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U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:30am neoform

MSNBC -- President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that rejects future arms-control agreements that might limit U.S. flexibility in space and asserts a right to deny access to space to anyone "hostile to U.S. interests.".. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:28am neoform

Huffington Post -- George W. Bush will live in infamy for what he has done in Iraq. 161 dead. 83 dead. 53 dead. 16 tortured. 17 decapitated. Shiite doctors dumping the bodies of Sunni patients they have murdered. Burn marks. Executions. Torture chambers. Revenge killings. F.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:26am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- The Baker report on an exit strategy from Iraq, leaked this week in the US, is as sensible as it is sensational. It rejects "staying the course" as no longer plausible and purports to seek alternatives to just "cutting and running". Stripped of politi.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:25am neoform

MSNBC -- When the municipal day-care center ran out of space because of a local baby boom, the town government gave Maylis Staub and her husband $200 a month to defray the cost of a "maternal assistant" to care for their two children... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:23am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Doctors in Gaza have reported previously unseen injuries from Israeli weapons that cause severe burning and deep internal wounds often resulting in amputations or death... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:22am neoform

Mercury News -- By firing atoms of metal at another metal, Russian and American scientists have discovered a new element -- No. 118 on the Periodic Table -- that is the heaviest substance known and probably hasn't existed since the universe was in its infancy... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:19am neoform

Smart Money -- Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) on Tuesday said it is investing in two online ad providing companies. The investments come on the heels of a recently-disclosed slowdown in ad sales that forced Yahoo to reduce third-quarter revenue expectations... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:17am neoform

Coinflation -- Zinc passed the $1.80 mark today, that means the current "penny" has a melt value of $0.0101867. All the coins in your penny jar are worth more than their denomination (except for steel cents made during WW2)... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:16am neoform

Sun Sentinel -- An Orange County man was arrested on child-pornography charges after federal agents uncovered videos of him and his 15-month-old daughter, authorities said... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:14am neoform

CBS News -- Gas prices are down, the stock market is at a record high and 60 percent of Americans say the economy is in good shape. So why are Republicans in so much trouble?.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:11am neoform

Raw Story -- In a proclamation last Friday, United States President George W. Bush declared this week "National Character Counts Week," RAW STORY has learned... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:10am neoform

Seattle Times -- The state attorney general's office is investigating a letter received by some Southern California Hispanics that says it is a crime for immigrants to vote and tells them they could be jailed or deported if they go to the polls next month... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 12:07am neoform

BBC News -- US treasury officials are investigating whether American basketball players who were paid to play for Iranian teams have violated US sanctions... Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 12:05am neoform

CBS News -- Clark Aposhian is running his first gun training class exclusively for teachers. Although turnout was sparse, the pupils were enthusiastic... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:21pm neoform

CNN -- A search is under way for a mother and her boyfriend who are believed to be on the lam with her nine-month-old baby after a social worker was beaten to death... Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:00pm neoform

USA Today -- House incumbents have always held an advantage when Election Day arrived. But the system is now virtually rigged to keep lawmakers entrenched in Washington. The danger: Power has shifted to lawmakers and away from the people... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 7:50pm neoform

Washington Post -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday there are concerns that North Korea may test a second nuclear weapon but that the United States would not take measures to exacerbate tensions in Northeast Asia... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 7:48pm neoform

Washington Post -- As it turns out, "Bully" isn't really a bully after all. And with today's release of the video game, Rockstar Games, the reigning bad boy of the industry, seems to have paid a visit to the guidance counselor... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 7:33pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news)'s third-quarter profit slid 38 percent amid slowing revenue growth that has raised investor doubts about the Internet bellwether's strategy and execution. Tuesday's disappointing results were compounded by a dimmed outlo.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 7:30pm neoform

Washington Post -- Families fled in search of safety Monday as open warfare raged for a fourth day between Shiite militias and armed Sunni men in Tigris River towns north of Baghdad. Militias allied with Iraq's Shiite-led government held sway in Balad city, forcing out Sun.. Read More