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VOTD: Prop 8 - The Musical
/Film (subscribe) | 18 minutes ago | Entertainment
Funny Or Die presents “Prop 8 - The Musical” written by five time Oscar nominee Marc Shaiman (”Hairspray,” “South Park-Bigger, Longer & Uncut”) and directed by Adam Shankman (”Bedtime Stories,” “Hairspray”). The all-star ensemble cast includes: Jordan Ballard, Margaret Cho, Barrett Foa, J.B. Ghuman, John Hill, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Rashad Naylor, Nicole Parker, John C. Reilly, Allison Janney,... -
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Aunt arrested in shackled teen case
CNN (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | US
Police arrested a third suspect in the bizarre case of an emaciated, nearly naked teenager who is said to have escaped his captors and wandered into a gym with a shackle on his ankle, authorities said Wednesday. -
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Rowling offers Potter fans a gift with new book
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Fine Arts
"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" (Children's High Level Group, $12.99, 111 pages), by J.K. Rowling: Just in time for the holidays, J.K. Rowling has given Harry Potter fans a little gift. -
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Officials: Pakistan group leaders linked to attack
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Richardson added to Obama's diverse Cabinet
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama, soon to be the first black U.S. president, is on the road to making good his pledge to have a cabinet and White House staff that are among the most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further. -
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Obama legal team meets with anti-torture generals
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | Politics
WASHINGTON — A dozen retired generals met with President-elect Barack Obama's top legal advisers Wednesday, pressing their case to overturn some of the Bush administration's terrorism-fighting policies. Obama has criticized practices that he says amount to torturing detainees during interrogations and has promised to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Among those who met with Eric...
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Fla. congresswoman accidentally hangs up on Obama
Boston Globe (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Politics
When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call. -
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GIANTS: PIERCE CALLED TRAINER AFTER SHOOTING
New York Post (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Sports
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Linebacker Antonio Pierce called a New York Giants trainer almost immediately after Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself and was told where to take the wounded receiver. A day after suspending Burress... -
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Good thing Discovery Institute failed in Kansas
HorsesAss.Org (subscribe) | 58 minutes ago | US
Kansas leads candidates for bio-defense lab: Kansas emerged Wednesday as the leading contender for a new $563 million federal biodefense lab also fiercely pursued by Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and other states. Federal officials said that a Manhattan location was better than five other finalists and nearly 30 spots considered overall for the home of the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility,... -
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Roy helps Blazers win 6th in row, 98-92 over Wiz
kansascity.com (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | Sports
Brandon Roy took over down the stretch Wednesday night, scoring 12 of his 22 points in the final 8 minutes to help Portland beat the Washington Wizards 98-92 and extend the Trail Blazers' winning streak to six games. -
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Fewer toxic toys are found, group says
Houston Chronicle (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Leisure
After the high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday that its tests found fewer toys with high levels of chemicals in them this year. But about a third of the toys tested still contained a worrisome level of chemicals. -
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Sales take a surprise 15% jump
Denver Post (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Technology
Like their counterparts at the malls, online merchants finally got some relief with the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, spurred by a bevy of deals and free-shipping offers. But the stronger-than-expected bump in online sales Monday couldn't cancel out a lackluster November. - see all breaking news
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Nokia N97: the ultimate Facebook device
Scobleizer (subscribe) | 12/02/2008 | Technology
Nokia just announced the N97. I got a chance to play with it last night and realized they have built the ultimate Facebook device. Now, I’m sure, lots of you will wonder how it compares to the iPhone. Well, for a Facebook user it isn’t even close: the new Nokia device wins hands down. Why? [...] -
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Neil Patrick Harris and Jack Black in Prop 8: The Musical
Towleroad (subscribe) | yesterday | Entertainment
Hairspray composer Marc Shaiman (whose boycott lead to the resignation of Sacramento's California Musical Theatre creative director Scott Eckern following his donation to Prop 8) wrote and conceived this hysterical short piece (presented with a wink and a nod by... -
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Announcing the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Customer Preview...
