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House Democrats ban earmarks for private contractors Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:31PMHouse Democratic leaders Wednesday banned the practice of doling out no-bid contracts to private contractors, a move that will shake up...
Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woes Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:11PMAs it introduced a new social hub, Google quickly learned that people's most frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends.
Censure of Barry shows shift among black political leaders Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:00PMThe D.C. Council's 12 to 0 vote to punish member Marion Barry contained an important unspoken message, especially from a rising generation of African American leaders based in the predominantly black, eastern half of the city: Step aside, old fellow, and clear the way for a new kind of politics.
John and Joel serve a generous helping of hits Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 10:32PMThe Sprint Center has been fuller than it was Saturday night, but not much. It has also been louder, but not by much. And it has hosted shows that were longer, but not much. The Elton John /Billy Joel “Face 2 Face” tour was rescheduled from early December to Saturday night. The postponement didn’t hurt demand for tickets. The Sprint Center looked full to the rafters.
Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woes Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 6:21PMAs it introduced a new social hub, Google quickly learned that people's most frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends.
Jackson swimmer Kinney claims 50 free district title Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 10:28PMJackson freshman Chase Kinney stands of to the pressure of the district state meet by winning the 50-yard freestyle.
Thai-ASEAN News Network Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 10:10PMChinese New Year is traditionally celebrated in red every year, but news of the King's health condition and red shirt movements may turn the celebration in a lighter shade. TAN Network's reporter, Juarawee Kittisilpa, has the story.
Google tweaks Buzz after privacy woes Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 3:05AMGoogle drew privacy complaints this week when it introduced Buzz and automatically created circles of friends based on users' most frequent contacts on Gmail.
Google responds quickly to Buzz privacy concerns Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 2:14AMAs it introduced a new social hub, Google quickly learned that people's most frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends.
Buzz about privacy stirs Google to tweak its new social hub Saturday, February 13, 2010 @ 10:02AMGet the latest news alerts: Follow LTW at Twitter. NEW YORK - As it introduced a new social hub, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG ) quickly learned that people's most frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends.
Google Adjusts Buzz After Gmail Users Complain of Privacy Issues Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 5:20PMThe Google Buzz has been tweaked! After complaints poured in about privacy issues and concerns Google tries to make it right.
Google Tweaks Buzz After Privacy Concerns Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 5:15PMIn response to privacy concerns, Google said Friday that it has tweaked Buzz, the social hub it added to its e-mail service this week.
Google tweaks Buzz amid privacy concerns Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 4:11PMNEW YORK — As it introduced a new social hub, Google quickly learned that people's most frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends. Rather, they could be business associates, or even a lover, and the groups don't necessarily...
Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woes Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 3:31PMAs it introduced a new social hub, Google quickly learned that people's most frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends. Rather, they could be business associates, or even lovers, and the groups don't necessarily mix well. It's one reason... Google - Search - Search Engines - Business - Companies
Harvey Wasserman: Obama's New Nuclear War Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 11:56AMDespite Congressional and White House support for these latest proposed loan guarantees, the grassroots fight over both old and new nukes continues to grow fiercer by the day.
Top Scoops Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 7:04AMAmidst utter chaos in the atomic reactor industry, Team Obama is poised to vast expand a bitterly contested loan guarantee program that may cost far more than expected, both financially and politically.
Will Obama guarantee a new reactor war? Sunday, January 31, 2010 @ 11:55PMAmidst utter chaos in the atomic reactor industry, Team Obama is poised to vastly expand a bitterly contested loan guarantee program that may cost far more than expected, both financially and politically.
Aquarians: move toward greater freedom Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 4:40AMby Rob Brezsny AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) In the coming week, I predict that you will NOT experience disgusting fascinations, smiling-faced failures, sensationalized accounts of useless developments or bizarre fantasies in the middle of the night. You may, on the other hand, have encounters with uplifting disappointments, incendiary offers of assistance, mysterious declarations of ...
Astrology | Week of Jan. 28 Thursday, January 28, 2010 @ 2:08PMARIES March 21-April 19: Shakespeare got modest respect while he was alive, but his reputation as a brilliant bard didn’t gel right away. It wasn’t until almost 50 years after he died that anyone thought his life and work were notable enough to write about.
MetroHealth System in Cleveland reports record $52.4 million earnings for 2009 Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 4:57PMUPDATED AT 11:19 p.m.: MetroHealth System earns a record $52.4 million in 2009 through operations and investments -- by far the biggest income the county-owned health system has reported in the past decade.
What Beijing Fears Most Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 4:07PMPerry Link Villagers from Guangdong province protesting the construction of a garbage incinerator, Guangzhou, China, January 25, 2010 (William Foreman/AP Images) On December 29, four days after being sentenced to eleven years in prison for “subversion of state power,” the Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo filed an appeal to a higher court. For many familiar with the Chinese regime, the decision seemed ...
Free Will Astrology Tuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 11:19PMARIES (March 21-April 19) Shakespeare got modest respect while he was alive, but his reputation as a brilliant bard didn’t gel right away. It wasn’t until almost 50 years after he died that anyone thought his life and work were notable enough to write about.
Cong's working committee meet in a fortnight Friday, January 22, 2010 @ 8:51AMNew Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Amid uproars over rising prices, Telangana and a host of other issues, the Congress Working Committee is meeting here soon to take stock of the problems.
This year's fashion doesn't depart from past Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 10:33PMFew topics are more frivolous, controversial, and light-hearted than fashion trends. Trends have stepped all over pop culture in Manolo Blahniks and created denim social uproars in the form of baggy jeans and super-low hip huggers.
