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Les Echos

Bankia: le nouveau président défend l'équipe précédente et refuse toute "purge"

about 3 hours ago
Le nouveau président du groupe espagnol Bankia, Jose ignacio Goirigolzarri, qui a sollicité vendredi une aide record de 19 milliards de l'Etat, a pris la défense samedi de l'équipe précédente, se refusant à toute "purge" et appelant à la "prudence". "Je ne suis pas venu ici pour purger quelque...Articles en rapportUE: le choix entre austérité et croissance est un "dilemme artificiel" (Slovénie)...
USA Today

Money Watch: How do I make my 401(k) last after retiring?

about 4 hours ago
Q: I will be 63 when I retire. My 401(k) is all I've got, and I would like to make the money last as long as I can. How should I manage it?
USA Today

Judge to Edwards jurors: Don't discuss the case

about 5 hours ago
Jurors in the John Edwards campaign fraud trial have the long holiday weekend to think over the case — but not talk about it.
Huffington Post

Jason Stanford: This Evolution Won't Be Televised

about 6 hours ago
The arc of history is long and bends toward progress, but it usually starts in a bad place. Former congressman Chris Bell knows this, because he went through his own reevaluation on gay marriage.
news.com.au

Griffiths coming home to be 'normal person' again

about 6 hours ago
RACHEL says she's swapping the long hours of working on a hit US show for a more relaxed existence in Australia.
SI

Brian Cazeneuve: Brodeur, Devils write up alternate ending to 1994 script

about 7 hours ago
NEWARK, N.J. -- Forget the silver hairs, the gaudy résumé dragging along the floor, the questions about age and even the ghosts he thought he'd buried long ago; Martin Brodeur stood tall with a legend's prescience and saved his case of the yips for a postgame leap into a pile of teammates.
AP

Yankees play long ball to beat Athletics 6-3

about 8 hours ago
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher hit two-run homers to help the New York Yankees win for the seventh straight time in Oakland, beating the Athletics 6-3 on Friday night....
perez hilton

M.I.A. To Take Flight With Jay-Z's Roc Nation!

about 8 hours ago
Rapper and business mogul Jay-Z has added yet another artist to his fast growing, star studded team! Put your diamonds in the sky for M.I.A. — she’s just signed a deal with Jay’s management company Roc Nation!!! M.I.A. joins Hov’s long list of artists under his management co., including Rihanna, Santigold, Shakira and Wale! Though M.I.A. is still [...]
Gizmodo

RIP My Hard Drive, 2008-2012 [Rant]

about 10 hours ago
This morning, I woke up to find my MacBook barely functioning, frozen, and plagued by a near-constant spinning rainbow of death. Long, painful story much shorter: my hard drive crashed and I can either have a new one installed, tomorrow at the earliest (I'm writing tonight from the completely empty office!), or I can buy a new computer since mine is pretty ...
Los Angeles Times

Actor said of 2 slayings, 'I'm crazy and I did it,' transcripts show

about 10 hours ago
A community theater actor accused of killing two friends in an elaborate plot to frame one for the other's murder confessed to police immediately after his arrest, according to a grand jury transcript made public Friday. “I'm crazy, and I did it,” Daniel Patrick Wozniak, 28, told a Costa Mesa detective after the 2010 killings, according to the testimony. Wozniak, who was arrested at his own bac...
AP

Who's an American Indian? Warren case stirs query

about 11 hours ago
What, exactly, makes someone American Indian? Even Indians themselves don't agree as they debate the case of Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, whose disputed claim of Native American identity is shining a rare spotlight on the malleable nature of Indian heritage and the long history of murky claims to such ancestry....
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

The long and winding road facing Canada's rural unemployed

about 11 hours ago
New EI rules governing acceptable commutes job hunters must accept proving to be divisive
WSJ

New Orleans Cabs Fight Upgrade Plan

about 12 hours ago
Cab owners in New Orleans sued in federal court to block the city's latest efforts to get tough with requirements for passenger amenities and safety features that have long been standard in major cities like New York and Atlanta.
Daily Mail

