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Rain Forests Falling at ?Alarming? Rate
2008-02-03 03:59:00 yahoo news: ABO EBAM, Nigeria - In the gloomy shade deep in Africa’s rain forest, the noontime silence was pierced by the whine of a far-off chain saw. It was the sound of destruction, echoed from wood to wood, continent to continent, in the tropical belt that circles the globe. From Brazil to central Africa to ... More About: Rain , Rate , Forests , Armin
Candidates Gearing up for Super Tuesday
2008-02-03 03:40:00 With less than 72 hours to go until the Super Tuesday primary election event, Republican and Democratic candidates are campaigning all across the United States this weekend in hopes of gaining votes. Democratic Senator Hilary Clinton is spending Saturday in the state of California, while rival Senator Barack Obama is making stops in Idaho, Minnesota, and ... More About: Candidates , Super Tuesday
5 Dead in Chicago-Area Store Shooting
2008-02-03 03:17:00 Five women are reported dead after a shooting at a strip mall in suburban Chicago , Illinois, and police are searching for the perpetrator, who they say fled the scene. According to police, the shooting may have been part of a botched robbery. The shooting took place at a Lane Bryant clothing store in Tinley Park, a ... More About: Store , Dead , Shooting , Area
Microsoft Makes 44.6 Billion Dollar Bid for Yahoo
2008-02-01 17:03:00 nyTimes.com: Microsoft said Friday that it would offer $44.6 billion for Yahoo , the ailing search giant. The surprise offer of $31 a share represents a 62 percent premium to Thursday’s closing share price. Yahoo shareholders could elect to receive either cash or stock. The proposed acquisition, the largest ever by Microsoft, would give some relief to Yahoo’s long-suffering shareholders, who have seen the company’s stock slide nearly 32 percent this year. It would also create the most formidable competitor yet for Google, the search engine giant. “This proposal represents a compelling value realization event for your shareholders,” Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, said in a letter to Yahoo’s board sent Thursday. | read more | similar articles:Google’s Processing Power - What The Hell is a Petabyte?Yahoo to Lay-Off 1,000 EmployeesSun Microsystems Buys MySQL More About: Dollar , Yahoo! , Billion
Taking Economic Stress to the Workplace
2008-02-01 07:13:00 cnn.com: NEW YORK (AP) — In small businesses across the country, employee stress levels are rising along with talk of recession and the stock market’s latest plunge. Problems can also come from a reality that’s painfully close by: a co-worker whose home is undergoing foreclosure. Trying economic times can create uneasiness and tension at even the healthiest companies, forcing small business owners to deal with productivity and disciplinary problems, or they might find themselves approached by a struggling employee who asks for a loan. Attorneys and human resources professionals say owners need to be sure that in handling any issues that arise from the increased economic problems they treat staffers equally, not favoring one over another. Owners might also want to sign on with an employee assistance provider that can supply financial and emotional counseling. Some workers at Quality Float Works Inc., a maker of hollow metal balls and valve parts, are clearly under ... More About: Workplace , Stress , Economic , Taking
Clinton, Obama Spar on Health Care and War
2008-02-01 07:05:00 breitBart.com: LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sparred, for the most part cordially, over immigration, health care and the war in Iraq in their first one-on-one debate on Thursday as they faced high-stakes Super Tuesday contests that could go a long way toward determining the party’s presidential nominee. Clinton emphasized that the nation needed a president ready to go to work on “Day One.” Obama responded: “Part of the argument that I’m making in this campaign is that it is important to be right on Day One.” Five days before Super Tuesday, the two alternated between civility and pointed swipes, underscoring the importance of the upcoming contests. The debate came as Obama’s campaign reported raising a staggering $32 million in January, cash aplenty to advertise all through the nearly two dozen upcoming races from coast to coast—and contests beyond. Clinton’s campaign reported raising $26.8 milli... More About: Health , Health Care , Care
White Powder: Church of Scientology Gets Mail Scare
2008-02-01 06:21:00 The Church of Scientology in southern California have received several envelopes containing a white powder which authorities say ended up being wheat germ and corn starch. Authorities had to evacuate at least one building in Tustin and shut down a street in Glendale while they examined the substance. Envelopes were also sent to Hollywood, Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley and Santa Monica locations. “Initial field testing by LAPD indicates the powder is harmless. However, further testing will be conducted. We will also work to assess what threat, if any, was associated with the mailings and determine whether any federal statutes were violated,” said Laura Eimiller, a spokeswoman for the FBI. The envelopes, which we were sent through the United States Postal Service, targeted 10 different Churches throughout southern California. Some also contained threats. The Church has not issued a statement regarding the incidents and no one has yet claimed responsibility for sending t... More About: Mail , White
