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Upi Newstrack Quirks In the News - United Press International
san antonio, sept. 9 (upi) -- a san antonio woman said she was knocked off her toilet when an allegedly drunk driver crashed into her house. police said devin james, 24, was leading officers on an 80 mph chase on the city's northwest side in the ...
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Powering the Large Hadron Collider
when the lhc starts up tomorrow, it will draw twice the power of nearby geneva
spectrum.ieee.org

the Modern Oscilloscope
in 1947 tektronix invented the triggered oscilloscope. that legacy still lives on.
www.embedded.com

Malaysia Official Suspended For Racial Remarks - Philadelphia Inquirer
kuala lumpur, malaysia - malaysia's ruling party has suspended an official whose racially charged tirade against the ethnic chinese minority raised fears of a split in the multiethnic ruling coalition. prime minister abdullah ahmad badawi says ahmad ...
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Hurricane Ike Roars Ashore Near Havana - Usa Today
havana — hurricane ike roared ashore south of cuba's densely populated capital of aging buildings tuesday after tearing across the island nation, ravaging homes, killing at least four people and forcing 1.2 million to evacuate. residents in texas ...
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How To Copy A Dvd For Free Without All the Drm
despite the movie industry's attempts to convince you otherwise, it's within your rights to copy a dvd you own to your hard drive for personal use without digital rights management software, restrictions or other digital handcuffs. we show you how to do it using entirely free tools in this guide.
howto.wired.com

Brian Katulis: the Surge Has Not Promoted Political Reconciliation In Iraq
brian katulis: george bush's justification for the us troop withdrawal from iraq – that the surge has promoted political reconciliation – is false
www.guardian.co.uk

European Launches Protons In World's Largest Particle Collider In ... - Chicago Tribune
geneva (ap) _ scientists fired the first beam of protons around the world's largest particle collider on wednesday in science's next great step to understand the makeup of the universe. the large hadron collider — built since 2003 at a cost of $3.8 ...
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Surprise Opec Output Cut Boosts Oil Price - Financial Times
crude oil prices climbed back over the critical $100 level after opec on wednesday surprised the oil markets by announcing that it would make a small but symbolic reduction in its output because the oil cartel views the market as oversupplied ...
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Examiner Welcomes New Publisher Into the Fold
(staff) -- don macleod's heart has always been in every community newspaper he's served. macleod has been named the new publisher ofthe barrie examinerand group publisher of the north-central region for sun media. he takes over from mike power, who has moved to thetoronto sunas vice-president of advertising. [...]
www.thebarrieexaminer.com

Posh Is Top Of the Crops
victoria beckham's new hairstyle has been dubbed the 'pop' aka the 'posh crop' by national newspapers.
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Snubbed By the Queen, Abandoned By the Muse - Guardian Unlimited
never mind campaigns to get a female poet laureate instated - comments from present incumbent andrew motion yesterday imply it's a bit of a poisoned chalice anyway. in a comical and somewhat petulant rant made at the ealing arts festival in west ...
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the White Priestess Of 'black Magic' - Bbc Africa
bent double by age, the high-priestess of nigeria's yoruba spirit-world shuffles forward from under the trees, reaching out a white, blotchy hand in welcome. mrs wenger resurrected the traditions of the river-god osun half a lifetime ago, susanne ...
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Rim Announce the Flippin' Blackberry Pearl 8220
this is the new blackberry pearl smartphone from rim, and *gasp* it's a flip! previous candybar models in the pearl range have attempted to marry a full qwerty keyboard into a smaller form factor than other blackberry models, creating a blackberry/regular phone hybrid, but this is rim's first go at putting it into a flip phone.
uk.news.yahoo.com

Ospreys 32 Cardiff Blues 10: Hook's Haul Gives Cardiff the Blues
the ospreys produced a scintillating second-half performance to continue their unbeaten start to the magners league campaign with a convincing bonus-point victory over derby rivals the blues at the liberty stadium.
www.independent.co.uk

Alistair Darling's Speech To the Unions Was Admirable But Dull - Guardian Unlimited
for quiet rationality alistair darling's speech to the tuc yesterday was hard to fault. in troubled times, the need to maintain hard-won economic stability is more important than ever, he repeatedly told delegates in brighton. they didn't dance in ...
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Mapping Migration From the New Eu Countries - Bbc News
every local authority in the uk has seen migration from the eight eastern european countries that joined the eu in may 2004, a report from the institute of public policy research has revealed. the pattern of migration has been unlike previous ...
news.bbc.co.uk

A Third Of Tickets For Each 2010 Olympic Event For the Public, Organizers Say
vancouver - a minimum of 30 per cent of tickets for each olympic event will be set aside for the public at the 2010 winter games.
ca.news.yahoo.com

Farmers See 'mark Of the Beast' In Rfid Livestock Tags
farmers, some of them amish, are decrying federal and state rules requiring the use of rfid tags on livestock. in a federal lawsuit, they say the tags, which authorities say will help them monitor disease, are the "mark of the beast."
blog.wired.com

New Year? Vikes Start '08 By Looking Like the Old - Espn.com
eden prairie, minn. -- for all the hard work and big money the minnesota vikings invested in becoming a better team, they started their 2008 season looking a lot like the previous version. the defensive end to whom they gave all those millions of ...
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