All aboard for the Queen's great Jubilee jamboree

about 13 hours ago
The Daily Mail is proud to offer its readers the definitive guide to the great Diamond Jubilee Long Weekend.
Reuters

Wall Street scores weekly gains, but sags for the day

about 13 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended their first positive week in four with a down day on Friday as investors were reluctant to buy going into a long weekend, with uncertainty still swirling around Europe.
omg

Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton on "Hatfields & McCoys"

about 13 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Long before we had Trump vs. Rosie, Tupac vs. Biggie, Carson vs. Rivers, or Axl vs. Slash, there was the biggest celebrity beef of them all: Hatfields vs. McCoys. The bloodletting of that late-19th-century Appalachian family feud became the stuff of international legend … but until now, remarkably, never a major mass entertainment. ...
Telegraph

Etan Patz killing: Pedro Hernandez 'had a long history of hallucinations'

about 14 hours ago
A shop worker suspected of abducting and killing a six-year-old boy in a case which gripped America for more than 30 years confessed to his family that he had "done a bad thing" and "killed a child" shortly after the 1979 murder.
NEWS.au.com

US eases airport screening for elderly

about 14 hours ago
THE US Government is easing the airport screening process for travelers 75 and older, beginning to roll out new rules just in time for the long Memorial Day holiday weekend, an official said yesterday.
Washington Post

Washington Mystics point guard Natasha Lacy hopes for a better home debut

about 14 hours ago
The groundwork that led to Natasha Lacy’s surprise ascension to starting point guard began long before her name was called during opening introductions of the Washington Mystics’ season-opening loss to the Chicago Sky last Saturday night. Read full article >>
Huffington Post

Centralia, Pennsylvania Fire Still Burns Underneath Town, 50 Years On (PHOTOS/VIDEO)

about 14 hours ago
CENTRALIA, Pa. (AP) — Fifty years ago on Sunday, a fire at the town dump ignited an exposed coal seam, setting off a chain of events that eventually led to the demolition of nearly every building in Centralia — a whole community of 1,400 simply gone. All these decades later, the Centralia fire still burns. It also maintains its grip on the popular imagination, drawing visitors fro...
BoingBoing

The secret world of swamp mud

about 15 hours ago
Earlier this week, I showed you how scientists can use a simple, hand-operated tool to collect stratified core samples of mud at the bottom of a swamp. The deeper the samples go down, the older the mud is—until, eventually, you're looking at 6000-year-old muck, the remains of a lake bed that filled in with sediment [...]
politico

Still no verdicts in John Edwards trial

about 15 hours ago
GREENSBORO, N.C.—The jury considering campaign finance charges against former Sen. John Edwards quit for the long weekend Friday without returning any verdicts, but the judge overseeing the case closed the courtroom to the public in order to discuss a jury-related issue. U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles gave members of the press and public waiting on the verdicts no details about the ...
AllThingsDigital

Is Google or PayPal Leading the Charge in Mobile Payments?

about 16 hours ago
The results may surprise you.
Le Point

Du Cap Nord aux Bouches de Bonifacio: l'unijambiste au long cours

about 16 hours ago
Depuis dix ans, de défis en expéditions sur tous les continents, il a...
Les Echos

Wall Street finit en baisse, optant pour la prudence avant un long week-end

about 17 hours ago
La Bourse de New York a fini en baisse vendredi, les investisseurs optant pour la prudence avant un long week-end aux Etats-Unis, en dépit d'un indicateur sur le moral des consommateurs américains encourageant: le Dow Jones a perdu 0,60% et le Nasdaq 0,07%. Selon les chiffres définitifs à la...
CNN

Jury in John Edwards trial dismissed for long weekend

about 17 hours ago
Deliberating jurors in corruption trial of John Edwards are dismissed for Memorial Day weekend.
Slashdot

Are Porn and Video Games Ruining a Generation?

about 17 hours ago
silentbrad writes "An editorial published at CNN is titled 'The Demise of Guys: How Videogames and Porn are Ruining a Generation.' It makes the sensationalized case that not only do game addiction and porn addiction share similar characteristics, but they're also both damaging to young men, destroying their ability to connect with women, and therefore threatening the future of our entire specie...
China Daily

