http://aine.newsvine.com/Newsvine - Aine MacDermot - Articles, Seedsen-usCopyright 2009Sun, 5 Jul 2009 05:54:35 +0000Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:27 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssSarah Palin showed on Friday that in one respect at least, she is qualified to be president. Caribou Barbie is one nutty puppy.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/bTWDdNavu40/2998157-maureen-dowd-now-sarahs-follyhttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998157-maureen-dowd-now-sarahs-follySun, 5 Jul 2009 05:48:14 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998157-maureen-dowd-now-sarahs-follyMir Hossein Mousavi, the leading opposition candidate in last month's disputed election, released documents Saturday detailing a campaign of alleged fraud by supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that assured his reelection, while an adviser to Iran's supreme leader accused …Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/ofdLh2TNZdQ/2998123-mousavi-details-alleged-election-fraud-in-iranhttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998123-mousavi-details-alleged-election-fraud-in-iranSun, 5 Jul 2009 05:15:23 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998123-mousavi-details-alleged-election-fraud-in-iranThe most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, an act of defiance against the country's supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country's clerical establishment.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/-q2VFTt_s1A/2997943-clerical-group-defies-leader-on-disputed-iran-electionhttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2997943-clerical-group-defies-leader-on-disputed-iran-electionSun, 5 Jul 2009 02:32:11 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2997943-clerical-group-defies-leader-on-disputed-iran-electionGoogle CEO talks about media, the economy and the internet heavyweight he runs, Google. Kai Ryssdal of American Public Media's "Marketplace" interviews Mr. Schmidt.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/tloVhgFX73A/2998079-video-google-looks-at-the-economy-in-conversation-with-eric-schmidthttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998079-video-google-looks-at-the-economy-in-conversation-with-eric-schmidtSun, 5 Jul 2009 04:30:02 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998079-video-google-looks-at-the-economy-in-conversation-with-eric-schmidtWhile bike enthusiasts in most urban areas continue to have to fight for their place on the streets, Detroit has the potential to become a new bicycle utopia. It's a town just waiting to be taken.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/PHkiVJY_pCo/2998161-toby-barlow-bike-among-the-ruinshttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998161-toby-barlow-bike-among-the-ruinsSun, 5 Jul 2009 05:54:35 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998161-toby-barlow-bike-among-the-ruinsAt the Aspen Ideas Festival this week, Andrew Sullivan said, "Journalism has become too much about journalists."Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/fzzjbCrEKw0/2998100-jeff-jarvis-journalistic-narcissismhttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998100-jeff-jarvis-journalistic-narcissismSun, 5 Jul 2009 04:53:40 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998100-jeff-jarvis-journalistic-narcissismAlison van Diggelen took all this business about anyone being a citizen journalist seriously. She's not the sort to register with Blogger to start tapping out essays on the battles between California gray squirrels and the pesky blue jays in her verdant backyard.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/3N5yH9_rcWs/2998017-citizen-journalist-takes-the-job-title-seriouslyhttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2998017-citizen-journalist-takes-the-job-title-seriouslySun, 5 Jul 2009 03:36:41 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2998017-citizen-journalist-takes-the-job-title-seriouslyThe wife of the new head of MI6 has caused a major security breach and left his family exposed after publishing photographs and personal details on Facebook.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/_t92Hx0mqIQ/2997967-wife-blows-mi6-chiefs-coverhttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2997967-wife-blows-mi6-chiefs-coverSun, 5 Jul 2009 02:47:38 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2997967-wife-blows-mi6-chiefs-coverA Denver-focused daily Web magazine led by former staffers of the defunct Rocky Mountain News and others plans to officially launch Monday. A dozen equity owners, about a dozen freelancers and partner blogs are providing content for the Rocky Mountain Independent.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/J4OKIgT6Mik/2998056-ex-newspaper-staffers-launching-denver-news-sitehttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998056-ex-newspaper-staffers-launching-denver-news-siteSun, 5 Jul 2009 04:13:21 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998056-ex-newspaper-staffers-launching-denver-news-siteDuring a townhall in Waukon, IA Tuesday, Sen.greenpaganhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/P65mw0stsnc/2996115-grassley-tells-constituent-if-you-want-good-health-insurance-go-work-for-the-government-http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2996115-grassley-tells-constituent-if-you-want-good-health-insurance-go-work-for-the-government-Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:18:37 +0000http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2996115-grassley-tells-constituent-if-you-want-good-health-insurance-go-work-for-the-government-Noam Chomsky, the MIT professor, author and dissident intellectual, just turned eighty years old this past December.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/fwK7teRVD2A/2995657-video-noam-chomsky-on-crisis-and-hope-theirs-and-ourshttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/03/2995657-video-noam-chomsky-on-crisis-and-hope-theirs-and-oursFri, 3 Jul 2009 23:00:17 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/03/2995657-video-noam-chomsky-on-crisis-and-hope-theirs-and-oursMatt Taibbi on how Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depressionmultifariousonehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/L-FoT3hjS5o/2993573-the-great-american-bubble-machinehttp://multifariousone.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/03/2993573-the-great-american-bubble-machineFri, 3 Jul 2009 07:08:36 +0000http://multifariousone.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/03/2993573-the-great-american-bubble-machineAmnesty International on Thursday accused Israeli forces of war crimes, saying they used children as human shields and conducted wanton attacks on civilians during their offensive in the Gaza Strip.Asheville Jackhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/HnN8UPiTqdg/2988878-amnesty-international-accuses-israel-of-war-crimes-using-human-shields-in-gazahttp://RapidReload.