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- Asleep At The Wheel As long as I'm bashing the legal profession, here's one for all you judges out there from today's New York Law Journal: A man convicted of killing an undercover police officer should not receive a new trial, even if a judge was asleep at times while the jury was selected, a New York appeals court ruled Tuesday. In a unanimous opinion, the New York Appellate Division, 1st Department, said that since David Degondea and his attorney failed to object to the judge's alleged behavior at the time, they could not use it to attack the jury's verdict years later. <true story> |
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- Britain ratifies a new piece of protocol for the United Nations convention against torture. |
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- Woman, police dog, catch alleged corrupt detective stealing $1.3 million in illegal drugs AU In a rare twist of events, an undercover police detective couldn't stop a police dog from nabbing him during theft of illegal drugs. |
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- Looks like the upcoming version of Drupal with have some significant improvements: The Drupal developers have been little busy bees... |
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- Dec. 10 - The film may not be out until Christmas, but the stars still packed the red carpet in Manhattan for the premiere of the highly anticipated 'Cold Mountain'. |
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- All the attention recently focused on party girl-turned-reality TV star Paris Hilton was no match for the allure of one of television's holiday chestnuts Tuesday. |
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- NEW YORK - Jazz singer Diana Krall has tied the knot with her beau of one year, Elvis Costello, in a wedding in England, Costello's public relations firm confirmed Wednesday. |
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- WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. - Magician David Copperfield canceled a Michigan show after a tractor-trailer hauling his stage materials overturned Wednesday. |
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- The McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Act puts severe limits on what people can say leading up to an election. For instance, you are not allowed to criticize a political candidate 30 days before a primary election and 60 days before... |
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- [PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog.] - Jogger ist ein Jabber basiertes Weblog-System. Man schreibt eine Message an die jabber-id jogger@jogger.jabber. |
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- "Because tropical aquarium fish are not used for food purposes, they pose no threat to the food supply. There is no evidence that these genetically engineered zebra danio fish pose any more threat to the environment than their unmodified counterparts which have long been widely sold in the United States. In the absence of a clear risk to the public health, the FDA finds no reason to regulate these particular fish." [FDA] |
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- Natalie Portman at the premiere of 'Cold Mountain' held at Ziegfeld Theater. New York, NY. 12/09/03. (George De Sota-FWD) (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 2, +natalie +premiere] |
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- Eva Amurri at the premiere of 'Cold Mountain' held at Ziegfeld Theater. New York, NY. 12/09/03. (George De Sota-FWD) (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 2, +eva +premiere] |
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- Anna Wintour at the premiere of 'Cold Mountain' held at Ziegfeld Theater. New York, NY. 12/09/03. (George De Sota-FWD) (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 2, +anna +premiere] |
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- Alexandra Wenthworth at the premiere of 'Cold Mountain' held at Ziegfeld Theater. New York, NY. 12/09/03. (George De Sota-FWD) (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 2, +alexandra +premiere] |
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- NIcole Kidman at the premiere of 'Cold Mountain' held at Ziegfeld Theater. New York, NY. 12/09/03. (George De Sota-FWD) (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 2, +nicole +premiere] |
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- Nicole Kidman at the premiere of 'Cold Mountain' held at Ziegfeld Theater. New York, NY. 12/09/03. (George De Sota-FWD) (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 2, +nicole +premiere] |
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- On a rainy Richmond afternoon, workers from Petersburg to Baltimore and as far away as North Carolin... |
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- I recently had the misfortune to experience the inconsistent workings of our great Amtrak train system. This is a company that is over a billion dollars in debt, but the government keeps funding because it doesn't want to lose a nationwide railway due to inactivity. So to fully take advantage of Uncle Sam's misguided generosity, I thought it'd be fun to take the train cross country from Chicago, Illinois to Havre, Montana (pronounced 'have er' and believe me, you can.) The trip heading west was flawless. The train was exactly on schedule for every stop out there, and we made it to beautiful Havre in good time. |
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- I recently had the misfortune to experience the inconsistent workings of our great Amtrak train system. This is a company that is over a billion dollars in debt, but the government keeps funding because it doesn't want to lose a nationwide railway due to inactivity. So to fully take advantage of Uncle Sam's misguided generosity, I thought it'd be fun to take the train cross country from Chicago, Illinois to Havre, Montana (pronounced 'have er' and believe me, you can.) The trip heading west was flawless. The train was exactly on schedule for every stop out there, and we made it to beautiful Havre in good time. |
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- Richard Cohen pastes Algore in has this op-ed in the Washington Post. |
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- New AIM Beta Kicks some serious butt: - Video Chat (yes that's right, AOL finally caught up). - Multiple SN's at once. Just like DeadAIM was doing (for pay). Multiple buddy lists. |
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- I've been making some changes on the site lately; what does everyone think of the new look? Also, if someone comments on an entry and leaves a URL, and I like their site, they'll get added to the "People & Friends" section to the right... so that's why I've added the new people lately. |
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- To wish a very happy 100 year birthday to the Ice Cream Cone. Now a little ice cream cone haiku. Beloved ice cream cone How you've brightened my childhood Keeping my hands clean Thank you.... |
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- To wish a very happy 100 year birthday to the Ice Cream Cone. Now a little ice cream cone haiku. Beloved ice cream cone How you've brightened my childhood Keeping my hands clean Thank you.... |
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- JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told lawmakers Tuesday that he will move some Jewish settlements as part of an emerging plan for Israel to impose a border in the West Bank without negotiations with the Palestinians, a meeting participant said. |
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- SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea announced Tuesday that it would freeze its nuclear weapons projects in return for the United States providing energy aid and removing Pyongyang from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism. President Bush rejected the offer. |
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- MOSCOW - In an attack that came disturbingly close to the seats of Russian power, a suicide bomber blew herself up near Red Square on Tuesday morning, killing six people and injuring 14. |
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- MERIDA, Mexico - Top officials from around the globe signed the first worldwide anti-corruption treaty Tuesday, a move that may open banks in money havens to more scrutiny and allow some poor countries to recover billions of looted dollars. |
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- UNITED NATIONS - The human race could have 9 billion people by 2300, Japanese will live to 108, and Africa's population will explode while Europe's could dwindle, the United Nations predicted Tuesday. |
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- The classic essay on "worse is better" is either misunderstood or wrong |
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- Herewith a tour through Robot Village. |
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- an introduction to the origins, evolution, and applications of modern letterforms |
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- a Perl script for displaying del.icio.us links on your Web site |
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- or rather stupid pop-up blockers. |
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- using a colour/context/emotion management and metadata dataset like 'Feel Of A Colour' |
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