tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50020482011-08-20T07:23:50.098-05:00"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.Mr. TRONAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313058562634406806noreply@blogger.comBlogger16571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002048.post-34358097482895281722011-07-16T15:32:00.004-05:002011-07-16T16:01:58.304-05:00

:: "Stephen Colbert's Super PAC Will Air TV Commercials" ::ABC News' Michael Ono reports:What is Stephen Colbert planning to do with all that Super PAC money? His audience may finally have an answer.The Comedy Central TV personality sent out a political fundraising email Friday accompanied with announcement that the Super PAC would launch its very first television commercial.And while the email

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:: THE NEW YORK TIMES, WORLD'S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD, CLOSES ITS DOORS FOREVER ::A GREAT PAPER'S FINAL DAYSBy LAUREN IPSUM THE FINAL EDITION 5.10.11 [Spoiler: SATIRE ALERT ;]The New York Times, since 1851 a chronicler of world history spanning three centuries has turned its final page. The global definer of news, the cultural arbiter of the civilized world, the defender of free speech, has as it

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:: CIA operation kills Osama bin Laden in Pakistan ::U.S. government officials say the decadelong hunt for the Al Qaeda leader who ordered the Sept. 11 attacks is over.By Los Angeles Times StaffMay 1, 2011, 8:37 p.m.A CIA-led operation has killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and recovered his body after a tortuous decadelong hunt for the elusive militant leader who commanded the terrorist attacks

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:: "18 years after Waco, Davidians believe Koresh was God" ::By Ashley Fantz, CNNApril 14, 2011 9:23 a.m. EDTWaco, Texas -- Sheila Martin's children burned alive. God, she says, wanted it that way."I don't expect you to understand," she says, leaning her bird-tiny frame against a full shopping cart in the nursery aisle at a Super Walmart. Her pink shirt, flats and purse match the lilies,

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Mubarak resigns after 30-year ruleCairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down Friday and handed over power to the military -- three decades of his iron-clad rule ended by an 18-day revolution.In a somber one-minute announcement on state television, Vice President Omar Suleiman said Mubarak had resigned and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces will "run the affairs of

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:: This Day in Tech ::Nov. 22, 1963: Zapruder Films JFK AssassinationWired News1963: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated as his motorcade passes through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas. Texas Gov. John Connally, riding in the same car as Kennedy, is seriously wounded.A spectator unwittingly films the assassination on his 8mm home-movie camera, contributing one of the 20th century’s earliest

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:: Stewart Rally -- Why It Was Vastly Bigger Than The Beck Event ::Huffington PostIf there's one thing that's certain about the Jon Stewart rally it's that the attendance has been grossly under-counted.This is not just sour grapes or an effort to re-write history. All anyone has to do is to look at a map.Let's start with the 1963 March on Washington, the most iconic public demonstration of modern

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:: Exorcist Shortage in Catholic Church ::The Roman Catholic Church is looking for a few good men -- to battle Satan.The church in the US has become so short of priests who know how to perform an exorcism that it began an emergency two-day meeting yesterday to teach clerics how to properly cast out demons.A group of 56 bishops and 66 priests -- including an assistant to New York Archbishop

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:: Stewart, Colbert To Hold 10/30 Rallies ::The AtlanticBy Marc AmbinderIt's "Fear!" v. "Simmer Down." Satirists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will hold competing and complimentary marches on Washington just days before the November elections, breaking the fourth wall and inserting themselves directly into the political debate in a way that might influence the November elections.Appearing on

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:: DOCUMERICA: The World Trade Center ::Found on Flickr:The U.S. National Archives presents historic images of the then-newly completed World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, from May 1973.Wil Blanche’s DOCUMERICA assignment took him to New York City and Westchester County where he took pictures of landfills, water pollution and the rapidly changing Lower Manhattan skyline. Among his photographs

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:: Why 9/11 is no longer a day free of politics ::Never Forget (To Vote for Me)Slate.comThe liberal panic of the week, now that Saturday's Quran-burning ceremony has been canceled, is the mystery-cloaked rally that Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are holding in Anchorage tomorrow evening. "Right Wing Leaders Plan To Use September 11th Anniversary To Make Money," writes Lee Fang at ThinkProgress. "