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/01/2988878-amnesty-international-accuses-israel-of-war-crimes-using-human-shields-in-gazaWed, 1 Jul 2009 22:03:55 +0000http://RapidReload.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/01/2988878-amnesty-international-accuses-israel-of-war-crimes-using-human-shields-in-gazaThe Minnesota Supreme Court has handed down its much-expected ruling in the heavily-litigated Minnesota Senate race from 2008 -- and it's a unanimous one -- deciding against Republican former Sen.agiohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/Dq2iu5FpzPI/2984542-say-hello-to-senator-al-franken-d-mn-update-norm-concedes-video-franken-victory-speech-vidhttp://agio.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/30/2984542-say-hello-to-senator-al-franken-d-mn-update-norm-concedes-video-franken-victory-speech-vidTue, 30 Jun 2009 18:24:18 +0000http://agio.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/30/2984542-say-hello-to-senator-al-franken-d-mn-update-norm-concedes-video-franken-victory-speech-vidOne of the most anticipated days in the history of social networking site Facebook has finally come: the company announced today that it has begun making status messages, photos and videos visible to the public at large by default instead of being visible only to a user's approve …Killfilehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/Yf_pK9UFb2U/2983468-the-day-facebook-changed-messages-to-become-public-by-defaulthttp://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/30/2983468-the-day-facebook-changed-messages-to-become-public-by-defaultTue, 30 Jun 2009 12:43:57 +0000http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/30/2983468-the-day-facebook-changed-messages-to-become-public-by-defaultInteresting article. The children of gay couples, some of whom are adults, now, speak out.Rainkisshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/ork1nllpyI8/2980289-gayby-boom-children-of-gay-couples-speak-outhttp://rainkiss.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/29/2980289-gayby-boom-children-of-gay-couples-speak-outMon, 29 Jun 2009 13:48:05 +0000http://rainkiss.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/29/2980289-gayby-boom-children-of-gay-couples-speak-outRepaying a student loan could soon be a little less painful.Candice Choi, AP Personal Finance Writerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/dh5C7jZ9Of4/2977997-for-modest-earners-relief-repaying-student-loanshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/28/2977997-for-modest-earners-relief-repaying-student-loansSun, 28 Jun 2009 18:47:14 +0000http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/28/2977997-for-modest-earners-relief-repaying-student-loansIf there is one thing students and teachers despise it's clutter. One way teachers create clutter is asking students to print out a current event. Students print out weekly current events, read and summarize it, have it graded and then throw it out.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/AWD-A2PzcNg/2977722-rethinking-current-events-with-newsvine-classroom-20http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/28/2977722-rethinking-current-events-with-newsvine-classroom-20Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:32:11 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/28/2977722-rethinking-current-events-with-newsvine-classroom-20The BBC's Aleem Maqbool has re-visited a nine-year-old girl he met during the aftermath of the conflict in Gaza.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/wbma5j54fGc/2975008-youtube-gazas-children-six-months-onhttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/27/2975008-youtube-gazas-children-six-months-onSat, 27 Jun 2009 11:11:55 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/27/2975008-youtube-gazas-children-six-months-onIn the fall of 2006, one day after the Justice Department granted permission to a U.S.redsfanhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/tkTs9HK5RgM/2969713-bush-administration-tipped-off-corrupt-gop-rep-to-wiretaphttp://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2969713-bush-administration-tipped-off-corrupt-gop-rep-to-wiretapThu, 25 Jun 2009 22:52:05 +0000http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2969713-bush-administration-tipped-off-corrupt-gop-rep-to-wiretapDocuments gathered by lawyers for the families of Sept.Rainmakerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/KP1muXFZi18/2969622-documents-back-saudi-link-to-911-extremistshttp://Rainmaker.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2969622-documents-back-saudi-link-to-911-extremistsThu, 25 Jun 2009 22:23:23 +0000http://Rainmaker.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2969622-documents-back-saudi-link-to-911-extremistsAt least 35,000 years ago, in the depths of the last ice age, the sound of music filled a cave in what is now southwestern Germany, the same place and time early Homo sapiens were also carving the oldest known examples of figurative art in the world.Aine MacDermothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/FqWLPZ9iIi4/2969328-stone-age-flutes-found-in-germany-offer-clues-to-early-musichttp://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2969328-stone-age-flutes-found-in-germany-offer-clues-to-early-musicThu, 25 Jun 2009 20:53:17 +0000http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2969328-stone-age-flutes-found-in-germany-offer-clues-to-early-musicPresident Barack Obama is taking heat from some gays and lesbians for not fulfilling campaign pledges. He's also taking their cash.Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/R3JZpTb7yEM/2969025-promises-promises-gays-bemoan-go-slow-approachhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2969025-promises-promises-gays-bemoan-go-slow-approachThu, 25 Jun 2009 19:14:38 +0000http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2969025-promises-promises-gays-bemoan-go-slow-approach"Our wish, our dream, our hope, was to make a change. A wish 4 brighter days, dreams of freedom & hope 4 peace." - Iranian Student Demonstrator on Twitter, Identify Witheld for Safety ReasonsSynthesishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/xpdgZC2nwVY/2966411-sea-of-green-sea-of-bloodhttp://PrimarySources.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2966411-sea-of-green-sea-of-bloodThu, 25 Jun 2009 06:25:32 +0000http://PrimarySources.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/25/2966411-sea-of-green-sea-of-bloodSanford said he had considered hiking on the Appalachian Trail, an activity he said he has enjoyed since he was a high school student. "But I said 'no' I wanted to do something exotic," Sanford said "... It's [Buenos Aires] a great city."jfxgillishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsvine-Aine/~3/zJZitbuI8vc/2963890-sanford-met-in-atlanta-after-returning-from-south-americahttp://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/24/2963890-sanford-met-in-atlanta-after-returning-from-south-americaWed, 24 Jun 2009 13:50:26 +0000http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/24/2963890-sanford-met-in-atlanta-after-returning-from-south-america