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Illinois Inquiry Goes Beyond Criminal Complaint

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:14:00 +0000

Lawmakers here made it clear on Thursday that the inquiry into the possible impeachment of Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich would extend beyond the federal criminal complaint against him, questioning...

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Personal loans are becoming more expensive

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:25:00 +0000

High street banks and building societies are no longer offering personal loans with less than eight per cent APR, according to data released by uSwitch.com. The price comparison website reported...

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"Death map" shows heat a big hazard to Americans

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:16:00 +0000

Heat is more likely to kill an American than an earthquake, and thunderstorms kill more than hurricanes do, according to a "death map" published on Tuesday. Researchers who compiled the...

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Borrowers rushing to refinance loans as rates drop

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:15:00 +0000

Homeowners around the country are scrambling to refinance their mortgages at the lowest rates since the early 1960s as the economy staggers through what's likely to be the worst recession in...

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Chrysler, Ford idle factories; GM delays new plant

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:14:00 +0000

Chrysler is closing all its North American manufacturing plants for at least a month, the starkest move yet taken by U.S. automakers as they anxiously await word about government loans. The shutdown...

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British troops to leave Iraq 'by July'

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:39:00 +0000

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki say British forces will complete their tasks in the first half of 2009 and will then leave Iraq. The two leaders made the...

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Microsoft releasing emergency patch for perilous IE flaw

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:33:00 +0000

Microsoft will release an emergency patch on Wednesday to fix a perilous software flaw allowing hackers to hijack Internet Explorer browsers and take over computers. The US software giant said on...

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US rates slashed to nearly zero

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:48:00 +0000

The US Federal Reserve has slashed its key interest rate from 1% to a range of between zero and 0.25% as it battles the country's recession. In its statement, the Federal Reserve warned that "the...

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Strange dark energy acts as galactic diet enforcer

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:12:00 +0000

Mysterious dark energy, which likely causes the universe to keep expanding, seems to have another effect: It prevents the biggest clusters of galaxies from getting too fat. Astronomers used X-rays to...

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Feds seize artifacts from hit show 'Survivor'

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:33:00 +0000

The federal tribe has spoken: A contaminated monkey skull, termite-infested statues and other African artifacts of the TV show "Survivor" will not be allowed into the U.S. Officials disclosed Monday...

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The Money is Just Gone - Housing Prices Aren’t Ever Coming Back

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:21:00 +0000

For every $100 spent on a house in 1950 the investment rose slightly through 2002, then soared to about $192 in 2006, adjusting for inflation. Then credit dried up, and the bust began. Rick Wallick...

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Gov. may allow special election for Senate seat

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:00:00 +0000

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Gov. Rod Blagojevich hasn't ruled out signing a bill creating a special election to fill President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, his spokesman said Monday, the first hint that...

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Alleged Madoff fraud has worldwide exposure

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:18:00 +0000

NEW YORK – The list of investors who say they were duped in one of Wall Street's biggest Ponzi schemes is growing, snaring some of the world's biggest banking institutions and hedge funds, the super...

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Why Obama Has Georgia On His Mind

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:59:00 +0000

Nowadays, Bob Barr is my favorite politician. Let me explain why. According to Time magazine, Obama made the following statement regarding how competitive he believes he might be in normally...

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Mozilla Firefox 3 Guinness World Record (Actual Page)

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:43:00 +0000

Help make a Guinness World Record By Downloading Firefox 3 within 24hrs of its release! read more | digg storysubscribe!!!

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Clinton did not raise 10mil in 24 hours: FEC reports

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:36:00 +0000

According to this FEC report, Hillary raised only 4.3 million in the 48 hours following Pennsylvania. She raised 1.7 mil on April 23rd and 2.6 mil on April 24th. That's 5.7 million shy of her claim...

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French serial killer couple handed life sentences

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:53:00 +0000

A man accused of seeking young virgins to rape and kill was convicted Wednesday of seven murders and sentenced to life in prison. Michel Fourniret, 66, was given the maximum sentence by the jury in...

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Microsoft taps Canadian artists for Zune Originals designs

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:06:00 +0000

Just in case you didn't really believe Microsoft was finally bringing the Zune to Canada, along comes a release to make it doubly official. Aside from reiterating the June 13th launch date -- not to...

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EADS Astrium unveils European manned spaceship

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:55:00 +0000

_uacct = "UA-4543618-1"; urchinTracker(); It's been a great week for space geeks, what with the Phoenix Lander doing its Mars sniffing and toilet drama at the space station. Meanwhile, over in...

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Sharapova survives big scare at Roland Garros

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:38:00 +0000

World No. 1 Maria Sharapova struggled into the second round of the French Open after surviving a massive scare against unheralded fellow Russian Evgeniya Rodina in Paris on Wednesday. The top seed...

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Onda's VX777 touchscreen PMP gets spotted

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:40:00 +0000

Don't deny it -- the render / picture / whatever the heck that was of Onda's WiFi-equipped VX777 looked pretty mighty rough. Thankfully for all those potentially interested in this portable media...

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Amnesty condemns China, U.S., Russia

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:31:00 +0000

Human rights and freedom of the press in China, the detention of terrorist suspects by the United States and Russia's treatment of political dissent are the focus of scrutiny in Amnesty...

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Video: Sony's $10k Sautina glass speaker gets a production nod

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:18:00 +0000

_uacct = "UA-4543618-1"; urchinTracker(); Remember Sony's non-directional, glass-tube speaker prototype we showed you back in 2007? Guess what, it's now slotted into a production run. On June 20th,...

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Psystar's Open Computer gets new case, video card

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:09:00 +0000

We weren't terribly impressed with Psystar's Open Computer the first time around, but hopefully this new revision will perk things up a bit -- along with dealing with that insufferable fan noise....

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Large touch-screen MP4 thin blue devil T8 appearance with the new V8

noreply@blogger.com (USA) — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:15:00 +0000

Blue devil MP4 new release date approaching, the V8 Yuet-The mysterious new product has finally brought T8 joint appearance - the Blue demons V8 is a 3.0-inch screen video player, the screen edges of...

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