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:: May 5, 1945: Japanese Balloon Bomb Kills 6 in Oregon ::By David KravetsWired1945:: A Japanese balloon bomb kills six people in rural eastern Oregon. They are the only World War II U.S. combat casualties in the 48 states.Months before an atomic bomb decimated Hiroshima, the United States and Japan were locked in the final stages of World War II. The United States had turned the tables and

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:: Wired: This Day in Tech ::April 13, 1953: CIA OKs MK-ULTRA Mind-Control Tests1953: Central Intelligence Agency director Allen Dulles authorizes the MK-ULTRA project. The agency launches one of its most dubious covert programs ever, turning unsuspecting humans into guinea pigs for its research into mind-altering drugs.More than a decade before psychologist Timothy Leary advocated the benefits

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:: Hands off the Internet ::Washington PostBy Robert M. McDowellA federal appeals court ruled this week that Congress never granted the Federal Communications Commission authority to impose "network management" regulations on Internet service providers and that the FCC's overly "expansive view" of its power did not merely strain the outer limits of its authority but "seeks to shatter them

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:: Obama: King's work is 'living history' ::USA TodayPresident Obama sought to transmit Martin Luther King's message across generations today, speaking with a group of senior citizens and their grandchildren at the White House.The older people discussed their own actions during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, including encounters with King himself, Obama said. It was a good way

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:: President Obama pledges to scour world for terror cells ::Times Online UKPresident Obama vowed to track down and destroy terror cells all over the world last night as he finally ended his silence over a failed Christmas Day plot to blow up an American passenger jet.The White House said that Mr Obama’s reticence to speak out was designed to reduce the attention focused on an extremist group

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For your consideration. Froehliche Weihnachten!:: Jesus Hated War -- Why Do Christians Love It So Much? ::Gary G. Kohls, Consortium Newsvia AlternetBelief: There are no "blessed wars". Yet virtually all evangelical, conservative and many mainstream church leaders were active supporters of the Bush wars.A L S OChristian Story of Jesus's Birth Is a Myth Born of PoliticsRev. Howard

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:: LHC nears restart after repairs ::BBC NewsThe Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could restart as early as this weekend after more than a year of repairs.But officials have avoided giving an exact date for sending beams of protons around the 27km (17 mile) circular tunnel which houses the collider.The LHC was first switched on in 2008, but had to be shut down when a faulty electrical connection

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:: In Germany, an ode to joy ::Fall of Wall commemorated World leaders attend celebration in BerlinBy Craig WhitlockWashington Post Foreign ServiceBERLIN -- For once, Germans celebrated a moment from their tumultuous past without a pang of guilt. World leaders, aging Cold War luminaries and tens of thousands of spectators packed the center of Berlin on Monday to commemorate a singularly joyful

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:: Barack Obama puts Bush era behind him in UN general assembly speech ::Guardian.co.ukBarack Obama put the Bush era decisively behind him today in a speech to the United Nations in which he rejected unilateralism in favour of countries working together to problems ranging from the Middle East to Iran and North Korea.Obama, in his first address to the UN general assembly, pleaded he would need

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:: FCC chief proposes new Net neutrality rules ::by Marguerite ReardonCNET News.comFederal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on Monday outlined a plan to keep the Internet open.In a speech given at the Brookings Institute, Genachowski proposed that the FCC turn its four principles of network openness official into regulation. And he suggested that the FCC add two more "

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:: The Holy Grail of the Unconscious ::By SARA CORBETTNYTThis is a story about a nearly 100-year-old book, bound in red leather, which has spent the last quarter century secreted away in a bank vault in Switzerland. The book is big and heavy and its spine is etched with gold letters that say “Liber Novus,” which is Latin for “New Book.” Its pages are made from thick cream-colored parchment and

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:: The Father Of the Green Revolution ::By Joe Holley and J.Y. SmithWashington PostNorman E. Borlaug 1914-2009Norman E. Borlaug, 95, an American plant pathologist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for starting the "Green Revolution" that dramatically increased food production in developing nations and saved countless people from starvation, died Saturday at his home in Dallas."More than any

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:: How 9/11 Should Be Remembered: The Extraordinary Achievements of Ordinary People ::By Rebecca Solnit Tomdispatch.comvia AlternetAfter 9/11, saw amazing acts of courage by ordinary people, including assembled flotilla of boats evacuated 300,000 to 500,000 people from lower Manhattan.Eight years ago, 2,600 people lost their lives in Manhattan, and then several million people lost their story.

