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Democrats To Widen Conflict With Bush
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Democrats To Widen Conflict With Bush

Politics – Even as their confrontation with President Bush over Iraq escalates, emboldened congressional Democrats are challenging the White House on a range of issues -- such as unionization of airport security workers and the loosening of presidential secrecy orders -- with even more dramatic showdowns coming soon.

Voted for on April 03, 2007 12:24am

Apple planning to sell non-DRM'ed music
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Apple planning to sell non-DRM'ed music

Music – Apple has formed a deal with EMI that would allow them to sell their content, and more importantly, sell large portions without the Digital Rights Management copying restriction that is placed on all songs bought from the iTunes Store.

Voted for on April 03, 2007 12:24am

Court denies appeal from Gitmo detainees
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Court denies appeal from Gitmo detainees

News – The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Guantanamo detainees who want challenge their five-year-long confinement in court, a victory for the Bush administration's legal strategy in its fight against terrorism.

Voted for on April 03, 2007 12:24am

Live news coverage of shuttle launch
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Live news coverage of shuttle launch

Science – Live news coverage of shuttle launch

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:33pm

OpEd: When Will Americans Take Back America?
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OpEd: When Will Americans Take Back America?

Politics – Another terrorist assault on our homeland is inevitable: We know this is true because we have been told so by Bush and Cheney. And they ought to know. Their foreign policy has enraged the entire Middle East thus turning against America as many as 1.8 billion Muslims. Much of the world considers the USA the biggest threat to world security. When wil

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:33pm

Brad Pitt: I'll Marry When Everyone Can
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Brad Pitt: I'll Marry When Everyone Can

Celebrities – Brad Pitt, ever the social activist, says he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:33pm

Toronto International Film Festival - Summercamp!
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Video Toronto International Film Festival - Summercamp!

Movies – "Summercamp! evokes everything that's magic and tragic about coming of age. The film follows a group of average, middle-class kids over three weeks at a Wisconsin nature camp. The premise is deceptively simple: these kids aren't competing in any spelling bee or ballroom-dancing championship; they're just searching for their own place in the world."

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:32pm

Atlantis launches on its way to space station
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Atlantis launches on its way to space station

News – CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After enduring a lightning strike, a tropical storm and technical glitches that caused several delays, the space shuttle Atlantis at last lifted off Saturday on its way to the international space station.

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:32pm

Philips to demo Entertaible at IFA
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Video Philips to demo Entertaible at IFA

Gadgets & Tech – From the Engadget post: "Philips is ready to put the funk back into Internationale Funkausstellung, where at this year's consumer electronics show in Berlin (Sept. 1 - 6), it'll show off the Entertaible ... This electronic tabletop game combines more traditional board games (which we do love, by the by) with games of the electronic variety..."

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:34am

HP iPAQ rx4000 Mobile Media Companion
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HP iPAQ rx4000 Mobile Media Companion

Gadgets & Tech – Quite unexpectedly, HP has announced a new series of iPAQ handhelds.Obviously aimed for home and personal use, the iPAQ rx4000 Mobile Media Companion is a compact, landscape-oriented device with an emphasis on multimedia. It runs Windows Mobile 5.0 on a 400 MHz Samsung processor and offers 128 MB of flash memory expandable through a SDIO slot.

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:34am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / 1 sink

Boogie Blasts Beauty, Brings Bedmate to Big Brother Bye Bye

Television – Boogie wins and becomes the final HoH, he evicted Janelle. He knows that he may not be very popular with the jury. He knows that he may not have many votes, although he is hoping that Will is working the jury on his behalf. But if he were to take Janelle to final two he knows he would lose. So he evicts Janelle, takes Erika to final two and hopes f

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:33am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 23 votes / No sinks

VOTD: very cool Ariston ad.

Television – Found this over at digg... cool commercial. Nice reveal.

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:33am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / No sinks

Letterman on for four more years at CBS

Television – From the home office at the Ed Sullivan Theater: David Letterman is staying at CBS for another four years.

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:33am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

Game of the Day: Floats

Video Games – Click on all the floating bubbles called Floats in the order that they are numbered.

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:33am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / 2 sinks

The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century

Video Games – Next-Gen has ranked the top 100 PC games released since January 2000, based wholly on unit sales. Revenues, aggregate review scores, commentary, franchise information and more are included.

Voted for on September 09, 2006 01:32am