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Schiavo Fight in FL Court (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - A watchdog agency for the disabled is pleading today with a federal judge in Florida to keep a brain-damaged woman alive long enough to investigate a claim that she is being abused by her husband. |
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LinkFilter VST Plugin (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - LinkFilter is an effect that uses the volume of one stereo channel to control the frequency of a filter that filters the other stereo channel. |
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iRiver iHP-120: iPod Killer! (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - The versatile iRiver iHP-120 (20GB) is the first hard drive-based MP3 player we've seen that brings advanced features into a casing only a hair larger than the iPod's. It has just about every input and output that the power user could ask for, excellent battery life, a fully functioning in-line remote with an LCD, and excellent playback/recording quality. This combination doesn't come cheap, but if you're in need of all these features, the iRiver's $400 retail price is money well spent. |
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French Justice (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - In 300 episodes, I don't think we've seen this happen on Law and Order... REUTERS: Unbelievable A French judge was placed under official investigation for "sexual exposure" in a courtroom, prosecutors said on Friday, after a newspaper reported the judge masturbated while a lawyer pleaded her case. The 39-year old judge masturbated for several minutes on Wednesday while listening to a female lawyer addressing the court in a case dealing with a dispute between neighbors, regional paper La Charente Libre said. One of the paper's reporters saw the judge "making unambiguous gestures after discretely lifting his judicial robe and opening his trousers," it said. |
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eBay's PayPal settles Bank One suit (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - EBay Inc., its PayPal money transfer service, and Bank One Corp. agreed to settle two patent infringement lawsuits, eBay and PayPal said Monday. Terms of the agreement were confidential, the companies said. Bank One Delaware N. |
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Man arrested for molesting a 3-year old ... dog (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - The incident was reported to police after the ex-girlfriend took the dog to the Michigan Humane Society to be examined, Mathews said. Thomson, who works for a home-delivery food company, has been ordered to stay away from Sparkles and the dog's family as he awaits trial. Damn, no booking photo. Someone comment when thesmokinggun.com gets it. |
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U.S.: Taliban commander captured (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - A senior Taliban commander key to the ousted militia’s links with al-Qaida has been captured by coalition forces in central Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokesman said Monday. |
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Budget gap balloons to record high (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - The war in Iraq, a new round of tax cuts and economic weakness pushed the federal budget deficit to $374.2 billion, the Bush administration reported Monday. |
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Fed official: Jobs permanently gone (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - Richmond Federal Reserve President Alfred Broaddus said Monday many of the U.S. jobs cut in recent years are gone permanently because of economic changes. |
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Powering small devices with water (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - Canadian scientists have developed a method of generating electricity from water for use in small devices, which could pave the way for products such as liquid-powered calculators and mobile phones. |
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Soyuz delivers crew to space station (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - A capsule carrying a three-man crew docked with the international space station on Monday, bringing letters from home for two astronauts aboard the outpost. |
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WashPost: Narcotics trafficking surges online (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - With little notice or meaningful oversight, the Internet has become a pipeline for narcotics and other deadly drugs. Customers can pick from a vast array of painkillers, antidepressants, stimulants and steroids with few controls and virtually no medical m |
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Sexual identity hard-wired by genes? (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - Sexual identity is wired into the genes, which discounts the concept that homosexuality and transgender sexuality are a choice, California researchers reported. |
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Health care concerns growing in U.S. (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - The public’s growing unease with the current health care system has built support for a new approach that would mean care for all Americans and changes in laws governing prescription drugs, a poll suggests. |
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Thank God for the Northeast (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - A preposterous Republican argument that the Northeast doesn’t matter anymore is debunked. By Daniel Gross. |
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Zakaria: Fire William Boykin (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - William Boykin, the Defense Department’s deputy undersecretary for intelligence, is a disaster and should be dismissed. |
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Dateline: Looking back with Barbara Bush (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - Barbara Bush occupies a unique place in political history, and a special place in the hearts of many Americans. And in an exclusive interview with Jamie Gangel, the former first lady shows she is still full of surprises. You can also read an excerpt from |
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Dateline: Different role for Meg Ryan (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - The price of fame? The pain of divorce? The prospect of dating? Will she marry again? Meg Ryan talked about it all when she sat down with NBC’s Stone Phillips in New York. |
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Symantec snaps up SafeWeb (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - The security company acquires the maker of secure network devices for $26 million, as the tide of consolidation continues to sweep through the industry. |
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Dell turns on satellite TV (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - The PC maker is finalizing a deal to sell satellite TV systems provided by DirecTV, as part of its push to reach further into consumers' homes. Dell lands Boeing services deal |
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Fresh ideas may bolster security (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - Experts are developing plans on many fronts--including the Internet backbone, mobile devices, desktops, servers and more. Buggy software is also being addressed. Hopefully, overworked IT departments can change their priorities. Network Associates takes on mobile security Plan unites desktop, server security Researchers create bug control central |
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Heavy D (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - Square D just had a company-wide celebration of its 100th year in business. They gave out shirts, made in Mexico, to all employees -- including those losing their jobs to plants in Mexico. Word is even more layoffs in the works, including half of support staff. |
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Vizion (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - Rumor has it Vizional Technologies just asked employees to return the paychecks they received on the 15th of October. Apparently, $80 million later, there's not enough $$$ in the company's account. |
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Bombs away (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - Rumor has it Bombardier is closing (moving?) their Tucson, AZ plant -- 850 jobs gone. |
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Youngun (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - Rumor has it around 20 people were just laid off from Ernst & Young Technologies. |
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I was overseen to have said... (Oct 20 2003 21:20 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - The slides from my closing keynote at Digital ID World on Friday are up.So are the slides from my talk to the Enterprise Architect Summit from earlier last week. I'm working right now on retrospective write-ups on both of those events, plus the Geek Cruise last month. Watch the Linux Journal site for all of those. |
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Today's Daily Run Down Newsletter (click here) (Oct 20 2003 21:19 GMT) - Gallo Has Hots For Laura IngrahamThe New York Post/Page SixVincent Gallo is smitten with conservative commentator Laura Ingraham. "I'm seriously in love," Gallo gushed about the pretty blonde pundit. "I'd love to go out with her. Ann Coulter is too scrawny. Laura is so much brighter, and she's beautiful. |
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Punishing the back in the name of rehab (Oct 20 2003 21:19 GMT) - My lower back was feeling better today, but still somewhat sore deep down. With wisdom hardened by limited experience and a master plan in my brain pocket, I was not one to fall for the lure of the "easy ME... |
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