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Commercial bankruptcies soar, reflecting widening economic woes

engineer — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:41:32 EDT

Driven by a sour economy and skittish consumers, U.S. business bankruptcies saw their sharpest quarterly rise in two years, jumping 17 percent in the second quarter of 2008, according to an analysis by McClatchy.

Channel: Money Tags: Business bankruptcies up 17 percent 2nd quarter 2008

Nemzeti Sport SportfogadÃ¯Â¿Â½s

SunnyDays — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:34:25 EDT

Check out amazing baseball pictures. Rookie Dustin Pedroia's seventh inning homerun helped cement Boston's Game 7 ALCS victory and send the Red Sox to their second World Series in four years.

Channel: Sports Tags: Nemzeti sport sportfogad Nemzeti Sport baseballm pictures

Letter to the National GOP

ecotourusa — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:08:05 EDT

We, the undersigned, wish to convey our thoughts to you on the following matter. Most of us feel that the presumptive Presidential Candidate, Senator John McCain, is a fine individual (some of us don't), but he can not and will not win the 2008 race for the Presidency of the United States of America for the following reasons:

Channel: Politics Tags: Barack Obama John McCain 2008 Ron Paul GOP candidate

Just Your Basic House with Sniper Ledge? [PIC]

lenseview — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:54:03 EDT

Welcome to the neighborhood. A house on a hill that says, yea, we're pretty well defended...& you may want to think twice about stopping by with those menus or magazines or PIRG brochures...

Channel: Humor Tags: funny picture satire humor funny photo housing

Broadview Developmental Center brushes for photoshop

debtcollectionor — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:53:19 EDT

Get some awesome brushes for photoshop.

Channel: Art & Design Tags: photoshop brush brushes developmental brushes

What is Neuralgia?

omerazam — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:31:37 EDT

Neuralgia is a general term for nerve pain affecting the peripheral nerves.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Neuralgia nerve pain

Funny Flowchart

inbetweenmeals — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:27:29 EDT

Check out this funny flowchart....lol

Channel: Humor Tags: Just a Thought funny Image

White House sends press corps al-Maliki's praise for Obama plan

ybdogsct — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:48:18 EDT

An embarrassing slip up, when an aide mistakenly sent to the news media a Reuters article saying Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki backs Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan. Its timing is particularly embarrassing as Bush's "general time horizon" for withdrawing U.S. troops is being cited by some as resembling Obama's redeployment pro

Channel: Politics Tags: George W. Bush Nouri al Maliki Barack Obama general time horizon troop withdrawal

Another blonde with brillance

leroysjokes — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:04:30 EDT

SHE WON SHE WON

Channel: Humor Tags: blonde jokes hilarious jokes funny crazy

Ad Hawk: Bon Voyage, Barack! (McCain Airs First Negative Ad While Obama Is Away)

ybdogsct — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:58:38 EDT

McCain aired the first real negative ad of the 2008 general-election. McCain accuses Obama of 3 offenses: he "never held Senate a hearing on Afghanistan"; he "hasn't been to Iraq in years"; and he "vot[ed] against troop funding." While the complaints sound damning when simplified, they crumble upon closer examination.

State officials tweak high school GPA rules

debtcollectionor — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:40:28 EDT

Texas students already ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school classes Ã¢â;¬" and thus guaranteed a place at any Texas public university Ã¢â;¬" could be jolted out of their prized spots by a new law that will require school districts across the state to change the way they de

Channel: News Tags: gpa high school university

Ballistics lab results questioned in 3 cases

debtcollectionor — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:22:12 EDT

In a possible sign of more problems at the Houston Police Department's embattled crime laboratory, rulings in cases still working their way through the courts suggest that the death sentences of at least three Texas inmates could have been based on faulty work by HPD's ballistics division.

Channel: Science Tags: ballistics lab lab faulty work crime laboratory

Man sitting in vehicle killed at SW Houston apartments

debtcollectionor — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:17:58 EDT

A man was shot and killed while sitting in his vehicle at a southwest Houston apartment complex early this morning, authorities said.

