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Newt Gingrich brings blunt talk to Vegas
So with the "Straight Talk Express," America's mayor, the guy from Massachusetts with the good hair and now the actor who plays tough men all showing significant weaknesses in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, here comes Newt.
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:04:40 GMT - (Las Vegas Sun)

One and done
DETROIT -- You can see it in his eyes. You can hear it in his voice. You know it is in his heart. Magglio Ordonez wants to win the American League batting title so bad he is afraid to talk about it. He doesn't want to say anything to jinx himself.
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:23:08 GMT - (Royal Oak Daily Tribune)

Clemens scratched; Yanks can clinch playoffs
Roger Clemens was scratched from his start for the New York Yankees on Tuesday night at Tampa Bay because of a lingering left hamstring injury. The announcement was made about four hours before game time. The team said Clemens will not pitch in the three-game series with the Devil Rays that runs through Thursday.
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:31:03 GMT - (MSNBC)

Forget Greed. Today Green Is Good.
How the world has changed since the 1987 market crash—and business and finance along with it.
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT - (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)

A 'Dynasty'-style heir
WRITING a glitzy, prime-time soap opera isn't as easy as it looks. For starters, it's hard to invent characters who can top the shenanigans committed in any given week by certain pop stars or heiresses to hotel fortunes. And then there's the sympathy factor: How do you make viewers really feel for -- as opposed to simply repelled or tickled by -- the idle, self-absorbed rich?
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:05:03 GMT - (Calendarlive.com)

Reuters Canada Business Summary
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge sounded a note of caution on Tuesday about the Canadian dollar's surge to parity with the U.S. dollar, saying the central bank would have to examine the effect of the strong currency on the economy when setting interest rates.
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:16:17 GMT - (The Globe and Mail)

Steve Harvey's The Bottom Ten
Seven of the Bottom Ten teams won over the weekend, a catastrophe that would ruin the credibility of most rankings of losers. Luckily, the BT never had any credibility. to begin with.
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:55:45 GMT - (Los Angeles Times)

Feld, Segura score 10th goals in Rams' win
Andrew Feld scored two goals and Pablo Segura had one as the Fresno City College men's soccer team blanked Los Positas 3-0 in a nonconference match Monday.
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:13:14 GMT - (The Fresno Bee)

Sentinel Morning Update: Property owners? easements needed for greenway
Trails project requires cooperation ? Engineers hired to study the feasibility of a trail connecting several central county townships told the Cumberland County commissioners Monday that private property owners are the project?s biggest obstacles.
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:11:27 GMT - (The Sentinel)

GM faces strike deadline
The United Auto Workers union set a firm Monday morning deadline to reach a contract with General Motors Corp and threatened to send 73,000 GM factory workers on strike if no deal is reached.
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:11:29 GMT - (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Peering over the edge.
Yeah - you get three posts today. Lucky you. The reason is this:People are freaking my shit out. I went to the chiropractor today, because I'm going to be in the air tomorrow. Idle conversation turns into something meaningful. In my mind. The talk of buying guns. Most noteworthy
Posted on 2009-01-08 23:25:00 GMT

blog: snarkolepsyThis therapy business is shattering
All day today I've been in a blur of tiredness despite quite a long and drug-free sleep ... I had so much I wanted to talk to S about that I hardly knew where to start. So we got onto
Posted on 2009-01-08 22:28:54 GMT

blog: Hystericalfemale on the couchFirst Gaza, Then Iran
The West is unified on Israel's razing of Gaza. This will usher in a Fatah-Israel peace deal, ... for the Middle East, Perry said.''It seems clear that Israel will not sit by idle while Iran takes the final
Posted on 2009-01-08 19:53:00 GMT

blog: State of the Division
I thought I might make a list of ways to contribute to Ubuntu (or Linux in general), and provide my thoughts on them. I've tried to list them in rough order of '�difficulty'�, from easy to hard, where difficulty means how much effort it takes.To be clear, the order is not a value judgement
Posted on 2009-01-08 17:41:04 GMT

blog: Me and U(buntu)From the corridors of Satyam 9:44 PM / Authored by Parimal /
Byarraju Ramalinga Raju has no lust for three W's '� wine, women or wealth; for him it was his insatiable hunger for land that has led him, and ultimately the fourth largest IT company of the country, to ruination. Parimal,a young business analyst, takes peek into his life
Posted on 2009-01-08 16:14:00 GMT

blog: Speaking outThe herald of Windows 7
Just after 2.5 years of Windows Vista's release, Windows 7 is here. Windows 7 is what I would say Windows Vista should have been. Many people call Windows Vista a failure but it's not a failure. It was infect a necessary step to create the future foundation of Windows
Posted on 2009-01-08 15:58:36 GMT

blog: GXSaurav : A designer's perspective of lifeLife....
8TH JANUARY,2009.. Life is not about always being perfect with a happy ending.Sometimes it is just about living without expectations ... to read story books and spend idle hours seeing the clouds in the sky and counting stars.i lacked ... me and make me realize i was alone.i hated the silence.i wanted to scream and talk
Posted on 2009-01-08 15:12:00 GMT

blog: LIFE STYLEMy Writing Process
Congratulations to Saleema (who gets a lot of '�congratulations'� on this blog) for posting the first comment that I have approved and not deleted. A few self-congratulations to get out of the way as well, insofar as the New Year good writing news is still coming in'� some poems accepted in NōD magazine and my first refereed article,
Posted on 2009-01-08 14:42:50 GMT

blog: Jonathan BallShaun White Snowboarding
Shaun White Snowboarding Ubisoft brings you the freedom of the mountains with Shaun White Snowboarding for Xbox 360. Developed in close collaboration with Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White, Shaun White Snowboarding lets you create your own experience in the game
Posted on 2009-01-08 12:00:21 GMT

blog: Xbox 360 Accessories SaleCategories, Logic and Physics in London
[ MathML-enabled post (click for more details).] I and many others braved the British winter and failing rail network to attend the 4th CLP Workshop, ... s talk on '�Infinity categories and infinity operads', but I see Urs has already published notes on a very similar talk given in Lausanne last November. (Those operads in the diagram at the top of page
Posted on 2009-01-08 10:11:35 GMT

blog: The n-Category Café