Ethnic minorities discriminated against in US

about 17 hours ago
Ethnic minorities in the United States have long been suffering systemic, widespread and institutional discrimination.
ElPais

Solitary Merkel

about 18 hours ago
The project to strengthen the monetary union will have to bring about eurobonds
Wired

Living Large in a 130-Square-Foot Apartment

about 18 hours ago
With dense urban centers and housing that was built hundreds of years ago, Europeans have long known how to make their tiny spaces feel triumphant. But this apartment in the Montparnasse neighborhood of Paris is an above-and-beyond exemplar of hyper-efficient, micro-urban living.
New York Times

Micah True’s Journey

about 18 hours ago
The man who became known as Caballo Blanco took a long, fascinating path from a furniture mover and boxer in Colorado to an ultrarunner in the canyons of Mexico.
La Voix du Nord

Wall Street finit en baisse: Dow Jones -0,63%, Nasdaq -0,07%

about 19 hours ago
La Bourse de New York a fini en baisse vendredi, les investisseurs optant pour la prudence avant un long week-end aux Etats-Unis, en dépit d'un indicateur sur le moral des consommateurs américains encourageant: le Dow Jones a perdu 0,63% et le Nasdaq 0,07%.histoires liéesReprise de Petroplus: pas d´offre ferme "en l´état" mais toujours des pistesPPR va s´allier avec Yoox pour vendre certaines g...
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Apple CEO hands employees $75-million pick-me-up

about 19 hours ago
In a move long resisted by former CEO Steve Jobs, Tim Cook will give up $75-million on restricted stock
Mashable

Should Entrepreneurs Collect Unemployment?

about 19 hours ago
A plan backed by the U.S. Department of Labor would allow entrepreneurs to collect unemployment benefits while they build a business, an acknowl…
White House

Presidential Proclamation -- Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2012

about 19 hours ago
PRAYER FOR PEACE, MEMORIAL DAY, 2012 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Our Nation endures and thrives because of the devotion of our men and women in uniform, who, from generation to generation, carry a burden heavier than any we may ever know. On Memorial Day, we honor those who have borne conflict's greatest cost, mourn where the wounds of wa...
WSJ

Blue Chips Fall

about 19 hours ago
The Dow industrials declined ahead of the long holiday weekend, after one of Spain's regional governments said it needed funding help.
Barrons

Stocks Mixed At Midday; Chesapeake Gains, Apple, Facebook Fall

about 19 hours ago
Equities were mixed in midday trading ahead of the long weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was recently down 0.3%, while the Nasdaq was up 0.1% and the S&P 500 was unchanged. Chesapeake (CHK) was rising 2.5% recently;  the nation’s second-largest natural gas producer got a boost from rumors that BlackRock (BLK) and Carl Icahn [...]
AP

Market struggles for direction before long weekend

about 19 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) -- The market struggled for direction Friday afternoon, with two major indexes wavering indecisively between small gains and losses....
AP

THE RACE: Presidential race is most costly ever

about 21 hours ago
The battle between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney will be the most expensive presidential contest ever - by a long shot....
USA Today

Despite struggles, Dario Franchitti no long shot at Indy 500

about 21 hours ago
It has been a rough start this season for four-time Izod IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti, who is 9 to 1 to win Sunday's race.
National Post

Ignore the noise, Tories got it right on EI reform

about 22 hours ago
Michael Den Tandt: These are tidy, sensible and moderate fixes that will be overwhelmingly popular with the vast majority of Canadians who take the time to understand them. The changes are long overdue
New York Times

Stocks Mixed Ahead of Holiday

about 23 hours ago
Stocks on Wall Street were mixed before the long holiday weekend on concerns over the lack of a concrete plan to keep Greece in the European currency union.
dlisted

