Answering the gold (and silver) price conundrum « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"I am absolutely convinced that the answer to the gold and silver price conundrum is that the market this week is seeing liquidation of commodities by funds that urgently need cash for other reasons, such as margin calls, which is being balanced by physical buying of gold and...

Clegg targets mainstream appeal

In the UK, the ruling Labour government has seen its public approval ratings take a dramatic slide in the past year. At the same time, the rival Conservative party remains unpopular with voters. UK voters seem to think they have no good option, which frustrates the third...

Analysis: Time, delegate math working against Clinton - AP

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"Family tragedy, waist deep snow, and the North Sea were not enough to keep Andreas Bäck from answering a summons to appear in a Scottish court this week."

Answering to No One -- former Vice President Mondale does not particularly li...

"The Post's recent series on Dick Cheney's vice presidency certainly got my attention. Having held that office myself over a quarter-century ago, I have more than a passing interest in its evolution from the backwater of American politics to the second most powerful position...

Blufton U. Baseball team loses 6

ATLANTA, 8:50 a.m., March 2 — Bluffton University confirmed a charter bus carrying its baseball team plunged off a highway ramp onto Interstate 75, killing at least six people as the team headed for games in Fort Myers, Fla.A woman answering college spokeswoman Robin Bowlus...

A Second Life in Politics

"Jan. 19, 2007— Moments after Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as speaker of the House earlier this month, a little-reported supernatural event took place in Congress. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), his arms outstretched, flew into the House chamber, hovered over the dais for a...

A Second Life in Politics

"Jan. 19, 2007— Moments after Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as speaker of the House earlier this month, a little-reported supernatural event took place in Congress. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), his arms outstretched, flew into the House chamber, hovered over the dais for a...

Pinger - Instant Voice Messaging

"www.pinger.com Pinger is to Voice Messages what IM is to Email We have cell phones, home phones, email, and blackberries. We call, we text, we pin, we IM, we "Conversation." How could there possibly be any more ways of communicating? Do we even need, or better yet, WANT...

New ways to strike it rich on the Web

"Clever entrepreneurs are using the Internet to build a healthy customer base - before they even have the ability to deliver what they're selling. One of the many remarkable aspects of the Internet is how easily people can use it to pretend to be something they aren't. There...

News Update Service

"The D-CIXS instrument on ESA's Moon mission SMART-1 has produced the first detection from orbit of calcium on the lunar surface. By doing this, the instrument has taken a step towards answering the old question: did the Moon form from part of the Earth? According to a news...