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Billionaires cough up some dough to fight smoking
FP Passport (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | US
They've tackled malaria and AIDS, but now two billionaire philanthropists are taking on another developing world health-scourge: smoking. Former Microsoft Chair Bill Gates and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg just pledged $500 million to the fight against tobacco use, most of which will go to developing countries. Check out their discussion with Charlie Rose here: Gates and Bloomberg have a tough... -
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Is DMX a Mental Case? Yes!
PerezHilton.com (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Entertainment
DMX needs some serious psychiatric care! The arrest happy rapper went to court in Phoenix on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to a pair of felony theft charges. We're sure y'all aren't surprised to hear that DMX was in court again, or that he pleaded not guilty. It's the crazy which came out of DMX after [...] -
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First photos of Ethan Hawke’s newborn daughter
Cele|bitchy (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | Entertainment
Ethan Hawke, 37, got married in a civil ceremony to his girlfriend Ryan Shawhughes, 27, last month in NY before the birth of their first baby. Shawhughes was the nanny to Hawkes two older children when he was with his ex, actress Uma Thurman, although they supposedly didn’t hook up until after his marriage was [...] -
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Apollo Astronaut Mitchell Says Aliens Have Visited Earth
Universe Today (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sciences
This story has been spreading like wildfire across the internet, as well as other news sources, which is not surprising given the topic. In a radio interview in the UK, and in a subsequent article in the Daily Register, former Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell said he believes there is life on other planets. [...] -
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Do You Worry About Your Cell Phone Being a Cancer Risk?
geeksugar (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | US
Every few months, it seems there's a new study saying that cell phones do or don't cause cancer. Today, they're saying it does. The new study is from a Pittsburgh doctor, warning folks to limit their use because of a possible link between cell phones and cancer. Dr. Ronald B. Herberman circulated a memo warning that not only are the electromagnetic fields a risk to the user, but cautions people when...
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Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage
Los Angeles Times (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | World
A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers over the South China Sea forced the pilot to make an emergency landing today after a rapid descent. -
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Motorsport boss sues German newspaper for damages
Boston Globe (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | World
Motor racing boss Max Mosley has sued the publisher of Germany's largest newspaper, contending that his sex play with several prostitutes did not have a Nazi theme. -
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BMI/ISP agreement; costs in the PCC
IPKat—IP news and fun for everyone (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Technology
What have the BMI and ISPs agreed? Yesterday the IPKat (in slightly sleepy state) was greeted with the news that British Music Rights (BMI) and the 6 leading UK ISPs (Tiscali, Virgin Media, BT, Orange, Carphone Warehouse and Sky) had reached an agreement on tackling illegal downloaders of copyright content. The IPKat thought it was a little odd that no one really seemed to be saying much on what the... -
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Escaped 'Spam King' allegedly kills self, family
Cnet (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | US
Bodies of Eddie Davidson--who was serving prison time for a spam conviction--his wife, and their 3-year-old daughter are found in an SUV in Colorado. -
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Obama speaks to 200,000 in Germany
Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe) | 8 hours ago | Politics
Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago. - see all breaking news
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Barack Hussein Obama:He ventured forth to bring light to the world
The Two Malcontents (subscribe) | 9 hours ago | Other
The anointed one’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers By Gerard Baker at Times Online U.K. And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian [...] -
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Surprise! Google Says The Web Is Really, Really Big
TechCrunch (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Technology
Google has announced that its search index, which chronicles the vast majority of the internet, has hit a major milestone: 1 trillion unique URLS. That’s 1,000,000,000,000 pages - more than twice as many as there are stars in the Milky Way. The index has grown exponentially since Google first launched. In 1998, the site [...] -
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John Edwards is Eff'd: More Damning Evidence!
PerezHilton.com (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Election 2008
It's not getting any better for John Edwards! As most y'all know, the former Democratic Presidential hopeful was caught by the National Enquirer this week leaving a Beverly Hills hotel where his alleged mistress and bastard baby were staying and Johnny boy tried his best to ditch the surprise attack by the rag's reporters. We also mentioned [...] -
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New Toolbar PageRanks coming
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Hey folks, I wanted to let you know that new toolbar PageRank values should become visible over the next few days. I’m expecting that also in the next few days that we’ll be expiring some older penalties on websites. -
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Pentagon tells Obama not to visit U.S. troops at German base because it would be too...
Lynn Sweet (subscribe) | 11 hours ago | Politics
BERLIN--A scheduled visit by presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) with U.S. troops Friday at a military base in Rammstein, Germany was cancelled because the Pentagon told the campaign it would look too political.... - see blog ranking see all discussions
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