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HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:28am neoform

M.I.T. News -- For the first time, researchers at MIT can see every vibration of a cell membrane, using a technique that could one day allow scientists to create three-dimensional images of the inner workings of living cells... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:27am neoform

SF Gate -- When Gary Berntsen sat down for dinner last year with the CIA's executive director, Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, the agency's No. 3 tried to talk him out of resigning from the National Clandestine Service. Foggo even offered him a university position as a placeholder until the CIA's new director, Porter Goss, could fix the broken personnel system and other issues that frustrated him, according to Berntsen... Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:26am neoform

Northwest Florida Daily News -- If you're an American who is not planning to vote Nov. 7, join the crowd. In the past few decades, less than 40 percent of eligible voters in the U.S. have bothered to cast ballots in midterm elections... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:23am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- A commission backed by President Bush that is exploring U.S. options in Iraq intends to propose significant changes in the administration's strategy by early next year, members say... Read More

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

ABC News -- After a disabled woman's cat started a house fire, her specially trained dog came to the rescue, then died trying to help the cat still in the house. Jamie Hanson said the 13-year-old dog named Jesse brought the phone so she could call 911 and also brought her artificial leg... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- A woman who was ticketed for having an obscene anti-Bush bumper sticker filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against a county in the state of Georgia and its officials... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 12:54am neoform

Washington Times -- Gazing through the telescopic sight of his M-24 rifle, Army Staff Sgt. Jim Gilliland, leader of Shadow sniper team, fixed his eye on the Iraqi insurgent who had just killed an American soldier... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 12:49am neoform

BBC News -- Madonna has been granted an interim adoption of the Malawian baby she is trying to adopt, the singer has said in a statement from her publicist... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 12:42am neoform

BBC News -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned North Korea that a second nuclear test would be a provocative act that could only deepen its isolation... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 12:29am neoform

CNN -- Bill Murray created a small sensation in the Scottish town of St. Andrews, joining Scandinavian students at a late-night party and even helping to wash the dishes, a newspaper reported Sunday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 12:17am neoform

Washington Post -- Venezuela was stymied Monday in its bid to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council, a result that shocked diplomats who had expected President Hugo Chavez's leftist, oil-rich government to gain a platform on the international stage... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 11:51pm neoform

The Register -- Google's intention to drive advertising profits through the acquisition of this year's hottest web property may actually be the move that ends up killing the golden GooTube... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 11:46pm neoform

The Register -- The final version of Firefox 2 isn't available for download yet, but developers at Mozilla are already asking the community for suggestions on features they'd like to see included in the next version of the browser, Firefox 3.0... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 11:44pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay about $1 billion to buy a chain of 100 hypermarkets in China in a deal that could vault it ahead of competitors to become the country's biggest food and department store network, a news report said Tuesday... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 9:19pm neoform

Alter Net -- Even as Iraq is on the verge of splintering into a sectarian civil war, four big oil companies are on the verge of locking up its massive, profitable reserves, known to everyone in the petroleum industry as "the prize.".. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 7:53pm neoform

CNN -- If the recent plunge in gas prices is the result of a conspiracy by President George W. Bush to help the Republicans retain control of Congress, as 42 percent of Americans believe, according to one Gallup poll, a lot of Wall Streeters wish they'd been in on the plot... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 7:33pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- Just a few months ago, News Corp. (NWS) landed a crucial deal with Internet leader Google (GOOG). News Corp. designated Google as the search engine for MySpace, the social networking leader that News Corp. acquired last year for $580 million. The Google deal guaranteed $900 million in revenue for MySpace over a three-year period, more than enough to recoup News Corp.'s cost of acquiring MySpace, plus a tidy profit... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 5:00pm neoform

USA Today -- Overcrowded schools, congested highways, environmental stresses: We are a nation paving over its wildernesses while depending on our enemies for vital resources. Why? Because Americans have been blindsided by a government-mandated mass immigration program that's fueling this nation's runaway population growth. This growth was neither planned nor expected, but we feel the consequences every day... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 4:58pm neoform

Yahoo News -- The Walt Disney Co. will begin serving more nutritionally balanced meals at its domestic theme parks and will sign movie and other endorsement deals only with restaurants that limit fat and sugar in menu items, the company said Monday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 4:57pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday invited the Lebanese prime minister to begin peace talks following.. Read More