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Inmate sues man he's convicted of burglarizing
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:13:01 GMT AP - A Florida inmate is suing the man he's convicted of burglarizing, claiming the man and two others roughed him up during a citizen's arrest. Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and cocaine possession stemming from a 2007 break-in of a van in St. Petersburg. Dupree allegedly stole a bicycle locked inside and was apprehended after the owner, Anthony McKoy, saw him with the bike down the street. |
Ethics panel to charge California Rep. Waters
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:32:22 GMT
AP - A House investigative panel has decided to charge Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California with ethics violations, raising the possibility of a second high-profile trial with political implications for Democrats this fall.
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Antarctica Experiment Discovers Puzzling Space Ray Pattern
(LiveScience.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:15:05 GMT LiveScience.com - A puzzling pattern in the cosmic rays bombarding Earth from
space has been discovered by an experiment buried deep under the ice of
Antarctica. |
Newman, Hamlin say they were fined by NASCAR
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:11:39 GMT
AP - Asked the amount of his NASCAR fine, Ryan Newman kept quiet.
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Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:19:19 GMT
AFP - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday.
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Google Cries Wolf as Outage Disrupts China Operations
(NewsFactor)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:01:12 GMT NewsFactor - After assuming the worst with its China operations, Google on Thursday evening backed off accusations of censorship in the communist nation. Google said earlier Thursday that the Chinese government was blocking its search engine, Google Mobile, and Google Ad products. Google also said its news and image services were being "partially blocked." |
Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:30:34 GMT
AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.
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Tea Parties, Glenn Beck Protest Six Flags' Muslim Day
(The Atlantic Wire)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:06:25 GMT The Atlantic Wire - Since 2000, the theme-park chain Six Flags has held an annual
"Muslim Family Day" at its Chicago park. The event, co-sponsored with
the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), includes halal food and
modestly dressed entertainment for local Islamic families. This year, it
falls on September 12. The timing, along with the ongoing controversy
over the proposed Islamic cultural center
planned for lower Manhattan, has made this year's Muslim Family Day a
cause célèbre for a handful of Tea Party members and certain Fox News pundits.
Here's what they have to say and how observers are reacting. |
NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:41:31 GMT
AP - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.
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Sandra Bullock wants out of Gulf restoration video
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:58:51 GMT
AP - A spokeswoman for Sandra Bullock says the actress wants her parts of a video promoting Gulf Coast restoration removed until she learns whether oil companies influenced it.
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Iran report: Cigarettes implicated in Western plot
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:21:46 GMT AP - An Iranian official says cigarettes smuggled into Iran have been tainted with pig blood and nuclear material as part of a Western conspiracy. |
Store manager tells robber Jesus wouldn't approve
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:22:32 GMT AP - A cell phone store manager in South Florida dissuaded an armed man from robbing the store by telling him Jesus wouldn't approve. Instead of panicking when the suspect pulled a weapon, Nayara Goncalves started talking with him. He was jobless, and the 20-year-old Christian offered to connect him with friends who could help him find work. |
Obama spokesman says Dems will keep House in fall
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:25:31 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama's press secretary says he thinks the Democrats will keep control of the House after the fall elections.
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Mars Rover Spirit May Not Survive Martian Winter
(SPACE.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:45:43 GMT SPACE.com - NASA's
beleaguered Mars rover Spirit, which has been hibernating on the surface of
Mars since March, is facing its toughest challenge yet – the harsh conditions
of the Martian winter. And the rover may lose. |
Broncos rookie Tim Tebow: Bring on the shots
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:07:11 GMT
AP - Tim Tebow is ready for the shots, both on the football field and in the locker room.
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China overtakes Japan as No.2 economy: FX chief
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:40:36 GMT
Reuters - China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.
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Remains of the Day: Zuck's not an iPhone, he's an Android
(Macworld.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:30:00 GMT Macworld.com - Returning from an inadvertent hiatus due to…er…inclement conditions in my office, I’m here to tell bring you the latest in stories you might have missed. |
Obama hails auto bailout as good news in Michigan
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:01:26 GMT
AP - A year after the government's big auto-industry bailouts, President Barack Obama on Friday trumpeted increased car sales and progress on battery-powered vehicles as a beacon of success in his administration's battle to revive a hurting U.S. economy. But his upbeat assessment can't mask daunting challenges for U.S. automakers and painfully high unemployment.
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'Cracking the Code' to Keeping Manufacturing Jobs in America
(Huffington Post)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:12:03 GMT Huffington Post - Read Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com |
Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:39:21 GMT
AP - A federal appeals court has decided not to step into the controversy over Arizona's tough immigration law until November, leaving state officials to consider other steps they might take in the meantime.
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 31, 2010 is:
sirenian \sye-REE-nee-un\ noun
: any of an order (Sirenia) of aquatic herbivorous mammals (as a manatee, dugong, or Steller's sea cow) that have large forelimbs resembling paddles, no hind limbs, and a flattened tail resembling a fin
Example sentence:
"Looking humanlike in certain aspects, sirenians are thought to be the basis of the myth of mermaids." (Michael McCarthy, The Independent [London], February 28, 2009)
Did you know?
"Sirenian" traces back via Latin to Greek "seirēn," which is equivalent to our word for the sirens of Greek mythology. And what is the connection between sirens and sirenians? Modern sirenians do not resemble the half bird, half woman creatures who lured sailors to their doom with their sweet singing. But as our example sentence states, sirenians are considered by some to underlie the ancient legends about mermaids. In European folklore mermaids were sometimes called "sirens," and apparently this confusion resulted in the granting of sirenians the name they bear today.
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