IRS Warns of Rebate Check Scams
2008-02-01 00:11:00 cnn money: WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before Congress passes an economic stimulus package, identity thieves are using promises of tax rebates to trick people into revealing financial and personal data, the Internal Revenue Service warned Wednesday. Under one scheme, the IRS said, people are receiving phone calls telling them they can only receive a rebate if ... More About: Scams , Check , Rebate
Sources: Al Qaeda?s No. 3 man Killed
2008-01-31 23:46:00 cnn.com: WASHINGTON (CNN) — A senior al Qaeda terrorist who allegedly plotted and carried out attacks against U.S. and coalition forces was killed in Pakistan, a knowledgeable Western official and a military source told CNN Thursday. He was identified as Abu Laith al-Libi, 41, who was on the military’s most wanted list. Al-Libi was thought ... More About: Al Qaeda , Al-Qaeda , Sources , Killed
Pilot has ?Breakdown? in Mid-Flight, Wants to Talk to God
2008-01-31 18:03:00 bbc news: An Air Canada flight made an emergency landing in the Irish Republic after a pilot apparently suffered a breakdown. A passenger said the pilot was carried from the plane shouting and swearing, saying he wanted to talk “to God”. The flight from Toronto to Heathrow landed at Shannon airport after its crew declared a ... More About: Talk , Flight , Pilot
30 Things to Do to Keep From Getting Bored at Work
2008-01-31 17:48:00 zen habits: I?m not one to get bored, ever ? but a number of readers have written in with the question: What do I do if I?m bored out of my skull at work? It gave me pause, to think about why I can?t recall ever getting that bored at work. And I realized: I ... More About: Work , Bored , Things
Death Sentence: Afghan Dared to Read About Women?s Rights
2008-01-31 17:27:00 the independent: A young man, a student of journalism, is sentenced to death by an Islamic court for downloading a report from the internet. The sentence is then upheld by the country’s rulers. This is Afghanistan ? not in Taliban times but six years after “liberation” and under the democratic rule of the West’s ... More About: Women , Rights , Read , Death , Death Sentence
Internet Failure Hits Two Continents
2008-01-31 17:13:00 cnn.com: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — Large swathes of Asia, the Middle East and north Africa had their high-technology services crippled Thursday following a widespread Internet failure which brought many businesses to a standstill and left others struggling to cope. One major telecommunications provider blamed the outage, which started Wednesday, on a major undersea ... More About: Failure , Hits
Former Priest Jailed for Exorcism Murder of Nun
2008-01-31 17:02:00 cnn.com: BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A former priest began a seven-year jail term Wednesday for murdering a young nun during an exorcism ritual when she was bound, chained to a cross and denied food and water for days. Irina Cornici, 23, died from dehydration, exhaustion and suffocation during an ordeal that stunned Romania and prompted ... More About: Murder , Exorcism , Priest
U.S. Growth Slowed Drastically in 4th Quarter
2008-01-30 22:06:00 nyTimes.com: The United States economy expanded by a disappointingly weak annual rate of 0.6 percent during the last three months of 2007, the government reported Wednesday, offering the latest indication that the United States is already suffering a substantial slowdown, and perhaps a recession. The growth from October to December came in at half the rate ... More About: Growth , Quarter
Alleged Nazi Guard Loses Bid to Stay in U.S.
2008-01-30 21:59:00 msnbc: CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected an alleged Nazi death camp guard’s challenge to a final deportation order by the nation’s chief immigration judge. A panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled there was no basis to John Demjanjuk’s challenge of a December 2005 ruling that he could be ... More About: Guard , Stay
Can Your Cell Phone Ruin Your Complexion?
2008-01-30 21:49:00 careFair.com: Is this really something that you should be concerned about? Apparently so. Cell phones have been proven to emit a form of radiation that has led to health problems such as infertility and brain injury. While the proof is scant, studies are leaning toward the damage risks being valid. If AEWs can do ... More About: Phone , Cell Phone , Ruin , Cell-phone
Vaccine for Drug Addiction Could Offer Hope to Users
2008-01-30 21:40:00 yahoo news: CHICAGO (AFP) - In a search for what could be the ultimate cure for drug addiction, scientists have developed a vaccine which prevents the body from getting high. The hope is that it can stop people from falling back into a spiral of addiction if they have a relapse. The most promising results so ... More About: Vaccine , Addiction , Hope , Drug , Users
McCain Captures Florida, Giuliani Drops Out
2008-01-30 21:32:00 United States Senator John McCain has won the State of Florida ’s Republican Party primary election, edging out former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by five percent. One time GOP front-runner Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani , who placed a lagging third in Florida, the state he based his campaign on, dropped out of the race ...
