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- Why are there user fees for PACER? In 1988, the Judiciary sought funding through the appropriation process to establish the capability to provide electronic public access services. Rather than appropriating additional funds for this purpose, Congress specifically directed the Judiciary to fund that initiative through the collection of user fees. As a result, the program relies exclusively on fee revenue. [Link added, from the FAQ for Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER), the case and docket information retrieval service for Federal Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy courts. |
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- Through October 19, Sierra Trading Post takes an additional 10% off Bargain Barn items. Discounted items include men's and women's clothing, outdoor...(more) |
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- GoGamer.com's latest 48 Hour Madness Sale features Atari's Temple of Elemental Evil Madness for PC for $32.90. That's $12 less than the next best...(more) |
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- An interesting comparison between Windows vs. Unix (Linux, Mac OS X) viruses viruses at The Register. |
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- For me to toss my hat into the California Governor's Recall Race? I think I could do as good a job at running California as any of the other yahoos that are trying for the job out there. I realize I don't actually live in California, as I'm afraid of... |
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- For me to toss my hat into the California Governor's Recall Race? I think I could do as good a job at running California as any of the other yahoos that are trying for the job out there. I realize I don't actually live in California, as I'm afraid of... |
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- what does it say about the great state of Michigan when the best quarterback (college or pro) is a cokehead? yes indeed, The Spartys are on a major roll and have broken into the Top 25 after smoking Indiana, while The Lions and my beloved Wolverines both |
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- A Dutch sex club is organising its own lottery with a chance to have sex in a limo while it drives through Rotterdam as top prize. [More] |
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- When did John Kerry start going by John F. Kerry? Is this a new thing for his presidential bid? Or has he always used it?... |
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- Casting has started for The Amazing Race 5. Fill out an application here.... |
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- Now that I've showed Jeri her wedding present, jeric.ws (it's what we call her and Ric), I can unveil all the subdomains I created this past week. The old URLs still work, but now these easier to remember ones do too. houseofslug.brendoman. |
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Spam abuse (Oct 06 2003 18:56 GMT) - The spammers are out of control. We have ways of counteracting them. Trouble is some of the methods will cause... |
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- Michael Moore revient, dans son nouveau livre, Dude, Where's My Country?, avec 7 questions qu'il pose à GWB. 1. Is it true that the Bin Ladens have had business relations with you and your family off and on for the... |
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- The only apology I would accept from Arnold at this point is one that went something like this... |
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- Tycho: I really wish that these media outlets would stop pretending the N-Gage is a real game system. (CW)TB... |
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- A man from Virginia says he can prove his lost parrot has been adopted - by questioning it in court. [More] |
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- This was a no-brainer. The San Francisco Chronicle has an excellent article on how Apple's iSight video camera and iChat AV software are helping to change the lives of people in the deaf community... [MacMinute] |
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- Do you know a bachelor who dresses to kill, drives a hot car and eats at the finest restaurants, but has a home that looks like a frat house on Sunday morning? ABC Family Channel is looking for bachelors (21... |
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- (US) Check behind you before you run from police Check behind you before you run from police ON THE SCENE: Officer Barry Bunch and police dog Bor were called to 140 Iroquois Road to assist narcotics officers in a drug investigation. That is what happened when an Oak Rid...[$drug_related(100%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $prohibition_agency(100%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $narcotic(100%), $various_drugs(95%), $police_related_news(70%)] |
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- Microsoft has signed off the final code for the latest version of its team collaboration and file-sharing technology, Windows SharePoint Services (WSS). The software giant claimed that WSS, which provides collaborative workspaces for users sharing projects over corporate intranet or extranet communities, will enable teams of workers to access and share information more easily than with traditional file servers. |
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- We're back. Good workshop. Heaps of stuff to catch up on. Meanwhile, just to show that the Guardian has no... |
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- We're back. Good workshop. Heaps of stuff to catch up on. Meanwhile, just to show that the Guardian has no... |
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- iChat AV software produced video that was clear enough to see another person's fingers and hand movements, a crucial element in communicating in American Sign Language. By Benny Evangelista (San Francisco Chronicle via MyAppleMenu) |
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- In an effort to focus on five product categories in the communications and electronics systems markets, the Schaumburg, Ill., company intends to create a separate company out of its Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS), which builds chips such as the PowerPC. By John G. Spooner (CNET News.com via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Michigan is getting ready to place a technology order that just may be the biggest single purchase of computers ever -- 130,000 laptops, enough to give one to every sixth-grade student in the state. By Mike Wendland (Detorit Free Press via MyAppleMenu) |
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- The iTrip allows the iPod to work with FM radios -- in your car, for instance, or through the clock radio of your hotel bedstand when you're on the road. By Dennis Sellers (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu) |
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- The New Republic says he's stronger than we'd imagine. "in red/blue America, a reasonably competent Democratic nominee starts with close to 250 electoral college votes. If he can just slice off a couple more here and there, he can make a pretty compelling run for the White House. "TNR predicts that Dean could pick up "a couple more here and there" with his moderate stances (which he can use without alienating his base because of his anti-Bush credentials). Dean would also be uninhibited by Ralph Nadar. |
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- A new report by Perseus has some interesting statistics: Weblogs updated less than once every two months: 66% Weblogs... |
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- The company's data-downloading software gets a boost from a Japanese firm, which plans to use it to launch a corporate e-mail service. It'll be a first trip behind the corporate firewall for BREW. [CNET News.com] |
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- Chris Fork (from Pitchfork) has a compilation of the fifty most common CDs found in used CD bins. It’s an... |
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- Chris Fork (from Pitchfork) has a compilation of the fifty most common CDs found in used CD bins. It’s an... |
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- There's a fantastic article about the making of Dazed and Confused in Texas Monthly (which is our favorite Texas periodical ever...we think it's maybe the only one ever, too). Writer John Spong interviews writer-director Richard Linklater and many of the stars of the film (notably absent are the two biggest... |
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- Study says half of such Americans worry about finances despite building up wealth during the economic boom |
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- http://www. smh. com. au/articles/2003/10/05/1065292 html... |
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- Speaking of BirdsThe boys -- now my son has his two twin friends over to play today on a no-school-Jewish-holiday day -- came to tell me the bird had moved from one side of the box to the other. So this is good news (see Bird Hospital Here post below). I guess she's not dead.They also worked on identifying her with me. Eight year old boys are so forthright. |
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- Auditions for Star Search have started again. BOSTON Tuesday, October 7th from 9am to 6pm The Fairmont Copley Plaza Boston 138 St. James Avenue Boston, MA NEW YORK Saturday, October 11th 9am to 6pm HOTEL LOCATION: The Park Central-New York... |
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