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Rice urges Pakistan to fight terrorists
CNN (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | World
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, pictured earlier in India, arrived Thursday in Pakistan for talks aimed at easing tensions over last week's massacre in the Indian city of Mumbai. -
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Aunt arrested in shackled teen case
CNN (subscribe) | 4 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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US, China Headed For Possible Clash Over Currency
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 5 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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Russia to Send Warship Through Panama Canal
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Obama is delivering diversity, but some seek more
San Fransisco Chronicle (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Politics
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 most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further. He added to the minority... -
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Prop 8: The Musical! With Jack Black as Jesus!
Firedoglake (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Entertainment
Celebrities sing out for equal rights in this video from Funny or Die. Awesome show tunes from Marc Shaiman on piano! Neal Patrick Harris delivers a stand out performance as the voice of reason.
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Folk singer Odetta dies at age 77
The Anniston Star Online (subscribe) | 51 minutes ago | Entertainment
NEW YORK — Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. -
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Obama legal team meets with anti-torture generals
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 4 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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Fewer toxic toys are found, group says
Houston Chronicle (subscribe) | 59 minutes 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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Avery apologizes for comments about ex-girlfriends
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 6 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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NY Public Library displays rare Rowling book
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Fla. congresswoman accidentally hangs up on Obama
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 2 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. - 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 [...] - see all discussions
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