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Specter's departure highlights Republican divide
Los Angeles Times Some party leaders see his move as purely election-driven; others as a signal that they need to be more inclusive. But a recent poll says GOP voters want to move further right. Video: Specter Shocks Capitol Hill, Becomes a Dem Analysis: Specter leaves a shrinking GOP tent |
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Flu May Have Spread Within New York City
New York Times By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS The swine flu outbreak in New York may have spread beyond one school in Queens – where victims now are estimated to number in the hundreds – to pockets across the city, including at least two other schools, officials said on … Video: Stratford man may have swine flu WTNH Q+A – How serious is swine flu? How bad could it get? Reuters Globe and Mail – AFP – CNN – Xinhua all 37,769 news articles |
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Bruising Stimulus Battle Redefined Obama's Approach to Governing
Washington Post By Scott Wilson The Republican senator from Pennsylvania would not answer his phone. Not for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Pennsylvania Gov. Video: The Next 100 Days CBS Obama Finds That Saving on Copters Could Be Costly New York Times CNN – Reuters – AFP – Times Online all 3,516 news articles |
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Specter's departure highlights Republican divide
Los Angeles Times Some party leaders see his move as purely election-driven; others as a signal that they need to be more inclusive. But a recent poll says GOP voters want to move further right. Video: Specter Shocks Capitol Hill, Becomes a Dem The Associated Press So Much for the Specter of a Flu Pandemic Washington Post The Associated Press – guardian.co.uk – New York Times – FOXNews all 3,274 news articles Langue : Français |
It’s crazy, we know. Just hours after hearing shockingly believable whispers that Apple’s white-hot iPhone 3G could be sashaying over to Verizon Wireless, in flies a Wall Street Journal report asserting that the suits in Redmond are (also?) in talks with America’s largest carrier. Should be launched next year!!!
Inkscape is a free vector graphic design alternative software similar to Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw, only it doesn’t cost you a penny. It is maybe not as powerful as its higher priced rivals, but certainly powerful enough to design high quality vector graphics. Here are some tutorials to check out if you’re thinking about using Inkscape.
Just recently the police in Hungary conducted raids on various torrent and warez sites, but few will have sympathy for those arrested. The site operators charged users for access via premium SMS, many of them unsuspecting kids. The police seized an impressive amount of equipment and also took some impressive photographs.
onehitwonder writes “While many recruiters and HR managers are taking advantage of the Web and online social networks to screen candidates for positions inside their organizations, a bank in Texas has decided that using social networking websites in its recruiting process is too risky legally. Amegy Bank of Texas now prohibits internal HR staff and external recruiters from using social networking sites in its hiring process. Amegy’s decision to ban the use of social networking sites in its hiring process demonstrates its respect for prospective employees’ privacy. It also sends a message to the employers and recruiters using social networks to snoop into job seekers’ personal lives that their actions border on discrimination and could get them in a lot of legal trouble.”
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soDean writes “The FOSS video player / downloader Miro is asking its users to support development by ‘adopting’ a line of source code for a month. Each adopted line of code comes personalized with a little avatar character that will grow older over the year. PCF, which makes Miro, says they think the project is the first of its kind and they believe it’s a chance to ‘to have a truly bottom up funding base.'”
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‘Fragile' Airlines May Lose Travelers as Flu Spreads
Bloomberg By Mary Schlangenstein and Mary Jane Credeur April 28 (Bloomberg) — US airlines already struggling with falling demand and fares on overseas flights may see that slump deepen as the swine flu outbreak spreads. Video: Swine flu cases continue to rise in US WLUK Mexico imposes swine flu measures BBC News Reuters – CNN – Times Online – Bloomberg all 39,232 news articles |
