Cody Taylor

We all want to know what’s going to happen with the job market in 2009, especially where salaries are concerned. Is a raise in your future? It might just come down to where you live.

Tens of thousands of children in the Gaza Strip returned to school Saturday, less than a week after Israel ended its military attack against the Hamas-ruled territory. But some buildings are still housing refugees, and some parents said their kids were too afraid to return to class.

Leading Republicans Sunday indicated that they would oppose passage of the stimulus package as it is currently written. While there is bi-partisan acknowledgment that some sort of stimulus package needs to be passed to provide a jolt to the economy, Democrats are attaching a sense of urgency to the situation that Republicans do not seem to share.

Some people are scratching their heads over recent Windows 7-related comments attributed to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. But Shuttleworth’s words provide an important reminder that innovation and competition from Microsoft will help to propel Ubuntu and Linux forward.

Australian writer Harry Nicolaides was sentenced to three years in a Thai prison for insulting Thailand’s royal family in his 2005 novel “Verisimilitude,” which sold seven copies. The offending passage was just a few sentences long and referred to the marital relations of a fictional prince. | If you digg this, be sure to never visit Thailand.

Tony Benn to BBC: “If you wont broadcast the Gaza appeal then I will myself”- then does it!!! (via Reddit)

Sorry ladies We’re told Jon Favreau Barack Obama’s -year-old single speechwriter now has a girlfriend With ample clearance Favreau used