Wireless Carriers Tell Senate: "Text Messaging Rates Have Dropped, And Your Queries Have Led To Lawsuits Against Us!" [Text Messages] (3)
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The national wireless carriers have responded to the Senate's request for information on why its text-messaging fees have doubled over the past three years. Their collective response: they haven't gotten more expensive, they've gotten cheaper—and your public suspicion of our business practices has led to lots of class action lawsuits! RCRWireless reprinted part of T-Mobile's response: “Although your letter states that carriers’ prices for text messaging appear to have increased since 2005, the opposite is ...
Supreme Court rejects too-fat-to-execute appeal (1)
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M 3.8, Texas Panhandle region (1)
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Mysteries Swirl Around Cyclones At Saturn's Poles (2)
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Riding with Robots writes "New images of Saturn from the robotic spacecraft Cassini are shedding new light on monstrous storms that swirl at both poles of the ringed planet. 'These are truly massive cyclones, hundreds of times stronger than the most giant hurricanes on Earth,' said one mission scientist. Cumulus clouds twirl around the vortices, betraying the presence of giant thunderstorms lurking beneath. But the storms do not disturb the bizarre hexagonal cloud formation previously ...
TSA Airport Screener Steals Over $200,000 in Gadgets, Almost Gets Away With It [Tsa] (12)
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Transportation Security Administration baggage screener Pythias Brown is the reason you hate flying with expensive gear in your bag, especially if you ever flew out of Newark airport. Over the last few years, he stole at least $200,000 worth of electronics. Not just a camcorder here, a laptop there, or an Xbox 360 or two, either. No, this guy had balls. Among his biggest hauls—literally—was an HBO employee's $47,900 camera. And the TSA was totally ...
Still a Coward, Media Silent on Obama's Past (1)
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Nobody in the media has the tamerity to ask Obama one simple, easy question:What did you know when you first met Bill Ayers?And in so far as John McCain being responsible for his crowds. Take a look at the below Obama supports:Big Tent Party, My Donkey.In Response to: Still A Coward, John McCain Needs Context
xkcd Speaks Truth To DRM: You're A Criminal Either Way (3)
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People sure do love xkcd. I saw the latest comic last night, thinking it was amusing, but I've never been this deluged with submissions from people saying that we absolutely need to post it here. Either way, it does make the universal point about why you shouldn't buy anything that includes DRM. Since any change to the DRM (such as shutting down DRM servers) means you'll probably need to break the law to actually keep ...
McClatchy Lies to Protect Fannie, Freddie, Barney and the Dems (1)
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So, the claim is that McClatchy slams the premise that Fannie and Freddie caused this, by cherry-picking this bit of the article:Federal housing data reveal that the charges aren't true, and that the private sector, not the government or government-backed companies, was behind the soaring subprime lending at the core of the crisis. Subprime lending offered high-cost loans to the weakest borrowers during the housing boom that lasted from 2001 to 2007. Subprime lending was ...
Obama Loved ACORN so Much he Worked There for Free (1)
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Or at least that's the point the Obama campaign is making. Of course they don't say it quite that way. Gateway Pundit shows screenshots of Obama's "Fight the Smears" site. One, the original page, said the following: • Fact: Barack...
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Ohio election officials launch probe of whether voter registration group signed up people to vote multiple times• McCain on Next Debate With Obama: I'll Whip His ...• Obama Rolls Out Economic Proposals• Bristol Palin Boyfriend: 'It's Pretty Chill'• FOX FORUM: Bill Kristol Says McCain Should Fire Campaign• THE STRATEGY ROOM: Eric Bolling Hosts FOX News' Online Political Talk Show — STREAMING LIVE
Excess Drinking Shrinks the Brain - U.S. News & World Report (2)
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Javno.hrExcess Drinking Shrinks the BrainU.S. News & World Report - 54 minutes agoBy Amanda Gardner MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The more alcohol you drink, the more your brain shrinks, a new study has found.Drinking alcohol shrinks the brain Telegraph.co.ukModerate Drinking May Shrink the Brain MedPage TodayCTV.ca - EurekAlert (press release) - Globe and Mailall 10 news articles
Human skull found in Ardmore (1)
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The state Medical Examiner's office plans to ask famed forensic anthropologist Clyde Snow for help in identifying a human skull found in Ardmore.
ABC: Mahoney Paid $121k To "alleged Mistress" - CBS News (1)
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ABC NewsABC: Mahoney Paid $121k To "alleged Mistress"CBS News - 4 hours agoBy Glenn Thrush (The Politico) Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor Mark Foley resigned in disgrace, paid his alleged mistress -- a former staffer -- $121000 in a settlement, according to ABC News, citing Mahoney staffers.Congressman's $121000 Payoff to Alleged Mistress ABC NewsABC: Congressman's $121000 payoff to alleged mistress The Miami HeraldThe News-Press - AHN - FOXNews - CBS 4all 77 news articles
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