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NBC Uncertain What Censorship They Will Face In China

Television – With the Games only 19 days away, many at the network are concerned about how they will be permitted to cover any unscheduled events, like political protests or government crackdowns -- or whether the Chinese government will allow them to cover such ..

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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Yahoo! Settles with Carl Icahn; Is This "Peace at Last?"

Gadgets & Tech – Has the drama finally ended? According to a press release issued today, it seems that Yahoo! and Carl Icahn, who was seeking to replace much if not all of Yahoo!'s Board of Directors (BoD) during the upcoming August 1st shareholders meeting, have come to an agreement.

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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Thailand, Cambodia to discuss disputed site

News – Cambodia and Thailand will begin talks today on resolving a lingering dispute over territory near a World Heritage Site temple, where more than 4,000 troops from the two sides have been deployed.

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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Rivals in Zimbabwe Nearing Talks

News – Zimbabwe's main opposition party and the ruling party of President Robert Mugabe will sign a deal laying down a framework for formal talks, a senior government official said.

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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Dolly drenches Yucatan, Texas could be next

News – Tropical Storm Dolly drenched a sparsely populated section of the Yucatan Peninsula on Monday and was poised to plunge into the Gulf of Mexico, where it could grow into a hurricane and move toward the Texas-Mexico border.

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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Oil Prices in Steep Decline. Be Afraid, be Very Afraid!

Money – Raymond J. Learsy: Here we go again. Oil prices tumbling "in the steepest four day decline in history."

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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Iraq sees hope of US troop withdrawal by 2010

News – Iraq's government welcomed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday with word that it apparently shares his hope that U.S. combat forces could leave by 2010.

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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HIV Ban Officially Deemed A Dumb Idea

Politics – Since 1987, America has been one of a handful of countries (alongside Libya, Russia, Sudan) with a ban in place to keep "aliens" with communicable diseases, specifically HIV, out of the U.S. The last three consecutive administrations have attempted to lift the ban, and with a new bill now approved by Congress, we may be nearing the finish

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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KDevelop 4: User Interface

Gadgets & Tech – Another leap forward in KDevelop version 4 is the interface. We've tried to make it both highly flexible (to fit most people's requirements) and reliable (kdev3 suffered from a difficult to maintain ui library, prior to a simplified rewrite), and the ...

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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Nepomuk Virtual Folders Part III

Gadgets & Tech – No, I did not forget about the virtual folders, but I also did not implement subfolders or a graphical query editor. Shame on me, I know. I thought it was more important to focus on stability and a clean API first. And that is what I did. But before th...

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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Cord blood choice: Private fears vs. public good

Health & Fitness – "A lot of the companies prey on the fact that your kid is important to you," said the dad-to-be, Kiley Gustafson, 30, who estimates the couple have received 25 private cord blood banking pamphlets in the past several months. "I understand enough about it to know what they wanted to do."

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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First Guantanamo war crimes trial under way

Politics – The first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two began on Monday at the U.S. navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, nearly seven years after the September 11 attacks prompted President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism.

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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John McCain KNows Less About the Internet Than 106 Year Old Woman

Politics – If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help. Robinson is now 106 - that's 35 years older than McCain - and she began using the Internet at 98, at the Barclay Friends home in West Chester, Pa., where she lives. "I started to learn because I wanted to e-mail my family," she sa

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

NYT Rejects Mccain's Editorial; should 'mirror' obama
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NYT Rejects Mccain's Editorial; should 'mirror' obama

Politics – An editorial written by Republican presidential hopeful McCain has been rejected by the NEW YORK TIMES - less than a week after the paper published an essay written by Obama, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am

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"Great global warming swindle" ruled unjust and unfair by Ofcom

Television – Ofcom has ruled that Channel 4's documentary "The Great Global Warming Swindle", which was broadcast on March 8th last year, was "unjust and unfair".

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Voted for on July 22, 2008 12:44am