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:: Death in Texas, what a concept ::Man convicted of murder, executed over arson that wasn't, scientist saysFaulty investigation of fire that killed 3 kids led to conviction, state-funded report concludes.By Chuck LindellAustin American-StatesmanThe fatal house fire that led Texas to execute Cameron Todd Willingham in 2004 was erroneously ruled to be arson by fire investigators who relied on bad

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:: Marred Afghan Vote Leaves US in a Delicate Spot ::By MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPERNYTWASHINGTON — On Monday, as the vote-counting in Afghanistan was nearing an end, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was briefed by the American ambassador in Kabul, Karl W. Eikenberry. The same day, the ambassador delivered a blunt message to the front-runner, President Hamid Karzai: “Don’t declare

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:: Trustafarian meets a 1960s band so obscure that their music is not even available on iTunes ::Chuck Klosterman Repeats The BeatlesA.V. ClubLike most people, I was initially confused by EMI’s decision to release remastered versions of all 13 albums by the Liverpool pop group Beatles, a 1960s band so obscure that their music is not even available on iTunes. The entire proposition seems like a

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:: One giant slip in Bangladesh news ::BBCTwo Bangladeshi newspapers have apologised after publishing an article taken from a satirical US website which claimed the Moon landings were faked.The Daily Manab Zamin said US astronaut Neil Armstrong had shocked a news conference by saying he now knew it had been an "elaborate hoax".Neither they nor the New Nation, which later picked up the story,

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:: CIA report: 'Inhumane' tactics used on detainees ::AP viaAtlanta Journal ConstitutionBy STEVEN R. HURSTWASHINGTON — CIA interrogators threatened to kill the children of one detainee at the height of the Bush administration's war on terror and implied that another's mother would be sexually assaulted, newly declassified documents revealed Monday as the government launched a criminal

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:: RE Health Care Reform ::Barney Frank goes toe to toe at health care town hallCNN InternationalMost Congress members conducting town hall meetings this month have chosen a noncombative posture to deal with angry participants who disrupt the proceedings. Not Rep. Barney Frank.Most Congress members conducting town hall meetings this month have chosen a noncombative posture to deal with angry

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:: Blackwater Hit Squads: What Was the CIA Thinking? ::By Robert BaerTIMEThe other shoe has dropped. CIA Director Leon Panetta, it turns out, ran up to up to Capitol Hill this June not simply to confess the CIA had a secret assassination program it never implemented but rather to confess it had sub-contracted the job out. As first reported by the New York Times on its website Wednesday evening,

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:: Protest & Mourning in Iran ::Iranian riot police tear gas 'Neda' mourners, vow to 'decisively' crush demonstrationsBY Helen KennedyDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERWarning that any more demonstrations would be "decisively" crushed, Iranian authorities broke up all attempts Monday to publicly mourn protest icon Neda Soltan.Protesters who tried to gather for a vigil for the woman slain Saturday by a

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:: The future of film? ::Kodak Retires Kodachrome Color Film After 74-Year RunBy Bloomberg NewsEastman Kodak Co., the photography pioneer whose Kodachrome film inspired Paul Simon's 1973 hit of the same name, said it will retire the 74-year-old product this year after sales dwindled and most labs stopped processing it.Revenue from Kodachrome represents "a fraction of one percent" of Kodak's total

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:: "Jury seated in music downloading trial in Minn." ::By STEVE KARNOWSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has been selected and opening statements are expected later Monday in Minneapolis in a replay for the nation's only music file-sharing defendant so far to go to trial.Thirty-two-year-old Jammie (JAY'-mee) Thomas-Rasset of Brainerd lost her first trial in 2007 when a jury in Duluth awarded the

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:: Red Cross report: CIA tortured terror suspects ::The Associated PressWASHINGTON — The CIA's secret interrogation program amounted to torture for some of the 14 "high-value detainees" held by the agency, according to published excerpts of an internal 2006 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross.The ICRC report was obtained by Mark Danner, a journalist and professor at the

