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Germany refuses to hand over murderer to France. Father of the girl kidnaps the killer and leaves him tied up in front of French court.
Seeded on Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:51 AM EDT (theage.com.au)
A GERMAN doctor who went on the run after poisoning his lover's 14-year-old daughter more than 27 years ago has been found, bound and gagged, outside a French court. The girl's father has been arrested on suspicion of kidnap.
"The key to success apparently is getting Jon Stewart to bad-mouth your product."
Seeded on Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:32 PM EDT (grandforksherald.com)
On his Feb. 25 show, Stewart slapped a jar of Baconnaise on his faux news desk during his commentary about President Barack Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress.
Capitalist Case For Nonprofit Health Insurance
Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:58 PM EDT (Forbes)
If you want to know what went wrong with our health care system and the best way to fix it, all you have to do is look back a few decades to a time when health care was a community concern, considered as essential as any public utility.
Tennessee Woman Arrested for Facebook Poke
Seeded on Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:24 AM EDT (ABC News)
A Tennessee woman was arrested last month for "poking" another user on Facebook.
The White House Directly Calls Out Fox News and Glenn Beck for Lying
Seeded on Thu Oct 1, 2009 12:54 PM EDT (Welcome to the White House)
Last night Fox News continued its disregard for the facts in an attempt to smear the Administration's efforts to win the Olympics for the United States.
New Malware Re-Writes Online Bank Statements to Cover Fraud
Seeded on Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:48 PM EDT (Wired News)
New malware being used by cybercrooks does more than let hackers loot a bank account; it hides evidence of a victim's dwindling balance by rewriting online bank statements on the fly, according to a new report.
First week with an iPhone 3GS
Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:23 PM EDT
I've now spent my first week with the new iPhone 3GS. The first day went great with the features I quickly discovered. Never having used an iPhone before I was very impressed with its usability. Over the course of a week I discovered quite a bit more.
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Journalism Students Find Sensitive US Homeland Security Data In Ghana
Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:19 AM EDT (publicaffairs.ubc.ca)
Students purchased hard drives in an open-air market in Ghana for $40 (Cdn) that turned out to contain sensitive information about multimillion-dollar defence contracts between the Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security and Northrop Grumman, one of the largest military contrac …
Why the health care industry has been so slow to digitize medical records
Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:11 AM EDT (Technology Review)
The health-care industry's reluctance to digitize its records is rooted in a desire to keep medicine's lucrative business model hidden.
15 Year Old Invents Algae-Powered Energy System
Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:05 AM EDT (inhabitat.com)
The high school student developed a fully featured algae-powered energy system that combines a dozen new and existing technologies to treat waste, produce methane and bio-oil for fuel, produce food for humans and livestock, sequester greenhouse gases, and produce oxygen.
Find My iPhone works, and it is awesome.
Seeded on Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:00 PM EDT (happywaffle.livejournal.com)
I jumped back to me.com and clicked Find My iPhone again, and to my absolute shock and amazement, it displayed Google Maps and drew a circle around Medill St. This is an interesting (true?) tale of using the new Find My iPhone feature to recover a stolen iPhone.
First day with an iPhone 3GS
Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:07 PM EDT
I woke up an hour early on Friday to pick up the new iPhone 3GS on its launch day. I never had an iPod or iPhone. After the hardware and software updates were announced I decided it was finally time.
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Bug resurrected after 120,000 years
Seeded on Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:22 PM EDT (scientificamerican.com)
Scientists have brought a newly-discovered bug back to life after more than 120,000 years in hibernation. It raises hopes that dormant life might be revived on Mars.
Weather Balloons to Serve Up Web Access in Africa
Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:04 PM EDT (internetevolution.com)
Weather balloons may soon provide the first affordable broadband Internet access to the one-billion-strong African mass market.
How to activate tethering on any iPhone without jailbreaking
Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:24 AM EDT (CNET.com)
f you're one of the eager masses, use this how-to to enable tethering on any iPhone running iPhone OS 3.0 -- without jailbreaking -- but only with a Mac.
