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Rihanna To Cover Up For Malaysian Show
PerezHilton.com (subscribe) | 25 minutes ago | Entertainment
Rihanna is yielding to conservative Malaysian law and covering up for her show there in February. According to government rules, female performers must be covered from shoulders to knees. Malaysian tour organizers are trying to avoid the sort of protests and fines that plagued Gwen Stefani's, Avril Lavigne's, and the Pussycat Dolls' concerts in Malaysia. While Stefani [...] -
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Bayh Backs Panetta For CIA Director
Advance Indiana (subscribe) | 29 minutes ago | Politics
Some Democrats and intelligent experts are expressing displeasure with Barack Obama's decision to nominate former congressman and Clinton White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta for the critical CIA post because he has no prior intelligence experience (neither does Obama). The incoming chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), immediately expressed reservations about... -
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Yow Steps Aside at North Carolina State
New York Times (subscribe) | 24 minutes ago | Sports
Kay Yow, the North Carolina State women’s basketball coach, will not return to the team this season because of health concerns related to her long fight against cancer. -
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Utah's AG to investigate BCS
JasonPye.com (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
Utah's Attorney General says that the BCS could violate anti-trust laws: Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said Tuesday he is launching an investigation into the Bowl Championship Series for a possible violation of federal antitrust laws after an undefeated Utah team... -
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Israel Hits Second U.N. School, Blasts Way Into Southern Gaza
As in the days of Noah (subscribe) | 17 minutes ago | World
Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli airstrike has hit a U.N. school in the northern Gaza Strip, the second deadly Israeli airstrike to hit a U.N. school on Tuesday .Israel's military said its shelling was a response to mortar fire from within the school, pressing its assertion that Hamas militants are using civilians as cover. Two residents of the area who spoke to the Associated Press by...
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Egypt and France propose plan to end Gaza conflict
As in the days of Noah (subscribe) | 25 minutes ago | World
UNITED NATIONS- The presidents of Egypt and France have proposed a plan to end the escalating Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza , French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Tuesday.Kouchner told a high-level meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the plan would bring together the main parties, including the Palestinian Authority, to take "all measures" to end the conflict, including the key issues... -
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Senator Dianne Feinstein, "SEAT BURRIS"
This Week With Barack Obama (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
Feinstein, (D-CA) says, "Seat Burris." Damn, Harry Reid, are you not getting the message yet? The law is on the side of Burris. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) broke with her party’s leadership Tuesday in calling for Roland Burris to be seated in the Senate once his paperwork is signed by the Illinois secretary of state. Feinstein, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, said that not -
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Obama Donor Caught Up in New Mexico Probe
Fox News (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
A businessman who is entangled in the grand jury inquiry into possible "pay-to-play" schemes in the New Mexico government has also contributed heavily to Democrats, including Barack Obama. -
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Dozens of High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked
Switched (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Technology
Filed under: Cell Phones , Computers , Celebrities In a breach of security completely separate from yesterday's phishing scam warnings , someone broke into Twitter's systems and hijacked a number of high profile accounts, including those for Britney Spears , Fox News, and Barack Obama . The Twitter security crew acted quickly by taking down the affected systems and only restoring them once the hole... -
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How they ‘criticize Israel’ in Europe
FresnoZionism.org -- ציונות פרסנו (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | World
Everyone knows that ‘criticism of Israel’ and antisemitism are two distinct things. Here’s how they criticize Israel in Europe: Assailants rammed a burning car into the gates of a synagogue in Toulouse, in southwest France, on Monday night. A Jewish congregation in Helsingborg, in southern Sweden, also was attacked Monday night by someone who “broke a window [...] -
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Cross-dressing doctor who killed wife hanged
Arizona Republic (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
BOSTON A cross-dressing, millionaire Harvard dermatologist serving life in prison for shooting his estranged wife to death has been found hanged in his cell, a prison spokeswoman said Tuesday. - see all breaking news
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Cue the complaints: 17-inch MacBook Pro without a removable battery? » VentureBeat
Chuqui 3.0 (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Technology
Cue the complaints: 17-inch MacBook Pro without a removable battery? » VentureBeat: One of the biggest complaints about Apple’s iPhone is that you cannot remove and replace the battery yourself. On the eve of its final Macworld Expo, it appears Apple is willing to live with that complaint for the newest version of its MacBook Pro line of computers as well. And here's why: this is a non-issue. Here's... -
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Sanjay Gupta, Surgeon General
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Politics
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz reports : President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. Gupta has told administration officials that he wants the job, and the final vetting process is under way. He has asked for a few days to figure out the financial... -
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CES 2009 News: 6.5mm Samsung LCD TV
Product Reviews Net (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | 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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They Did Talk to Wyden
Talking Points Memo (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
We were trying to nail down whether the Obama transition really did brief Sen. Wyden and not Feinstein. Or was it that Wyden just got tipped off informally, perhaps even from Panetta. Turns out no. Wyden's office tells us they... -
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New Vaio P Snapped
Mobility Site (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Technology
Engadget got out of CES with the goods…some slightly fuzzy pics of a picture of a Vaio P on a display monitor. Hey, beggers can’t be choosers. Yep, it looks like a Picturebook reborn, with all the elements that have already been leaked and an ugly bezel to boot, so no great surprises, just confirmations….however, [...] -
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Goosed Porter
Eschaton (subscribe) | yesterday | 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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MacBook Pro 17-inch first hands-on (update: video added)
Engadget (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Technology
Yep -- it looks just like its little brothers! Feels like 'em too, except the obvious bit of heft added by that 17-inch display. Of course, they don't have that sweet, gigantic battery inside, or that matte display option (until we torch Curpertino, of course... in love). Video after the break! Gallery: MacBook Pro 17-inch first hands-on Continue reading MacBook Pro 17-inch first hands-on (update:... -
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Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac: Skype Access and Screen Sharing
Skype for Mac (subscribe) | yesterday | 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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Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead
Line Out (subscribe) | yesterday | Music
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Ron Asheton , guitarist for the Stooges, was found dead in his home early this morning. The authorities say they do not suspect foul play. Asheton was 60. Damn. Now I'm really bummed I missed them at Bumbershoot 2005 . Phooey. I was, however, lucky enough to interview Ron circa the release of Todd Haynes' 1998 glam rock valentine Velvet Goldmine , where he... -
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HP greets us with 13.3-inch Pavilion dv3 entertainment laptop
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | 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) | 01/05/2009 | 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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Big List of 2008 Recap Posts
Small Business SEM (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Technology
This is a collection of 2008 year-in-review lists, articles, and blog posts that are at least somewhat related to online marketing, doing business online, running a small business, and the like. You all responded so favorably to last year’s Big List of 2007 Recap Posts, that I wouldn’t dare think of not doing such a [...] This is a post from Matt McGee's blog, Small Business Search Marketing . Big... - see all discussions
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