For those of you still clinging to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, you'll have a new browser to play with in September.
That's when the Redmond software juggernaut will push out the first fully fledged beta, as opposed to that highly limited Preview release floating around...
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http://hothardware.com/News/Internet-Explorer-9-Beta-Due-Slated-for-September/
Debate continues over the iPhone 4 antenna problem as the device launches in 17 additional countries today.
A new report from the UK says that the iPhone 4's antenna-related problems are more severe than those of other smartphones singled out by Apple.
When Apple launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38468238/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/
Recently I released a WordPress plugin for Google Analytics that adds a tracking code and dozens of various pieces of meta data to blogs.
Since the release of version 4, Ive updated it 6 times, to the point where its now at version 4.0.6. In this article I would like to share with you my experiences in maintaining this and other WordPress plug-in
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http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/07/30/lessons-learned-from-maintaining-a-wordpress-plug-in/
While it's clear that they don't want to talk about it, the powers that be over at Google are scheming on ways to create a social networking rival to Facebook.
All I have to say is please do something different. I mean, for starters, Facebook has und
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http://www.thechromesource.com/hey-google-please-dont-create-another-facebook/
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Windows 7 tablets based on Intel's low-voltage Oak Trail processor platform should land in 2011.
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http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-plans-oak-trail-tablets-for-2011/
Something weird is going on at night with your iPhone: Large quantities of data are being transferred without any authorization.
It's not just a few bytes. It's dozens of megabytes, and nobody knows what's happening, but it's a problem.
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http://gizmodo.com/5599621/what-is-apple-secretly-downloading-from-your-iphone-at-night
"Decide an important action + encourage fans to do the action." There are three phases according to Vinson: Attract fans from social networks a.k.a. "outposts." Engage them with a "compelling fan experience." Sell through simple calls to action.
Have one concept per page���one call to action.
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http://virtualmusic.tv/2010/07/nms_one-call-to-action/
There's nothing like a friendly contest to stir the blood, and the
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http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20011875-233.html
While WikiLeaks is relatively new to the public, it is actually a product of a long-established culture.
That culture has already had a banner-bearer; a quintessential exemplification of its values: The Pirate Bay. WikiLeaks is akin to The Pirate Bay, but for another purpose.
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http://mashable.com/2010/07/27/wikileaks-the-pirate-bay/
App Tabs let users pin frequen
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http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20011854-12.html
Google announced changes to the Android developers agreement which suggest that wireless carriers will soon be able to manage billing for Android Market app purchases.
A wide swath of the nets top websites including MTV, ESPN, MySpace, Hulu, ABC, NBC and Scribd were sued in federal court on the grounds they violated federal computer intrusion law by secretly using storage in Adobes Flash player to recreate cookies deleted by users...
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/zombie-cookies-lawsuit/
Intel provided a peek at the future of processors today by revealing the first instance of a chip using complete photonics to send data.
Four lasers in the prototype convert light into data at about 50Gbps, or "many" times faster than wired connections. The rate, about 6.25GB per second, would be enough to send an entire 720p movie in one second.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/07/27/intel.chip.uses.lasers.to.hit.record.speeds/
The Copyright Office says jailbreaking your iPhone no longer violates copyright law.
Here's what the ruling means to the average user.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/07/27/cnet.iphone.jailbreaking/#fbid=H3TGDwnD00S
When a student of Lower Merion School District was called into an administrators office.
Sophomore Blake Robbins was shown a picture of himself that officials suggested was him popping pills. The family claimed it was candy. An invasion of privacy lawsuit followed, and allegedly culled evidence that the district had snapped thousands of pictures..
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/webcam-spy-scandal-broadens/
Google is proudly letting everyone know in an Enterprise Blog post today that Apps��is the first set of cloud applications to be certified under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), a requirement needed in order for government ent
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http://www.thechromesource.com/why-arent-all-google-apps-made-equally-secure/
No matter who you are, youve certainly had those moments where youve been waiting for something or on your way to somewhere and you just wanted something to do for 5 or 10 minutes to pass the time.You can jump into answering some emails, read the latest news on the web or, heaven forbid, play a game.