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:: Bush-Era Anti-Terrorism Documents Made Public ::Washington Post By R. Jeffrey Smith and Dan EggenThe number of major legal errors committed by Bush administration lawyers during the formulation of its early counterterrorism policies was far greater than previously known, according to internal Bush administration documents released for the first time by the Justice Department yesterday.Those

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:: Hope? ::Like never before, inauguration experienced online Associated PressBy JAKE COYLE – 4 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) — In an inauguration defined by a sense of change, the experience of watching Barack Obama take office was fittingly revolutionary.Like never before, Americans watched the inauguration of an incoming president online through live video streaming across their computers. And wholly

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:: More Evidence For a Clovis-Killer Comet ::from /.fortapocalypse sends word that a new paper was published today in the journal Science on the hypothesis that a comet impact wiped out the Clovis people 12,900 years ago. (We discussed this hypothesis last year when it was put forth.) The new evidence is a layer of nanodiamonds at locations all across North America, at a depth corresponding to

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:: 61-Second Minute Takes World into 2009 ::Daily TechKristy ErdodiA leap second will be added to clocks worldwide just before 2009 begins.Not ready to let go of 2008? Tonight official timekeepers will give you one more second to hold onto, just before midnight.Immediately before 2009 officially arrives, timekeepers will be adding a leap second – the first for three years – to atomic clocks

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:: "Yahoo's Data Retention Move Puts Pressure on Google, Microsoft" ::By Clint Boultonfrom eWeek's Google WatchSome readers chimed in regarding my position that Google, Yahoo and Microsoft seemed headed for zero retention policies in 2009, my response to Yahoo's reduction of storing users' search records from 13 months to 3 months.As I noted in a response to a comment, I managed to speak to

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:: Bush & the Shoe Incident ::Tumult in Iraqi Parliament Over Shoe HurlingBy TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and ATHEER KAKANNYTBAGHDAD — A session of the Iraqi Parliament erupted in uproar on Wednesday as lawmakers clashed over how to respond to the continuing detention of an Iraqi television reporter who threw his shoes at President Bush during a Baghdad news conference earlier this week, people attending the

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:: Dark Energy Stunts Galaxies’ Growth ::By DENNIS OVERBYEThe New York TimesThe same mystery force that is speeding up the expansion of the universe is also stunting the growth of the objects inside it, astronomers said on Tuesday.After bulking up rapidly in the first 10 billion years of cosmic time, clusters of galaxies, the cloudlike swarms that are the largest conglomerations of matter in the

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:: "A victory lap without a clear victory" ::Bush: Iraq war is not over, more work aheadBy JENNIFER LOVEN, AP White House Correspondentvia Yahoo! NewsBAGHDAD – On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a

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:: Jello shots: An open letter to Barack ::According to Alternative Tentacles, "Since Election Day, Jello Biafra has been hard at work composing an open letter to President-Elect Barack Obama, which will be submitted via Change.gov, the Obama administration transition site." They've posted it on the AT Web site -- excerpt below: OPEN LETTER TO BARACK OBAMAPREAMBLE GAMBLEDear Mr. Obama,

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:: Bewerewolves: Fullest Moon in 15 Years Tonight ::Wired NewsPrepare yourself for a sight tonight — not to mention some wild behavior, if the legends are true. The biggest full moon in 15 years is set to grace the Northern Hemisphere tonight.Because the moon orbits along an egg-shaped ellipse, not a circle, its distance from us changes. Today, the moon is approaching its nearest point to Earth,

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:: All Is Bright for Jupiter, Venus ::By Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.Washington Post Unwrap a bounty of night-sky gifts this holiday season: visible planets, glorious conjunctions, a close-up full moon and a change of season.Jupiter and Venus begin December in conjunction at dusk in the southwestern sky. If the sky remains clear, the Jupiter-Venus conjunction, officially occurring tomorrow night,

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:: W: An Alternet View ::If Obama Doesn't Prosecute Bush's Torture Team, We'll Pay a Big Price Down the RoadBy Liliana Segura AlterNetRights and Liberties: Obama isn't likely to pursue torture atrocities during the Bush era, but this is one problem you simply can't wish away."How did it come about that American military personnel stripped detainees naked, put them in stress positions, used dogs

