Jan 23 2009

The Top 10 Shootout Goals So Far This Season [VID]

Sportscentre counts down the most creative to the downright best shootout goals from the first half of the season.

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Jan 23 2009

EU to propose $200 bln climate tax on rich nations

BRUSSELS/LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Rich nations could raise 0 billion in climate funds through a levy on their greenhouse gases from 2013-2020 to help poor countries prepare for global warming, the European Union will say next week.

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Jan 23 2009

Sundance Interview: Kevin Spacey of ‘Shrink’

Spacey developed the film with his TriggerStreet production company, with Jonas Pate directing Thomas Moffet’s script, and Spacey part of an ensemble cast that includes Robin Williams, Saffron Burrows, Mark Webber, Dallas Roberts and Keke Palmer.

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Jan 23 2009

Official: UN may prosecute Bush admin. despite US (in)action

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Jan 23 2009

The 5 Worst Sources of Advice on Television

Entertainment and good advice rarely cross paths. This is partly because most good advice (don’t run with scissors, watch your money, don’t bring a bong to a job interview) isn’t fun to watch. Here are five of the most entertaining purveyors of awful advice to be found on television.

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Jan 23 2009

Environment Blamed in Western Tree Deaths

Rising temperatures and the resulting drought are causing trees in the Western U.S. to die off at more than twice the pace they did a few decades ago, a study found.

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Jan 23 2009

Mystery of 3 Bizzare Fish Solved! "Yeay" Said the Scientists

WASHINGTON – Researchers believe they have solved the puzzle of three seemingly different fish, one all males, one all females and one all juveniles. They’re the same fish, and undergo remarkable changes as they mature. “You can imagine it was a pretty exciting discovery,” said an ichthyologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural…

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Jan 23 2009

Top 10 Apple Moments — TIME

Steve Jobs was a 21-year-old college dropout living with his parents in Los Altos, Calif, where he and two friends, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, would hang out in the garage. For other trios, this would be the beginning of a rock band; but Jobs, “Woz” and Wayne had other things on their minds.

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Jan 23 2009

Next-Generation Netflix Recommendations?

The Netflix Prize is a challenge to find “the next big thing” in recommendations. Jinni recommends movies and TV shows based on its Movie Genome. Could this be it?

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Jan 23 2009

Remembering the ‘1984’ Super Bowl Mac ad

Twenty-five years ago, the landmark commercial paved the way for big-budget television advertisements and brought Apple into the mainstream.

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