Archive for December, 2007
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
On Sunday, the mayor will join Democratic and Republican elder statesmen at the University of Oklahoma in what the conveners are billing as an effort to pressure the major party candidates to renounce partisan gridlock.Read the full story
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide bombing that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally.Read the full story
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
I like this article for taking on the entitlement of air travel and social networks like Facebook all in one swoop. Read the full story
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
After a month of investigation, Italian public health officials discovered that the people of Castiglione di Cervia were, in fact, suffering from a tropical disease, chikungunya, a relative of dengue fever normally found in the Indian Ocean region. But the immigrants spreading the disease were not humans but insects: tiger ...
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
As hedge-fund analysts, Holden Karnofsky and Elie Hassenfeld made six-figure incomes deciding which companies to invest in. Now they are doing the same thing with charities, for a lot less pay.Read the full story
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
A number of readers are sending in the news that the Mac rumors site Think Secret will be shutting down, as part of the (secret) settlement of a lawsuit Apple filed in 2005. Apple had claimed that the blog, published since 1998 by college student Nick Ciarelli, had revealed Apple's ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Smoke and mirrors? "Bush said 1.2 million people could be eligible for help. But only a fraction will be subject to the rate freeze. Others would get assistance in refinancing with their lenders and moving into loans secured by the Federal Housing Administration, Bush said."Read the full story
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
One of the publication's writers replicated the chat Monday. After declining the writer's repeated invitations to eat pizza, a frustrated Santa burst out with, "You want me to eat what?!? It's fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else."Read the full story
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Air travelers face a high risk of a catastrophic collision on a U.S. airport runway because of faltering federal leadership, malfunctioning technology and overworked air traffic controllers, congressional investigators concluded Wednesday. Read the full story
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Huckabee's rise has brought with it increased scrutiny and media attention. On Tuesday evening the Huffington Post broke the news that as Governor, Huckabee was warned repeatedly by victims of convicted rapist Wayne Dumond that Dumond had raped before and would likely strike again if released from jail.Read the full ...
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