Jenna Jameson Arrested For Riding A Pole

about 23 hours ago
It wouldn't be Memorial Day weekend without dumb bitches getting into their stars n' stripes drankin' thongs, guzzling down a 12-pack of Natty Light, and driving their slutmobiles into telephones poles. God bless America, hunty. Porn czarina Jenna Jameson got pinched for DUI last night. TMZ sez her drunk and whorey car made out with a cold and withholding telephone pole around...
National Post

SpaceX Dragon ship successfully snared by International Space Station’s Canadarm2

about 23 hours ago
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured Space Exploration Technologies’ Dragon cargo ship on Friday, the first privately owned vehicle to reach the orbital outpost.
Le Figaro

The Dark Knight Rises , d'une durée de plus de 3 heures ?

about 23 hours ago
Alors que de nouveaux spots télévisés dévoilent des images inédites, une rumeur annonce que le film pourrait être plus long que prévu.
THE AUSTRALIAN

Groupthink takes over at the ABC

about 23 hours ago
IF you watch and listen long enough, you can be encouraged by journalists ignoring what many would argue is the groupthink of the ABC.
lesoir

15:43 Wall Street ouvre en baisse

about 23 hours ago
La Bourse de New York a ouvert à la baisse, dans un marché hésitant avant un long week-end aux Etats-Unis, alors que la situation en Europe incite toujours les investisseurs à la p...lire la suitehistoires liées15:19 Balthazar, The Van Jets et Freaky Age au Pukkelpop15:28 Foot : le Soudan, 209e membre de la FIFA15:22 Rallye de l’Acropole : Sébastien Loeb en tête, Thierry Neuville 8e15:32 Action...
Daily Mail

Doe! Oldest deer in the world dies aged 21 after long life attributed to her love of Polo mints

1 day ago
Holly, whose incredible longevity was attributed to her love of Polo mints, passed away in her sleep at Mountfitchet Castle in Essex.
lesoir

Plein soleil pour la Pentecôte

1 day ago
Le temps estival s'installera pour ce long week de pour le plus grand plaisir des pentecôtistes. Prudence toutefois avec le soleil...
Daily Mail

Always look on the bright side for a long life - happy, outgoing people have genes that make them live longer

1 day ago
Optimistic people with positive and outgoing personalities and a good sense of humour are likely to live longer, according to a study from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Le Figaro

Malgré la crise, les Français continuent d'avoir le moral

1 day ago
L'indice sur le moral des ménages français a gagné un point en mai, à 90, selon l'Insee, mais reste loin de sa moyenne de long terme qui est de 100. Le moral des ménages allemands, lui, a reculé en mai.
The Jerusalem Post

Kopolev captures European gold in 50-meter backstroke

1 day ago
Israel had previously won seven medals at the long course Europeans.
Telegraph

England v West Indies: James Anderson targets long stay in Test team

1 day ago
James Anderson is self-confident, rational, and increasingly at ease in his role as the linchpin of England's seam attack.
Daily Mail

Nicole Kidman accidentally flashes her perfect pins at Cannes film festival debut

1 day ago
She struggled in vain to keep the gown over her long and toned legs, but eventually needed an aide to help her into the car.
Goal.com

Prandelli: Balotelli has promised he won't see red at Euro 2012

1 day ago
The Manchester City forward has long had disciplinary problems, but having been recalled to the Azzurri squad, he has vowed to be on his best behaviour in Poland and Ukraine
lesoir

Belfius Banque relativise la dégradation de sa note par Moody’s

1 day ago
La dégradation d’un cran de la notation de Belfius Banque par l’agence Moody’s, à Baa1 avec perspective stable pour la notation à long terme et Prime-2 pour ...lire la suite
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Perilous task ahead for sherpas trying to recover climber's body

1 day ago
For sherpas trying to recover Shriya Shah-Klorfine’s body from Mount Everest, it will be a long, hard job, descending the mountain with her remains tied to a sled, in a controlled slide down steep, icy and snow-covered slopes.
Entertainment Online

Avengers in Chaos? Could Thor 2 Be Down a Star Thanks to Anthony Hopkins?