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http://www.inspiredm.com/2010/07/20/creative-games-ipad/
Flowtown is pleased to bring you our first big Internet-wide round up: 11 quality crowdsourcing websites that can help you brand your business and improve your products.
Crowdsourcing is a system in which a number of people independently work on an assignment from you and submit their best effort.
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http://www.flowtown.com/blog/branding-on-a-dime-a-guide-to-11-crowdsourcing-websites
Hoping to put "antennagate" behind it, Apple is launching the iPhone in 17 more international markets on Friday, July 30 - including Australia and Canada.
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http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/apple-pushing-iphone-4-to-17-more-countries-friday/
Highly-overclocked GTX 460s put together and unleashed on our benchmarks.
With the unique functions, iPhone has become popular since its first release in 2007.
While what makes us more surprised is the iPhone app store. It, for the first time, provides a stage for independent developers to show their wisdom and talent, and then pushes developers to set up numerous websites to promote their self-developed iPhone apps.
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http://iphonetoolbox.com/best-designed-iphone-application-websites-for-inspiration/
Chances are if you have an iPhone 4, want an iPhone 4, or can spell iPhone 4, youve heard about AntennaGate.
The synopsis is this: Touching both sides of the external antenna that cleverly wraps the phone is claimed to diminish the signal, negatively impacting operation. Apple is trying to rectify this with free cases for all iPhone 4 owners.
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http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/free-iphone-4-cases-choices/
Film isn't the only industry profiting from the 3D craze.
TVs, computers and even personal cameras have also been hit with the 3D craze, and most of that was expected, but here are a few unlikely industries that have also received the 3D treatment
...and please pay my million coins in facebooks farmville
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http://bugs.php.net/52435
WikiLeaks just published secret documents related to the United States' war against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The documents detail deals, armed conflicts, strategies, politics, intelligence operations and some casualties from 2004 and 2010, painting the most complete publicly available picture of the Afghan War yet.
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http://mashable.com/2010/07/25/wikileaks-afghan-war-diary/
Ubuntu systems dropped from Dell's website as company attempts to "simplify" its range.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/359740/dell-drops-ubuntu-pcs-from-website-for-now
8 Best And Free Open-Source Softwares For Small Businesses
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http://savedelete.com/8-best-and-free-open-source-softwares-for-small-businesses.html
Current estimates on the cost of components show that getting the cost of a device below $100 isnt easy.
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/india-35-tablet/
So I Renamed my iPhone Yesterday� (PIC)
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http://images.wildammo.com/2010/07/24/so-i-renamed-my-iphone-yesterday/
This Flickr user has created some amazing stripped-down versions of classic album covers.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/soundofdesign/sets/72157624314996547/detail/
India has unveiled a $35 computer prototype as part of its program to provide connectivity to its students and teachers at affordable prices.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/india.thirty.five.dollar.laptop/index.html?hpt=T2
We have brought twelve of the most amazing camera designs for the geeky soul with a photography bug.
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http://www.walyou.com/blog/2010/07/23/geeky-camera-designs/
Everything you need to know to master Google's smartphone OS
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/become_android_power_user_progress
Will ubiquitous encryption of important network traffic ever happen? A group of researchers are talking up a technology they say could make end-to-end encryption of TCP traffic the default, not the exception.
Thanks to a new autofill option that is enabled by default, right at the moment a Safari user visits a malicious website, it can uncover their first name, last name, work place, city, state, and email address.
No typing required.
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http://jeremiahgrossman.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-know-who-your-name-where-you-work-and.html
A Lego robot, with the help of a Motorola Droid, has solved a 7x7x7 Rubicks Cube - All in less than 40 minutes.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/201591/android_and_lego_come_together_to_solve_puzzles.html
With backing from several heavy hitters and an acquisition, Flipboard has kicked off its quest to become the new and vibrant way your browse your social media streams.
