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Yahoo News Headlines-Jan. 19, 2010 3:45 p.m. EST

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Haiti quake creates thousands of new orphans Photos
Port-au-Prince looters face hunger, warning shots from police
Democrats begin finger-pointing over close Mass. Senate race
China blocking Internet access for millions since riots
Monkey brains ‘hardwired’ for simple math, scientists say
Herbie, New England’s largest and oldest elm tree, cut down
Ham-and-bean dinner postponed until Jan. 30- Canton…

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Is that Canton, China?
Maybe […]

Posted in News Media, Ohio, China, Internet |

I can see why!

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Yahoo: 11:59 a.m.
TODAY - January 09, 2010

This nickel is worth $3,737,500

Bidders go wild for a rare U.S. coin that was featured on a 1970s TV show. […]

Posted in Internet |

This blog has just reached 62,500 spams since January of this year.

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Posted in Business, Internet, Sleaze |

In the Soviet era, that award weighed 2.3 tons.

Monday, August 18th, 2008

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The story is here.

Posted in News Media, Internet |

Another snapshot of Yahoo Headlines…

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

As of 8:13 a.m. EDT 
• Russian president says troop pullback to begin Monday
• French president Sarkozy demands Russia comply with truce
• Obama and McCain compete for evangelical vote ‘08 race
• Visitors asked to leave Florida Keys ahead of tropical storm

• 37 die in Afghan four-hour gunbattle amid surging violence

• Mummified remains identified from 1948 plane crash in Alaska

• Ellen DeGeneres marries […]

Posted in Internet |

Are we missing an important point here?

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Instant-Messagers Really Are About Six Degrees from Kevin Bacon
Big Microsoft Study Supports Small World Theory
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 2, 2008; A01
Turns out, it is a small world.
The “small world theory,” embodied in the old saw that there are just “six degrees of separation” between any two strangers on Earth, has been largely […]

Posted in Computers, Communications, Internet, World, Technology |

Yahoo headlines, 7/29/2008

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

As of 3:59 p.m. EDT
• Dow rebounds more than 200 points on dropping oil prices
• Obama launches $20 million Latino voter drive
• Three wounded in shooting at Tenn. church in serious condition
• Hijackers steal 3,000 British passports in raid on delivery van
• Giant chunks break off Canadian ice shelf, more may follow
• Can eating charred […]

Posted in Internet |

Who needs Forty Thieves?

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

From the Los Angeles Times
CAMPAIGN ‘08
Bill Clinton, China linked via his foundation
A firm that has donated to the president’s charity is accused of collaborating with the government in its crackdown on Tibetan activists. Hillary Clinton has spoken out against China’s actions.
By Stephen Braun
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 13, 2008
NEW YORK — As Chinese authorities have […]

Posted in Business, Hillary Clinton, China, Internet, Tibet, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Bill Clinton, Sleaze |

Where is the GREAT EASTERN when one needs her?

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Saboteurs may have cut Mideast telecom cables: UN agency
1 day ago
DOHA (AFP) — Damage to several undersea telecom cables that caused outages across the Middle East and Asia could have been an act of sabotage, the International Telecommunication Union said on Monday.
“We do not want to preempt the results of ongoing investigations, but we do […]

Posted in Middle East, Communications, Internet, Asia, Crime |

May I do it like JEOPARDY?

Monday, December 17th, 2007

ABC News: The Blotter
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Zawahri Wants Your Questions Online
December 17, 2007 9:02 AM
Rehab El-Buri Reports:
Expanding its use of the Internet, al Qaeda now is asking that online users submit their questions — even “hostile” ones — to its No. 2 man, Ayman al Zawahri.
And like any other blogger, Zawahri says he is prepared to engage. He […]

Posted in Al-Qaeda, Internet |

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