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Employees Expose FOX NEWS’ Distortions

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Employees Expose FOX NEWS’ Distortions

Stiff sentence in 2005 baseball-bat murder

news link — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:12:23 +0000

MANCHESTER - Robinson Garcia, 19, was sentenced yesterday to 30 to 60 years in prison on a second-degree murder conviction in the brutal baseball bat beating of Stephen Raymond.

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Iran Threatens to Break Israel’s Gaza Blockade

news link — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:56:41 +0000

The confrontation in Gaza could see a dangerous escalation in the coming days as Iran threatens to break the Israeli blockade and deliver urgently needed medical supplies and other aid to the coastal strip.

2008: The year Democracy Faltered

news link — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:56:41 +0000

Most emblematic of what might come in 2009 are the popular and violent uprisings in Greece. And the place, Athens, says much about the ailing state of our democracies.

In this South Asian Neighborhood, Everyone (Mostly) Gets Along

news link — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:56:40 +0000

Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis work to cooperate–despite horrific incidents like Mumbai

Nextar to launch Z10 mini-projector and PS-001 screen

news link — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:18:23 +0000

Each year it seems that laptops get smaller so I suppose it was only a matter of time before projectors got even smaller as well. Of course, I never imagined by small I would mean being able to put a projector in the palm of your hand. Yet, that’s exactly the kind of mini-projector being [...]

Obama says his plan with tax cuts to get quick OK

news link — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:06:19 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was “bad and getting worse” and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach $300 billion. He predicted lawmakers would approve a mammoth revitalization package within two weeks of his taking office….
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Obama’s intel picks short on direct experience

news link — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:05:38 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama’s decision to fill the nation’s top intelligence jobs with two men short on direct experience in intelligence gathering surprised the spy community and signaled the Democrat’s intention for a clean break from Bush administration policies….
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Adobe/Intel extending Flash content to your television

news link — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:39:20 +0000

Adobe and Intel announced joint plans to develop the “port(ing) and optimize(ing)” of Adobe Flash technology for the Intel Media Processor CE 3100. What this will do is give consumers seamless web-based and video viewing through advanced Intel-based cable set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, digital TVs, and retail connected AV devices.
The Adobe Flash Platform coupled with the Intel Media [...]

Officials: Obama taps Panetta, Blair for spy jobs

news link — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:52:41 +0000