Designer Luke Jerram made this wedding ring for his marriage to Shelina Nanji.
In a darkened room, light from a candle or LED passes through the ring to project a series of portraits.
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http://www.lukejerram.com/projects/portrait_projecting_ring
This whole job, which involved manual efforts, cost the user about 40$, which I guess is damn cheap considering the outcome and took him about a week and a half to complete the project.
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http://www.walyou.com/blog/2010/07/21/bullet-bill-bass-guitar-mod/
Being a geek is cool.
Geeks with multi monitor workstations are awesome ! Here are some examples of what being a uber-geek really would look like.
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http://www.dailybloggr.com/2010/01/20-awesome-workspaces-with-multi-monitor-setups-for-inspiration/
A group of scam artists based out of the former Indian capital have been calling random households, and posing as Microsoft technicians.
The callers claim that they've detected a major problem with their victims' PC and say that if the issue isn't remedied, the computer will be rendered unusable. If the user falls for it and installs the malware...
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http://www.switched.com/2010/07/21/indian-phone-scammers-pose-as-microsoft-technicians-plant-malwa/
As the saying goes, what has been seen cannot be unseen.
It's a rule that applies to solar eclipses, Spiderman 3 and, perhaps most frighteningly, LCD monitor defects. So while you might be enamored with your fancy new flatscreen, there could be a score of problems lying in wait that you've yet to even notice.
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http://www.tested.com/news/how-to-spot-5-common-defects-in-your-lcd-warning-cannot-unsee/584/
Crazily enough, the device you're staring at above -- jaw solidly on the floor, we're sure -- is real.
As in, you can purchase one.
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/20/watermelon-cooler-push-cart-perfect-for-those-sultry-north-caro/
A reliable SMTP server that enables you to send emails from all over the world - ideal for travelers and business professionals.
The SMTP server operates from resorts, internet cafes, air-ports, home or the workplace.
Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) is developing an AMOLED display that is crush-proof and can be bent while showing video without ill effects.
The prototype display is sized at 2.8 inches and has a resolution of 166ppi.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/07/20/samsung.to.bring.amoled.panels.to.market.in.2012/
Radiation exposure from medical imaging equipment could be reduced by a factor of 10 or more by using video game processors.
CSS3 continues to both excite and frustrate web designers and developers.
We are excited about the possibilities that CSS3 brings, and the problems it will solve, but also frustrated by the lack of support in Internet Explorer 8. This article will demonstrate a technique that uses part of CSS3 that is also unsupported by Internet Explorer 8.
First Look and Hands On With Windows Phone 7
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/video-lab-first-look-and-hands-on-with-windows-phone-7/
As much as we try to persuade them that the iPad is a toy for adults, kids just don't seem to be getting the message, and unfortunately for us, the developers seem to be siding with the youth developing a slew of top-quality, child-friendly games.
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http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/7-best-ipad-apps-for-kids-704059?src=rss&attr=all
"From avatars and lasers to thermal cameras and fidget meters, this multimedia gallery takes a look at some of the latest technologies being developed by the government and private companies to thwart terrorists."
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http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/galleries/gallery-technology/
Take off those 3-D glasses, they make you look dumb.
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http://thecreatorsproject.com/blog/create-a-3-d-hologram-with-your-ipad
Apple fanboys and fangirls have an unconditional love affair with all things that spring from the loins of Steve Jobs.
But why the digital hard-on for Apple?
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http://itthing.com/10-reasons-why-fanboys-and-girls-jizz-over-apple-products
Sit back and let this 30+ Website Navigation Menus inspire you and let the ideas get you
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http://naldzgraphics.net/inspirations/30-inspiring-website-navigation-menus/
For every VHS, it seems there's also a Betamax -- a gadgets or standard that just didn't live up to the expectations of the mass market at the time.