1 day ago
Anthony Hopkins is looking to get back into some bad company. The Oscar winner is being courted to play the villain in Summit Entertainment's Red 2—that is, as long as it...
Entertainment Online

Anthony Hopkins to Play Baddie in Red 2 Unless Thor Has Anything to Say About It

1 day ago
Anthony Hopkins is looking to get back into some bad company. The Oscar winner is being courted to play the villain in Summit Entertainment's Red 2—that is, as long as it...
The Nation

Zong United Kickoff semi-finals tomorrow

1 day ago
LAHORE - The semi-finals of ZONG United Kickoff Football Tournament 2012 being played Saturday here at the Punjab Football Stadium. The first semi-final match will be played between Charlton United Karachi and Carrick United Karachi while Rooney United Faisalabad will take on Vidic United. The thrilling two months long football tourney is now entered the final stages after witnessing ...
The Nation

Zong United Kickoff semi-finals tomorrow

1 day ago
LAHORE - The semi-finals of ZONG United Kickoff Football Tournament 2012 being played Saturday here at the Punjab Football Stadium. The first semi-final match will be played between Charlton United Karachi and Carrick United Karachi while Rooney United Faisalabad will take on Vidic United. The thrilling two months long football tourney is now entered the final stages after witnessing ...
The Nation

Zong United Kickoff semi-finals tomorrow

1 day ago
LAHORE - The semi-finals of ZONG United Kickoff Football Tournament 2012 being played Saturday here at the Punjab Football Stadium. The first semi-final match will be played between Charlton United Karachi and Carrick United Karachi while Rooney United Faisalabad will take on Vidic United. The thrilling two months long football tourney is now entered the final stages after witnessing ...
The Nation

Zong United Kickoff semi-finals tomorrow

1 day ago
LAHORE - The semi-finals of ZONG United Kickoff Football Tournament 2012 being played Saturday here at the Punjab Football Stadium. The first semi-final match will be played between Charlton United Karachi and Carrick United Karachi while Rooney United Faisalabad will take on Vidic United. The thrilling two months long football tourney is now entered the final stages after witnessing ...
Wired

Exclusive Video: The Link Explores Connections Between Ancient and Modern Tech

1 day ago
In this exclusive sneak preview of the new National Geographic Channel show, The Link, we see the history of the humble chain drive, which was invented in ancient Greece, yet didn’t find widespread use until the 20th century when the bicycle-repairing Wright Brothers used it to help build the first powered airplane.
circleID

The Antivirus Uncertainty Principle

1 day ago
The antivirus industry has been trying to deal with false positive detection issues for a long, long time — and it's not going to be fixed anytime soon. To better understand why, the physicist in me draws an analogy with Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle — where, in its simplest distillation, the better you know where an atom is, the less likely you'll know it's momentum (and vice versa) — aka...
Domain Shane

Daily SitePicks: Wednesday’s Hot List of Websites Up For Auction Around the Net

1 day ago
Each day I take a look through Flippa and other sites that have websites for sale and try and drill down the names that I present an opportunity for long term income or a flip. There are a ton of websites for sale but I’ve tried to rule out the sites made in the last few weeks or no verification of stated numbers. Like any purchase that you make, make sure to do your own homework before buying....
Fortune

Video: Jony Ive is knighted

1 day ago
With two taps of a sword, Jony Ive becomes Sir Jonathan FORTUNE -- Britain's Princess Anne does the honors, then she and Apple's (AAPL) senior vice president for industrial design have a nice long chat. BELOW: A 2:24 ITV report includes a brief interview with Ive and footage of him and the Queen. Filed under: Apple 2.0
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Home of the Week: A 1960s bungalow gets long, low and luxurious

1 day ago
A Mississauga home on the Rattray Marsh gets a complete overhaul but maintains the signatures and style of the era it was built in
Daily Mail

Graeme McDowell fuming after two-stroke penalty at Wentworth

1 day ago
Graeme McDowell has joined the long list of players to fall foul of golf's rules. A two-stroke penalty turned the Ryder Cup hero's closing six into a triple bogey eight.
Times of India