Hampton River has taken many twists, turns over last 400 years Tuesday, January 12, 2010 @ 10:43PM— The pickup truck pulled to a stop. Its passenger unrolled the window.
Neighbors air concern about parking, trash during Vesta Home Show Friday, January 8, 2010 @ 12:00AMGermantown resident Don Glaser lives behind two of the five soon-to-be-built homes that are scheduled to be featured in this year's Vesta Home Show focusing on in-fill development.Glaser and other neighbors living in Germantown Heights and Neshoba North off Germantown Road are concerned that an influx of visitors attending the Memphis-area home showcase will park on their streets, blocking ...
A triumphant decade Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 7:11PMTen years back, at the threshold of the new millennium, we fidgeted with the rest of the world, wondering not only what immediate difference the millennium bug would make, but also what the world would look like at the new decade.
Pope ends year as he began it -- with apology to Jews Thursday, December 24, 2009 @ 1:02PMPope Benedict XVI ended 2009 much as he began it -- with a major gaffe that angered Jews.
Television notes on the decade: Reality? Hardly Sunday, December 20, 2009 @ 12:25PMBlame 'Survivor' for a format that celebrates the petulant and the utterly mundane. Blame 'Survivor' for a format that celebrates the petulant and the utterly mundane.
Smith Seeks Recusal From Sirbaugh Case Tuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 11:14PMOhio County Prosecutor Scott Smith is seeking recusal from the case involving the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent who allegedly caused uproars at the Stonegate development and at St. Clairsville High School.
Farvardin under fire Sunday, December 13, 2009 @ 10:33PMBy: Carrie Wells The provost’s push to reshape the university has made him the target of widespread criticism Provost Nariman Farvardin's reputation for efficiency has turned many in the university community against him this semester. More so than any other administrator, Farvardin has been targeted by students, faculty and staff who say he isn’t transparen...
Travers: Prisoner issue turns into dangerous test of wills Saturday, December 12, 2009 @ 3:45AMP risoners captured in Afghanistan were an inconvenient problem, not an operational priority for Canada's high military command.
Ghana : Tuesday, December 8, 2009 @ 11:19AMWhy Neglect the Deaf?
Coyle: Despite Tory roars, HST here to stay Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 10:18AMWhat most of us don't know about economics is a lot.
Get on with it Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 12:27AMUsually, this page is pushing Lexington's elected officials to get more public input on key dec
Westbury residents protest mosque expansion plan Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 6:31PMFor years, neighbors of a major mosque in Westbury complained about scores of cars parking on surrounding streets during prayer times and creating havoc.
Rahall: Third District backs health care bill Wednesday, November 11, 2009 @ 11:08PMTown hall meetings sparked a few uproars in his 3rd District, but Rep. Nick Rahall says the people he serves overwhelmingly agreed with his support of the House health care legislation.
Monsters in North Arlington at Library, hunting with author Tuesday, November 3, 2009 @ 12:12PMNORTH ARLINGTON – Halloween may be notorious for encouraging strange and dreadful creatures to run wild, but that did not keep some monsters from choosing an earlier date for invading our community.
Larry David’s Jesus joke Friday, October 30, 2009 @ 2:42AMDavid's character accidentally pees on Jesus in a 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' scene. Some Christians aren't laughing
Kilpatrick fires back, sues Stefani Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 2:20AMKwame Kilpatrick and lawyer Mike Stefani are in another multimillion dollar tangle -- this time with the ex-Detroit mayor suing the lawyer Wednesday whose efforts in a police whistle-blower case set the stage for his political demise.
WITH PDF OF LAWSUIT: Kilpatrick fires back, sues Stefani Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 2:20AMKwame Kilpatrick and lawyer Mike Stefani are in another tangle -- this time with the ex-Detroit mayor suing the lawyer whose efforts in a police whistle-blower case set the stage for his political demise.
Levi says, 'Now its my turn' Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 11:54AMLevi Johnston appears on CBS News and says he was treated poorly by Palin.
Monsters in North Arlington at Library, hunting with author Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 11:27AMNORTH ARLINGTON – Halloween may be notorious for encouraging strange and dreadful creatures to run wild, but that did not keep some monsters from choosing an earlier date for invading our community.
What if Bush had done that? Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 4:24AMConservatives say Obama skates away from uproars that stung his predecessor.
Reader views (33) Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 3:04AMThe gent above - Olelekan - tells me that mass immigration into the UK is our come-uppance: we moved into foreign countries and now the situation is reversed.
Neutralizing the opposition Thursday, October 22, 2009 @ 8:34AMThe Foxified debate over whether the White House is being mean to a certain network is morphing into a broader argument about the politics of negativity.
Jimmy the Greek's influence clear, for better or worse Friday, October 16, 2009 @ 4:51PMBefore his racist career-ending comments, Snyder brought sports gambling into mainstream.
Commenters So Mad They Could Just Roofie Advice Columnist [Uproars] Friday, October 16, 2009 @ 11:19AMLucinda Rosenfeld, advice columnist for Slate's woman-focused DoubleX, has accomplished something we haven't, yet: She's pissed off her readers so much they started a petition demanding she be fired....
Is the Internet Falling Apart? Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 6:08AMHow secure and dependable is the Internet? The Great Twitter Outage of 2009, which shocked the microblogging community and amused many other observers, called into question the reliability of Web-based communications and transaction capabilities that are easy to take for granted.
Grant: Hunting for flip-flops out-of-season challenge Sunday, October 11, 2009 @ 2:50AMLittle things in life can be the most frustrating. Take flip-flops, for example.