Channel: News Tags: houston killed apartments crime

Fuel costs bust county budget

debtcollectionor — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:58:26 EDT

Travis County is $950,000 over budget on fuel costs this year, and Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe blamed that on fast-rising cost of gasoline.

Channel: News Tags: fuel cost budget travis county

Customers concerned about Texas banking

debtcollectionor — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:56:29 EDT

Customers are flooding into Texas Banks asking some tough questions about their money. That's what some big names in the Texas banking industry said Friday. Investors showed concern earlier this week, when regional banks like Washington Mutual took a dive on Wall Street. And the Federal Government took over Indymac Bank in California after its mort

Channel: News Tags: banking texas banks washington mutual

What was discussed at a closed session of the U.S. House of Representatives? .

engineer — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:39:36 EDT

This story is about the House closed session. Read it and draw your own conclusions. Some say security. Others say the financial collapse of the US. Some say both.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: House closed session security financial collapse US

Prostitution measure makes in onto S.F. ballot

engineer — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:05:41 EDT

A measure that would make it more difficult to investigate and punish prostitution crimes in San Francisco qualified for the November ballot on Friday, opening another passage in the city's long fight over decriminalizing the sex-trade industry.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Prostitution decriminalization San Francisco ballot

An 80GB PS3 for the Price of 40GB

julia09 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:59:21 EDT

Sony has announced that it will be releasing the 80GB PS3 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other territories on August 27.The 80GB Playstation 3 will be coming to most of the rest of the world....................

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: latest gadget mobile gadget electronics gadget

Zimbabwe introduces $100 billion banknotes - CNN.com

engineer — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:51:18 EDT

New bills officially come into circulation Monday Bills aren't enough to buy a loaf of bread. They can only buy four oranges Gideon Gono: Notes for "convenience of the banking public and corporate sector" The new note is equal to just one U.S. dollar

Channel: Money Tags: Zimbabwe 100 billion dollar note 100 billion 2 million percent inflation

How to pick someone on Public Transport

kulika98 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:45:13 EDT

There is no such thing as sophisticated as public transport for picking up a date. Public Transport provides a number of options to pick a date of your interest..

Channel: Love & Personals Tags: Public Transport love girls women

Axe Body Language [VIDEO]

JJman — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:42:51 EDT

Hilarious advertisement videos by Axe.

Channel: Love & Personals Tags: axe axe effect blog blogs video videos

Green House Building Sustainable Future Now

altnrg — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:51:45 EDT

Our Planet is facing dramatic changes owing to the accelerated rate of human development and indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources. Global warming is just one such warning sign that the delicate global ecosystem is very near the tipping scale.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: green building green building green home design green house design sustainable

Wind Energy Viability on Rise

GWHayduke — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:23:56 EDT

This week, global-warming guru Al Gore announced a plan to spend at least a trillion dollars in the next 10 years on renewable energy, including wind, to break the nation's fossil-fuel addiction cold turkey.

Channel: News Tags: Alternative Energy Fossil Fuels Gore

High school students deliver environmentally responsible design

techgirl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:43:57 EDT

Depending on their area of interest, students chose from the following specialized programs: Advertising, Culinary Arts, Fashion, Game Art & Design/Visual ...

Channel: Art & Design Tags: responsible design

In architectural desing, brains and talent trump the best software

techgirl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:42:45 EDT

Architectural tools may have changed dramatically, but the art of design still depends on the talent, wisdom and creativity of the humans who instruct ...

Channel: Art & Design Tags: desing

Presidental hopeful barack obama arrives in afghanistan

techgirl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:40:17 EDT

By VOA News US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in Afghanistan, at the start of an international tour aimed at bolstering his foreign policy credentials.