IAF signs Rs 2,800 crore deal to buy Pilatus planes

1 day ago
The Indian Air Force's long pending requirement of basic trainer aircraft can now be met with the acquisition of 75 Pilatus planes starting later this year under a Rs 2,800 crore deal signed today with the Swiss company.
Times of India

IAF signs Rs 2,800 crore deal for acquisition of Pilatus planes

1 day ago
The Indian Air Force's long pending requirement of basic trainer aircraft can now be met with the acquisition of 75 Pilatus planes starting later this year under a Rs 2,800 crore deal signed today with the Swiss company.
Rolling Stone

Mark Sultan, 'Oh Summertime'

1 day ago
Click to listen to Mark Sultan's 'Oh Summertime' With "Oh Summertime" garage rocker Mark Sultan readies himself for the approaching heat of the coming season with fuzzy jangly chords and barreling surf-rock drums "I smelled the summer coming and it got the shadows on my brain moving long enough to pay...
Mail & Guardian

Semenya aiming to follow in Mutola's footsteps

1 day ago
Caster Semenya, with doubts over her real gender long buried in her past, has said she is aiming to follow in the footsteps of new coach Maria Mutola.
BBC

VIDEO: Shafilea's sister 'had enough'

1 day ago
The sister of the 17 year old Shafilea Ahmed has told Chester Crown Court that she informed police about Shafilea's murder because it had haunted her for a long time and she'd had enough.
The Jerusalem Post

Playing it as they see it

2 days ago
Music and films have gone together for as long as movie cameras have been around.
WSJ

India Fuel Rises Are Mostly Hot Air

2 days ago
Long lines at India's gas stations Wednesday night were the immediate impact of New Delhi's shock decision to bump gasoline prices. But investors in India's state-owned oil companies shouldn't get too excited.
Goal.com

VIDEO - Girard: "La confiance s'était installée"

2 days ago
René Girard attribue la conquête du titre à l'énorme confiance engrangée par ses joueurs tout au long de la saison.
L'EQUIPE

Foot - Angleterre - City ne renouvelle pas Hargreaves

2 days ago
Owen Hargreaves n'aura pas fait long feu à Manchester City. Un an...
China Daily

Fight is also against poverty

2 days ago
Monday's suicide bombing in Yemen should be a timely reminder that there is still a long way to go before the world rids itself of the scourge of terrorism.
siliconindia

Petrol Hike to Hit Inflation in Immediate run only: Planning Commission

2 days ago
Attributing the steep hike in petrol prices to declining value of rupee, Planning Commission said it will have immediate impact on the price situation but things will stabilise in the long run.
New York Times

At War Blog: Government Report Says Medical Discharge Process Is Getting Slower

2 days ago
The Government Accountability Office reports that a joint medical evaluation system created to expedite the medical discharge process is actually increasing processing time--the latest bad news about long delays in medical evaluations and disability ratings by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
La Voix du Nord

Le « Costa Voyager », symbole du renouveau des croisières, a quitté Dunkerque hier (EN IMAGES)

2 days ago
Pas vraiment un géant des mers. Mais une belle bête quand même... Le Costa Voyager et ses 180 mètres de long, a, comme convenu, pris place au quai Freycinet 12, hier. Qu'importe la vue sur les dépôts pétroliers voisins, l'endroit a été choisi pour sa simplicité d'accès.
National Post

Coyotes finish season under a cloud

2 days ago
Bruce Arthur: The Phoenix Coyotes have long been a magnet for harsh words, tales of conspiracy, lies and statistics, and that is more or less how their season ended
USA Today

Slow play in golf back in spotlight

2 days ago
Slow play has long been a problem, among pros and everyday players. A couple of recent incidents forced it back into the spotlight.
Irish Times

The new generation of tinkerers are chips off the old block

2 days ago
WIRED:FOR A PLACE built on the silicon chip and printed circuit boards, the public side of Silicon Valley has spent a long time away from tiny black and green mazeworks. Chip factories, which used to squat across the valley, have long ago moved to China.
Daily Mail

