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Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in Afghanistan
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Cheney warns against impulsive action in Iraq
Examiner (subscribe) | 12 minutes ago | Politics
Vice President Dick Cheney, warning against impulsive U.S. action in Iraq, says that whether the struggling nation backslides into a cycle of violence partly depends on how President-elect Barack Obama decides to pull out American forces. -
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4.6 million jobless get benefits
Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
WASHINGTON - The number of laid-off workers drawing unemployment checks jumped more than expected to 4.6 million at the end of December, the government reported yesterday. Economists said the tally was likely to keep climbing this year as Americans were finding it increasingly difficult to get a new job amid a deepening recession. - 1 Vote!
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Obama picks lobbyist as Pentagon No. 2
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama appointed a defense contractor's lobbyist Thursday to become the No. 2 official at the Defense Department, a choice that appeared to break with his self-imposed rules to keep lobbyists at arm's length.
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American sues estranged wife for return of kidney
Liberal England (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
Only in America : A Long Island doctor is demanding that his estranged wife give him back the kidney he donated to her seven years ago. Dr Richard Batista's lawyer Dominic Barbara says his client would also be satisfied with the value of the kidney: $1.5 million. Newsday reports that Batista married wife Dawnell in 1990 and that he donated the kidney in 2001. According to Batista, their marriage was... -
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Smoltz to leave Braves, end his career with Red Sox
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Sports
After more than two decades with the Atlanta Braves, Michigan native John Smoltz is likely to finish his stellar career wearing a different uniform. -
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Savvy 'Apprentice' stars to play for charities
San Fransisco Chronicle (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Entertainment
Former NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman, country music's Clint Black and TV personality Khloe Kardashian will get down to business on NBC's forthcoming "Celebrity Apprentice." The slate of 16 celebrity rivals also includes Joan and Melissa Rivers, former football... -
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Extending shuttle use has a price
Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sciences
WASHINGTON - The cost of continuing the life of the space shuttle past next year's planned retirement is $3 billion a year plus extending the risk of a deadly accident, NASA's chief said yesterday. -
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Skype Lite Available on Android Platform and Java-Enabled Mobile Phones
SlashPhone (subscribe) | 34 minutes ago | Technology
Skype announced the release of a lite version of Skype, a ‘thin’ client for Skype that can be downloaded on Android-powered devices, as well as more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones. The software is still in beta release, works with your mobile servie’s data plan for making VoIP calls. The lite version delivers core Skype [...] -
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Making a case to jail Madoff
Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
NEW YORK - Prosecutors said yesterday that investigators found 100 signed checks worth $173 million in Bernard L. Madoff's desk that he was ready to send to his closest family and friends at the time of his arrest last month in what is alleged to be the largest financial fraud in history. - see all breaking news
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Death By Cosmo
boy culture (subscribe) | 01/07/2009 | Other
Eleven gay bars in Seattle have received the above threatening letter (from here). Gee, good thing this didn't happen to 11 Catholic churches or the media might actually have a big story and the women of The View might have... -
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Palm pre's wireless charger, the Touchstone
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Palm just announced its wireless charger for the new Palm pre , dubbed the Touchstone. Developing... Filed under: Peripherals Palm pre's wireless charger, the Touchstone originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments -
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Google Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta
Google Operating System (subscribe) | 10 hours ago | Technology
Google Chrome 's development is high-paced and version numbers are not very significant, but it's weird to see a pre-beta release of Chrome 2.0, four months after Chrome 0.2. There are many new things in Chrome 2.0: * form autocomplete , one of the most obvious missing features from the initial release * full-page zoom , which resizes images and embedded objects too, not just text. It's important to... -
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Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite interface hands-on
Engadget (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Technology
One very patient Netgear rep took us through the interface of the new Digital Entertainer Elite while we feverishly snapped images of every menu blade. Not every one was a keeper -- expect a few gaps here or there -- but this should provide you ample impressions on how you'll be cruising around on this thing. Gallery: Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite menu at CES 2009 Gallery: Netgear Internet TV... -
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Verizon To Support Kindle Competitors
Moco News (subscribe) | 01/07/2009 | Technology
Amazon's Kindle may soon be just another electronic reader among a handful of choices on Verizon Wireless ( NYSE: VZ ). In an interview with Reuters just ahead of CES, Verizon exec Tony Lewis, who runs a program to help third-party vendors get their products certified to work on the operator's networks, said he expected Kindle rivals to launch in 2009, though he declined to specify who these competitors... -
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Palm Pre in-depth impressions, video, and huge hands-on gallery
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
We just sat down with Palm for a more in-depth look at the device, and here are our takeaways. First off, the software and hardware they're showing right now aren't the final versions. They're updating and tweaking as we speak, so some of the features haven't been implemented yet. Our take? The UI is incredibly well thought out and smooth. Animations going in and out of apps, and all of the menus...
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Live from Palm's CES press conference
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
10:18AM This is it folks. The one we've really been waiting for. We're currently out front (at the head of the line)! We'll be in and seated soon, so stay tuned here for non-stop live coverage of everything that goes down! Continue reading Live from Palm's CES press conference Filed under: CES Live from Palm's CES press conference originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:28:00 EST. Please... -
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Microsoft Releases Tag, Its Second iPhone Application
TechCrunch (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
At CES, Microsoft has introduced its second iPhone app after dipping its toe with the release of Seadragon Mobile last month. The name of the application is Microsoft Tag , and it enables users to instantly access mobile content, videos, music, contact information, maps, social networks, promotions, etc. simply by pointing the device's camera to a special tag. If this makes you think about the principle... -
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How-to: Digital picture frame, 100% DIY
Hack A Day (subscribe) | 9 hours ago | Technology
There are a ton of digital picture frame tutorials out there. Most are old laptops with crafty case reconfigurations that fit a photo frame profile. We set out to build a 100% DIY, scratch-built digital picture frame. Our frame has a 12bit color LCD, gigabytes of storage on common, FAT-formatted microSD cards, and you can build [...] -
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Eye-opening stories for Friday (OPEN THREAD)
Sister Toldjah (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Politics
Got two of ‘em on tap. First, the biggie: The Guardian is reporting that Team Obama is preparing to start “low level” talks with Hamas (via Memeo). AllahPundit reminds everyone here what Obama said last April about negotiating with terrorist groups like Hamas (in response to Jimmy Carter’s meeting with them): “We must not [...] -
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ViewSonic goes crazy with nine new digital photo frames
Engadget (subscribe) | 9 hours ago | Technology
Talk about covering all of your bases. ViewSonic has unloaded a netbook , a 3D LCD and a 3D projector here at CES, but it has somehow found the time to also unload not one, not eight, but nine new digital photo frames. It's adding in the 7-inch VFM735-52M, 8-inch VFM835-52M and 10-inch VFM1035W-52M to its SwifTouch lineup for $129, $159 and $189, respectively, and it's also busting out a full line... - see all discussions
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