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Keeping Iraq Under US Control?
2008-06-05 05:19:00 the independent: A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November. The terms of the impending deal, details of which have been leaked to The Independent, are likely to have an explosive political effect in Iraq. Iraqi officials ... More About: World , Control
The Six Key Steps to Healthy Finances in Your Relationship
2008-06-05 04:29:00 zen habits: If you?ve ever been in a relationship for very long, especially if you were married or living together, I can almost guarantee that you?ve had a money fight. One of the biggest causes of problems in relationships is differences in values and goals and habits when it comes to money, and especially communication about ... More About: Life , Finances , Relationship , Healthy , Steps
Comcast?s New Bandwidth Black List: You Use, You Lose
2008-06-05 03:45:00 nyTimes.com: Some Comcast customers who actively download software and video files may soon find one set of unexplained delays replaced with a different sort of equally cryptic slowdowns. Comcast is starting to test new approaches to protecting its network from what it describes as congestion caused by a handful of customers who use far far more ... More About: Tech , Black , List , Bandwidth
Jimmy Carter Tells Obama not to pick Hillary as Running Mate
2008-06-05 03:26:00 guardian.co.uk: Barack Obama should not pick Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential nominee, former president Jimmy Carter has told the Guardian. “I think it would be the worst mistake that could be made,” said Carter. “That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates.” Carter, who formally endorsed the Illinois senator last night, cited opinion polls showing ... More About: Politics , Running , Jimmy Carter
Do Illegal Aliens Have Rights?
2008-05-27 20:31:00 brianCuban.com: Do illegal aliens have rights to basic services? Will local regulation herd them all into massive ?sanctuary cities? I am aware we all have basic human and constitutional rights regardless of our immigration status. To what extent however can local government alter those rights based on that status? While not the first to try it, the ... More About: Illegal Aliens , Aliens , General , Rights , Illegal
Slavic Village: Questionable Loans Create a Cleveland Slum
2008-05-27 20:16:00 newsWeek: Mark Kellogg’s hot-dog stand sits at Broadway and Fleet Avenue, the main intersection of Slavic Village , a traditional working-class neighborhood in Cleveland . It’s midday on a Wednesday, and the place is deserted except for a new metallic-blue VW convertible in the lot, blaring rap music. A towering sign advertises DRIVE THRU SERVICE and hot ... More About: Loans , Create
25 Ways to Help a Fellow Human Being Today
2008-05-27 19:45:00 zen habits: Too often the trend in our society is for people to be separated from each other, to be cut off from the great mass of humanity, and in doing so to be dehumanized a little bit more with each step. Cars have taken us off the streets, where we used to greet each other ... More About: Life , Human , Today
Highway To Hell: And You Thought It Was Conspiracy Theory
2008-05-27 18:39:00 similar articles:NAFTA?Earth Hour: Lights Out For MillionsHouse Approves Senate Amended Stimlus Package More About: Theory , Thought , Conspiracy , Hell , Conspiracy Theory
House Panel Subpoenas Rove for Justice Inquiry
2008-05-23 04:15:00 yahoo news: WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday subpoenaed President Bush’s former chief political adviser, Karl Rove, to testify about whether the White House improperly meddled with the Justice Department. Accusations of politics influencing decisions at the department led to the resignation last year of Bush’s attorney general, Alberto Gonzales. It’s unclear whether Rove will ... More About: Politics , Panel , Subpoenas
Signs of Ancient Hydrothermal Vents Found on Mars
2008-05-23 03:55:00 Thursday, May 22, 2008 Silica is present in Martian soil that the Spirit Rover unintentionally turned up. Image: NASA/JPL. The Spirit Rover, one of two planetary rovers operated by NASA on the planet Mars , has made an important, though unintentional discovery on the red planet. A wheel which has been inoperable on the rover, has been making ... More About: Signs , Ancient
All In The Name of God? Fucking Idiots.