Gareth Barry: Germany crushed us but winning trophies has built me up again

2 days ago
Gareth Barry starts at the bitter end. Bloemfontein, June 27, 2010: England 1 Germany 4. ‘You wait so long to play in a World Cup and then you’re destroyed by your fiercest rivals,’ said Barry. ‘Walking off that pitch is the lowest part of my career. It took a long time to get over that.’
Washington Post

Dodd-Frank is hard to understand, and that’s why it has so many enemies

2 days ago
While Mitt Romney was speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, chamber members from across the country descended on Capitol Hill to tell Congress to get the government off their backs. Mitch Stebal, for one, was prepared to give Sen. Dick Durbin’s office an earful about overregulation. An employee of Busey Bank in Champaign, Ill., Stebal came to the U.S. Chamber’s annual confab fo...
Salon

Orrin Hatch is not out of the woods yet

2 days ago
He’s exactly the kind of Republican incumbent who should feel extra-nervous in the super PAC-era
National Post

Chris Knight at Cannes: On the Road was a long ride

2 days ago
The Kerouac adaptation embodies "the very beginning of a social and political awakening," according to director Walter Salles, who unveiled his film at the Cannes film festival on Wednesday
The Guardian

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sees stock tumble amid IPO lawsuits

2 days ago
Now they call it Fadebook – shareholders call in lawyers as stock price tumbles and regulators are not far behindFacebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has gone from hero to zero as the stockmarket flotation of the decade flounders amid lawsuits and accusations of greed, hype and deception.The law firm that won a $7bn settlement for Enron's shareholders is pursuing Zuckerberg, his board and the l...
Los Angeles Times

Elderly pedestrian killed in Burbank was well-known photographer

2 days ago
A 101-year-old man who died after being struck as he crossed a Burbank street was a well-known photographer who worked with Hollywood studios.
TMZ

Kim Kardashian Deigns to Speak to Tara Reid

2 days ago
Tara Reid has come a long way since 2006 -- when Kim Kardashian famously left her in the dust outside a hot Hollywood nightclub -- in fact, just last night, Tara actually exchanged WORDS with the reality TV queen.It's a video from the annals of TMZ…
TechCrunch

Google’s David Lawee: One-Third Of Google’s Acquisitions Are Failures (And Slide Is “Definitely” One Of Them)

2 days ago
David Lawee, Google’s VP of Corporate Development, sat down for an informative chat with MG Siegler at Disrupt NYC this morning, and it wasn’t long before the conversation turned to Google’s track record with mergers and acquisitions. “We've done 120 acquisitions since 2003, maybe one in 2002,” Lawee said. "And two-thirds of them have been successful."
USA Today

Long commute time linked with poor health, new study shows

2 days ago
New evidence shows that a long commute by car not only takes hours out of your day, but could take years off your life.
Barrons

Buy U.S. Financial ETF Puts to Protect Against European Fallout

2 days ago
Financial options trading suggests a long, difficult summer for stocks.
physorg

A planetary system that never was teaches about those that may be

2 days ago
While Kepler and similar missions are turning up planets by the fist full, there’s long been many places that astronomers haven’t expected to find planetary systems. The main places include regions where gravitational forces conspire to make the region around potential host stars too unstable to form into planets. And there’s no place in the galaxy with a larger gravitational force than the gal...
Domainnamewire

Where in the world are Domain Name Wire readers?

2 days ago
Most visits are from the U.S., but almost half from other countries. Most visits to Domain Name Wire come from the U.S. — but it only represents 52% of the total. Here are the top 10 countries in terms of visits to Domain Name Wire through the end of April: 1. United States 2. India [...]
American Scientist

When Continental Drift Was Considered Pseudoscience

2 days ago
In a courtroom in Italy, six seismologists and a civil servant are facing charges of manslaughter after failing to predict a 2009 earthquake that killed 308 people in the Apennine Mountain city of L'Aquila. The charge is remarkable partly because it assumes that scientists can now see not merely beneath the surface of the earth, but also into the future. What's even more extraordinary, though, ...
Rolling Stone

