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The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A
(PC World)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:32:00 GMT PC World - Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook accounts from publicly available information. The consultant, Ron Bowes, then uploaded the data as a torrent file allowing anyone with a computer connection to download the data. |
Dog Training: Animal Experts Debunk the Alpha-Dog Myth
(Time.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:15:00 GMT
Time.com - Why Victoria Stilwell and other experts are opposed to the submission techniques espoused by Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan
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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. |
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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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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Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:02:15 GMT
AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based.
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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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Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:52:11 GMT
AP - The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.
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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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12-year-old girl injured on Wis. 'free fall' ride
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:04:57 GMT AP - A 12-year-old girl at an amusement park plunged more than 40 feet to the ground on Friday, seriously injuring herself when a safety net under a "free fall" attraction failed to catch her. |
Many in Gulf are outraged at reports of vanishing oil
(The Upshot)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:24:41 GMT The Upshot - Now that BP engineers have managed to place a cap on the company's bleeding well in the Gulf, the sprawling oil slicks seem to have retreated from the water's surface, claimed many media reports this week. "Where is all the oil?" an AFP headline asked. Time magazine ran a piece suggesting that the environmental impact of [...] |
Andy Griffith's new role: pitching health care law
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:39:49 GMT
AP - Actor Andy Griffith has a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare.
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Rangel: What’s in it for him to stand and fight?
(The Upshot)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:33:13 GMT The Upshot - Charlie Rangel's dealing days are over. Whatever else happens to the embattled Democratic congressman from New York — who's facing 13 charges from the House Ethics Committee, involving everything from incomplete financial filings to improper fundraising for a center named in his honor at New York's City College — he won't have a settlement in [...] |
Wealthy Dallas brothers become SEC fraud target
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:31:05 GMT
AP - Brothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always have been joined at the hip.
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Out of pilots, Philippine airline grounds flights
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:34:34 GMT AP - Good morning, passengers, and welcome aboard. We're expecting clear skies today, but we're out of pilots. |
US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:24:37 GMT
AP - In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war.
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Kingpin's death could mean more violence in Mexico
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:59:22 GMT
AP - One of the world's most powerful drug cartels took a major hit when soldiers killed a top kingpin in a gunbattle, and his death will likely will mean more violence as factions fight for the cocaine and methamphetamine empire that he left behind.
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Grizzly bear euthanized after Mont. triple mauling
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:33:07 GMT
AP - Wildlife officials euthanized a grizzly bear Friday after DNA tests confirmed that the sow and her cubs were responsible for a triple mauling that killed a Michigan man and injured two other campers.
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Book says many U.S. universities are waste of money
(Reuters)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:04:01 GMT
Reuters - Spending as much as $250,000 on a bachelors degree from world-renowned U.S. universities such as Harvard University and Yale is a waste of money, a new book asserts.
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Obama calls charges against Rangel 'troubling'
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:55:25 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity. Several House Democrats went further, flat-out urging the New York congressman to resign.
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