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Travoltas' Florida Hometown Embraces Grieving Family
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 35 minutes ago | Entertainment
OCALA, Fla. — This small central Florida town is about as far from Hollywood as you can get. Maybe that's why actor John Travolta moved his family here. The town square features a fondue restaurant, the social scene revolves around ranchers' soirees and horse riding is one of the main pastimes. Mobile home parks, peanut farms and moss-covered oak trees dot the landscape. There is little pretension... -
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Rihanna has to comply with Malaysian decency laws to perform
Cele|bitchy (subscribe) | 27 minutes ago | Entertainment
Rihanna, one pop star who is never far from a leotard, is going to have to cover up for a concert in Malaysia on February 13th. The Muslim country’s laws dictate that a female performer has to be covered from the shoulders to the knees. The wardrobe from her “Good Girl Gone Bad” tour is [...] -
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Marks & Spencer Cutting 1,230 Jobs, Closing 27 Stores Across England
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 33 minutes ago | World
LONDON — British retail industry stalwart Marks & Spencer Group PLC said Wednesday it will cut 1,230 jobs and close 27 of its stores in a drive to reduce costs as the retail sector continues to struggle. Chairman Stuart Rose said in a statement the company _ Britain's largest clothing retailer _ had its biggest trading day ever Dec. 23, selling more than 50 million pounds ($74 million) of goods. But... -
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Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 55 minutes ago | World
JERUSALEM — A government spokesman says Israel "welcomes" a proposal from France and Egypt to end fighting in the Gaza Strip. Mark Regev says Israel could accept the proposal if it halts "hostile fire" from Gaza and includes measures to prevent Hamas from rearming. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that Israel and the Palestinian Authority accepted the proposal. Israeli officials will... -
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US: 32 Insurgents Killed After Heavy Clashes In Eastern Afghanistan
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 37 minutes ago | World
KABUL, Afghanistan — Forces from the U.S.-led coalition killed 32 armed insurgents during a clash in eastern Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday. The firefight broke out Tuesday during a strike on a Taliban bomb-making cell in Laghman province, the military said in a statement. As many as 75 armed militants converged on the troops, shooting at them from rooftops and alleyways, the statement said.... -
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Opposition to seating Burris in Senate weakens
USA Today (subscribe) | 24 minutes ago | US
Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris the vacated Illinois seat of President-elect ...
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Bush Crony's Law To Turn Forests Into Housing Subdivisions
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 57 minutes ago | US
LOS ANGELES -- The Bush administration appears ready to push through a change in Forest Service agreements that would make it far easier for mountain forests to be converted to housing subdivisions. Mark Rey, the former timber lobbyist who heads the Forest Service, last week signaled his intent to formalize the controversial change before the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. As... -
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Hef's Changing of the Bimbos is Complete
Wizbang Pop! (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Celebrity
Apparently, Hef has three girlfriends again. 22-year-old Crystal Harris -- who has been photographed with the 82-year-old Playboy honcho claims that he has been dating her, along with 19-year-old... -
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Blair House's Mystery Guest Revealed
Time (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard is the overnight guest who sent the Obamas to the Hay-Adams Hotel. He's scheduled to stay at Blair House January 12, the night before he, Tony Blair and Colombian President Uribe receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. -
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We are totally ready to kick their ass
Rising Hegemon (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Sciences
In 3 billion years now! Astronomers said Monday that the Milky Way is more massive than earlier known, given new measurements showing that the Sun is moving at 600,000 miles per hour around the center of the galaxy, or 100,000 m.p.h. faster than past calculations suggested. The higher speed of the Sun means the galaxy must have more mass — about 50 percent more — so as to generate a stronger gravitational... -
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Brees named top offensive player
Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Sports
After surpassing 5,000 passing yards, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees was named NFL offensive player of the year by the Associated Press yesterday. -
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Sanyo said to be cutting up to 1,000 jobs ahead of Panasonic buy
TechConnect Magazine (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | Technology