Despite being loved by niche audiences, these folks just didn't have what it took to make it to the big time.
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/18/entelligence-five-gadgets-that-could-have-and-should-have-done/
Are you sure this produces more income for your site?
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http://i.imgur.com/crh30.jpg
A few days ago Hexxeh showed off his newest Chromium project, which is porting his Chrome OS Flow build over to a tablet.
Supposedly the device used is an O2 Joggler. Today, he's posted an early version that is working with touch.
I can't wait t
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http://www.thechromesource.com/hexxeh-shows-off-touch-on-a-chrome-os-tablet/
While Apple has been busy playing damage control on the antenna issues with its iPhone 4, Motorola has been clearing some headway of its own with the launch of the Droid X, which sold out on it's first day on the market.
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http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/motorola’s-droid-x-sells-out-on-day-one/
San Mateo Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan has granted the district attorneys application to withdraw the warrant used to seize property from the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen.
All property seized as a result of the warrant, including Chens computers and cameras, have now been ordered to be returned.
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http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/court-withdraws-warrant-in-stolen-iphone-prototype-fiasco/
Google has acquired Metadata, a start-up that makes connections between people, places and things on the Web.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/google-buys-metaweb-to-improve-search-results/
Apple has Verizon cell sites on its campus.
Time to start speculating about just what lovely devices they might be testing with those.
LTL PRINTS has launched an exclusive collection of Yiying Lu premium wall graphics, featuring artwork and giant character cut-outs from the acclaimed Australian artist + designer.
PLUS: an interview with Yiying!
Japanese Toilets are a marvel of technology combined with practical application.
Morinosuke Kawaguchi is a Technologist and Futurist who recently gave a talk at TEDxTokyo talking about the modern Japanese Toilets and how the cultural sensitivity has impacted its design and continues to influence its evolution
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http://personaldividends.com/lifestyle/arohan/evolution-of-the-modern-japanese-toilets-tedxtokyo
MSI has showed off another limited edition netbook called the Wind U135DX Dodgers.
Featuring the Dodgers emblem on the lid of the machine, the system sports a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 widescreen display, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N455 processor
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http://www.laptopinyo.com/2010/07/msi-wind-u135dx-dodgers-limited-edition/
Alvin Greene, the surprise Democratic Senate nominee in South Carolina, thinks the country's economic woes can be solved with a line of Alvin Greene action figures. The minor league baseball Charleston RiverDogs are one step ahead of him, with plans to hand out "Mr.
Lady Liberty" Statue of Liberty figurines at Saturday's game ....
>...Senate leaders are working overtime on this contentious issue to try to cobble together a piece of legislation that will muster the votes.....>>
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http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/hold_your_nose_i_smell_capandt_1.html
The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury issued new regulations today, requiring new private health plans to cover evidence-based preventive services and eliminate cost sharing requirements for such services.
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http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/07/20100714a.html
What David Lee Roth Can Teach You About Business
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http://www.bradgosse.com/index.php/2010/07/15/what-david-lee-roth-can-teach-you-about-business/
>...This unsavory phrase originates in British government bureaucracy and darkly refers to the Civil Service's clever response to the threat of spending cuts....>>
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http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/the_parade_of_bleeding_stumps.html
Tea Partyers reacted by passing its own formal resolution, which reads in part: "We settle our disputes civilly and avoid the gutter tactic of attempting to silence opponents by inflammatory name-calling. . . .
The very term 'racist' has diminished meaning due to its overuse by political partisans including members of the NAACP."
Post a
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/12/AR2010071204471_pf.html
The world suddenly has warm, fuzzy feelings for the U.S.; so what's goodwill worth to us?
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1999432,00.html
Dozens of Russians, many of them drunk, are drowning daily as they head to water to escape a heatwave, an emergencies ministry official said on Wednesday.