Suitcase With $134 Billion Puts Dollar on Edge
Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:15 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)
Two Japanese men are detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take $134 billion worth of U.S. bonds over the border into Switzerland. Details are maddeningly sketchy, so naturally the global rumor mill is kicking into high gear.
Burglar bit through steel bars
Seeded on Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:54 PM EDT (ananova.com)
Police who solved a spate of mystery burglaries were shocked to find the culprit was biting his way through steel window bars.
N.C. State student accused of creating a 'monster'
Seeded on Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:51 PM EDT (wral.com)
Raleigh police arrested a North Carolina State University student last week who was accused of creating a "monster" out of construction barrels and placing it on the side of the road.
Michael Moore: Goodbye, GM
Seeded on Mon Jun 1, 2009 1:16 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
As GM is "reorganized" by the federal government and the bankruptcy court, here is the plan I am asking President Obama to implement for the good of the workers, the GM communities, and the nation as a whole.
Obama admin. opposes Wilsons' request for Supreme Court appeal in suit against Cheney, Rove, Libby and Armitage
Seeded on Wed May 20, 2009 9:47 PM EDT (citizensforethics.org)
CREW learned today that the Obama administration is opposing our request that the Supreme Court reconsider the dismissal of the lawsuit, Wilson v. Libby, et al.
Air Force Boots 18-Year Decorated Fighter Pilot for Being Gay
Seeded on Wed May 20, 2009 11:59 AM EDT (Military.com)
An 18-year Air Force officer and fighter pilot is being booted under the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays, the officer revealed last night during a prime-time television interview.
Thousands of Vulnerabilities Detected In FAA's Air Traffic Control Web Apps
Seeded on Mon May 11, 2009 9:02 PM EDT (darkreading.com)
A government audit has pinpointed more than 3,800 vulnerabilities -- 763 of which are high-risk -- in the Federal Aviation Administration's Web-based air traffic control system applications, including some that could potentially put air travel at risk.
Prisoner Whose False Tortured Confession of Iraq/al-Qaeda Tie Was Used as Basis for Iraq War, Found Dead in Libyan Prison
Seeded on Mon May 11, 2009 11:09 AM EDT (andyworthington.co.uk)
The Arabic media is ablaze with the news that Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, the emir of an Afghan training camp - whose claim that Saddam Hussein had been involved in training al-Qaeda operatives in the use of chemical and biological weapons was used to justify the invasion of Iraq - ha …
Bloomington, IN Rejects 'You Can Be Good Without God'; Lawsuit Underway
Seeded on Fri May 8, 2009 11:39 AM EDT (inatheistbus.org)
[Bloomington, IN] has rejected our campaign's slogan, 'You Can Be Good Without God.' This is deeply disappointing to our campaign's members; we all love Bloomington and were very much hoping to run ads in our hometown along with many other cities.
50 People Go Blind After Staring At The Sun Trying To See The Virgin Mary
Seeded on Fri May 8, 2009 11:28 AM EDT (dnaindia.com)
At least 50 people in Kottayam district have reportedly lost their vision after gazing at the sun looking for an image of Virgin Mary.
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Colbert: Palin book a 'steaming pile of sh%t' (With Video)The facts aren't on Sarah Palin's side, Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert declared Thursday night, before passing verdict on Palin's new book, Going Rogue: It's a "steaming pile of @!$%#."
- Yet More Mind-Bending Racism From the Right-Wing Media
This time it's Washington Times editor Wesley Pruden. And it's pretty shocking.
- "The key to success apparently is getting Jon Stewart to bad-mouth your product."
On his Feb. 25 show, Stewart slapped a jar of Baconnaise on his faux news desk during his commentary about President Barack Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress.
- Capitalist Case For Nonprofit Health Insurance
If you want to know what went wrong with our health care system and the best way to fix it, all you have to do is look back a few decades to a time when health care was a community concern, considered as essential as any public utility.
- Tennessee Woman Arrested for Facebook Poke
A Tennessee woman was arrested last month for "poking" another user on Facebook.
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