While Panasonic has announced that it will acquire Sanyo Electric less than a month ago, the latter is now reported to be preparing a few restructuring moves that will see some 1,000 workers losing their jobs. Said to happen by the end of March, the job cuts will affect about 500 regular workers in Japan, and an equal number of temporary employees. Sanyo hasn't confirmed any workforce reductions as... - 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) | yesterday | 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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SanDisk shipping Mobile Ultra 16GB microSDHC / M2 cards
Engadget (subscribe) | 9 hours ago | Technology
SanDisk got official (after some fighting) with its 16GB microSDHC and M2 cards way back in September, but now we're being formally introduced to the Mobile Ultra line. Both cards remain topped out at 16GB, and it's also bundling a MobileMate Micro Reader along with each. They ought to be hitting shelves this month for $119.99 (microSDHC) / $129.99 (M2), and you can catch the full release just after... -
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Oh, look at that, it’s Sony’s VAIO P
CrunchGear (subscribe) | 12 hours ago | Technology
Engadget believes this to be the VAIO P. No one can verify or deny this claim because AOL didn't pay for us to be the 'official blog of CES' or whatever it is they are. So, we're not privy to the hallowed grounds of the LVCC until tomorrow. That double wide trailer would be nice, though. -
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Samsung / Yahoo Internet@TV widgets revealed
Engadget (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Technology
Samsung and Yahoo! promise the Best of the Web on select 2009 HDTV models, thanks to the Internet@TV widgets we snuck a look at a few weeks ago. Developers build Javascript and XML apps that then run directly on your Samsung HDTV, starting with USA Today, YouTube, eBay, Showtime and Yahoo properties like Flickr and Yahoo! News. Next up their sleeves? Video streaming and "other popular Internet services"... -
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Logitech introduces G-series peripherals for gamers who need lots of buttons
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Flush with the success of its G13 gameboard , Logitech is now creating a whole series of peripherals that will all work together to celebrate the seventh letter of the alphabet. The G-series line includes a new $199 G19 keyboard, offering a 320 x 240 color LCD mounted on top and 12 "G-keys" that can have up to three macros assigned to each. Next up is the $129 G35, a 7.1 surround-sound headset with...
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Frozen soap bubbles
Boing Boing (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Technology
One intrepid experimenter with a good camera, a cold night and a soap-bubble-maker creates sheer joy in this gallery of frozen bubbles: "It's very cold tonight, so we played with bubbles. If you blow them upwards enough they have time to freeze on the way down." freezebubbles (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)... -
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Engadget's new double-wide HQ rolls in to Vegas
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Oh hells yes. We've arrived at CES in full nerd style. We sent Moms to Atlantic City so us kids could hijack the trailer all the way to Vegas baby, Las Vegas. And in true Kojak style we parked right in front of the central hall just outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. What better base to provide the best CES 2009 coverage on the Net? Check our first pass on the show floor after the break. With... -
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Will More iPhone Apps go Open Source?
ReadWriteWeb (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Technology
Ever since Apple finally lifted the NDA covering the iPhone SDK, a small number of developers have started to open source their native iPhone apps. Today, Freshbooks , a popular online time-tracking and invoicing service, joined this group by open sourcing its native iPhone application. Other open source iPhone apps include Wordpress , the applications from Apps Amuck's 31 Days of iPhone Apps, and... -
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The Return Of Schiavo: Conservatives Plan To Revive Embarrassing Debacle To Block Obama’s...
Think Progress (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
One of the saddest, most hysterical crusades by conservatives over the past few years involved their intervention in the case of critically brain-damaged woman Terry Schiavo. Conservatives — including former Senate majority leader Bill Frist and former House majority leader Tom DeLay — brought the personal tragedy to national attention in 2005 by trying [...] -
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Northside Pier is Finally Open: So, Hipsters Can Still Freeze!!!
Curbed (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Music
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. What is formally called the North Fifth Street Pier behind Northside Piers is finally open to the public after months of delay on the part of both the Toll Brothers firm... -
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She’s Uncoachable: Very Hot Latina Model and Acress Luli Fernandez
Uncoached (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Entertainment
Really. I mean seriously guys. What else can we say at this point? Should we all just move to Latin America and find ourselves these sexy TV hosts? I feel like Luli Fernandez is just one of a million of these chicks. Then again, I know I’m wrong. I know it’s only a handful of [...] - see all discussions
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