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Kin Outraged, Distraught Over Teen's Cyber Suicide
Tampa Bay Online (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | US
The family of a college student who killed himself live on the Internet say they're horrified his life ended before a virtual audience, and infuriated that viewers of the live webcam or operators of the Web site that hosted it didn't act sooner to save him. -
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Senator Pushes Iran on Investigation of Former FBI Agent Who Vanished in 2007
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Obama Pledges to Secure 2.5 Million More Jobs by 2011
Political Punch (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
With the nation suffering through an “economic crisis of historic proportions”, President-elect Barack Obama Saturday outlined an economic plan to save or create 2.5 million more jobs in his first two years in the Oval Office, a plan more even... -
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Officials: Obama plans to tap Geithner at Treasury
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation's intense economic turmoil, senior Democratic officials said Friday. The stock market soared on the news. -
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Valentine's Windows Are Safe Again
TalkLeft (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
The citizens of Valentine, Nebraska can resume their normal lives now that the notorious Butt Bandit has been captured . Beginning in spring of 2007, a mystery vandal visited businesses at night, pressing his naked behind — sometimes his groin, sometimes both — on windows. The marks were made with lotion or petroleum jelly ... The Butt Bandit (who really isn't much of a bandit despite the entertaining... -
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Jimmy Connors arrested outside Calif. arena,
STLtoday.com (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sports
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Tennis great Jimmy Connors was arrested outside the campus arena where UC Santa Barbara and top-ranked North Carolina were playing a basketball game. The eight-time Grand Slam champion was taken into custody Friday night after refusing to comply with an order to leave an area near the entrance of the Thunderdome following a confrontation, police Sgt. Dan Massey said in a statement....
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Jets QB Not Named Favre Suspended For Violating Drug Policy [Steroids]
Deadspin (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sports
It is not a good week for back-up quarterbacks. First it was Florida, now the Jets. It seems that Jets Rookie QB Erik Ainge was suspended four games by the NFL on Friday for violating the league’s... -
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Pirates free tanker after ransom paid; crew safe
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | 26 minutes ago | World
ATHENS, Greece — Somali pirates have released a hijacked Greek-owned tanker with all 19 crew safe and the oil cargo intact after payment of a ransom, the ship's management company said today. It didn't say how much was paid. -
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Madonna and Guy Ritchie Reach Settlement
Famecrawler (subscribe) | 58 minutes ago | Entertainment
Yesterday Madonna and Guy Ritchie's preliminary divorce ruling came out. Guy won't be taking a dime of Madonna's money, worth around $600 million. As for the children, the two boys - Rocco, 8, and David, 3 - will split time between England and the States. Madonna's daughter, Lourdes, will stay with her mother full time in New York City. During a filming break from his current movie, "Sherlock Holmes,"... -
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Bush touts free trade record at APEC
Political Ticker (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Politics
President George W. Bush attends the APEC Summitt in Lima, Peru. LIMA, Peru (CNN) – President George W. Bush, in what could be his final overseas trip as president, called on international leaders to continue his administration's push for free trade despite the global financial crisis. "One of the enduring lessons of the Great Depression is that [...] -
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After another day of recounting ballots, the margin between Franken and Coleman gets even...
