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It's not enough to simply text a friend and ask where they are these days. Thankfully, with Google's (slightly scary) new 'Latitude' addition to Google Maps, now you can find...
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US attempts to supply coalition troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan suffered a major setback today after Kyrgyzstan announced it was closing down a key US military base.
The central...
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"Canada calls for the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to declare and honor an immediate ceasefire to allow full, safe and unhindered access; the...
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London, (IRNA): The deputy commander of Israeli ground forces during the recent Gaza massacres has cancelled 20 speaking engagements during a planned tour of Britain, according to the Jewish...
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I first ran across the article in WIRED magazine and thought I'd post a digital copy on current.
If you follow the link you'll learn how an ex-Google employee is planning to build...
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I was reading recently that during hard times deodorant sales drop off fairly significantly. As we watch our economy plummet, I realized that this is one of those times. As if an economic...
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Humph. I haven't used deodorant in years -- switched to vinegar. Bought a little spritzer bottle at the drug store, filled it with $1.59 (or whatever) per gallon...
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WASHINGTON — Wells Fargo & Co., which received $25 billion in taxpayer bailout money, is planning a series of corporate junkets to Las Vegas casinos this month.
Wells Fargo, once...
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ARRRRRRGGG!!!!!! This is corruption at its most sleazy -- can't we get the money back, or something??!?!?!
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From NPR's All Things Considered:
The Reichman case is not isolated. Four ultra-Orthodox rabbis in Brooklyn have been sued or arrested for abusing boys in the past three years....
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Wow. Well, power corrupts, as usual.....
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An appeals panel finds California Lutheran High School in Riverside County is not a business and therefore doesn't have to comply with a state law barring discrimination based on sexual...
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Ahhhhh... the fetid smell of Christian bigotry is wafting through the air....
WHY are these people tax-exempt???????
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Sen. Diane Feinstein is reportedly fuming that Barack Obama picked Leon Panetta as his new CIA Director and never consulted with her.
Feinstein, the incoming chairwoman of the Senate...
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Sounds like she's more upset at not being consulted than at Panetta himself...
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I was reading recently that during hard times deodorant sales drop off fairly significantly. As we watch our economy plummet, I realized that this is one of those times. As if an economic... more
WASHINGTON — Wells Fargo & Co., which received $25 billion in taxpayer bailout money, is planning a series of corporate junkets to Las Vegas casinos this month. Wells Fargo, once... more
An appeals panel finds California Lutheran High School in Riverside County is not a business and therefore doesn't have to comply with a state law barring discrimination based on sexual... more
Sen. Diane Feinstein is reportedly fuming that Barack Obama picked Leon Panetta as his new CIA Director and never consulted with her. Feinstein, the incoming chairwoman of the Senate... more