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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2010/07/14/14710011.html
BP spokesman Steve Rinehart told Bloomberg News that BP will deduct the $3.5 billion already spent on cleanup efforts and any future expenses:
"Taxes are paid on profits.
If our profits are down due to increased expenses such as the cost of responding to this spill, then it follows that our tax bills will be lower as a result."
Italian police launched one of their biggest operations ever against the powerful 'ndrangheta crime syndicate on Tuesday, arresting 300 people including top bosses and seizing millions worth of property in pre-dawn raids.
CAMANO ISLAND, Wash. -- Residents of the rural island where the ;Barefoot Bandit first learned to dodge police through thick ferns and cedar trees are lashing out at the teen's mother, saying it wouldn't be right for her to profit off a two-year crime spree that has finally landed him in a Bahamian jail.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010.
It looks as if the global economy is heading for a serious slowdown this year.
Emergency austerity programmes in some countries will put a drag on growth. Inventory adjustments will run their course. The effects of tax policies that steal demand from the future are wearing off.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eaf81fbe-8de3-11df-9153-00144feab49a.html
This infographic depicts the length of American Presidential inaugural addresses.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/29071316@N06/4789882070/sizes/l/
The growth in the number of registered Latino voters, the influence of the Tea Party, and anti-incumbent fervor have combined to open the door for a particular kind of Democrat to win a U.S.
Senate seat in Arizona.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-parraz/change-az-needs_b_643688.html
Last week a curious, free release popped up on Steam: Moonbase Alpha, a NASA-funded game where up to six players can team up in order to save a near-future Lunar base crippled by a meteor strike.
The game is just the first release from NASA's Learning Technologies program, which aims to help raise interest in the space program through gaming.
Despite fears on the right that Obama would trample the Second Amendment and take peoples guns, his presidency has so far been marked by a string of pro-gun victories and a reinvigorated gun advocacy movement � the result of a Democratic leadership that has proven unwilling to take on powerful firearm interests.
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http://washingtonindependent.com/91209/fears-aside-gun-rights-thrive-under-obama
Members of the largest ethnic group in the country are protesting that they have become the main victims of the war.
Unfortunately, if the situation goes on, 10 years later you will fight against maybe one million fundamentalists, people like the Taliban. Because it is clear that when you kill one innocent person among Pashtuns, 10 more Taliban
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http://thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100712/FOREIGN/707119872/1002
Those Hot Wheels and Polly Pocket dolls aren't going anywhere.
The Happy Meals toys are staying, according to a letter McDonald's brass delivered Wednesday to a health watchdog group that criticized the popular kids' meals and how they are marketed.
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2476982,CST-NWS-happy08.article
Down in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is said to be "pleased" with the effort thus far to recap the oil leak, an effort that they took up in earnest over the weekend.
But at least one former BP contractor, Adam Dillon, is less than pleased with his BP paymasters and has come forward to talk about his experiences to WDSU in New Orleans.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/adam-dillon-bp-contractor_n_642894.html
The White House was mum Friday about plans to appeal a Massachusetts gay marriage ruling, saying only that the administration is 'reviewing the decision'
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http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=6023&MediaType=1&Category=25
Derek Thomas was admitted to West Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Thursday, after a possible suicide attempt, reports ABC affiliate WGNO.
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http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/07/09/clarence-thomass-mentally-ill-nephew-beaten-tasered/
China's widening trade surplus in June will inevitably re-focus attention on the question of the overvalued yuan.
The renewed surplus looks particularly ill-timed, coming days after the U.S. Treasury agreed not to name China as a currency manipulator. But is Beijing really back to its old tricks of conjuring up $20 billion monthly trade surpluses?
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-do-chinas-slowing-imports-mean-2010-07-11
The Great Obamanomic Job Creation Machine rumbled into action again over the Fourth of July weekend, promising to spend as much as $2�billion to support creation of 1,585 permanent� jobs by two solar energy companies.
That comes to a potential cost of over $1.25 million per job.