Housing Crisis? Not in the Luxury Market
2008-01-30 21:28:00 newsWeek.com: There isn’t much positive news in the housing sector. Largely as a result of the subprime mortgage mess, the number of homes that slipped into foreclosure proceedings in 2007 jumped 70 percent from the previous year, according to RealtyTrac. The National Association of Home Builders this week announced that new-home sales dropped 29 percent ... More About: Luxury , Market , Housing , Crisis , Not I
Fed Cuts Interest Rates by 1/2 Point
2008-01-30 21:21:00 newsWeek.com: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut a key interest rate for the second time in just over a week, reducing the federal funds rate by a half point. It signaled that further rate cuts were possible. The Fed action pushed the funds rate to 3 percent. It followed a three-fourths of a percentage point cut ... More About: Interest Rates , Interest , Point , Rates , Cuts
WTF: Jesus is Better Than Santa Claus?
2008-01-30 21:10:00 timesArgus.com: IRASBURG ? Mel Downs doesn’t object to academic discussions over the relative merits of varying religious philosophies. But when his daughter came home from her public school with a handout titled “Why Jesus Is Better Than Santa Claus ,” the Irasburg father took offense. “It isn’t about my religion or me being biased in some way,” ...
Stranded at the Airport? Don?t Forget Rule 240?
2008-01-30 21:00:00 msnbc: A few years ago, at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport , I noticed something strange on the departure boards. American Airlines had three flights scheduled that afternoon from ORD to Boston, and all were apparently operating on time. United, on the other hand, had three flights scheduled from ORD to Boston, but none were operating on ... More About: Rule
The Clinton?s Prepare To Fuck America?s Well-Worn Ass!
2008-01-30 18:17:00 I just got the news bulletin that John Edwards has officially dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination to be the next President of the United States. It’s funny, when you look at things, because once again it just goes to prove that the political machine continues to be run like a mafioso ... More About: Politics , America , Campaign , Clinton , Blenders
Scientists Discover Way to Reverse Memory Loss
2008-01-30 17:59:00 the independent: Scientists performing experimental brain surgery on a man aged 50 have stumbled across a mechanism that could unlock how memory works. The accidental breakthrough came during an experiment originally intended to suppress the obese man’s appetite, using the increasingly successful technique of deep-brain stimulation. Electrodes were pushed into the man’s brain and stimulated ... More About: Memory , Loss , Discover
Twins Trade Cy Young Pitcher Johan Santana to Mets
2008-01-30 17:01:00 In a deal announced Tuesday, the Minnesota Twins have traded pitcher Johan Santana to the New York Mets . The trade is yet to be finalized, pending a physical examination and agreement on a contract extension, but an agreement is expected to be made before 5:00 EST Friday. In exchange for the three-time all-star and two-time Cy ... More About: Trade , Young , Cy Young
John Edwards Drops Out of Presidential Race
2008-01-30 16:54:00 breitBart.com: DENVER (AP) - Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters’ sympathies, The Associated Press has learned. The two-time White House candidate notified a close circle of senior advisers that he ... More About: Presidential , Race
The Massive Benefits of a Healthy Diet
2008-01-30 04:24:00 pick the brain: I?m a vegetarian. I also eat virtually no junk food, white bread, soft drinks or caffeine. For most people, living on such a diet seems like an act of self-torture. But this way of eating isn?t the result of extreme self-discipline. Once you know how to redesign your diet, eating healthy ... More About: Diet , Healthy , Benefits
1 Million iPhones ?Missing in Action?
2008-01-30 04:12:00 news.com.au: MORE than a quarter of iPhones sold in the US are being used on networks other than AT&T, the handset’s exclusive carrier, according to sales figures. Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi said sales numbers from Apple and AT&T indicated that about 1.45 million phones were “missing in action” at the end of 2007. About 480,000 ... More About: Action , Missing , Million , Missi
YouTube-Style Porn Threatens Studios
More articles from this author:2008-01-30 04:06:00 news.com.au: AFTER years of booming sales supported by videotapes, DVDs and the internet, the adult film industry is being challenged by easy video-sharing websites offering explicit content for free. “We’re dealing with rampant piracy, tons of free content,” said Steven Hirsch, co-founder of Vivid, the best-known adult film studio. Vivid once earned 80 per cent of ... More About: Youtube , Entertainment , Style , Studios 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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