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iPhone Goes on Sale Friday
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iPhone Goes on Sale Friday

Gadgets & Tech – Today, the iPhone is in the hands of six million people. Clumsy touch-screen lookalikes from rival phone makers line the shelves. And Friday is the iPhone's second coming.

View Story Discuss (0) (nytimes.com) 2 hours ago by Dakota

Voted for on July 09, 2008 03:07am

Africa dominates first day of Group of Eight summit
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Africa dominates first day of Group of Eight summit

News – Africa dominates the agenda at the annual summit of the Group of Eight, as the leading industrialized nations discuss a range of issues, including whether enough aid has been forthcoming to help alleviate poverty.

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Voted for on July 09, 2008 03:07am

Colombia's continuing hostage pain
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Colombia's continuing hostage pain

News – For many Colombians, no other recent event comes close. The rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 fellow hostages not only ended a tragic ordeal - it also bloodlessly humiliated the Farc guerrillas with an unprecedented show of military cunning.

View Story Discuss (2) (news.bbc.co.uk) 1 day ago by SunnyDays

Voted for on July 09, 2008 03:07am

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China's economy to become world's biggest in 2035

Money – China's economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a study released Tuesday by a US research organization concluded.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 02:02am

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McCain Jokes About Killing Iranians (Again)

Politics – Sen. John McCain hasn't had good luck joking about Iran. But he tried it again Tuesday. Responding to a question about a survey that shows increased exports to Iran, mainly from cigarettes, McCain said, "Maybe thats a way of killing them."

View Story Discuss (3) (blog.washingtonpost.com) 5 hours ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 09, 2008 02:00am

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Nazi hunters search Chile for 'Dr. Death'

News – The Simon Wiesenthal Center has strong evidence that a former SS member known as "Dr. Death" is in southern Chile or Argentina, a top Nazi hunter for the human rights organization said Tuesday.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:28am

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Atheist soldier sues Army for 'unconstitutional' discrimination

News – Hall said he met some atheists who suggested he read the Bible again. After doing so, he said he had so many unanswered questions that he decided to become an atheist. His sudden lack of faith, he said, cost him his military career and put his life at risk.

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Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:24am

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FDA issues warning on Cipro, similar antibiotics

Health & Fitness – Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government's most urgent warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause tendon ruptures, a serious injury that leaves some patients incapacitated.

View Story Discuss (3) (news.yahoo.com) 16 hours ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:19am

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19% of Americans associate just one word with McCain

Politics – An AP-Yahoo poll asked Americans what word comes to mind when they think of the two presidential candidates. Although both had roughly the same favorable-unfavorable split, the specific images of the two men were very different. For John McCain, the most common response was "old," with 19%.

View Story Discuss (0) (rawstory.com) 11 hours ago by Aidenag

Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 05:24pm

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Hagee Demands YouTube Remove 120 Videos of Him

Religion – Late last week, with no prior notification, lawyers for the controversial evangelist John Hagee had a series of videos concerning the pastor removed from YouTube.

View Story Discuss (1) (huffingtonpost.com) 12 hours ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 08, 2008 05:17pm

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Leaders Discuss Global Food Crisis Over 18-Course Meal

Food – Just two days ago, Gordon Brown was urging us all to stop wasting food and combat rising prices and a global shortage of provisions. But yesterday the Prime Minister and other world leaders sat down to an 18-course gastronomic extravaganza at a G8 summit in Japan, which is focusing on the food crisis.

View Story Discuss (2) (dailymail.co.uk) 14 hours ago by Aidenag

Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 02:11pm

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Just Two of the Dishes at the G8 Food Shortages Summit

Food – The most powerful bellies in the world were last night compelled to stave off the great Hokkaido Hunger by fortifying themselves with an eight-course, 19-dish dinner prepared by 25 chefs. This multi-pronged attack was launched after earlier emergency lunch measures had failed to quell appetites enlarged by agonising over feeding the world's poor.

View Story Discuss (0) (guardian.co.uk) 17 hours ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 08, 2008 02:10pm

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Cheney Wanted Cuts in Climate Testimony

Politics – Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse gases, a former EPA officials maintains.

View Story Discuss (1) (nytimes.com) 17 hours ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:22am

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Proof Bee Decline Is Reducing Food Supply

Food – What would we do if 1 in every 3 cows died? That's what's happening to bees, and now scientists have the first hard evidence of the loss of pollinators contributing to decline in food production.

View Story Discuss (0) (thedailygreen.com) 18 hours ago by Aidenag

Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 10:50am

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Iraq Asks for Timetable for U.S. Withdrawal

News – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki raised the prospect on Monday of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops as part of negotiations over a new security agreement with Washington.

View Story Discuss (11) (uk.reuters.com) 1 day ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 08, 2008 09:54am