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http://weeklystandard.com/articles/one-job-forward-two-jobs-back?nopager
"Don't know where it came from -- postal service or whether it was dropped off.
I don't have that information yet," said HPD Lt. Colin Weatherly."The person went outside, basically opened the packaged; it detonated." The woman was transported to Northwest Memorial Hospital with facial injuries that are not life-threatening.
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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7546937
Just before Independence Day, Congress left Washington without extending unemployment benefits.
Since that terrible decision, the country has been hit with a wave of bad economic news.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/10/ED1D1EA5FP.DTL
Warnings about right-wing extremism from Michael Gerson and ousted Bob Inglis are too little -- and much too late.
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http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/2010/07/09/gop
A CA measure to create an online poker monopoly has failed.
After watching various interests fight over how to extract the most money from poker players - including a provision to criminalize play on unlicensed sites - the Poker Players Alliance came out in opposition to the bill. Poker players support fair legislation, not punitive taxation.
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http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=yybx4t7vqrpu75&xid=yybe3z50fbto8y&done=.yybx4t7vqseu75
At a town hall yesterday in Athens, Georgia, Rep.
Paul Broun (R-GA) said maybe� Obama is purposeful[ly]� giving a poor response to this oil spill� so he could promote his energy tax�. Despite the absurdity of Brouns comments, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) managed to concoct a far crazier conspiracy theory with radio host Alex Jones during an interview.
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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/07/10/gop-bp-inside-job/
An 87-year-old woman tasered by deputies Thursday afternoon after she reached for a handgun on the porch of her Boring home died an hour later at a hospital, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said.
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http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/07/elderly_armed_woman_tasered_by.html
Republicans are trying to reinvent themselves ahead of the 2010 election.
They haven't had much luck with that recently.
Campaigning for Sen.
Harry Reid, Obama mocked the Republican candidate to an unusual degree for a president
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http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/09/obama-slams-sharron-angle-in-nevada-crowd-calls-her-a-lunatic/
In the harried cleanup that followed the attack on downtown New York on September 11th, managers of the process famously failed to equip workers with protective gear, damaging countless lives of those who came to the rescue.
Environmental advocacy groups and commercial watermen, who are more often joined in combat than alliance, have come together.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/08/louisiana-watermen-demand_n_639094.html
Sometimes, though a purchase would fulfill that overwhelming desire for new stuff and instant gratification, renting is the sound financial choice.
The following are a few items you can save hundreds on by renting or borrowing instead of buying outright, as well as circumstances that warrant shelling out for your own.
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http://www.budgetsaresexy.com/2010/07/rent-vs-buy-tools-textooks-caskets/
Embattled prime minister hopes to pass privacy bill but editors and judges say he wants to hide from scandal
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/09/silvio-berlusconi-media-gag-law
President Obama's Justice Department has decided to sue the State of Arizona over its new law targeting illegal aliens, when a majority of the public favors the legislation, leaving many to wonder if the increasingly detached White House has gone too far.
The Justice Department sued to challenge a law designed to combat illegal immigration, saying it would undermine federal pursuit of criminal immigrants.
US officials Wednesday laid formal charges against 11 alleged members of a Kremlin spy ring, as Russia and the United States were said to be planning a dramatic Cold War-style prisoner swap.
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http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0707/us-russia-prisoner-swap/
Is this the Twilight of young GOP voters? Periodically, conservative groups and activists decide to get worked up about what young people are reading and/or watching.
Jerry Falwell went after Tinky Winky the Teletubby. One religious right group went after Shrek.� Another targeted Shark Tale.� Neil Cavuto called Happy Feet� Political propaganda�
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http://progressivenation.us/2010/07/07/how-to-gain-young-gop-voters-demonize-twilight-fans/
Many on the Left claim that we should ignore Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, they believe that speaking out against them is giving them free publicity and helping more than hurting them, I'm not one of those who agree with the silent treatment.
If we surrender the argument we also let people like Palin and Beck dictate the outcome.
