en-us http://www.newsique.com/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/politics/kucinich_abandons_white_house_bi/ Democrat Dennis Kucinich is abandoning his second, long-shot bid for the White House as he faces a tough fight to hold onto his other job - U.S. congressman. In an interview with Cleveland's Plain Dealer, the six-term House member said he was quitting news politics 2008-01-25 08:18:54 http://www.newsique.com/politics/kucinich_abandons_white_house_bi/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22827738/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/kucinich_abandons_white_house_bi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/poll_romney_obama_hold_leads/ That change is also evident in South Carolina, where the new MSNBC poll shows a 10-point decline for Obama among whites in just one week. Although a generic Democrat has a 17-point lead over a generic Republican in the NBC/Journal survey, the race is m news politics 2008-01-25 08:16:52 http://www.newsique.com/politics/poll_romney_obama_hold_leads/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18312727/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/poll_romney_obama_hold_leads/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/vistas_upgrade_not_worth_the_wai/ Microsoft has addressed one of the OS's big problems—but what about everything else? There is a broad consensus among corporate technology managers—shared by many consumers—that new Microsoft (MSFT) products should never be installed until they h news tech 2008-01-25 08:15:08 http://www.newsique.com/tech/vistas_upgrade_not_worth_the_wai/ BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_05/b4069000450184.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/businessweek/ 94 Insightful [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/vistas_upgrade_not_worth_the_wai/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/egypt_sealing_parts_of_border_wi/ Egyptian soldiers in riot gear formed a human chain Friday along parts of their county's border with Gaza, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have crossed back and forth with little interference for the last two days. Other soldiers rolled barbed wir news conflicts 2008-01-25 08:15:06 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/egypt_sealing_parts_of_border_wi/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/25/gaza.egypt/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Important [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/egypt_sealing_parts_of_border_wi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/s_africa_power_cuts_spark_world_/ A "national electrical emergency" has been declared in South Africa where power cuts are affecting millions of people and casting doubt over plans to host the football World Cup in 2010. Authorities on Friday outlined steps to combat the problem that is s news world 2008-01-25 08:15:06 http://www.newsique.com/world/s_africa_power_cuts_spark_world_/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/25/safrica.power/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/s_africa_power_cuts_spark_world_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/entertainment/funeral_planned_for_heath_ledger/ Relatives of Heath Ledger are expected to arrive from Australia on Friday in preparation for his funeral, a funeral home spokesman said. Ledger's body was taken to the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan Wednesday, the mortuary confirmed to CNN. news entertainment 2008-01-25 08:15:04 http://www.newsique.com/entertainment/funeral_planned_for_heath_ledger/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/25/heath.ledger.dead/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [11] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/entertainment/funeral_planned_for_heath_ledger/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/iphone_helps_apple_ring_up_profi/ Apple saw record profits, up 57%, in the three months to the end of December, lifted by demand for its Mac computers and iPhones. Sales of its iPhone, released in June last year, reached 2.3 million and lifted its earnings to $1.58bn (�806m), up from news tech 2008-01-24 08:19:26 http://www.newsique.com/tech/iphone_helps_apple_ring_up_profi/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7203961.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/iphone_helps_apple_ring_up_profi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/net_body_issues_plea_for_liberty/ The overseer of the net's addressing system has asked the US government to be freed from official control. Icann made the plea in a lengthy report sent to the US Department of Commerce. The report will be the focus of a meeting to consider Icann's p news tech 2008-01-24 08:19:25 http://www.newsique.com/tech/net_body_issues_plea_for_liberty/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7205609.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/net_body_issues_plea_for_liberty/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/starbucks_testing_1_coffee_and_f/ Faced with growing competition from cheaper rivals, Starbucks Corp. is selling small cups of drip coffee for $1 with free refills as part of a test in its hometown. That’s about 50 cents less than the Seattle-based coffee retailer normally charges fo news business 2008-01-24 08:17:24 http://www.newsique.com/business/starbucks_testing_1_coffee_and_f/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22804805/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/starbucks_testing_1_coffee_and_f/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/kenyan_ethnic_attacks_planned/ Officials from Kenya's opposition party were behind attacks on members of the president's ethnic group and are planning more, Human Rights watch says. "We have evidence that ODM politicians and local leaders actively fomented some post-election violenc news conflicts 2008-01-24 08:19:24 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/kenyan_ethnic_attacks_planned/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7206658.