year-old daughter of the assassinated former prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, has posted a rap song on YouTube expressing her anguish over her mother's death.
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Liars Club Names the Top Lie of 2008
Fox News (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | US
A whopper about a scheming baby and his diapers is the top lie of 2008, an organization of champion fibbers declared Monday. -
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Prosecutors oppose Polanski bid for rape dismissal
Examiner (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Entertainment
Roman Polanski's bid to have a three-decade-old rape charge against him dismissed was challenged Tuesday by prosecutors in documents that included the most graphic account yet of his sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl. -
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This Milky Way Not 'Snack-Sized' Anymore
ABC News (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sciences
The Milky Way galaxy is much more massive than originally thought. -
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Report: Yale hires first black football coach
ESPN (subscribe) | 8 hours ago | Sports
Jacksonville Jaguars assistant Tom Williams has been hired at Yale, becoming the first black head football coach at the Ivy League school. -
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Social Security Begins Taking Online Applications
Tampa Bay Online (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | US
The Social Security Administration, bracing for the coming eligibility of 80 million baby boomers, is introducing an online application that will allow people to apply for retirement benefits in as little as 15 minutes. -
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Israel's Gaza Offensive
Desicritics (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | World
I believe that the air attacks being carried out by Israel on various targets in the Gaza Strip and the incursion by the Israeli army into the Gaza Strip are justified. I also believe that these air attacks and land offensive will serve no purpose at all, other than help Ehud Barak and the Labour Party in the forthcoming Israeli elections. Ever since the cease fire between Hamas and Israel came to... - see all breaking news
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CES 2009 News: 6.5mm Samsung LCD TV
Product Reviews Net (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Not long to go until CES 2009, and there have already been a number of articles about what we are likely to see at the Consumer Electronics Show. We can always count on Samsung to bring something sexy to the show, and their new range of 6.5mm LCD TV’s is no exception. This new line of [...] -
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Goosed Porter
Eschaton (subscribe) | 16 hours ago | Politics
Given DiFi's little temper tantrum over Panetta , I was curious how she reacted to the appointment of the buffoon Porter Goss to the top CIA post. "After much thought and a careful review of the record, I voted today to confirm the nomination of Representative Porter Goss to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DCI). But I do have some serious concerns - especially about the impact of this... -
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Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac: Skype Access and Screen Sharing
Skype for Mac (subscribe) | 11 hours ago | Technology
As announced over on the main blog, we’re finally ready to pull the wraps off Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac, our latest release for the Mac platform. To make up for the wait, we’ve included two exciting new features which... -
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HP greets us with 13.3-inch Pavilion dv3 entertainment laptop
Engadget (subscribe) | 15 hours ago | Technology
While you and HP can argue the rest of the night away about the most accurate moniker for its Pavilion dv2 , the dv3 is definitely an ultraportable . The AMD-powered machine comes in a plethora of configurations with CPUs ranging from 2GHz (Athlon X2 QL-62) to 2.4GHz (Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86), ATI's Radeon HD 3200 graphics, up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM, 160/250/320/400GB hard drive choices, WiFi / Bluetooth,... -
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Introducing Picasa for Mac (at Macworld!)
The Official Google Blog (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Sometimes I find it hard to describe Picasa without sounding like a late-night infomercial for a multi-bladed thingamabob: "It's a photo organizer! A photo editor! A web-savvy photo sharing and management system in just one tiny package!" We try hard to avoid hyperbole around here, but it's true that Picasa software , working together with Picasa Web Albums , can help with nearly every aspect of owning... -
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Not Tomorrow
Talking Points Memo (subscribe) | 20 hours ago | US
Sen. Reid's office says the Dems aren't going to try to seat Al Franken tomorrow....
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Ron Asheton, R.I.P. [Obituaries]
Idolator (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Music
Ron Asheton, guitarist for the legendary Stooges, was found dead in his Ann Arbor, Mich., home this morning. Asheton certainly performed with a number of acts between 1973 (when Raw Power , when he was bumped to bass guitar in the Stooges was released) and 2007 (when the Stooges reunited for The Weirdness ), but in the end, what he was most known for was his songwriting and tough sounding guitar on... -
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Macworld 2009: The Last Keynote Liveblog Here this Tuesday [Apple]
Gizmodo (subscribe) | 01/04/2009 | Technology
This is it. This Tuesday at 9:00am PST we'll liveblog the last Apple Macworld keynote. Will Phil Schiller announce software, hardware, an iPhone Pro, or just do a tap dancing number? What is really... -
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VTech plunges into home audio market with IS9181 WiFi radio
Engadget (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | Technology
VTech, the company you likely associate with old school telephones and educational toys, is breaking out of its shell in a big way. The outfit has just announced its first foray into the wide world of home audio with the IS9181 internet radio receiver. Said device packs 802.11b/g WiFi connectivity and can easily tap into over 11,000 free internet radio stations; additionally, it handles traditional... -
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Fujitsu puts the kibosh on possible sale to Western Digital
Engadget (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | Technology
It seemed nearly imminent that Fujitsu would be selling off its hard disk division to rival Western Digital, but apparently something has gone awry. According to Fujitsu President Kuniaki Nozoe, there is currently "zero chance" of a deal being done, though he did confess that the two had sat down and contemplated changing their statuses to "it's complicated." Unfortunately, that's about all we have... -
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MS predicts a Playstation 3 price cut 'soon'
Xbox 360 Fanboy (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Video Games
Filed under: News With a 28 million Xbox 360 base and keeping a sales lead over the Playstation 3, Microsoft knows that the worldwide console price cuts they enacted in 2008 have been a key component to their strategy. Something that Sony has yet to do with PS3, which Microsoft exec Aaron Greenberg finds surprising. "We absolutely expect the PS3 price drop to happen in the next couple of months,"... -
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SCEA: Killzone 2 demo exclusive to GameStop, on PSN after release
Joystiq (subscribe) | yesterday | Entertainment
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 , First Person Shooters Last week, GameStop revealed that gamers who pre-ordered Killzone 2 would get "exclusive" access to the demo . We contacted SCEA to see just how exclusive that deal is, and as it turns out, the answer is very . Our rep told us, "The demo will be available on the PSN after the game ships but only through GameStop until then." You heard the man,... - see all discussions
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