2008-05-20 03:40:00 The last remaining members of the Russian doomsday group True Russian Orthodox Church emerged from a cave outside Penza Friday, after enduring the toxic stench of rotting corpses from two deceased members of their group. Interfax quoted authorities who said that fumes from the corpses in the cave threatened the nine remaining members of the ... More About: Idiots , Fucking
Corporate America?s Rejection of Windows Vista
2008-05-14 04:34:00 msnbc: General Motors may take a detour around Vista , the latest computer operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next version of Windows , due in 2010 or 2011. “We’re considering bypassing Vista and going straight to Windows ... More About: America , Windows Vista , Corporate
Congress Defies Bush on Oil Reserve
2008-05-14 04:19:00 WASHINGTON (CNN) — The House of Representatives voted to direct the Bush administration to stop filling the strategic petroleum reserve temporarily in an effort to alleviate increasing gas prices. Both the House and Senate, which voted earlier Tuesday, exceeded the two-thirds vote required to override the president’s expected veto: The House vote was 385-25, the Senate ... More About: Congress , Reserve
The ?Long War? Fallacy
2008-05-14 04:07:00 laTimes: Donald Rumsfeld is today a discredited and widely reviled figure. Robert Gates, Rumsfeld’s successor as Defense secretary, is generally admired for manifesting qualities that Rumsfeld lacked — a willingness to listen not least among them. Yet on one crucial point, the two see eye to eye: Both believe that the United States has no ... More About: Long , Fallacy
Einstein?s Letter: Belief in God ?childish,? Jews not Chosen People
2008-05-14 03:43:00 guardian.co.uk: Albert Einstein - A little known letter written by him… Due to be auctioned this week in London after being in a private collection for more than 50 years, the document leaves no doubt that the theoretical physicist was no supporter of religious beliefs, which he regarded as “childish superstitions”. Einstein penned the letter on January ... More About: People , Letter , Jews , Belief
China Rocked by 7.9 Earthquake, 10,000 Feared Dead
2008-05-14 02:07:00 According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a magnitude 7.92 earthquake has struck eastern Sichuan Province in China . The USGS first reported the quake to be a magnitude 7.8 which hit at 6:28:00 UTC. Officials say that at least 10,000 may have been killed and local reports indicate over 10,000 injured. At least 107 people, ... More About: Earthquake , Dead
Jazz pull out OT win over Lakers, Series Tied 2-2
2008-05-12 01:57:00 espn: SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Andrei Kirilenko blocked Kobe Bryant twice in overtime and converted a three-point play with 35 seconds remaining as the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers 123-115 on Sunday, tying the Western Conference semifinals at 2-2. The Jazz went 9-for-9 from the foul line in overtime and outscored the Lakers ... More About: Series , Pull
High Tech Gadgets Threaten Internet?s Future?
