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New JK Rowling Book Goes On Sale Around The World
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Fine Arts
EDINBURGH, Scotland — The latest magical tome by J.K. Rowling has started to fly off bookstore shelves. Rowling launched "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" on Thursday with a tea party for 200 school children at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, where she lives. The author is donating royalties from the book to a charity, which hopes it will raise millions to help vulnerable children. Recession-hit... -
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PRESTON HOLLOW : Future Bush Home
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | US
George W. and Laura W. Bush have bought an 8,000-square-foot home on a quiet (what other kinds are there?) cul-de-sac in the swanky north Dallas neighborhood of Preston Hollow, named for a leafy local hollow and someone named Preston whose moniker went on a local road a long time ago. Anyway, Preston Hollow, which voted to join Dallas in 1945, has some rundown shanties that go for $800,000, but most... -
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Putin Makes Second Crude Outburst About Georgian Leader
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | World
MOSCOW — Reveling in his reputation for earthy language, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unabashedly confirmed a crude outburst against Georgia's president and even took the tirade a step further Thursday. The French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur reported last month that Putin told French President Nicolas Sarkozy that he would hang Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili by the testicles. The remark... -
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Some constituents mad at rep. who hung up on Obama
Houston Chronicle (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Politics
First she hung up on President-elect Barack Obama — twice. Now Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is fielding calls from angry constituents who think she did it on purpose. -
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Charges Filed Against Police Chief in Accidental Machine Gun Death of Eight-Year-Old at...
Confederate Yankee (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | US
This past October an eight-year-old was killed on the firing line of a machine gun shoot when he lost control of a Micro Uzi submachine gun he was firing and put a single 9mm bullet into his own head. Charges... -
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Lost ballots force extension in Minnesota recount
Political Ticker (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | US
It seems the end of the recount won't mean the end of the Senate contest. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) –It looks like it will take even longer than expected to declare a winner in Minnesota’s historically tight U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. As of Thursday night, it appears as [...]
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Body Shop Fire Hollywood!
lalate news (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Entertainment
The Body Shop fire that hit the Sunset Strip Hollywood club was limited to the attic. The Body Shop’s Hollywood fire broke out after 6 am this morning but fire reports now say it was limited to the antic, and caused by an electrical wiring issue. Damage rooms include the kitchen, dressing room and office says [...] -
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Canadian PM wins suspension of Parliament
Boston Globe (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | Politics
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper won a rare suspension of Parliament on Thursday, managing to avoid being ousted by opposition parties angry over the minority Conservative government's economic plans and an attempt to cut off party financing. -
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US, China promise $20 billion to finance trade
San Fransisco Chronicle (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | World
The United States and China will provide $20 billion in loans to finance trade by developing countries amid a global crisis that has battered credit markets, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced Friday as the two sides wrapped up high-level... -
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Giants Sign Edgar Renteria as New Shortstop
Washington Post (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Sports
Five-time NL All-Star Edgar Renteria Renteria joins the Giants, receiving an $18.5 million, two-year contract to replace 11-time Gold Glove shortstop Omar Vizquel. -
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Federal judge bans 'Bratz' dolls
Raw Story (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Leisure
A federal judge delivered a potentially fatal blow to the popular Bratz dolls and their manufacturer, MGA Entertainment Inc., ruling late Wednesday that archrival Mattel Inc. is the legal owner of the edgy toy line and has the right to recall all unsold Bratz. -
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NASA delays next Mars rover mission
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Sciences
Washington - NASA's next Mars rover mission will be delayed by two years until 2011 to allow scientists more time to test hardware on key parts of the craft, the US space agency said Thursday in Washington. The Mars Science Laboratory is designed to ... - see all breaking news
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Obama's Birth Certificate
The Daily Dish (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
The issue won't go away. Ed Morrissey isn't happy: I’m sure the comments section will fill with various conspiracy theories over Indonesian school records, Kenyan births, and so on. None of it — absolutely none — has any real, solid... -
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Open Thread: Big Three Testify in Congress
Crooks and Liars (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
[Video upcoming] The representatives of the Big Three came back to Congress with tin cups in hand today, and you can watch them on most of the news channels today. Humbled U.S. automakers pleaded with Congress Thursday for an expanded $34 billion rescue package, but heard fresh skepticism in a bumpy encore appearance. “We made mistakes, which we’re learning from,” General Motors chief executive Rick... -
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Apple, Walmart to do $99 4GB iPhone?
