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Obama Makes Video Pitch For Chicago Olympics
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
ISTANBUL, Turkey — President-elect Barack Obama made a personal appeal Friday to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to his home city of Chicago. Obama appeared in a 90-second taped video message played by Chicago bid leaders to the general assembly of European Olympic Committees, the largest regional group in the Olympic movement. "The United States would be honored to have the opportunity to host the... -
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Clinton Gets the Nod for Secretary of State
Jack and Jill Politics (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Politics
Via the Associated Press. While it has not been formally announced, it appears to be a done deal: WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency. One [...] -
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"Seven Years Is Enough."
Lawyers, Guns and Money (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Politics
Judge Richard Leon -- an appointee of George W. Bush -- issued a major ruling following the wake of the Supreme Court's Boumediene decision yesterday, ordering five Guantanamo detainees released "forthwith." He also added comments that echoed Souter's Boumediene concurrence : The judge, in an unusual added comment, suggested to senior government leaders that they forgo an appeal of his ruling on freeing... -
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Attorney General Mukasey Back at Work
DCist (subscribe) | 54 minutes ago | Politics
CNN is reporting that U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey is back at work at the Justice Department today after an apparent fainting spell last night. Mukasey had been giving a speech defending Bush Administration policies at a Federalist Society dinner at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel here in D.C. when he slumped over and passed out. Doctors at GWU Hospital have since given the AG a clean bill... -
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Witness recalls last messages in MySpace hoax case
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
LOS ANGELES-- A Missouri woman knew her 13-year-old neighbor was depressed and suicidal when she sent cruel Internet messages to the teenager, her former assistant testified. The girl killed herself after being told the world would be better off without her. -
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Will The Anti-Death Penalty Left Care?
Stop the ACLU (subscribe) | 49 minutes ago | US
Army sets date for its first execution since 1961 The Army has set a date for its first execution in nearly 50 years. The military said Thursday that former North Carolina soldier Ronald A. Gray is to be executed Dec. 10 at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute (TEHR’-uh HOHT), Ind. He was convicted of multiple [...]
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Argentina's Nalbandian wins opener in Davis Cup
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sports
David Nalbandian has defeated Spain's David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in the opening singles match of the Davis Cup final. -
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PHOTOS: H'wood's Baby Boom!
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Diaze-Pram [Strollers]
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Strollers in which babies face away from their parents may hurt their development Researchers in Scotland found that when children were seated facing their parents their heart rates fell, they were... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
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Somali Pirates Make $150M A Year, Kenya Says
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | World
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates have collected more than $150 million in ransoms over the past year, Kenya's foreign affairs minister said Friday, calling on ship owners not to pay when their vessels are hijacked. In the past two weeks Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates have seized eight vessels including a huge Saudi supertanker loaded with $100 million worth of crude oil. Several hundred crew... -
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Microsoft Lets Zune Music Subscribers Keep Tunes
Mobile Tech Today (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Technology
Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the $14.99 monthly subscription fee. The decision may appeal to people who have been reluctant to test out the subscription model, preferring to own their music instead of rent it. Microsoft's Zune Pass, RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody... -
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Man Saved From Lethal Shot By Cell Phone In His Shirt Pocket
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Snow Leopard, she is coming in Q1 2009
CrunchGear (subscribe) | 11/19/2008 | Technology
Can’t wait for the next iteration of OS X? Well, it’s coming in Q1 2009 which means you still have about 2 more months to sit on your hands and think happy thoughts. Apple’s Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard said that the OS would launch Q1 2009 which places it in the [...] -
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How Much Traffic Can A Link on Google.com Drive? The Case of the G1
ReadWriteWeb (subscribe) | 11/19/2008 | Technology
Can you imagine getting a link to your website highlighted just below the search box on Google.com? How much traffic do you think that would drive? According to one estimate published today by traffic analysts Compete.com, the link on Google for the G1 Android phone by T-Mobile delivered an estimated 800,000 unique visitors who clicked that link in the 7 days it was on the site. Compete estimates... -
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19-year-old Commits Suicide on Justin.tv
NewTeeVee (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
In a striking display of the power of live video, Abraham K. Biggs committed suicide on Wednesday while broadcasting himself on video site Justin.tv. As we understand it from various forum posts, the 19-year-old Floridian was apparently egged on by commenters on Justin.tv and fellow forum users on bodybuilding.com. Biggs overdosed on pills while on [...] Related Posts GigaOM: Bored Teen’s Palin Prank... -
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Google Makes Major Interface Change To Search: SearchWiki
TechCrunch (subscribe) | 15 hours ago | Technology
We'd noticed an increasing number of people emailing on a large-scale bucket test (a product change tested on just a percentage of total users) that Google has been conducting for months - adding a Digg-like voting feature to search results (which also changes the ranking) as well as user comments. Tonight, Google apparently said "what the hell" and turned it on for everyone. The changes are called... -
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AOC keeps it simple with $160 F19 LCD monitor
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
AOC 's never been one to charge a premium for sex appeal, but it's stooping even lower given the current economic conditions in order to get more monitors in more homes. The 19-inch F19 sports a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, a 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 5-millisecond response time, a glossy black piano finish (with a white back for that splash of contrast) and VGA / DVI inputs. Not too shabby... -
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Hooray for Holder
The Plank (subscribe) | 11/19/2008 | Politics
Eric Holder looks like Obama's pick for attorney general. I've been impressed by him ever since interviewing him in the '90s, when he was U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and identified the phenomenon of the single "unreachable" D.C. juror--often an African American woman--who refused to deliberate and hung the jury 8-1. He'll be good for the Justice department in at least two ways: Nixon...
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Get PC Magazine (Digital Edition) Free For One Year
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Burn Your Life
English Russia (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
With this calendar from Ukrainian designers one can literary burn the candle of their life each day. read more.. .. -
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Mercedes-Benz Debuts myCOMAND Internet-Based Infortainment System At Los Angeles Auto Show
eMercedesBenz (subscribe) | yesterday | Business
Offering a brief glimpse into the future of in-car entertainment, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled what they're calling "myCOMAND" an Internet-based infotainment system currently featured on their Concept FASCINATION study. As you might expect from an Internet-based infotainment system, the technology harnesses the power of the almighty Web, and serves it up in a way that's most beneficial to you, the... -
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iPhone 2.2 Firmware Update Now Available [IPhone]
Lifehacker (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Technology
The long-awaited 2.2 firmware updates for iPhones and iPod touch models hit iTunes at midnight last night, pushing a good deal of new features and long-awaited fixes to the mobile devices. We've already detailed some of the major new features already: Street View with walking/transit directions in Google Maps (iPhones only, unfortunately) and "emoji" face emoticons, over-the-air podcast downloading... -
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All These Leaks And Still No Treasury Secretary
Wonkette (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Politics
Here is something weird, and thank you, First Read, for pointing this out recently: the press has already found out the identity of like half of the future Obama cabinet. And yet we have no idea who’s being vetted to fill one of the most important positions of all — Treasury Secretary. What is up [...] -
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MEET THE NEW BOSS, YADA, YADA: Obama to delay repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’. I’m...
Instapundit.com (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Election 2008
MEET THE NEW BOSS, YADA, YADA: Obama to delay repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’. I’m guessing that this bodes poorly for a repeal of the Defense Of Marriage Act, too. - see blog ranking see all discussions
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