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:: W on W ::Bush Weighs In on His LegacyNew York Times blogBy Michael FalconeAs the clock ticks down on his days in the White House, President George W. Bush is taking part in one of his last presidential rituals — helping to shape the perception of his years in office.In an interview conducted earlier this month by his sister, Doro Bush Koch, Mr. Bush said he wanted to be remembered “as a person

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:: Another Black Friday w/ W at the helm ::Wal-Mart worker dies in rush; two killed at toy store(CNN) -- A temporary Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death Friday in a rush of thousands of early morning shoppers as he attempted to unlock the doors of a Valley Stream, New York, store at 5 am, police said. FBI agents ordered to India to investigate attacksThe Associated PressWASHINGTON - The

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:: United States conducting secret war in Somalia ::Chicago Tribunevia Contra Costa TimesBERBERA, Somalia — To glimpse America's secret war in Africa, you must bang with a rock on the iron gate of the prison in this remote port in northern Somalia. A sleepy guard will yank open a rusty deadbolt. Then, you ask to speak to an inmate named Mohamed Ali Isse. Isse, 36, is a convicted murderer and

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:: Life in Afghanistan ::BBC NewsAfghanistan continues to struggle to find stability as the increasing Taleban insurgency and refugee problems cast a shadow on advances in education and the economy.posted by me

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:: Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties ::New York TimesBy GARDINER HARRIS An influential psychiatrist who was the host of the popular NPR program “The Infinite Mind” earned at least $1.3 million from 2000 to 2007 giving marketing lectures for drugmakers, income not mentioned on the program.The psychiatrist and radio host, Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, is the latest in a series of doctors and

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:: Judge Orders Five Detainees Freed From Guantánamo ::The New York TimesBy WILLIAM GLABERSONIn the first hearing on the government’s justification for holding detainees at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a federal judge ruled Thursday that five Algerian men were held unlawfully for nearly seven years and ordered their release. The judge, Richard J. Leon of Federal District Court in Washington

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:: How would Hillary Clinton do as top US diplomat? ::Some raise questions, but most analysts – left and right – think she’s qualified.The Christian Science MonitorFor the past 16 years, Hillary Rodham Clinton has crisscrossed the world, developing relationships with heads of state and grass-roots civil society advocates alike.That’s given foreign-policy experts confidence that the former first

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:: Lost In Transition ::Lose the BlackBerry? Yes He Can, MaybeThe NY TimesBy JEFF ZELENYWASHINGTON — Sorry, Mr. President. Please surrender your BlackBerry.Those are seven words President-elect Barack Obama is dreading but expecting to hear, friends and advisers say, when he takes office in 65 days.For years, like legions of other professionals, Mr. Obama has been all but addicted to his

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:: Obama may reverse Bush policies on stem cells, drilling, abortion ::WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama could reverse some of President Bush's most controversial executive orders, including restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, shortly after taking office in January. Two other executive orders from Bush -- one dealing with a so-called "gag" order on international aid

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:: A message from Michael Moore ::"Pinch Me ..."Friends,Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair.In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would

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:: There's always room for Jello ::Quote of the Dayfrom Alternative TentaclesDon't stop at November 4!"We can't rest easy and sleep this time. There will be no change from Obama or a congress of corporate-owned Democrats unless we increase the pressure and keep a blowtorch up their ass the whole time they're in power. We need leaders, not more deal makers."~ Jello BiafraIn other Jello News10

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:: Sen. Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech in Chicago, Ill. ::CQ Transcripts Wirevia The Washington PostRemarks as Prepared for DeliveryWhat began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek ¿ it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot

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:: Transcript: McCain concedes ::CNN"It is natural. It's natural, tonight, to feel some disappointment. But tomorrow, we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again."posted by me

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:: EARLY REPORT - Obama wins, first black to gain White House ::By DAVID ESPOThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in

