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Opinion Survey" Most Surveys & Polls Useless!
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorDo you ever wonder who pays for Surveys and Polls? Sometimes Governments e.g. You the Taxpayer!, or Advertisers e.g. You the Consumer! Eventually, through years and years...
The April 22nd Deadline for Yahoo! Looms
The deal will come this week as the April 22nd earning call looms for Yahoo! The deal with Microsoft will be done before that call. But then the fun begins; the integration of these two companies will set off a series of other deals in the digital media space that will...
'Mother' held in Shannon inquiry
"Police probing the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews have arrested a woman in West Yorkshire on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. There are unconfirmed reports that the 32-year-old is Shannon's...
Banksy's Morons sells at auction
"A screenprint by Banksy that pokes fun at the art world has sold at auction in London. Moron's reached £5,250, about £1,000 more than its...
Open Skies agreement begins
"Cheaper air tickets and more airline choice could be on the horizon as the Open Skies pact between the EU and the US comes into effect today.After more than four years of often tense negotiations, hopes are high that the new open skies agreement will usher in a new...
Delta latest to cancel flights for safety inspect...
The safety questions on a number of Boeing planes have caused yet another US airline to cancel flights."Delta Air Lines says it plans to announce Thursday whether it will cancel more flights while engineers inspect...
Into A Prison of Our Own Making
OPINION: We are sleepwalking into the ever tightening trap of an all-pervasive surveillance society; our own often baseless anxieties set out like bait within cages to trick us to enter, we pull the steely doors...
Stealth bomber crashes at Andersen AFB (Guam)
Update: USAF grounds B-2 fleet pending crash investigastion "a B-2 stealth bomber crashed at Andersen Air Force Base this morning. The incident happened at around 10:45am Saturday, as information we've...
Kosovo Govt will Declare Its Independence Tomorrow
"2008, Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has announced that Kosovo's parliament will declare independence from Serbia on Sunday. The ethnic Albanian-dominated Serb province has been under United Nations...
Millionaire 'beaten to death by ID thief who raid...
"A reclusive millionaire was battered to death in his Hampstead home by a conman who raided his bank accounts, the Old Bailey has heard.
Allan Chappelow, 86, was a world expert on playwright George Bernard Shaw but had become "rather eccentric" in his old age, the jury was...
Israel-Palestine Mediation Bush-style
"Mediation Bush-style
Bush's visit to Israel was preceded by the seizure of swathes of Palestinian land and the announcement that there will be no halt in settlement building. What hope for negotiations then, asks Saleh Al-Naami
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BlackBerry & iPhone at war
Target markets for the iPhone and BlackBerry are starting to overlap. The iPhone is a media consumer's dream, playing movies and music
with ease. But it's not as finely tuned for the corporate user; large
companies have resisted letting employees use iPhones on...
Don't Fence Me In: Kucinich Lassoes Texas Democra...
"What would an election be without lawsuits and celebrities? Dennis Kucinich, in a snit over the Texas Democratic Party loyalty oath, winds up off the ballot.
Backed by Willie Nelson, Kucinich saddled up and moseyed off to court. He's seeking a restraining order against the...
Niger Delta Militants ceasefire for Xmas
"MILITANTS in the Niger Delta have announced cease-fire on December 25. In an online statement to Sunday Vanguard signed by Jomo Gbomo, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) said it was done in the spirit of Christmas.
* Rivers govt imposes curfew on...
