Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday, taunting police and shouting about everything from bank bailouts to nuclear power — ...
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British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."
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President Barack Obama is using weekend gatherings of world leaders — dominated by discussion of European economic woes and Afghanistan — to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and to encourage a more forceful response...
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In the buzzword-fueled arena of Silicon Valley, Eric Ries has the stage -- and the crowd is going wild.
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‘He who is contented is rich.’ ~Lao Tzu Post written by Leo Babauta. There has been little in my life that has made as much an impact as learning to be content — with my life, where I am, what I’m doing, what I have, who I’m with, who I am....
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There are a lot of iPhone accessories out there, but only a few of them are time tested and have an actual chance of making your iPhone photos look better. Here are the best, chosen by The Wirecutter.
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How the rocks collected by Lyn Hiner's children during a visit to the popular beach last Saturday could catch fire later in the day has stumped scientists and prompted some to offer their ideas for what happened.
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How to find someone to create a short business video for display in a public space.I have a new healthcare office upstairs from a bank with access to a large TV in the downstairs atrium on which we can loop a video about our office to people coming and...
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The California governor betrays his promise to deliver an "honest" budget.
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Ten albums for newbies, the hated Cabaret Card and composer/arranger Gil Evans' centennial.
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NPR | Friday, May 18, 2012
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A state court in Indianapolis granted a Chinese immigrant $50,000 bond in a case that has mobilized advocates for women's rights and abortion rights nationwide. The case could set a precedent for the prosecution of pregnant women whose infants die.
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NPR | Friday, May 18, 2012
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A state court in Indianapolis granted a Chinese immigrant $50,000 bond in a case that has mobilized advocates for women's rights and abortion rights nationwide. The case could set a precedent for the prosecution of pregnant women whose infants die.
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NPR | Friday, May 18, 2012
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As Warren Buffett expands his media holdings by buying 63 small newspapers this week (shouldn’t he be giving that money to the government?), a much more liberty-oriented media empire is dismantling. Freedom Communications Inc., founded by irascible...
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The NATO summit set to start Sunday in Chicago will be the first such gathering in the United States since the alliance met in Washington for its 50th anniversary in 1999. Atop the agenda this weekend will be Afghanistan, where America is embroiled in...
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NATO's summit this weekend in the Windy City will produce a lot of hot air, but what the aging alliance really needs is a douse in cold water.
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Outstanding student loans now top $1 trillion, more than the nation’s credit-card debt. ProPublica has rounded up some of the best explanatory and investigative journalism on student debt. Anyone can contribute by tweeting a link to a story and...
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A lab report released Thursday showed that Trayvon Martin was shot from close range, probably with the gun pressed against his chest. The new information may bolster George Zimmerman's argument that the two men were locked in combat, and Zimmerman shot...
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Lingering misogyny in old Hollywood institutions may by now be a familiar trope. More recently, however, the French feminist action group La Barbe drew international attention to similarly glaring gender imbalances in Cannes Film Festival’s 2012 lineup,...
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Nick Hanauer is the kind of innovator and venture capitalist expected to power the country's next wave of growth. So why does he insist that only the fading middle class can rescue America?...
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Information technology has allowed banks to make huge bets that can go bust in the blink of an eye, and more regulation won't help....
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Graeme Wood's review touches on both of Cowen's picks, American pit barbeque and Pakistani food in the UK: It is a style of food that, like a Wi-Fi signal, fast loses its potency away from its home base. "Eat barbecue...
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Spider Robinson writes: I just received word that Jay Kay Klein, THE photographer of science fiction and fantasy, passed away on Sunday morning, May 13, in a Catholic hospice (a "Francis House") in Syracuse, NY, at age 80, of esophageal cancer. This...
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Redditor Surprisemailbox posted this image of a note left by a seven year old for her parents, regarding security policies at home: "If you put a pasword on that I will make your life a nitmare." The day Poesy leaves me a comparable note, I will have...
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Shutterstock In a new Ill Doctrine video, Jay Smooth advises white Americans on "this baby thing"—the recent news that white births are now a minority in the US. Black, Hispanic, Asian and mixed-race births made up 50.4% of new arrivals in the year...
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When I buy a new camera one of the first things I do is affix a GGS glass screen protector over the LCD screen. I did this even on my prosumer digital SLR despite its scratch resistant glass screen. The reason why is that while they may be scratch resistant,...
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We’re excited to announce another new batch of sessions at the upcoming QS conference. Thanks to everyone who is stepping up to speak! The full roster of show&tell talks and breakout sessions so far is listed here. Check out these awesome new...
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I am a self-employed writer who publishes a new book every 9 months and primarily works from home. For my first several books I struggled with time management and found I was constantly playing catch-up for the two months before my books were due....
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After our welcome, invocation, declaration of intent, and remembrances, we asked our first reader to step forth. Our first excerpt was read by one of the most kindhearted women I know: my mom’s close friend, Jan. I love Jan dearly and…...
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So now that we had a theme for the wedding, it was time to start considering what the wedding would look like.
I drew an x-axis on a sheet of paper and marked the halfway point, labeled one end “formal” and…
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Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week. Subjects include the space shuttle Enterprise, falling tree limbs and a subway portrait artist....
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A Chinese immigrant jailed in Indiana for over a year on charges that she killed her viable fetus by eating rat poison in a suicide attempt while pregnant has lost her bid to have the controversial criminal case dismissed by the state supreme court....
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As details continue to emerge of the latest Wall Street scandal -- J.P. Morgan Chase's $3 billion trading loss - many investors would no doubt be surprised to learn that a below-the-radar effort is underway to virtually eliminate their ability to hold...
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It was the second time this year that Justice Stephen G. Breyer was the victim of a break-in....
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Vicki Gunvalson of Coto de Caza, one of the original “Real Housewives of Orange County,” is going to be a grandmother, according to Us Weekly and the Huffington Post. Gunvalson’s 24-year-old daughter, Briana Wolfsmith, is about four months pregnant,...
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Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 20 - 26 in PDF format TV listings for the week of May 20 - 26 in PDF format are also available here This week's TV Movies SATURDAY Good...
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Readers react to the costs borne by corporations and concerns about protesters....
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Dogs have health benefits for both kids and parents San Antonio Express-News Copyright 2012 San Antonio Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 04:02 p.m., Friday, May 18,...
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Inspired by the untimely demise of Boston's WFNX, Popdose pours one out for some of its favorite radio stations of yesteryear
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A calorie-restricted diet alone was more effective for weight loss than exercise or a combination of both, study showed...
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The Billboard Music Awards reminds me that sometimes the public actually is right. Here then is my list of some of my favorite songs that all hit #1 on Billboard's's Hot 100 since that chart started in the late Fifties.
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"All concert attendees are encouraged to entice as many metaphors to occur during the show that they possibly can as long as they don't endanger themselves or Mr. White." More »Post from: Crushable...
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“Louis Vuitton has a history of making special-order trunks: there was a trunk that transforms into a shower, and an iPod trunk commissioned by Karl Lagerfeld; a British lord had a trunk made for his special rubber ducky,” wrote Lizzie Widdicombe...
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