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Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt

engineer — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:35:56 EDT

This is a story of the debt crisis facing millions of Americans and the reasons for it

Channel: Money Tags: Debt crisis credit foreclosure Americans

Fighting flares in Pakistan's Baluchistan; 43 killed

STONERS — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:47:22 EDT

Forty-three people were killed in clashes between security forces and militants in a part of Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan where nationalist insurgents have been active, local media reported on Monday.

Channel: News Tags: Fighting Flares Pakistans Baluchistan Forty Three Killed

Online auctions are past their prime Neither eBay nor Wall Street knows what is the future.

engineer — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:01:04 EDT

Online auctions are past their prime. Neither the market leader nor Wall Street knows what that means for the future.

Channel: Money Tags: eBay Auctions luster going past prime

Little Girl Missing 5 Weeks Never Reported Lost

TimALoftis — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:46:15 EDT

A woman accused of not reporting her daughter missing for five weeks refused to answer a judge's question of where her daughter was in a bizarre missing person case that continues to frustrate investigators. The Mother claims she was doing her own search.

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Smog in Beijing five times over safety limit as Olympics nears

berkeley — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:45:42 EDT

Du Shaozhong, deputy director of Beijing's Environmental Protection Bureau, said: "We made a commitment to ensure air quality for the Olympic Games... as for whether we have reached the goal, that will be examined after the event."

Channel: News Tags: china olympics pollution air quality

Polaroid launches a wallet-sized printer that prints your mobile phone snaps in seconds

sleepingbeauty2 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:42:36 EDT

Amateur photographers will be able to print off their mobile phone pictures instantly thanks to a relaunch of Polaroid photo technology.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: mobile technology

California Weather May Give Respite in Battle Against Wildfires

Ther — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:13:21 EDT

Cooler air moving in from the ocean may bring a respite from California's wildfires, which have scorched 549,155 acres (222,236 hectares) since June 20, the National Weather Service said. The rest of the week, firefighters will brace for hotter weather.

Channel: News Tags: fire california us

Deadly suicide blast targets police at Pakistan rally

faustinor_davis — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:09:48 EDT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide attacker killed at least eight people Sunday, including Pakistani police officers who were stationed near a rally protesting last year's raid at the Red Mosque, Pakistan's acting interior minister said.

Channel: News Tags: pakistan blast police suicide

U.S. Embassy Staff And Soldiers Killed In Baghdad Blast

TimALoftis — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:41:29 EDT

An explosion rocked a municipal building Tuesday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, killing six Iraqis, two U.S. soldiers and two civilian U.S. Embassy employees, officials said.

Channel: News Tags: iraq iraq war civil war baghdad U.S. embassy troops killed

Powerful earthquake strikes Japan

Loverface — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:46:52 EDT

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Six people were killed and at least 144 hurt Saturday morning when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck northeastern Japan, Japanese officials said.

Channel: News Tags: Powerful earthquake strikes Japan TOKYO

Gas over $3.83 as early holiday travelers hit road

MyWayOnNow — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:39:22 EDT

Americans getting an early start on the Memorial Day weekend found that gasoline prices again sprinted to a new record high overnight, reaching a national average above $3.83 a gallon. Some analysts predict gas will break past $4 as early as next week.

Channel: Money Tags: gas gasoline

77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say

STONERS — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:22 EDT

Seventy-seven more people that were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Seventy Seven Hepatitis Cases Trace Las Vegas Clinic

Fake Media Files Spread Malware

TechnologyExpert — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:11:27 EDT

A McAfee advisory warns of fake MP3 / MPG files containing malware, rather than the expected music or video content. The files have been appearing on various file-sharing networks, including Limewire and eDonkey.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Malware Trojan MP3 MPG

Arctic global warming

Alexia — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:16:57 EDT

Over 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle, in the polar dark of a December morning, University of Manitoba Ph.D. student Jesse Carrie is out on the frozen Beaufort Sea, collecting ice samples to measure for mercury and pesticides. Lowered by crane from the deck of the icebreaking research vessel the CCGS Amundsen, and accompanied by a rifle bearer who keeps watch for polar bears, Carrie extracts ice cores and vials of frigid water.

Channel: News Tags: global warming arctic melting

Bad News on Terror: Suicide Attacks Rise

TimALoftis — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:40:59 EDT

Are we winning? Looking at the just-released State Department report on terrorism, the answer appears to be "no."

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: war on terror iraq afghanistan al qaeda taliban bin laden