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:: "Following e-voting glitches" ::CNET News.comPosted by Stephanie CondonIn any election, voting problems are bound to crop up--whether it's miscalibrated electronic machines or a lack of pencils to fill out paper ballots.In such a highly anticipated election, the sheer number of people expected to vote Tuesday will likely add to the problems. CNET News will be keeping track of e-voting glitches

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:: The end of a long journey for Obama ::A final rally in the Virginia suburbs is the last stop in an epic campaign.By Thomas SchallerSalon.comMANASSAS, Va. -- Monday night, Barack Obama came full circle.On a perfect autumn evening in this growing suburb of Washington, on the eve of an election he is favored to win, the Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate brought a crowd of

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:: Astronauts to Vote From Space Station ::Space.comBy Tariq MalikWhile most Americans will flock to the polls Tuesday to cast their vote for the next U.S. president, two U.S. citizens will beam their ballots down from the International Space Station as they fly 220 miles (354 km) above Earth.Like all U.S. spaceflyers since 1997, NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Gregory Chamitoff can vote in

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:: So Weird ::From Chuck Shepherd's News of the WeirdLEAD STORYDonna and Joel Brinkle of Deltona, Fla., raised a family and held respectable jobs until, in the 1990s, they declared themselves a sovereign nation and stopped paying taxes. Subsequently, the county took their home, and they now appear to be living on the handouts of their son and their church, but they have become irritations by

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:: Analysis: Syria raid suggests new US stance ::Associated PressBy PAMELA HESSWASHINGTON (AP) — Bold U.S. raids into Pakistan and Syria show the stark choice the Bush administration is putting to both friends and adversaries in its final weeks: Clamp down on militants and terrorists or we'll do it for you.Raids like the one in Syria on Sunday hold the potential to kill or capture wanted al-Qaida

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:: U.S. Allegedly Listened In on Calls of Americans Abroad ::By Joby WarrickWashington Post Staff WriterThe chairman of the Senate intelligence committee is looking into allegations that a U.S. spy agency improperly eavesdropped on the phone calls of hundreds of Americans overseas, including aid workers and U.S. military personnel talking to their spouses at home.The allegations, by two former

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:: FCC Probes Pentagon Analysts ::By Paul BedardWashington WhispersUS News & World ReportThe Federal Communications Commission has begun notifying several TV military analysts that it is probing congressional complaints that the pundits did not properly disclose their ties to the Pentagon when reviewing the war in Iraq on air. According to a copy of the October 2 FCC letter to one of the pundits

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:: Meteor Predicted to Hit Earth's Atmosphere Tonight ::By Betsy MasonWired NewsA meteoroid around the size of a Smart Car is predicted to burn up in Earth's atmosphere over Sudan tonight, marking the first time scientists have made such a forecast. There's no danger from an object this size, but the burn-up could be spectacular for those who witness it."A typical meteor comes from an object the

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:: The destructive policies of President Bush ::Boston Globe OP-EDBy H.D.S. GreenwayIT IS HARD to believe how far this republic has fallen since President George W. Bush took office. Eight years ago, the United States had a budget surplus, peace and prosperity reigned, and America was universally respected. True, Bill Clinton had besmirched the office of the presidency by his self-indulgence. In

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:: Web Radio Bill Passed ::By BEN SISARIO; Compiled by Dave ItzkoffArts, BrieflyNew York TimesInternet radio services are breathing a sigh of relief after the Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would allow them to renegotiate a royalty rate that Web broadcasters say is too high. By law, Web sites like Pandora.com and Live365.com have to pay the performers and owners of the recordings they

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:: Smart Slime, Ovulating Strippers Among 2008 Ig Nobels ::Brian Handwerkfor National Geographic NewsSome fake drugs are better than others, armadillos are assaulting our history, and slime mold is smarter than we think—these and other offbeat scientific triumphs were honored Thursday night at the 2008 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.The prizes celebrate "achievements that first make people laugh, and

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:: Defiant House Rejects Huge Bailout :: Next Step Is UncertainNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Defying President Bush and the leaders of both parties, rank-and-file lawmakers in the House on Monday rejected a $700 billion economic rescue plan in a revolt that rocked the Capitol, sent markets plunging and left top lawmakers groping for a resolution. The stunning defeat of the proposal on a 228-205 vote

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:: NASA extends Phoenix mission as snow falls on Mars ::A Reuters reportBy Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON - NASA extended the mission of the busy Phoenix lander Monday, saying it will operate the lander until it dies in the cold and dark of the Martian winter. It is already snowing there, above the equivalent of the Arctic circle on Mars, the researchers said.

