Italy muzzled scientist who foresaw quake

Seeded on Mon Apr 6, 2009 11:45 AM EDT (alertnet.org)

Just like Jor-el on Krypton

italy, who, quake, earthquake, mayor, rome, scientist, world-news, muzzled, precaution

YouTube muting unauthorized music videos

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:35 AM EST (San Jose Business Journal)

Google is muting audio on music videos throughout its YouTube site, according to numerous reports on Twitter and other online sites.

entertainment, google, music, online, internet, use, youtube, music-videos, copyright-holders, copyrighted

The Man's Guide to Last Minute Holiday Shopping

Seeded on Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:42 AM EST (Market Wire)

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec.

budget, rudolph, holiday, shopping, christmas, us-news, stores, presents, last-minute, advice

The kiss of deaf - Chinese man ruptures girlfriend's eardrum

Seeded on Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:26 AM EST (Reuters)

A young woman in southern China has partially lost her hearing after her boyfriend ruptured her eardrum during an excessively passionate kiss.

china, world-news, kiss, passionate, deaf, caution, eardrum, off-the-hook

Facebook gave no warning regarding deactivation

Seeded on Mon Dec 1, 2008 12:37 PM EST (TypePad.com)

The most suprising thing about this incident is that Facebook gave no warning and also has not given me a response to the four emails that I have sent to , , , .

business, incident, disabled, myspace, social-networking, problem, facebook, module, no-warning, help-wanted

China trying to force 6-months pregnant woman to abort

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:20 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

The Chinese government is notorious for this barbaric practice, but to forcibly abort a woman while the world watches in full knowledge of what is going on would make a mockery of its claim that the central government disapproves of the practice.

china, muslim, laws, abortion, government, u-s, world-news, regulation, pregnancy, headlines

Starbucks says it will double its buying of 'fair-trade' coffee

Seeded on Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:16 PM EDT (Business Journal)

By next year, Starbucks Corp. said it will double its purchases of "fair trade-certified" coffee.

business, starbucks, community, opportunity, coffee, howard-schultz, fair-trade, global-partnership

Spectrum auction may attract Web giants

Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:53 PM EDT

Posted 03:45 EST, 27, Oct 2008 - TheDeal.com It's the auction that could bring free Internet to the masses.

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technology, auction, fcc, yahoo-inc, cisco-systems-inc, hewlett-packard-co, competition, dell-inc, silicon-valley, free-service

Hollywood Insiders rip MSNBC, defend Palin

Seeded on Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:42 PM EDT (Reuters)

In a room full of television industry executives, no one seemed inclined to defend MSNBC for what some believe to be "completely out of control" presidential race coverage.

election, politics, hollywood, john-mccain, presidential-race, john-kerry, fox-news, patricia-heaton, msnbc, frank-luntz

Chavez says "Comrade Bush" turns left in crisis

Seeded on Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:21 AM EDT (Reuters)

"Bush is to the left of me now," Chavez told an audience of international intellectuals debating the benefits of socialism. "Comrade Bush announced he will buy shares in private banks."

financial, venezuela, chavez, crisis, politics, banks, latin-america, u-s, president-bush, bailout

Open The Debates

Seeded on Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:01 PM EDT (Truthdig)

There is a move to organize a third-party debate, in New York City, a day or so after the final McCain-Obama debate on Oct. 15.

economy, issues, debate, politics, mccain, candidate, democracy, obama, green-party, bailout

Parents Give Up Youths Under Law Meant for Babies

Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 1:11 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Officials have called the abandonments a misuse of a new law that was mainly intended to prevent so-called Dumpster babies — the abandonment of newborns by young, terrified mothers — but instead has been used to hand off out-of-control teenagers or, in the case of the father …

nebraska, law, us-news, officials, prevention, misuse, young-mothers, dumpster-babies, scared-parents, unruly-teens

Bloomberg Says He Will Run Again If Law Changed

Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 1:01 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The bottom line is we face some tough times, and I'd be honored to run again, and if the voters want me again, I'd be honored to serve," the mayor said. "This is just giving them the option."

new-york, mayor, election, candidate, michael-bloomberg, us-news, politician, republican, democrat, economic-crisis

Good Things Bush Has Done

Seeded on Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:45 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)

As the Bush administration comes to a close, the question of what the president got wrong is probably best answered with a short list of what he got right. (there's only four)

election, aid, 2008, crisis, africa, strategy, government, policy, bush-administration, us-news

Letterman rips McCain

Seeded on Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:24 PM EDT (Gawker)

Somehow, YouTube already has a copy of David Letterman tonight lacerating John McCain for skipping the Late Show and suspending his campaign in the midst of the Wall Street meltdown.

economy, new-york, campaign, interview, cbs, david-letterman, john-mccain, us-news, katie-couric, youtube

Does McCain or Obama get it?

Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:11 AM EDT (MarketWatch.com)

it's not that I think Barack Obama and John McCain don't care about what's happening on Wall Street. I think they just don't get it.

business, wall-street, freddie-mac, crisis, fannie-mae, banking, debt, john-mccain, goldman-sachs, barack-obama

Sarah Palin and the 'Experience' Canard

Seeded on Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:24 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Charlie Gibson's high-toned condescension pales next to that of former Dick Gephardt speechwriter Matthew Dallek, who managed a loud guffaw over Sarah Palin's supposed inexperience in an interview with Politico.com. However, Mr.

criticism, bill-clinton, john-mccain, george-bush, dick-cheney, rumors, experience, presidency, bush-doctrine, qualifications

The Next Great Company

Seeded on Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:13 PM EDT (www.istockanalyst.com)

What will be the next great company? I don't have a definitive answer (and if I did I probably would be too busy mortgaging the house to have time to share it).

technology, oil, rockefeller, microsoft, apple, bill-gates, leadership, company, macintosh, exxonmobil

There Should NOT Be a Dark Knight Sequel

Seeded on Tue Sep 9, 2008 3:45 PM EDT (ropeofsilicon.com)

The Dark Knight worked on so many levels as it easily moved from Batman Begins and into the Joker's narrative. It was as if the two films were made as one and like Empire Strikes Back and The Godfather Part II, The Dark Knight became a better film than its predecessor.

entertainment, blockbuster, warner-bros, star-wars, philip-seymour-hoffman, heath-ledger, johnny-depp, rumors, penguin, batman

Ware: Woodward's Iraq claims off the mark

Seeded on Tue Sep 9, 2008 12:45 PM EDT (CNN)

Investigative Journalist Bob Woodward describes in his new book a secret U.S. program to assassinate terrorists in Iraq, that this assassination program, not the 2007 surge of U.S. forces, is primarily responsible for the reduction of violence in Iraq.

iraq, white-house, violence, war, troops, surge, program, secret, terrorists, cnn

Secret killing program is key in Iraq, Bob Woodward says

Seeded on Tue Sep 9, 2008 9:26 AM EDT (CNN)

In "The War Within: Secret White House History 2006-2008," Woodward disclosed the existence of secret operational capabilities, comparable to the Manhattan Project during WWII, developed by the military to locate, target and kill leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgent le …

middle-east, white-house, terrorism, killing, united-states, wwii, us-news, bob-woodward, iraq-war, al-qaeda

Republican Convention - Police Attack Press - Call To Action (Poll)

Sun Sep 7, 2008 6:19 PM EDT

By Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy) (Clipped by bluebird1031)

Many reporters have been attacked in St Paul by Mayor Coleman's out of control police. (Video)

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police, reporters, us-news, press, usnews

Attacks, praise stretch truth at GOP convention

Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 1:55 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

The Internet, Newspapers and Gossip magazines have all been unnecessarily bitter regarding the speeches that were made at the sedated and much less concert-like Republican convention.

democrats, politics, speech, gop, john-mccain, lies, liberal, obama, biden, fact

Is Google Turning Into Big Brother?

Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 8:43 AM EDT (ABC News)

While we're transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged … and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great -- and perhaps even sinister.

google, technology, tech, presidential-election, microsoft, apple, bill-gates, internet-explorer, steve-jobs, search-engine

Greenspan: Don't use Fed as a 'magical piggy bank'

Fri Sep 5, 2008 12:02 AM EDT

By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer (Clipped by bluebird1031)

Troubled by the Bear Stearns debacle, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is advocating a new way of dealing with government bailouts of companies whose sudden collapse could wreak havoc on the country's economic and financial stability.

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business, book, greenspan, federal-reserve-chairman-alan-greenspan, bear-stearns

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