Channel: News Tags: Presidental

Search Powers at War

philbutler — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:30:48 EDT

This is what the search world looks like since a few years. We fail to talk about something else when it comes to search engines. Even when pretty faces like Powerset and hakia dare to come on stage, they are still reported to the holy triad of search, still compared, still dissected and still judged based on what we already describe as "the t

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: search yahoo google micorosft strategy

Treating Alzheimer's Naturally

SenorCoconut — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:42:31 EDT

Consumption of phosphatidylserine (PS) may reduce the risk of dementia in the elderly.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Alzheimers disease natural remedies phosphatidylserine PS

3D-chat for poker players

ricker500 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:27:10 EDT

Pokeriot.com is launcing a chat room strictly for poker players. Built on the Lively platform it gives you a complete 3D lounge for the high rollers in Texas Holdem.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: poker chat lively players virtual reality

Tips for Those Who Want to Be Good Sleepers

cactushair — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:13:41 EDT

How many times you went to bed and stayed awake for hours, sleepless and angry on the whole world around you? How many times you could not sleep properly because of thinking about problems at work or worrying about tomorrow's exam? How many times you were going to sleep on a full stomach and could not fall asleep because of heaviness in your body?

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: good sleep good sleeper sleep fit sleep care

Pope sorry for Church sexual abuse

skewl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:56:27 EDT

Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday for sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia, saying those responsible should be brought to justice.

Channel: News Tags: sexual abuse justice australia us church pope

Channel 4 to be censured over controversial climate film

skewl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:56:09 EDT

Channel 4 misrepresented some of the world's leading climate scientists in a controversial documentary that claimed global warming was a conspiracy and a fraud, the UK's media regulator will rule next week.

Channel: News Tags: scientists global warming uk media environmental

Spectrum auction grinds on

skewl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:52:09 EDT

The government's auction of wireless airwaves flirted with its conclusion on Friday when no new bids were placed in a morning round.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: wireless airwaves canada message

Businessman puts divorce details online to stop rumours

skewl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:48:21 EDT

A millionaire businessman has posted his divorce settlement on the internet to stamp out rumours that he was "tight" and trying to fleece his wife in order to keep up his champagne lifestyle.

Channel: Money Tags: businessman divorce details lawyers

Canadians spend over $780M on video games so far in 2008

skewl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:40:29 EDT

A strong June featuring new titles and new controllers helped spur strong sales this year of video game hardware and software in both Canada and the United States, according to market researcher NPD.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: video game canadians spends npd canada

Coca-Cola loses its fizz as sales fall

skewl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:40:13 EDT

First it was the Winnebago. Then it was Starbucks. Now it is Coca-Cola. The soft drink has become the latest iconic American brand to fall victim to the economy's continued woes.

Channel: Money Tags: coca cola soft drink american brand economy winnebago

Samsung U4 digital audio player

ravi2288 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:38:08 EDT

Samsung is going to Unveil The Samsung U4 Digital audio player very soon at Asia Pacific region. Samsung U4 Digital Audio Player comes with an touch-sensitive buttons, OLED display

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Samsung U4 digital audio player samsung u4 audio player samsung U4 digital audio player Samsung digital audio player

Obama Going Abroad With World Watching

skewl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:37:41 EDT

Sen. Barack Obama will make his international debut as a Democratic presidential candidate in the coming days with a weeklong tour of the Middle East and Europe designed to deepen his foreign policy credentials

Channel: Politics Tags: barack obama democratic presidential candidate us

Human consumption: Flying in the face of logic

skewl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:35:30 EDT

Forty years after dropping his Population Bomb into the environment debate, Paul Ehrlich is still railing at man's destructiveness

Channel: Science Tags: environment Population homo sapiens american entomology

Google shares slide as search engine faces up to slower US slowdown

skewl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:32:27 EDT

Google shares fell the most in almost six months after the internet search giant admitted that it was feeling the pinch amid the continuing economic gloom.

Channel: Money Tags: google search engine economic gloom us economy