"Google (NSDQ: GOOG), T-Mobile, and htc launched the latest salvo in the smartphone wars as they unveiled the first handset to support Google's Android operating system. The G1 smartphone, manufactured by HTC and...
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"Australia coach Tim Nielsen is working on a plan to deal with the feisty all-rounder’s absence in the forthcoming India tour. After Symonds was sent home for missing a compulsory team meeting, when he went fishing instead, Nielsen said he could not assume that the...
"Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is happy with the fact that he led the side to a historic ODI series win in Sri Lanka in the absence of star players Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. Talking to reporters after the team returned from a successful ODI series, Dhoni...
"As in years past, fuel cell-powered vehicles are the technology of the future, according to a report published on Thursday by the U.S. National Academies. Despite a great deal of technical progress, the study...
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An absolute "must" read for any professional writer who must face down veiled business interests and the cult of personality. Having myself already faced jail for not revealing a source, as well as thugs trying to scare me off a corruption probe, I find myself agreeing...
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"The standard-bearer for Zimbabwe's opposition was twice detained by the police on Thursday, and one of his most important deputies was arrested to face treason charges. The events underscored the daunting obstacles to campaigning against President Robert Mugabe in the two...
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"India's independent filmmakers are joining forces at 61st Cannes 2008 despite the fact that this is, arguably, the worst year for Indian cinema at Cannes. Indian films in each category are conspicuous by their...
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"An army of shell-crushing crabs is poised to invade parts of the Antarctic Ocean that were off limits to the crustaceans for millions of years because of the intensely cold water.
Scientists believe that, as...
Well, he may have broken strike rules (though one person breaking the rules might be a bit better than Letterman, whose entire team made a deal with the network that doesn't involve the writers guild) but Leno nailed the late night slot, beating out Letterman's audience by...
"The hunt for Madeleine McCann descended into chaos today after it emerged that a second senior detective on the case wants to quit.
Chief Inspector Tavares Almeida, 48, who interrogated Kate McCann, is said to have put in a request with his superiors for an extended leave of...
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The absence of Republican candidates at a primarily African forum says a lot about where American politics reside in the 21st century. President Bush snubbed the NAACP until well after the flak he began to...
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The Miami Herald withheld the name of the correspondent who wrote this
dispatch, and the last name of most of the people interviewed. The jails are full of Afro-Cubans for speaking out so names must be...
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"Bow WOW! Helmsley dog gets $12-million in will
Associated Press
August 29, 2007 at 5:54 AM EDT
NEW YORK — Leona Helmsley's dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a...
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A world without Humans? That would leave only Lawyers and Politicans. KAAAZIINNG!Seriously, the article is quite an interesting read to those amazed by the science of probability.This related accompanying photo...