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:: "The end of Wall Street as we have known it" ::Goldman, Morgan Stanley Bring Down Curtain on an Era(Update5) Bloomberg.comBy Christine Harper and Craig TorresSept. 22 -- The Wall Street that shaped the financial world for two decades ended last night, when Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley concluded there is no future in remaining investment banks now that investors have determined

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:: Crashing The Election ::An editorialfrom The NationWith the recent stunning collapse on Wall Street, we can now add AIG, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch to the growing list of financial giants brought down by the burst housing bubble. They will almost certainly not be the last to fall. The rotten home loans at the center of the crisis have so metastasized throughout the worldwide financial

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:: "Lucky break allowed dinosaurs to rule Earth" ::By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thanks to a big stroke of luck 200 million years ago, dinosaurs beat out a fearsome group of creatures competing for the right to rule the Earth, scientists said on Thursday.Dinosaurs appeared about 230 million years ago, during the Triassic Period, and competed for 30 million years with a group of reptiles

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:: "Keith Olbermann Blasts McCain for Exploiting 9/11" ::Video: A Special Comment from Countdownlinked via Alternetposted by me

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:: Can Any Candidate Clean Up Bush's Massive Post 9/11 Mess? ::By Andrew J. Bacevich, Tomdispatch.com and AlterNetCan anyone be surprised that, once again, the attacks of 9/11/01 were reflexively ground zero for embattled Republicans? George W. Bush led the way at the Republican National Convention, saying of John McCain, "We need a president who understands the lessons of September 11, 2001." In

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:: Atom Smasher Reveals New Aspect of Memeverse ::By Alexis MadrigalFrom Wired NewsWith the Sarah Palimania fading, the users of Twitter have found a new meme to get clever with: the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest, baddest particle accelerator.Not only has the new website hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com become everyone's favorite new barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com,

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:: Apocalypse Not: Atom-smasher won't doom planet, says study ::PARIS (AFP) — People who fear a powerful atom-smashing machine, due to start operations next Wednesday, will cause Earth to be gobbled up or reduced to grey goo can rest assured, according to a study released Friday.The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been shadowed by Internet-fuelled concerns that it will release energies so

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:: Download Moore For Free ::Slacker Uprising!MichaelMoore.comAs thanks to his fans, Michael Moore is releasing his new film free onlineBy Jake Coyle / Associated PressInspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film free online.The film, "Slacker Uprising," follows Moore's 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters. It will be available for three

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:: An Open Letter to God, from Michael Moore ::MichaelMoore.comSunday, August 31st, 2008Dear God,The other night, the Rev. James Dobson's ministry asked all believers to pray for a storm on Thursday night so that the Obama acceptance speech outdoors in Denver would have to be cancelled.I see that You have answered Rev. Dobson's prayers -- except the storm You have sent to earth is not over

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:: President George Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter' ::George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8 summit in Japan.Telegraph.co.ukThe American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: "Goodbye from the world's biggest

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:: One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life ::New York TimesBy Saul HansellWhenever questions are raised about privacy, big online companies talk about how benign their plans are for using data about their customers: Much data is anonymous, they say, and even the information that is linked to individuals is only meant to offer users a more personal experience tailored to their

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:: China allows bloggers, others to spread quake news ::By CARA ANNABEIJING (AP) — Almost nonstop, the uncensored opinions of Chinese citizens are popping up online, sent by text and instant message across a country shaken by its worst earthquake in three decades."Why were most of those killed in the earthquake children?" one post asked Thursday on FanFou, a microblogging site."How many donations

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05/12/08: House passes RIAA/MPAA-backed PRO-IP Actfound at AlternativeTentacles.comThe US House of Representatives passed HR-4279, the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, a.k.a. the PRO-IP Act, backed by the RIAA and the MPAA. The PRO-IP Act proposes to create a Cabinet level position to enforce intellectual property rights, as well as expanding forfeiture

