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Microsoft taps Yahoo exec to lead Web business

Seadrift :: TX :: USA | about 15 hours ago | Technology News

Posted by apriljieh11

SEATTLE – Microsoft says it's bringing in a former Yahoo search executive to lead its online push. Microsoft Corp. says Qi (pronounced 'CHEE') Lu will be president of its Online Services Group. He'll be responsible for search and online advertising,...

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Circuits

New York City :: NY :: USA | about 13 hours ago | Technology News

Posted by BiodunIginla

If you have trouble reading this e-mail, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/12/04/technology/circuitsemail/index.html December 4, 2008 Readers React to David Pogue’s Review of the BlackBerry Storm By DAVID POGUE I learned something last week. In my Times print column, I reviewed...

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Colorado River conflict not over

Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | about 11 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Vail Daily News

Scientists say there's an approaching collision between the amount of water in the Colorado River basin and the demand from millions of people who rely on it. The ongoing drought, expected climate change and an increasing population in the West...

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Icahn facing huge loss unless Yahoo stock rebounds

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 13 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Belleville News-Democrat

If activist investor Carl Icahn is going to profit from his $1.8 billion bet on Yahoo Inc., the billionaire needs the struggling Internet company's stock to more than double in value. Icahn, who muscled his way on to Yahoo's board...

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Video captures child-rape cover-up

Bloomington :: IN :: USA | about 15 hours ago | Technology News

Source: The Washington Times

Planned Parenthood of Indiana has suspended a nurse after the release of an undercover videotape showing her coaching a supposed 13-year-old on how to duck Indiana's laws about parental-consent on abortion and the reporting of child sex-abuse. The videotape shows...

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Roy Greenslade: More gloom for US newspaper publishers

Denver :: CO :: USA | about 2 hours ago | Technology News

Source: The Guardian

More gloom for US newspaper publishers who cannot sell off their titles Is one of America's oldest newspapers about to close?...After cost-cutting comes disposal as publishers face increasing financial pressures. Let's begin this depressing round-up of the current state of...

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U.S. health report card ranks Washington at No. 10

Kirkland :: WA :: USA | about 3 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Seattle Times

Newborns in Washington have a better chance of reaching their first birthday than babies in any other state, while Washington adults have the nation's sixth-lowest smoking rate. At the same time, the share of Washington residents who binge drink or...

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Army comes to aid of snowbound drivers

Manchester :: WA :: USA | about 14 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Times Online

The Army was mobilised yesterday to rescue stricken drivers as heavy snow and high winds wreaked havoc on motorways, cut power to 15,000 homes and caused more than 300 schools to close across Scotland and northern England. As blizzards moved...

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Blumenthal critical of salary proposal

Holyoke :: MA :: USA | about 17 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Connecticut Post

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is challenging a request by New England's electricity grid operator for nearly $100 million in salaries, executive compensation, lobbying and other costs...He filed a motion with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asking for hearings to...

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Researchers find oldest-ever stash of marijuana

Ottawa :: Canada | about 4 hours ago | Technology News

Posted by cooldiponline

Ottawa — Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China. The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly “cultivated for psychoactive purposes,” rather than...

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