AMERICAblog (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | US
After three days of recounting ballots in Minnesota, Al Franken has closed the gap even further. After the initial canvass, Norm Coleman was up by 215 votes. Based on my math, using the "official" Minnesota Secretary of State's numbers , Al Franken has picked now picked up 100 votes since the recount started. That would drop Coleman's lead to 115 votes, with 60.86% of ballots recounted. These are votes,... -
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Sorenstam's storied LPGA career ends
StarTribune.com (subscribe) | 12 minutes ago | Sports
Standing in the center of a sun-drenched 18th green, as waves of cheers rippled from a packed gallery, Annika Sorenstam hugged caddie Terry McNamara and took the flag from his hand. - see all breaking news
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Sheila Bair and seizing Citigroup
Bronte Capital (subscribe) | yesterday | Other
I suggested that Sheila Bair might seize Citigroup precisely because it is the sort of irrational, arrogant and dumb thing she does. She did after all force the issue at Wachovia – signing a government guarantee (to Citigroup) even though a fully private sector solution was available. But people took my suggestion seriously. Some thought I had “ jumped the shark ”. Others thought that I was straight... -
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The Real Janet Napolitano
The Corner (subscribe) | 11/20/2008 | Politics
The still-forming Obama administration seems intent on revisiting many controversies of the past. We already have Eric Holder and the Marc Rich pardon. Now, with the floating of Janet Napolitano's name, we get to revisit the Anita Hill controversy. Recall that one of the so-called corroborators of Hill's story -- that is, that she had been sexually harassed by her boss, Clarence Thomas-- was one Susan... -
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Apple Notebooks Take Huge Performance Hit without Battery
Gearlog (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
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Bush Pushing Changes To Endangered Species Act Now, To Make It More Difficult For Obama...
Crooks and Liars (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
Democracy Now! : As the media focuses on President-elect Obama and the transition of power here in Washington, the Bush administration is quietly trying to push through a wide array of federal regulations before President Bush leaves office in January. Up to ninety proposed regulations could be finalized by the outgoing administration, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting... -
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Mukasey Collapses During Speech
Talking Points Memo (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
As you can see in our feature to the right, Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed this evening while giving a speech to Federalist Society in Washington, DC. The only further word we've been able to find is from Mike Allen...
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MARK STEYN: “I didn’t think I could like Sarah Palin more than I do, but the nancy boys...
Instapundit.com (subscribe) | 15 hours ago | Politics
MARK STEYN: “I didn’t think I could like Sarah Palin more than I do, but the nancy boys at MSNBC bleating all over the screen about the Great Turkey Carnage is hilarious.” More from Tim Blair. I still like Ann Althouse’s “candy-asses” remark. I’ll bet those guys have never even cleaned a fish [...] -
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Switched On: Writers on the Storm
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. What happens when the efficient menu-driven user experience of the BlackBerry meets the discoverable new user experience of finger-driven touch? The answer for the BlackBerry Storm has been that the BlackBerry experience wins, and who loses depends on what you were expecting from RIM's first departure from a physical... -
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THE HILL: “DEMOCRATS COULD LOSE HOUSE SEAT TO OBAMA SELECTION FOR CABINET”
Minnesota Democrats Exposed © (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
The Hill is reporting (ht to MPR’s Polinaut) that Congressman Collin Peterson is being considered for secretary of Agriculture and that Republicans would likely win his congressional seat in Minnesota. “Republicans could gain another House seat in the 111th Congress — thanks to the newly elected Democratic president. Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of Agriculture could take [...] -
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Guns N' Roses Loves Online Music, On Its Own Terms
Techdirt (subscribe) | 11/20/2008 | Technology
It will be great when Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy album comes out -- if only because it'll end 14 years of speculation and hype, and maybe we'll stop hearing about it for a while. It's scheduled for release on Sunday (and will be available only at a single chain of stores, thanks to an exclusive agreement), but the band is already streaming the record on its MySpace page . This comes after the... -
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No Surprise Here: Telco Employees Access Obama's Phone Records
Techdirt (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
We've pointed out plenty of times in the past, that any time there's a database of info out there, the data is almost certain to be abused. The latest example? Employees at Verizon Wireless improperly accessed Barack Obama's phone records to see who he was calling and who was calling him. The access was just for his regular phone used for voice communications -- not his Blackberry. Also, the employees... -
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Why Arizona Dems Don't Want Napolitano at DHS
The Plank (subscribe) | 11/20/2008 | Politics
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano looks likely to be secretary of Homeland Security (thank you, leaky transition team). Though many are applauding her candidacy , her pending appointment is raising anxiety among Arizona Democrats. "It's a dreadful step," Democrat Phil Lopes, minority leader in the state house, told TNR today. "There is very serious potential of us backsliding on things we Democrats... - see blog ranking see all discussions
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