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Lake Washington's clean up led to reverse evolution

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Researchers say clean up of Lake Washington in the late 1960s forced a little fish into reverse evolution. A study led by Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center compared samples of the threespine stickleback from the 1950s with current samples, and found the fish had evolved back into a more armored, ancestral version of itself.

The Unsinkable Julie Andrews

Army Archerd (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Julie Andrews' "Home" climbed back into second place on the New York Times' bestseller list on Sunday. And today she met with her new publisher Little Brown about another book. This one, to be co-written with daughter Emma Walton, is an anthology of poems and music including those from B'way musicals. She is also talking to heavyweight producers about bringing...

Kilpatrick declares self above the law

MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Awesome. I can see it now. Kwame Kilpatrick lays the groundwork for a defense that his perjuring text messages were illegally obtained . The new policy, obtained by the Free Press, took effect April 15 through a directive signed by Kilpatrick. “This policy does not include telephones, text messaging devices and pagers, which are given to employees for their personal and business use,” the policy says....

• TEXT MESSAGE SCANDAL: Kilpatrick enacts policy to limit access to the city's text messages - Detroit Free Press
• TEXT MESSAGE SCANDAL: Kilpatrick enacts policy to limit access to city text messages - Detroit Free Press

Why Comcast Is the Worst

Graceful Flavor (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

New information is coming to the surface that implicates Comcast in blocking BitTorrent traffic on its network. This is bad enough on the surface, but it gets a triple badness score when you consider it told the FCC the contrary this past February. Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, said in a response: “Consumers [...]

Free Press wins 4 Wheel Awards

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

The Detroit Press Club Foundation Thursday presented the 2008 International Wheel Awards at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn. The Detroit Free Press won four awards including:

`Lohengrin' cheered in Geneva after opening-night boos

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Daniel Slater's new production of "Lohengrin" wasn't necessarily vintage Wagner, but it deserves praise as a thoughtful and tasteful take on the medieval legend - and certainly none of the boos it received on opening night.

ERIC PATE'S BLOG: Time is now for the Tigers, team should move Sheffield

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Eric Pate guest blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press or its writers. You can reach him at etpate@aol.com.

ERIC PATE'S BLOG: Based on playoff experience Pistons are best in the East

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Eric Pate guest blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press or its writers. You can reach him at etpate@aol.com.

Vintage Berkeley

Anne Amie Vineyards, Carlton Oregon (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Yesterday Thomas and I spent the day doing work withs in San Francisco and Berkeley respectively. Pictured above is Rick Mickaels from the Henry Wine Group in front of one of the coolest wine shops I've been in - Vintage Berkeley. The shop is located on Vine Street (of course) in the old 1930's municipal water pumping station. The focus is on small production wines and if all goes well they'll be picking...

Lake Washington's clean up led to reverse evolution

KOMO - News - Local (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

A study led by Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center compared samples of the threespine stickleback from the 1950s with current samples, and found the fish had evolved back into a more armored, ancestral version of itself.

King Hyperion vs KC Superman

comiXtreme (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

King Hyperion http://image.comicvine.com/uploads/i...perion_400.jpg King Hyperion possesses many superhuman powers, which includes strength (he can lift far in excess of 100 tons), stamina, speed and durability. His senses are also greatly enhanced, including allowing him to perceive the entire electro-magnetic spectrum. He also has atomic vision which is quite similar to heat vision, he is part of...

Lake Washington's clean up led to reverse evolution

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

SEATTLE -- Researchers say clean up of Lake Washington in the late 1960s forced a little fish into reverse evolution. A study led by Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center compared samples of the threespine stickleback from the 1950s with current samples, and found the fish had evolved back into a more armored, ancestral version of itself.

BFP - Slower Canadian border crossings predicted

Consul-At-Arms (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Burlington Free Press Slower Canadian border crossings predicted Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 By Joel Banner Baird Free Press Staff Writer Related Reading Canada toughens border interviews What you need to cross the border Stricter ID checks at the Canadian border that begin next week have prompted feelings of insecurity in Vermont's business community. They come in the

Lindsey Hunter’s advice to Rip Hamilton

Detroit Bad Boys (Free subscription) | yesterday

This is kind of funny. From Krista Jahnke of the Detroit Free Press: Hunter said after the game that Hamilton's shot selection can anger him. “Hopefully he’ll be settled down a little more (in the next round),” Hunter said. “I’m telling him, ‘You're going to get 20 shots, so there’s no need for you to be out [...]

• Lindsey Hunter to Rip Hamilton: You don't have to shoot it every time you touch it - Detroit Free Press

Retrocomputing Poll

Retro Thing (Free subscription) | yesterday

Welcome to the first ever Retro Thing poll. Although I love vintage computers, it's been decades since I've actually used a TRS-80 CoCo or Commodore PET. The oldest working machine in my office is a 20 year old Cambridge Z88...

Strength by OtterBox: Pink Cases to Support the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade

kgolliher | 05/08/2008

Fort Collins , COLO— Imagine the amount of strength it would take to overcome breast cancer? For all the lives impacted every year, Otter Products, LLC. partners with the Avon Foundation to offer limited edition pink cases as a show of support for those fighting, the survivors and those who have lost someone to breast cancer. By purchasing an OtterBox for iPhone or iPod nano Defender™ Series Strength

Global Warming and Wine

wineandfoodtube | 04/14/2008

Talk to any winemaker today, and they will tell you climate is a huge factor in how good a vintage will be. Studies have found that vintages have improved as temperatures rose over the last 50 years, especially in areas with cooler climates. Vineyards in cooler climates, could continue to benefit from global warming . These findings could prove worrisome for vineyards in warmer regions. The fact is...

• Global Warming and Wine - Serious Eats: Talk

Bed and breakfast in Apulia, Europa, Italy

lapiazzetta | 03/28/2008

Sleep inn Puglia is a directory of bed and breakfast, holiday house, farms in Puglia, Italy, Europe. What are developed in the provinces of Lecce, Brindisi, Foggia, Bari, Taranto. With only two clicks, and can choose the city in which you want to spend the holidays and choose the B & B that we like most. For owners of structures ricettieve integration is FREE. http://www.sleep-inn-puglia.com