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Avery apologizes for comments about ex-girlfriends
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Sports
Dallas Stars instigator Sean Avery apologized Wednesday for comments about his former girlfriends that led to an indefinite NHL suspension. -
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Obama legal team meets with anti-torture generals
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 2 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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Canada leader vows to fight ouster effort
CNN (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | World
Canada is bracing for a political battle royal as its three opposition parties jockey to wrest power from Prime Minister Stephen Harper less than two months after they lost ground in parliamentary elections. -
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US, China Headed For Possible Clash Over Currency
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | World
BEIJING — The deepening world economic crisis and a possible spat over currency levels hung in the air as the United States and China sat down Thursday to discuss the future of their economic relations. U.S. officials say Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will press Beijing to let its yuan rise against the dollar to ease trade tensions at the two-day Strategic Economic Dialogue. American companies contend... -
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Hudson Tragedy: Balfour's Attorney Confident He's Not Guilty (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Entertainment
The attorney for the man charged with the the murder of three of Jennifer Hudson's relatives said Wednesday that he was "confident" that his client will be found not guilty. William Balfour, Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law, appeared in court Wednesday after being charged with first-degree murder Tuesday. Watch his attorney discuss the case after Wednesday's hearing: New Cook County State's Attorney... -
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Franken's team says they are in the lead...
Crooks and Liars (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | US
I like this: Al Franken's campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the Minnesota recount began, the Democrat has actually pulled ahead of Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. Speaking on a conference call with reporters, Franken's chief counsel Marc Elias said the campaign's own internal count showed them up 22 votes, a jump from the 13 vote deficit that they faced on Tuesday. "We have...
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U.S. urges India to hold back, Pakistan to crack down
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | World
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought Wednesday to head off Indian retaliation against Pakistan for the Mumbai terrorist attacks as the U.S. stepped up pressure on Islamabad to cooperate "transparently, urgently and fully" in tracking down the perpetrators. -
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Judge blocks suspensions of Vikings' Williamses
Arizona Republic (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sports
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the NFL's suspension of Vikings stars Kevin and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy, but the players' status for Sunday's game at Detroit remained uncertain. Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson issued the temporary restraining order at the players' request, saying he wanted more time to hear arguments... -
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Bryant scores 32 in Lakers' win over 76ers
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sports
Kobe Bryant tormented his hometown team again, scoring 32 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers rebound from a last-second loss with a 114-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night. -
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NY Public Library displays rare Rowling book
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Roy helps Blazers win 6th in row, 98-92 over Wiz
kansascity.com (subscribe) | 3 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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GOP Senate Field Could Narrow Quickly If Jeb Bush Jumps In
Tampa Bay Online (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Politics
Still popular in Florida, former Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday that he's interested in the seat Sen. Mel Martinez is giving up, and the field of possible candidates could quickly narrow to make way for the president's younger brother. - 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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588 Kleiner Perkins iFund Applications Accidentally Published To Web
TechCrunch (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Kleiner Perkins's iFund is a $100 million fund to invest in startups building applications for the iPhone. Startups that wish to apply for funding can fill out an online application here . That information, which includes contact information, founder bios, the business plan, demos, financial information, etc. is then dumped into a database for review. That data was accidentally published on the web... -
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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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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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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. -
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Monster Beats by Dr. Dre Tour In-Ears outed
CrunchGear (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
I’m not really sure how I feel about these in-ear Beats by Dr. Dre from Monster Cable. The Turbines that were announced last month were so-so compared to other in-ears at the same price point and for $150 I’d probably recommend a pair of Shures, Etymotics or Ultimate Ears over these ones. But the over-the-ear [...] -
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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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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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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! - see all discussions
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