jackl

I live in Knoxville, Tenn., and spend most of my time working on The Knoxville News Sentinel's Web site, www.knoxnews.com.

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This story has mostly positive ratings. 35 votes / 1 sink

Bin Laden 'to declare war on tyrant Musharraf ' - Times Online

News – Osama bin Laden is to declare "war" on President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan in a new message, expected to be released in the next 72 hours, according to an Islamist website.

View Story Discuss (6) (timesonline.co.uk) 308 days ago by shehnshah

Voted for on September 22, 2007 05:54am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 76 votes / No sinks

Weeds...A New Approach? [FUNNY PIC]

Humor – Funny pic...very dry, wry, tongue-in-cheek. I saw the scene, shot it and thought, huh, something's amusing, incongruous silly there. (Not for everybody.)

View Story Discuss (8) (burbia.com) 307 days ago by lenseview

Voted for on September 22, 2007 05:54am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 82 votes / No sinks

U.S. unveils new $5 bill to thwart counterfeiters

News – The U.S. government introduced a new $5 bill on Thursday that includes purple ink, several watermarks and other security features to deter counterfeiters.

View Story Discuss (7) (news.yahoo.com) 308 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on September 22, 2007 05:53am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

Ashley Judd brings Southern grace to Goody's racks

Women – Ashley Judd was in Knoxville on Friday to promote her new clothing line, the Ashley Judd Collection, which debuts today and is exclusively available at Goody's more than 380 stores in 21 states.

View Story Discuss (0) (knoxnews.com) 306 days ago by jackl

Submitted and Voted for on September 22, 2007 05:52am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks

Vidoe: Inside the pit

Pets – Footage taken by an FBI informant of the 440 Cockfight Pit. Warning: Graphic footage. Video narrated by JJ Stambaugh/News Sentinel. Edited by Jigsha Desai/knoxnews.com.

View Story Discuss (2) (video.syndication.msn.com) 324 days ago by jackl

Submitted and Voted for on September 04, 2007 09:15am Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 66 votes / No sinks

China Trials Summer Camp To Treat Young Web Addicts

News – Despite the censorship, Chinese can't help but spend more time on the Internet. It is already a national problem so the government is trying out a new summer camp to treat 40 young Internet addicts. If it is successful, such camps will be used to treat 13% of 20 million netizens under 18 seduced by Web to the point of mental deterioration.

View Story Discuss (11) (profy.com) 351 days ago by 2dot0

Voted for on August 13, 2007 06:14am

Oil Inventory Plus HK Knocks It Out Of The Park
This story has mostly positive ratings. 59 votes / 3 sinks

Oil Inventory Plus HK Knocks It Out Of The Park

Money – Bernanke Watch:Ben, Ben, Ben. Damned if you do nothing. Damned if you â�;�¦do nothing. What does this guy do? "Sources" say the Fed is "organizing liquidity behind the scenes through channels".

View Story Discuss (2) (bestwaytoinvest.com) 349 days ago by universal12

Voted for on August 13, 2007 06:14am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / No sinks

The R2-D2 Projector and Media Player for Star Wars Freak | Cutie Gadget

Movies – Finally now you can have your own R2D2 (Or famous as Artoo) Robot in your home. The 1/2 scale is pretty big enough, although maybe the starwars fans don't satisfy as they want the real scale of time gadgets

View Story Discuss (2) (cutiegadget.com) 349 days ago by Cutiegadget

Voted for on August 13, 2007 06:13am

Hope fades for trapped Utah miners
This story has mostly positive ratings. 129 votes / 3 sinks

Hope fades for trapped Utah miners

News – Hopes that the miners were alive appeared to fade on Saturday when there was no response to rescuers' attempts to contact the men through a drill hole, which had found "survivable space" and safe drinking water.

View Story Discuss (45) (news.yahoo.com) 347 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on August 13, 2007 06:11am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 131 votes / 1 sink

Christopher Guest's Latest Rock Videos

Celebrities – Christopher Guest has returned to what he does best - clever send-ups of cheesy rock anthems, in all of their power chord laden glory. In the inspired "Everything Has Changed" Intel spot, "Old School" wedding singer Dan Finnerty sings with insane sincerity about super mundane issues - a classic Guest trademark.

View Story Discuss (15) (tvsquad.com) 353 days ago by PluralityJones

Voted for on August 13, 2007 06:07am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

Aiken for an argument

Celebrities – I just finished my review of the Clay Aiken concert a few minutes ago, and I was trying to talk myself out of writing more about it on the Dish before going home, but my stubborn side won. There just wasn't room or time to say everything in the review that I wanted to, and apparently I'm itching to stir up a fight with Claymaniacs, so here goes.

View Story Discuss (0) (blogs.knoxnews.com) 346 days ago by jackl

Submitted and Voted for on August 13, 2007 06:06am

The Key Variables -Unemployment & FED
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The Key Variables -Unemployment & FED

Money – The consumer drives 2/3 of the economy. If people stop spending for fear of losing their jobs or trying to keep the purse strings tight during a "job transition", there is less consumer fuel to keep the US engine moving.Hence, the FED steps in with cheap money (fuel) and primes the pump all over again (Keynesian Economics).

View Story Discuss (40) (bestwaytoinvest.com) 353 days ago by universal12

Voted for on August 07, 2007 11:14am

Carbon Capture and Storage: By the Numbers
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Carbon Capture and Storage: By the Numbers

News – "We have over 200 years of coal reserves, and we have to/will use them."

View Story Discuss (29) (bestwaytoinvest.com) 353 days ago by universal12

Voted for on August 07, 2007 11:13am

Georgia says Russian jets dropped unexploded bomb
This story has mostly positive ratings. 125 votes / 2 sinks

Georgia says Russian jets dropped unexploded bomb

News – The former Soviet republic of Georgia said on Tuesday that two Russian fighter jets had overflown its territory and dropped a 700 kilo bomb but this had not exploded.

View Story Discuss (41) (news.yahoo.com) 352 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on August 07, 2007 11:12am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / No sinks

Payday Lenders: Saints or Scum?

Money – They sometimes charge 400% interest, yet also lend to those who can't find funds anywhere else. Are payday lenders saints or scum? You decide.

View Story Discuss (8) (paydayloanfacts.co.uk) 353 days ago by biglarry

Voted for on August 07, 2007 11:12am