Windows Vista Blog (subscribe) | 12/02/2008 | Technology
Hi, Mike Nash here. In late October I announced the Beta of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - beginning with a small group of Technology Adoption Program customers. This week we're opening up the beta to a broader audience. Starting today, MSDN and TechNet subscribers will have access to the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta to begin testing. Beginning... -
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Report: Valve's Gabe Newell Disses DRM
GamePolitics.com (subscribe) | 12/02/2008 | Technology
When it comes to DRM, it seems that Valve president Gabe Newell is one of those in the game biz who wears a white hat. That is to say, he espouses a reasonable approach, one that is not a de facto screwing of game consumers. In an e-mail to a gamer by the name of Paul Reisinger (posted on the ih8evilstuff LiveJournal page), Newell writes: Left 4 Dead is developed entirely by Valve. Steam revenue for... -
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Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo GraphicBooster External Laptop GPU Released
übergizmo (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
The Fujitsu-Siemens external GPU was demonstrated back in November but is now making its way to selected retailers (we don't know which, yet). The idea is simple and GPU makers had this working in the labs for years: put an discrete GPU in an external box, with its own power supply, and connect it via external PCI-E to the laptop. So far, Fujitsu is the only laptop maker that made the plunge. The... -
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Students Build Window-Washing Robot
The Raw Feed (subscribe) | 12/02/2008 | Technology
Four MSU mechanical engineering students have invented what is essentially a Roomba for windows. No, not Microsoft Windows. Their "Winboni" robot cleans glass . The robot attaches to any window with a suction fan, and moves across the surface cleaning and scrubbing with felt pads. It runs on AA batteries.
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Everything you always wanted to know about Google…
TechCrunch (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
...But were afraid to ask. This is the title of this 34-slide presentation on Google prepared by FaberNovel , a french consulting firm. It is hard to realize the real nature of this just 10 years old giant given the number of services it has continuously released, updated (and sometimes shut down ) or acquired. -
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TechMeme Gives Up On Fully Automated News
TechCrunch (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
3+ year old TechMeme , an automated news site that shows breaking news clustered by topic, has always generated "headlines" by analyzing how news sites link to each other. If a lot of sites start linking to something unique, TechMeme guesses it's news. That isn't working , says founder Gabe Rivera today in a blog post: "Only an algorithm would feature news about Anna Nicole Smith's hospitalization... -
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Scared of the dark? Own an iPhone? Help has arrived
CrunchGear (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Keep the Windows Mobile, Android, and Symbian goblins that live in your closet (waiting to destroy your iPhone) at bay with the Scosche “reviveLITE” – a nightlight and iPhone charger in one. It’ll also charge any dockable iPod players. It’s available in black or white and can be had for $39.99 at Scosche’s website. Might make [...] -
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LEGO rings
MAKE: Blog (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Mathea's sterling silver LEGO rings make for some cool modular jewelry possibilities - neat idea! - LIFESTYLE_Schmuck_Noppenringe More: LEGO man jewelry Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Crafts | Digg this! -
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Video: Fred Thompson on the Economy
Stop the ACLU (subscribe) | 12/02/2008 | Election 2008
If only this man would have been elected. Sigh! Wonderful sarcasm: There have been a lot of good ideas as to how to get this money into people’s hands quickly. Some have suggested, for example, that we drop it by airplane. But that leaves something to be desired. Some people [...] -
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Firefox Pirates Take Over Amazon
TorrentFreak (subscribe) | 12/02/2008 | Other
Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, is under attack by online pirates. An add-on for the Firefox browser called 'Pirates of the Amazon' makes it possible to shop at the Amazon store but leave without paying a dime. Instead, on Amazon product pages the add-on integrates links to 'free' copies on The Pirate Bay. - see all discussions
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