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Politics – In Nevada, Barack Obama has a two-point edge over John McCain according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey. It's Obama 42% and McCain 40%. When "leaners" are included, Obama is on top 47% to 45%. Nevada…
News – The Iraqi government is planning to limit no-bid contracts being negotiated with several major oil companies to one year to avoid overlap with longer-term deals expected to be signed next June, a senior Oil Ministry…
Gadgets & Tech – Almost everyone hates spam. The only people that don't hate it are the ones that make vast amounts of money from sending it.
Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 42 percent, helped by strong sales of its Office and Windows software, but investors sent shares down on disappointing first-quarter guidance.
Do-It-Yourself – For some people, plants aren't enough; they feel the need to populate their gardens with concrete puppies, fiddle-playing frogs, stones with Zen inscriptions and cutesy planters. The result can be an eyesore.
News – Five militants freed in a prisoner swap with Israel prayed and laid wreaths at the grave of a slain Hezbollah commander Thursday, vowing to fight Israel as supporters showered them with rice.
Do No Evil – Designer claims unhappy customer got assaulted, now wants to sue.
Politics – He's ready. Former President Bill Clinton said Thursday he's prepared to hit the campaign trail on behalf of Barack Obama as soon as the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee asks him to.
Food – As we reported earlier, Russ & Daughters, Marco Pierre White's favorite place for smoked salmon is finally entering the blogosphere. Ron Riccio has worked the counter there for thirteen years. We asked him how tastes…
News – Just a few months ago, in April of this year, the Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Hamdan appeared before the Navy captain acting as his military judge, and announced that he would boycott the war-crimes trial the…
Money – Online auction site eBay has warned that sales will be lower than expected in the current quarter as it struggles against a weakening global economy.
Food – Now that the smoke has begun to clear from North Coast vineyards, questions are swirling about whether it will linger in the 2008 vintage.
News – A woman accused of not reporting her daughter missing for five weeks refused to answer a judge's question of where her daughter was in a bizarre missing person case that continues to frustrate investigators. The…
Do No Evil – According to Mike Ulrich, Mr. Jones' former employer at BW Wholesale Florist in the Strip District, Mr. Jones pumped thousands of gallons of premium gasoline with a stolen gas card over several months, charging…
Food – A recent transfer of water rights from 80 acres in Okanogan County to Benton County on Washington's southern border with Oregon highlights the lengths to which some growers are willing to go to secure the ever-more-scarce…
Politics – The race is still close between John McCain and Barack Obama in the traditionally red state of North Carolina. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds McCain ahead 45% to 42% in the Tar Heel State. When…
Money – The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Sniffex of being little more than the front for a $32 million stock fraud scheme that enriched insiders at the expense of unsuspecting investors.
Women – Akris designer Albert Kriemler last fall spent three days searching for crepe fabric at a Paris textile-industry trade show, with his cellphone shut down -- incommunicado.
Gadgets & Tech – FlossForge.net is an initiative aimed to promote and help develop Free/Libre and Open Source Software by providing a centralized place for exchanging information on users' needs and ideas.
Gadgets & Tech – In fact, for netbooks, Microsoft is the functionally deficient product, not Linux. Windows's bloated size and significant licensing fee render it unsuitable for netbooks, which emphasize software compactness and…
Politics – Predicting the outcome of a presidential election is dangerous sport, but some political junkies are playing the game, running the numbers and coming up with a November surprise: a possible tie between Sens. Barack…
Gadgets & Tech – Mind you, the 120GB HDD-equipped One is only down as Ã;£30 more and comes with 1GB of memory rather than 512MB, though that's plenty for Linux and do you really want a hard drive in a machine that's going to…
News – Gore called on the country to produce all of its electricity from renewable and carbon-free sources in 10 years, a goal he compared to President Kennedy's challenge for the country to put a man on the moon in the…
Television – Looks like voters within the TV academy's acting branch are back showing diminished appreciation for comics as actors: Sarah Silverman ain't here (though she got the consolation prize of a nod for her guest spot…
Television – By scoring 17 nominations today, "30 Rock" set a record for most bids among comedy series.