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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110729/ap_on_sc/us_polar_bear_scientist"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110728/capt.eccee7c1c550495aac0f3be3fbd47a01-eccee7c1c550495aac0f3be3fbd47a01-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=izDwJytnmBgx7c2eoqeBcQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="FILE - This undated file photo provided by Subhankar Banerjee shows a polar bear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Federal wildlife biologist Charles Monnett, whose observation that polar bears likely drowned in the Arctic helped galvanize the global warming movement, was placed on administrati…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110729/ap_on_re_us/us_conscientious_objector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110728/capt.16ba8c93dc394a8c91c89895e342b782-16ba8c93dc394a8c91c89895e342b782-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=ZQbalqdIwIMBkusvZ75P6A--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="This undated photo released by the U.S. Army shows Pfc. Naser Abdo. Abdo, 21, arrested Wednesday, July 27, 2011, who had weapons stashed in a motel room near Fort Hood, Texas, admitted planning an attack on the post, where 13 people died in 2009 in the worst mass shooting ever on a U.S. military installat…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110729/ap_on_bi_ge/us_debt_showdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110728/capt.ba7dc89c67b845a6831b6cf55a9128dc-ba7dc89c67b845a6831b6cf55a9128dc-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cQkET4Oz_FsyJrpH7yvXkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2011, to discuss the debt crisis showdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - The endgame at hand, House Republicans struggled Thursday to pass legislation to prev…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110728/ap_on_re_us/us_conscientious_objector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110728/capt.a7b31524b77449cf874f18cf2ba5160d-a7b31524b77449cf874f18cf2ba5160d-0.jpg?x=119&y=130&q=85&sig=8FQIkI5VY6sxhUdbMhOrUw--" align="left" height="130" width="119" alt="This undated frame grab provided by WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tenn., shows Pfc. Naser Abdo. Abdo, 21, arrested Wednesday, July 27, 2011, who had weapons stashed in a motel room near Fort Hood, Texas, admitted planning an attack on the post, where 13 people died in 2009 in the worst mass shooting ever on a U.S…
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Twenty-nine U.S. universities are hoping that Gig U, a project that brings ultra-high-speed Internet access to campuses and the surrounding areas, can spur economic growth and research development to their communities. The initiative will arm universities and neighboring hubs with Internet speeds up to 1 Gbps, enough to download a full-length HD movie in seconds. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110728/ap_on_bi_ge/us_unemployment_benefits"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110728/capt.918de2453b7044f780a7fb836f079043-918de2453b7044f780a7fb836f079043-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=ZPmwH_XO81tG4vffU1NAGQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="In this July 26, 2011 photo, workers seeking employment create resumes and look for open positions on lap tops provided by USAJobs at a job fair for space workers and those workers that lost jobs due to the end of the space shuttle program in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The number of people seeking unemployment ben…
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I'm not sure that we can say Apple is the barometer for the consumer tech industry, but it's been either eerily prescient or a powerful catalyst in the demise of certain technological habits. Apple ditched the old 3.5-inch floppy drive back in the '90s and followed up by creating the iPod, which brought attention to digital MP3 players and then dominated the mobile music space, even changing how people buy and consume songs. Source: TechWorldNews
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Google+ may still be in its invitation-only early days, but with all the wild excitement and skyrocketing numbers of users, it's awfully hard to tell. Quibbles about real-name policies notwithstanding, eager users from virtually every walk of life seem to be flocking to the new social network -- even those of us who are perhaps less than entirely socially minded. Source: TechWorldNews
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A widely held view in the security community is that currently available security technology just can't cope with the new types of attacks being launched on IT infrastructures. Some security vendors, in fact, have acknowledged their inability to fight advanced persistent threats and are calling for new approaches to fighting hackers. Source: TechWorldNews
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AP - The nation's health care tab is on track to hit $4.6 trillion in 2020, accounting for about $1 of every $5 in the economy, government number crunchers estimate in a report out Thursday. More...
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110728/ap_on_re_us/us_debt_showdown_investors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110727/capt.7051a36e89d4423981e13a11db48dcf8-7051a36e89d4423981e13a11db48dcf8-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=onG_J2VNlSgAMs_JOJ0gdA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Specialist Michael Pistillo, left, calls out prices as he works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, July 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - A fast-approaching deadline is bound to heighten anxiety. That's what happening on Wall Street as investo…
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There is a bug I think but I'm not sure. It's funny lol! http://www.www.offtopic.forum/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=5
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My msn is michael@truejustice.co.uk - add me if you want but I will block assholes and Canadians unless they are cool. What's yours?
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AP - The top commander of U.S. special operations forces said Wednesday that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida is bloodied and "nearing its end," but he warned the next generation of militants could keep special operations fighting for a decade to come. More...
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110728/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_massacre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110727/capt.138be67225bf4123aa6256839e800f18-138be67225bf4123aa6256839e800f18-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XzpMANr01eS6YbjXMpLfcQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Norway's Prime minister Jens Stoltenberg gestures during a press conference in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Norway's prime minister struck a defiant tone Wednesday, saying the response to twin attacks that have rocked his country will be 'more democracy.' (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)" border="0" /><…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110728/ap_on_bi_ge/us_debt_showdown_amendment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110726/capt.df6584d122b8494cb28b2fe837491366-df6584d122b8494cb28b2fe837491366-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=jEVCg3..FhQnCAKCF3evDA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2011, on the approaching debt limit deadline. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - House Democrats said Wednesday that President Barack Obama should invoke a little-known…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110728/ap_on_bi_ge/us_debt_showdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110727/capt.8f23dd09d19b41118295517fc4904b62-8f23dd09d19b41118295517fc4904b62-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wQSmAIWDlV5kJyUVSvlMNQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., center, flanked by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 27, 2011, to talk about the conflicting plans to deal with the debt crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110727/ap_on_el_ge/us_romney_strategy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110727/capt.f1737301af2542d3848e2a5e6e5878be-f1737301af2542d3848e2a5e6e5878be-0.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=F78mmfZLgew4ETR2NGxkaA--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="FILE - In this June 30, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks with reporters in Allentown, Pa. Forget his GOP primary opponents. Republican front-runner Romney is focused on a match-up against President Barack Obama. The former Massachusetts governor igno…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110727/ap_on_bi_ge/us_debt_showdown_amendment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110726/capt.df6584d122b8494cb28b2fe837491366-df6584d122b8494cb28b2fe837491366-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=jEVCg3..FhQnCAKCF3evDA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2011, on the approaching debt limit deadline. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - House Democrats said Wednesday that President Barack Obama should invoke a little-known…
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AP - Marianne Bremnes' nightmare began with a phone call on a summer Friday afternoon. More...
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