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Look, we know you've been holding out for the iPhone to hit Walmart before you pick it up, sandwiched between the fishing gear and row upon row of exercise videos -- and we don't blame you. You'll ride your shopping cart down the wide aisles like a chariot, and when you get home with the phone you'll dial up all your friends and let them know how much cheaper your iPhone was than theirs. What was... -
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Google Reader Gets A Refresh; Adds Algorithmic Content Bundles
TechCrunch (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
If you use Google Reader as your primary feed reader, you might notice that it has a different look today. The corners are more rounded, overall it has a more featherweight feel, and the sidebar sections are now collapsible. It's a bit faster too. Shared content from friends is now given more prominence. (FriendFeed envy, perhaps') You can hide the counter telling you how many posts are unread, in... -
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Chris Matthews sets example other partisan journalists should follow
Sister Toldjah (subscribe) | yesterday | Other
You’re probably thinking, “what is she - crazy'” But hear me out on this one. The Politico reports that Matthews is in talks with MSDNC to leave the network in order to pursue his Senate dream: Chris Matthews is dead serious about running for the Senate in Pennsylvania — and is shopping for a house [...] -
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Bare Naked Politics: The ongoing situation in Canada
The Reaction (subscribe) | yesterday | Other
By Michael J.W. Stickings I just wanted to mention that The Guardian asked me to write an article, for it's Comment is Free section, on the turbulent political situation here in Canada (which I initially wrote about here ). It was published this morning. You can find it here: A very Canadian coup . (Grace has also written about the situation here and here .) And the situation keeps changing. As I indicate...
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Bush’s new ‘ranch’: A $2 million estate in Dallas.
Think Progress (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Politics
The Bush family has purchased a new home in Dallas, TX, a White House spokesperson said today. While they will still own and “spend time” at their ranch in Crawford, TX, the new home fulfills the First Lady’s reported desire to return to Dallas where the family lived prior to her husband’s election as the [...] -
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Black & Decker Thermal Leak Detector
SlashGear (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
It might look like a speed-trap gun, but this Black & Decker tool is actually to identify places in your home where heat is escaping . The Thermal Leak Detector uses a nifty colored light to tell you whether a particular spot is spilling all your central heating out into the cold or not: calibrate it by pointing at a normal wall, then move the light around and, if there’s a particularly leaky spot,... -
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Violet announces dal:dal internet-connected lamp
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
It's an expectedly cryptic announcement, but it looks like the whimsical folks at Violet have finally seen fit to offer a follow-up to their original and less-than-affordable dal internet-connected lamp , with the all new dal:dal lamp apparently on track for a release early next year. As before, the lamp will change colors to relay different information, or, as Violet puts it, convert the "world's... -
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(BBtv) Stormtrooping Akihabara: Silicon Valley meets Tokyo meets Star Wars / feat. Joi...
Boing Boing (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
I hope you are sitting down when you hit "play." Joi Ito, the host of today's special Boing Boing tv episode from Tokyo, explains what you're about to witness: This year, the Digital Garage New Context Conference and Ellen Levy's Silicon Valley Connect worked together on a program for visitors from Silicon Valley to Tokyo. Silicon Valley Connect is a program that Ellen runs which brings executives... -
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Google and Facebook Both Launch Friend Connect [Online Identity]
Lifehacker (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Expect to see a whole lot more Google and Facebook sign-in boxes on sites all over the web from today going forward: in what you'd think was a planned parallel announcement, Google and Facebook launched their Friend Connect and Facebook Connect products today, which allow web publishers to set up plug in sign-in and other social features to their web sites. All your online identity are belong to Google... -
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Stores Clueless About Mobile Barcode Scanning Applications?
ReadWriteWeb (subscribe) | 12/03/2008 | Technology
With the rise of app-laden smartphones like the iPhone and Google's Android OS, now on T-Mobile's G1, many penny-pinching shoppers have downloaded barcode scanning applications onto their mobile devices. These apps allow consumers to compare the prices of merchandise on a store's shelf to competing stores in the area just by taking pictures with their smartphone's camera. The prices are instantly... - see all discussions
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