Only the federal government can fix what's wrong with immigration � but not with a lawsuit.
What's needed is comprehensive immigration reform � a balanced, bipartisan bill supported by a broad national consensus.
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http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/21/opinion/la-oe-jacoby-arizona-20100621
Following RNC chairman Michael Steele's controversial comments about the war in Afghanistan, Jon Stewart interviews Muppet Michael Steel.
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http://www.indecisionforever.com/2010/07/06/jon-stewart-on-michael-steeles-afghanistan-comments/
The failure to interview key eyewitnesses, along with the refusal to make public any of the investigation's findings, continued a pattern of behaviour by McChrystal's command of denying that the SOF unit had begun a cover-up of the killings immediately after the raid.
From Gallup comes the latest bit of news suggesting the tea party isn't as revolutionary as its members like to think: When asked what they considered "extremely serious threats" to the country's future wellbeing, tea partiers cited the exact same things as run-of-the-mill Republicans.
Shocker, right?
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http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/07/shocker-tea-party-gop-beliefs-identical
The greatest threat today to world peace is radical Islamism and the platform of political Islam that feeds it.
Its time to stop playing defense and play offense against political Islam. It is time to advance further the long overdue war of ideas within the House of Islam for Muslims who believe in liberty and against those who believe in political
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http://bigpeace.com/mzjasser/2010/07/04/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/
Children born with facial deformities are always a sad tale.
One such example is Kangkang, a 14-month old born with a transverse facial cleft.
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http://www.weirdasianews.com/2010/07/03/baby-china-born-face/
With an eye on curtailing small-time marijuana growers in the city, City Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan and Larry Reid propose permitting four large, industrial-scale cultivators, who would then supply Oaklands six dispensaries (the ordinance would add two dispensaries to the currently permitted four) with the 6,000 pounds of cannabis....
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http://www.baycitizen.org/marijuana/story/oakland-city-council-considers-new-rules/
In a horrific instance of Talibanism, Muslim fanatics in Kerala on Sunday chopped off the right hand of a college lecturer, accusing him of setting a question paper with a derogatory reference to the Prophet.
A marine biologist working with a group of environmentalists to save sea turtles claims the U.S.
Coast Guard is involved in spraying a toxic chemical dispersant over the Gulf of Mexico; and he says it's already traveled inland. -=W/ VIDEO=-
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http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0705/marine-biologist-claims-coast-guard-involved-corexit-spraying/
Sen.
Jim DeMint (R-SC) disagreed Sunday with a notion put forward by a fellow South Carolina Republican senator that the Tea Party would eventually "die out."
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http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0704/republicans-spar-death-tea-party/
A doctor who said the man convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 had only three months to live now says the Libyan could survive another 10 years, London's Sunday Times reported.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38084497/ns/world_news-europe
Does Sanchez automatically presume that someone who says nasty things about women and minorities must be very politically involved? Or does he assume that a Hollywood personality not routinely spouting liberal lunacies has to be a Republican?
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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mike-bates/2010/07/02/cnns-sanchez-mel-gibson-very-politically-involved
Blockbuster continues its downward spiral as it has been suspended from trading and forced to delist from the NYSE effective next Wednesday.
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http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/07/03/blockbuster-to-be-delisted-from-the-nyse/
Marine Cpl.
Jacob C. Leicht of Kerrville, Texas, the 1,000th American soldier killed in Afghanistan, would have turned 25 this July 4. Jacob's father, Craig Leicht, told HuffPost last week that the family hadn't made major plans for Independence Day.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/03/jacob-leicht-1000th-soldi_n_634263.html
President Obama lauded the late Sen.
Robert C. Byrd today for keeping faith with his family, his state of West Virginia and his beloved U.S. Constitution. "He was a Senate icon, he was a party leader, he was an elder statesman, and he was my friend," Obama told thousands who gathered for Byrd's funeral.