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/kenyan_ethnic_attacks_planned/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/us_commander_orders_plans_on_pak/ They see they've got real problems internally," Fallon said. "My sense is there is an increased willingness to address these problems, and we're going to try to help them." He said U.S. assistance would be "more robust," but he offered few details. "There news conflicts 2008-01-24 08:17:22 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/us_commander_orders_plans_on_pak/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22812124/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [10] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/us_commander_orders_plans_on_pak/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/rogue_trader_to_cost_bank_7_bill/ French bank Societe Generale said Thursday it has uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud — one of history’s biggest — by a single futures trader who orchestrated a series of bogus transactions. The fraud destabilized a major bank already exposed to the news business 2008-01-24 08:16:25 http://www.newsique.com/business/rogue_trader_to_cost_bank_7_bill/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22818054/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/rogue_trader_to_cost_bank_7_bill/#comments http://www.newsique.com/entertainment/police_find_no_illegal_drugs_in_/ Tests on a $20 bill found at the Lower Manhattan apartment where actor Heath Ledger died yielded no drug residue, New York Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said. The bill was collected to see whether it had been used to snort illegal drugs because o news entertainment 2008-01-24 08:13:57 http://www.newsique.com/entertainment/police_find_no_illegal_drugs_in_/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/24/heath.ledger.dead/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/entertainment/police_find_no_illegal_drugs_in_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/snow_strands_hundreds_of_vehicle/ Heavy snow kept a mountain stretch of Interstate 5 closed Thursday, as several hundred vehicles were stranded south of Bakersfield to north of Santa Clarita, the California Highway Patrol said. "It's going to be awhile," said California Highway Patrol news us 2008-01-24 08:13:55 http://www.newsique.com/us/snow_strands_hundreds_of_vehicle/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/01/24/california.weather/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/snow_strands_hundreds_of_vehicle/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/apple_stock_sinks_despite_tech_r/ Investors lopped $15 billion off Apple Inc.'s market value Wednesday, punishing the company for a disappointing earnings outlook even as many technology stocks staged a comeback. Fears about weakening consumer spending in the U.S. and a slowdown in iPo news business 2008-01-24 08:13:59 http://www.newsique.com/business/apple_stock_sinks_despite_tech_r/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/221248821/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/apple_stock_sinks_despite_tech_r/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/italian_pm_to_risk_confidence_vo/ The future of Italy's prime minister was in doubt Thursday after he decided to risk a confidence vote in the Senate in a final bid to save his government. Romano Prodi, in office for 20 months, has only a slim chance of surviving the vote, and observers h news world 2008-01-24 08:13:58 http://www.newsique.com/world/italian_pm_to_risk_confidence_vo/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/24/italy.prodi/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/italian_pm_to_risk_confidence_vo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/recession-o-meter_swings_to_slow/ CNN's Recession-o-meter swung from recession towards slowdown on Thursday as correspondent Richard Quest put big business figures on the spot, pushing them to predict the financial future at at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Keep checking for video up news business 2008-01-24 08:13:57 http://www.newsique.com/business/recession-o-meter_swings_to_slow/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/23/davos.opinions/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Important [11] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/recession-o-meter_swings_to_slow/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/gene_may_transform_pain_relief/ US scientists have developed a gene therapy treatment which they hope could revolutionise pain relief. Pain vanished for at least three months in rats who were injected in the spine with a gene that triggers endorphins, the body's natural pain killer. news science 2008-01-23 08:20:59 http://www.newsique.com/science/gene_may_transform_pain_relief/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7200858.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/gene_may_transform_pain_relief/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/kite_to_pull_ship_across_atlanti/ The world's first commercial cargo ship partially powered by a giant kite is setting sail from Germany to Venezuela. The designers of the MS Beluga Skysails say the computer-controlled kite, measuring 160sq m (1,722sq ft), could cut fuel consumption by news science 2008-01-23 08:20:51 http://www.newsique.com/science/kite_to_pull_ship_across_atlanti/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7201887.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Amazing [10] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/kite_to_pull_ship_across_atlanti/#comments http://www.newsique.com/life/stowaway_kitten_takes_a_plane_ri/ A kitten survived a plane trip halfway across the United States after accidentally ending up in a suitcase, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Seth Levy's suitcase, in which 10-month-old tabby Gracie Mae stowed away, was mistakenly picked up by the wrong pe news life 2008-01-23 08:19:27 http://www.newsique.com/life/stowaway_kitten_takes_a_plane_ri/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22784854/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/life/stowaway_kitten_takes_a_plane_ri/#comments