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:: 5 YEARS LATER ::Bush pays price for 'Mission Accomplished' signWhite House admits fault on banner seen to declare Iraq victory 5 years agoWASHINGTON (AP) - The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the “Mission Accomplished” banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S. misjudgments and mistakes in the long and costly war in

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:: Cheney, Others OK'd Harsh Interrogations ::By LARA JAKES JORDAN and PAMELA HESSWASHINGTON (AP) — Bush administration officials from Vice President Dick Cheney on down signed off on using harsh interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists after asking the Justice Department to endorse their legality, The Associated Press has learned.The officials also took care to insulate President

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:: ’03 U.S. Memo Approved Harsh Interrogations ::By MARK MAZZETTIThe New York TimesWASHINGTON — The Justice Department in 2003 gave military interrogators broad authority to use extreme methods in questioning detainees and argued that wartime powers largely exempted interrogators from laws banning harsh treatment, according to a memorandum publicly disclosed on Tuesday.In a sweeping legal brief

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:: "Surveillance satellite might burn up on re-entry -- or not" ::Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewNo need to worry about a U.S. spy satellite that's the size of a school bus and falling from outer space crashing down on your head."It's only about 7,000 pounds. It's more like a minivan," said Carnegie Mellon University professor Paul Fischbeck, who studies risk management.NASA said the satellite it

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:: Senate limits CIA interrogation ::BBC NewsThe US Senate has voted to bar the CIA from using harsh interrogation techniques such as simulated drowning, widely known as waterboarding.posted by me

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:: Senate OKs Immunity for Telecoms ::WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved new rules governing how the government eavesdrops on phone calls and e-mails.The vote in the Senate on Tuesday also grants legal immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on customers without court permission following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. President Bush had insisted on

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:: Fairly Imbalanced ::U.S. Senator Wants to Revoke Funding From City of Berkeley, Calif., for Vote to Boot MarinesFox NewsWASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., says the City of Berkeley, Calif., no longer deserves federal money.DeMint was angered after learning that the Berkeley City Council voted this week to tell the U.S. Marine Corps to remove its recruiting station from the city's

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:: Bush Lied? ::Study: Bush, aides made 935 false statements in run-up to warfrom CNNWASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush and his top aides publicly made 935 false statements about the security risk posed by Iraq in the two years following September 11, 2001, according to a study released Tuesday by two nonprofit journalism groups. "In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the

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:: "The Genome in High Resolution" ::From Wired NewsAn ambitious plan to sequence and compare the genomes of 1,000 people promises to provide scientists with the most detailed picture yet of human genetic variation.The 1000 Genomes Project, announced today and led by scientists from around the world, builds on the groundbreaking HapMap project. Launched in 2002, HapMap spotlighted regions of the

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:: "Auction of key airwaves begins Thursday" ::WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bidding begins on Thursday in a crucial auction of government-owned airwaves that is expected to help set the future course of the U.S. telecommunications business.Companies ranging from AT&T Inc and Verizon Wireless, to possible new competitors like Internet company Google Inc, EchoStar Communications Corp and Cablevision

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:: Of Blogs & Shrubbery::Shrub is in Israel helping to generate odd headlines like: Bush calls for end of 'occupation' of Arab landsWhat the...? Here's a great quote from today's press: "Bush reiterated that Palestinians deserve better than a 'Swiss cheese' state."Making a state out of Swiss Cheese is hard work, uh, and by that I mean work that is hard.. er, I prefer Monterrey Jack. Solid, but

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:: A very trashy year ::Calif. Man Saves Year's-Worth of TrashBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Ari Derfel leads a trashy life. He just wants to remind everyone else that they do, too.The 35-year-old Berkeley caterer said he has saved every piece of trash he has generated over the past year to see how much garbage one person creates. In his case, it was about 96 cubic feet.The experiment began as a way to

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:: "Benazir Bhutto, 54, Lived in Eye of Pakistan Storm" ::The New York TimesCharismatic, striking and a canny political operator, Benazir Bhutto, 54, was reared in the violent and turbulent world of Pakistani politics and became the country’s and the Muslim world’s first female prime leader.A deeply polarizing figure, the “daughter of Pakistan” was twice elected prime minister and twice expelled

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