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ODD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 7:26pm neoform

The Register -- MacBook Pro owner Alfredo Melloni maintains his two-month-old 15in-screen notebook runs so hot it has burned his hands. He's posted piccies of his poached palms on the web and claims to have had the alleged injury verified by his doctor... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 7:00pm neoform

Washington Post -- President Bush this morning proudly signed into law a bill that critics consider one of the most un-American in the nation's long history... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 6:58pm neoform

New York Times -- For the past several months, I�ve been wrapping up lengthy interviews with Washington counterterrorism officials with a fundamental question: �Do you know the difference between a Sunni and a Shiite?�.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 6:31pm neoform

Yahoo News -- LOS ANGELES - The city's palm trees as much a symbol of L.A. as the automobile, movie stars and the beach — are vanishing. The trees are dying of old age and a fungal disease, disappearing one by one from parks and streets, and city planners are replacing them with oaks, sycamores and other species that are actually native to Los Angeles and offer more shade, too... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 6:30pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Preliminary damage estimates from the earthquake that shook Hawaii over the weekend hit $46 million on Tuesday, and.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 6:28pm neoform

CNN -- U.S. researchers said Monday that they had identified a genetic mutation that raises the risk of autism and could also explain some of the other symptoms seen in children with autism... Read More

LIFE / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 6:27pm neoform

CNN -- It's not easy to compete with Florence and the Vatican, but with the overhaul of one gritty neighborhood, Bologna is stepping out of the shadows... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 6:26pm neoform

CNN -- Scientists located a rare meteorite in a wheat field thanks to new ground penetrating radar technology that someday might be used on Mars... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 6:22pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- Nothing whets Wall Street's appetite like a positive earnings surprise. On Oct. 11, Yum! Brands (YUM) reported a 12% jump in third-quarter profit, beating analyst expectations. and raised its full-year earnings forecast. Shares of the Louisville (Ky.) fast-food chain operator climbed to a 52-week high a day later, before settling at $59.08, up 8.2%... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 6:19pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- A federal judge Tuesday vacated the conviction of Enron's late founder Kenneth Lay, wiping out a jury's verdict that he committed fraud and conspiracy in one of the biggest corporate frauds in U.S. history... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 6:04pm neoform

MSNBC -- The world of portable music doesn't begin and end with iPods. There are other choices. Take SanDisk�s sansa MP3 players. They don�t have to sync with iTunes and aren�t limited to playing Apple-centric files. Instead, sansas play music and video files, store photos (so far, just like an iPod) and also handle voice recordings. Plus, the sansa lets you listen to, and record, FM radio broadcasts... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 4:55pm neoform

MSNBC -- Eating seafood twice a week is good for your heart and generally outweighs the risk of exposure to mercury and other dangerous contaminants, the Institute of Medicine said Tuesday... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 4:51pm neoform

Reuters -- A U.S. congressional board which oversees a Capitol Hill internship program rocked by a sex scandal, discussed allegations on Monday involving a second lawmaker, said Rep. Dale Kildee, a Michigan Democrat... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 4:50pm neoform

Monsters and Critics -- Sony Corp is to recall about 90,000 lithium-ion battery packs for its Vaio laptop computers in Japan and China, joining the global recall programmes, the company said Tuesday... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 4:48pm neoform

Wired -- Thanks to Apple Computer's penchant for CIA-like secrecy, there are several myths concerning the birth of the iPod... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 4:36pm neoform

Seed Magazine -- A former senior Canadian official urged Japan to issue a travel advisory for transplant patients against visiting China due to its alleged use of organs from executed prisoners... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 4:33pm neoform

BBC News -- A specially commissioned task force is said to be considering a call for a major change in US policy on Iraq... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 3:49pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Users of online worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft transact millions of dollars worth of virtual goods and services every day, and these virtual economies are beginning to draw the attention of real-world authorities... Read More

LIFE / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 3:41pm neoform

Middle East Times -- Paris' Guimet Museum of Asian art will in December become the first international museum to exhibit ancient Afghan treasures that resurfaced three years ago, after fears that they had been lost to the world... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 3:39pm neoform

Times Online -- President Bush today signed into law a controversial Bill that permits the tough interrogation of foreign terror suspects and smooths the way for Guantanamo Bay detainees to be tried before military commissions without any legal representation... Read More