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- Overall US crime lowers slightly over 2002, but pattern is uneven. |
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- Many admire the passion and commitment of this outspoken, liberal Democrat. |
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- Motivated by antiterror fears and a need for oil, Africans are demanding warriors to beat their swords into plowshares. |
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- US religious communities find various ways to welcome unmarried adults. |
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- Some 500 new regulations take effect in the new year addressing everything from telemarketing to university tuition rates. |
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- To help combat the war on terror, the US military is looking for a few good linguists. |
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- Unmarried women may be target of choice for candidates in 2004 election. |
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- Firms like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be stripped of their government-sponsored advantages. |
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- The US has too much at stake with China to let Taiwan interfere. |
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- Seven suggestions for easing the strain on planet Earth (and ourselves) in 2004. |
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- The devastation is the result of a lack of development and not nature's wrath. |
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- Amid the bad news for Broadway is good news for understudies. |
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- There's still plenty worth seeing on Broadway. |
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- Kid Rock, once a bastion of rap-rock, is now singing country. |
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- The alt-rockers win over shorter fans with their first children's book. |
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Movie Guide (Dec 31 2003 21:28 GMT) - Capsule reviews of current movies and new releases. |
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- Edgar Degas made sculptures to help him make better paintings. |
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- Midway through my walk I realized one of my earrings was missing. |
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- One item in the attic puzzled her: 300 postal cards, each with the same message. |
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- Today's article on Christian Science. |
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- In a rebuff to Syria, Israel introduces a $56-million program that promises to double the number of settlers in the Golan Heights. |
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- Georgians head to the polls Sunday after peacefully ousting their president in November. |
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- Benjamin Reed has compiled Konqueror for Mac OS X, after recently porting the KUniqueApplication cla... [MacNN] Comment:Looks like the Linux... |
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- Acid Bath-Bleed Me An Ocean |
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- Kajaanin käräjäoikeus tuomitsi keskiviikkona kuhmolaisen vanhemman konstaapelin näpistyksestä |
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- Vuonna 1921 syntynyt mies jäi polkupyörällä kuorma-auton alle keskiviikkoiltapä |
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- May you have a glorious intriguing romantic eye-opening revolutionary 2004, in which dreams are dreamed, wisdom acquired, beauty recognised, hardships... |
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- Just pausing during a routine partial declutter of the living room before my low-key New Year's Eve evening out. Sushi and nice company, and that's all I need. My great self-reflective pondering on the last day of this year? Momentous... |
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- 25 others hurt in apparent car bomb explosion; Two Iraqis killed during protest in Kirkuk; Boy, 8, fatally wounded in separate attack |
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- His best-selling work 'True Confessions' was made into a film in 1981 |
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- Reflections from an e-learning conference held recently in Britain. Cynical reflections. "The industry stages very predictable events where: publishers argue that there should be more emphasis on e-learning content; software companies argue that there should be more emphasis on tools; |
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- Interesting item, based on the concept that "meaning and full extension of skills (and self, too) occur within the social context of a project that has a contextual and social purpose - an objective to focus the deployment of skills. Then we have actionable sense." This idea is used to defined the development of 'ad hoc networks' that collect those skills within an organization that can meet the stated objective. It's a good model for organizational organization, but cautions are warranted: not every action on the part of a member of an organization needs to make actionable sense. |
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- Useful first steps toward defining a notation for the manipulation of the contents of RSS feeds, including accounts of feed splitting, splicing, subtracting and more. In the comments I have added to the termninology and offered formal definitions for each term in a type of basic predicate calculus for feeds. By JDJ News Desk, Linux World, December 30, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect] |
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- We can forgive, I guess, the Center for Academic Transformation for its use of a now clichéd phrase in its title. The point of the plan is to test a new model "that partners experienced, successful institutions with new institutions and relies upon best practices and learning materials with a proven track record in particular disciplines." Guidelines for participation, reports Carol A. Twigg in an email, will be published on February 1, 2004. By Various Authors, Center for Academic Transformation, December, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect] |
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- Polish and Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed an ancient cemetery containing the 4,000-year-old tomb of a royal official, Egypt's antiquities officials announced Wednesday. |
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- So why do so many good ideas come in the bath-tub? I'm thinking about relationship management, relating it to the familiar marketing terms and the familiar finance terms, but also adding it as a discrete function in online communications.... |
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- Are you reading this? Well then I guess this pertains to you :-) I |
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- Singer Christina Aguilera performs on stage on Oct. 18, 2003 at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, attracting some 12,000 spectators. (AP Photo/Keystone, Eddy Risch) (Click for Large Photo) [yahoo: 4, +singer +christina +aguilera +performs] |
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- A worshipper tosses a floral offering for 'iemanja,' the Goddess of the sea, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, December 31, 2003. More than two million people are expected here for the annual New Year's Eve celebration. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (Click for Large Photo) [yworld: 3, +goddess +copacabana +beach] |
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- Tammy Faye Messner, smiles during the taping of an infomercial in 1987. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) (Click for Large Photo) [yahoo: 2, +tammy +smiles] |
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- IAMS reassures food customers: no 'mad cow' disease in dog food OH While supermarkets in at least four western U. |
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- last few bits of things at work, tidying up loose ends, and listening to LMB figure out how to balance little metal men on top of each other (one of my office toys). it's been pretty quiet here, for the most part, with an occasional dollop of excitement. |
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- Miss April 2003 is Carmella Decesare. Carmella first appeared in Playboy as a college student. This year, she became a Playmate of the Month. Click here for pictures.... |
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- In a startling new development fundraising outsider Clay Johnson has challenged the blog community to outraise Matt Gross and the boys First off, let me thank John Pettit for making sure all voices are heard. John Pettit, your pictures are... |
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- thomasvs writes "The Dave/Dina project is a small enthusiastic group of developers working on a complete open-sourced distribution for home entertainment ... |
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