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Brian Kelly will stay at CMU (Nov 27 2006 23:51 GMT) - For a while, it looked like Central Michigan University needed a football coach. Starting Sunday night, there were several reports that CMU coach Brian Kelly was taking the Iowa State University coaching job. |
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Pop-up books (Nov 27 2006 23:50 GMT) - Welcome to the amazing world of pop-up books! with videos showing the pop-ups in action. PingMag also featured pop-up books from the 1890s. [via] |
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Happy Feet deals out losing hand to 007 (Nov 27 2006 23:50 GMT) - Happy Feet stayed at the top of the US box office over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend with another $51.5m in ticket sales, passing the $100m mark in just its second week on release. |
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Radiation found in London (Nov 27 2006 23:50 GMT) - Traces of polonium 210 have been found at several more locations in London during the investigation into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. |
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Growing Problems With Electronics Waste (Nov 27 2006 23:48 GMT) - eldavojohn writes "The BBC is reporting that many countries are dumping their e-Waste in poorer African nations. From the article, 'The world's richest nations are dumping hazardous electronic waste on poor African countries, says the head of the UN's Environment Programme (Unep).' The problem with e-Waste (versus other wastes) is that the gases and chemicals that make up a lot of electronics are particularly harmful for the environment. I suppose nobody takes their computer, TV or Radio to the repair shop anymore since a new one is a fraction of that cost down at the local convenience store." |
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Satellite Radio: The Songs Might Not Repeat, But The Merger Rumors Do (Nov 27 2006 23:47 GMT) - Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin has again mentioned the possibility of a merger between his company and rival XM, adding that he doesn't think regulatory issues would be a problem given the popularity of devices like iPods -- showing a new understanding that the two satellite radio companies face more competitors than each other. The idea that the two companies could be better off as one has been floated before, but it's hard to see just how it would help. It seems likely that the companies' biggest obstacle at this point isn't fending off competition from one another, but growing the overall satellite radio market and making it more viable. Certainly a merger would allow XM and Sirius to cut operating costs by eliminating redundancies, but the cost of operating and maintaining satellites is quite an albatross for the companies to bear. Like other satellite ventures, they may find eventually declaring bankruptcy and letting somebody start over without the huge initial capital costs. |
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Svenska vinnare med formel 1 i sikte (Nov 27 2006 23:44 GMT) - Målet är tveklöst formel 1 för svensk racings två senaste mästare, Alx Danielsson och Sebastian Hohenthal. Nu förhandlar de om nya klasser, på väg upp mot det hägrande mål där ingen svensk tävlat sedan Stefan "Lövis" Johansson 1991. |
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