2008-05-12 01:51:00 reuters.com: LONDON (Reuters) - The rise of gadgets like the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation that helped to build the Internet , a leading academic has warned in a new book. Professor Jonathan Zittrain says the latest must-have devices are sealed, “sterile” boxes that stifle creativity and turn consumers into passive ... More About: Gadgets , High Tech , Future , Tech
China, the Dark Side
2008-05-12 01:37:00 the independent: China ’s rise in the early 21st century is the headiest tale of development the world has ever seen. A drive through Beijing or Shanghai or Shenzhen or Guangdong gives you all the evidence that you could ever want of the 66 per cent expansion of the Chinese economy in the past five years. ... More About: Dark , The Dark , Side , The Dark Side
Democratic Campaign: An Absurd and Acrimonious Culture War
2008-05-12 01:30:00 rolling stone: . . . Seldom in American politics has the same side of a single party split into such distinct and acrimonious factions. As virtually identical as the two candidates are in their political positions, there is no longer any common cause left between Hillary lovers and Obama supporters. There is only a culture ... More About: Culture , Democratic , Campaign , Culture War , Absurd
Behind College Raid, Rising Drug use on Campus
2008-05-12 01:20:00 yahoo news: Los Angeles - The arrest this week of 96 suspects on drug-related charges, including 75 students, after a six-month sting operation at San Diego State University is shining a fresh spotlight on the issue of growing substance abuse at America’s colleges and universities. The incident also highlights the growing sophistication of on-campus drug sellers ... More About: College , Campus , Drug , Drug Use , Raid
Cindy McCain Says She?ll Never Release Her Tax Returns
2008-05-09 01:43:00 yahoo news: WASHINGTON - Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady. “You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years. This is a privacy issue. My ... More About: Release
Mental Illness Costs U.S. Billions in Lost Earnings
2008-05-09 01:34:00 yahoo news: Serious mental illness costs Americans at least $193 billion a year in lost earnings alone, a new report shows. The study broadly defines mood and anxiety disorders that greatly limit a person’s ability to function for at least 30 days a year, including instances of any condition linked to suicidal behaviors or frequent violent ... More About: Lost , Mental , Earnings , Mental Illness , Illness
Oil Up Near Record 123.93 on Signs of Stronger U.S. Demand
2008-05-08 02:48:00 May 8 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil was little changed near a record $123.93 a barrel in New York after a government report showed that U.S. worker productivity accelerated, signaling stronger economic growth and increased energy demand. Oil almost doubled in the past year and may rise further if the economy improves in the U.S., the world’s ... More About: Business , Signs , Record , Stronger , Demand
Dad Died Saving His Little Girl
2008-05-08 02:37:00 chicago sun times: With an out-of-control car bearing down, Joseph Richardson grabbed his 4-year-old daughter and held her up out of harm’s way. It was his last act — and one that apparently saved his daughter’s life. Richardson, a 39-year-old father of three, was killed Monday evening by the car, driven by a man who police say ... More About: Girl , Died , Saving , Little Girl
Asshole Alert: Mom Videos Toddler Smoking Dope
2008-05-08 02:15:00 similar articles:Vaccine for Drug Addiction Could Offer Hope to UsersMan Who Used Stun Gun on Toddler gets 4 YearsAs Farmers Struggle, Opium Fields Spread in Iraq More About: Videos , Smoking , Alert , Dope
Obama Projected Winner in NC, Clinton wins Indiana
2008-05-08 01:57:00 Tuesday, voters in Indiana and North Carolina of the United States cast their votes in the tightly contested presidential primaries of the Democratic Party. Barack Obama Image:UnitedStatesSenate. The Associated Press declared Barack Obama the winner in the North Carolina Democratic primary, based on exit-polling data, and CNN has also projected that Obama will win the North Carolina primary ... More About: Clinton , Winner , Wins
Less ?Ass-Whoopin? for Younger Siblings
2008-05-02 18:10:00 newsweek.com: It’s considered a “fact” of sibling relations: the baby of the family always gets away with murder. If the oldest brother had a curfew of 11 p.m. on weekends, his baby sister just has to call if she’s staying out all night. But can it be proven that parents are always stricter with ... More About: Siblings
Will the U.S. and Iran Start a War at Sea?
2008-05-02 18:02:00 newsweek.com: If there’s a war between the United States and Iran , it may well start on the water. After all, it’s happened before. Twenty years ago American ships were under fire in the Persian Gulf, and mines laid by the mullahs’ men nearly sank a U.S. guided missile cruiser. In April 1988 the American and ... More About: Start
Employers cut Fewer Jobs in April, Jobless Rate Falls
More articles from this author:2008-05-02 17:53:00 yahoo news: WASHINGTON - Employers cut far fewer jobs in April than in recent months and the unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent, a better-than-expected showing that nonetheless reveals strains in the nation’s labor market. For the fourth month in a row, the economy lost jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday. But in April the losses ... More About: Jobs , Rate , Falls 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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