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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/07/obama-biden-byrd-funeral/1
U.S.
President Barack Obama says he is speeding up the U.S. transition to a clean energy economy. In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama said the move is part of efforts to make sure the jobs and industries of the future take root in the United States.
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http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Obama-Promotes-Clean-Energy-Economy-97727074.html
There is only one question left in the debate over the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan after her capable performance this week: Confirmation is a shoo-in, but how many Republican votes will she get? How many GOP Senators will vote their conscience, and not the "party of no" doctrine?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/us/02kagan.html?src=mv
Mexico gets to have a say in one of the lawsuits challenging Arizona's immigration enforcement law.
A federal judge on Thursday granted Mexico's request to be allowed to file a legal brief supporting the challenge. That means the judge will consider the brief Mexico submitted previously. Mexico says it wants to defend its citizens' rights and....
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/01/judge-lets-mexico-voice-immigration-law/
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele may be misremembering exactly how and when the Afghanistan war began -- he says the Afghanistan war is one of "Obama's choosing," and that we shouldn't be there at all.
"If this was Texas, which is a state that is directly on the border with Mexico, and they were calling for a measure like this saying that they had a major issue with undocumented people flooding the borders, I would have to look twice at this.
But this is a state that is a ways removed from the border," West said.
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http://www.wcsh6.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=119527&catid=108
The US economy lost 125,000 jobs in June, more than expected, as as thousands of temporary census jobs ended and private hiring grew less than expected.
But the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 9.5% from 9.7%.
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http://www.cnbc.com/id/38054214/June_Job_Losses_at_125_000_But_Jobless_Rate_Falls_to_9_5
The price of a First Class stamp is slated for a January 2011 hike, up one penny from 44 to 45 cents.
That's an 11-cent increase in the last decade, compared to just a 5-cent jump through the first three-quarters of the entire 20th century. The below infographic puts the state of federal mail delivery into historical context.
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http://kiplinger.com/infographics/us_postal_service_by_the_numbers/map.html
Somehow it has become conventional wisdom that now is the time to slash spending, despite the fact that the worlds major economies remain deeply depressed.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/opinion/02krugman.html
Post-Katrina the same FEMA trailers were banned after they showed dangerously high levels of formaldehyde.
Somehow, they've returned.
Source:
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/07/femas-formaldehyde-trailers-are-back-gulf
President Obama renewed his push for comprehensive immigration reform Thursday, calling for bipartisan cooperation on an issue that has repeatedly proven to be a major cause of deep social and political division.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/01/pol.obama.immigration/index.html?hpt=T2
A Zimbabwean man has lost an eye following a fight with three teens over a vuvuzela.
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan navigated the last day of her confirmation testimony Wednesday, charting a course between Republican attempts to characterize her as a results-oriented social liberal and Democratic attempts to prod her to criticize as politically motivated the court she seeks to...
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063000369_pf.html
Thomas Jefferson: The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.�
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http://www.nullifynow.com/2010/06/a-legalized-criminal-syndicate/
Cypriot police began searching late Wednesday for an alleged Russian spy wanted in the United States who vanished after being released on bail a day earlier in the Mediterranean island nation.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_on_re_eu/eu_cyprus_doj_russia_arrests
What a turn of events for the film, and Abramoff! The ex-lobbyist has been sprung and works for a kosher Baltimore pizzeria.
He might be up to his eyeballs in dough, but a lack of money due from Metropolitan has prompted the makers of Casino Jack to reclaim the film. They say Metropolitan has defaulted, and CAA is showing it to distributors again.
California welfare recipients have been able to get taxpayer cash -- meant to feed and clothe needy families -- from ATM machines at strip clubs across the state, including some well-known gentlemen's cabarets in Los Angeles.
More than $12,000 from...
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/welfare-cash-dispensed-at-strip-clubs.html
It helps that Republicans secretly want her on the court.
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/06/30/96808/kagan-cruises-on-day-3-toward.html