'Glee' Recap: So Long, Farewell

2 days ago
That "Goodbye" aired on the side of maudlin was not unexpected; it was graduation after all But with a few exceptions (three words Burt Hummel Beyoncé) the episode was a nonstop sapfest of too many tears and not enough nostalgia And when all is said and done we were right...
AvailableDomainNames

Lots of Quality Domains Up for Auction at Godaddy Today 5-23-12

3 days ago
I've got a rather large and loaded list of Godaddy expired domain auctions for you today. It's probably just an anomaly that there are so many long tail domains in this list. I found myself being a bit more critical as I was sorting through it because I was adding so many to the top [...]
AP

Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule

3 days ago
CAIRO (AP) -- Determined to end decades of authoritarian rule, millions of Egyptians waited patiently in long lines outside polling stations across the nation on Wednesday to freely choose their first president since last year's ouster of longtime ruler and close U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak....
DomainGang

ICANN gTLDs reloaded: Greeks apply for dot .DRACHMA

3 days ago
With the ICANN TAS system back in business and only two refunds due to the 40-day long glitch, a new application by the new interim government of Greece has been announced. “We can confirm that the Greeks applied for the gTLD .Drachma,” said Molly Pinebottom of ICANN. “There is an ever-increased possibility that the Greek [...]
Los Angeles Times

Activist Dolores Huerta: 50 years of fighting for human rights

3 days ago
The woman who co-founded the United Farm Workers union 50 years ago with Cesar Chavez has harried, prodded, hectored, rallied and protested.Dolores Huerta runs on righteous ferocity the way cars run on gasoline. The woman who co-founded the United Farm Workers union 50 years ago with Cesar Chavez has harried, prodded, hectored, rallied and protested. She's been arrested more than a score of tim...
The Sun

Hitman brags about soft jail on Facebook

3 days ago
LIFER Moses Mathias has boasted about his designer clothes, long lay-ins and acupuncture sessions
Le Echos

François Hollande lève le voile sur son « calendrier social »

3 days ago
De retour après un long déplacement aux Etats-Unis, le chef de l'Etat doit exposer ce matin, avec Jean-Marc Ayrault, le calendrier et la méthode de ses réformes sociales. Il veut à la fois montrer son style propre et concrétiser le « changement » avant les législatives.Articles en rapportMaintien du PS en cas de triangulairesL'UMP et le Nouveau Centre « main dans la main » pour la campagneTaubi...
amNY

Hip-Hop Hall of Fame finds home in NYC, set to open in 2014

3 days ago
After years of planning and setbacks, the long awaited Hip-Hop Hall of Fame is headed to Manhattan.
FT

Options for banks face daunting hurdles

3 days ago
Top figures at the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank argue the long term solution lies in a full banking union
New York Times

Frank Bruni's Blog: Does Dharun Ravi Feel Remorse?

3 days ago
He didn't deserve a long prison sentence. But many people deserve a bigger, better apology from him.
People

Prince William Barely Slept on Eve of Wedding

3 days ago
The crowds "were singing and cheering all night long," he recalls of his final night of bachelorhood
Liberation

Fitch abaisse de deux crans la note de la dette japonaise

4 days ago
L'agence de notation établit donc à A+ la note de la dette à long terme du pays.
lesoir

Reine Elisabeth : Emir Abeshi, l'enjôleur

4 days ago
Quel contraste entre l'austérité ardente de la lère sonate de Prokofiev et l'ironie primesautière de la seconde. Des choix qui nous en disent long sur la personnalité ...lire la suite
Telegraph

Britain faces 18 more months of pain, warns OECD

4 days ago
UK households are facing a further 18 month long squeeze on their finances as incomes rise more slowly than inflation, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development has warned.
Irish Times

Now for a right go at those pesky All Blacks

4 days ago
ON RUGBY:All credit to the IRFU, the Irish players are still in fine fettle after such a long season, writes GERRY THORNLEY
Times of India

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb dies after long cancer battle

4 days ago
The Bee Gees, born in England but raised in Australia, began their career in the 1960s but it was their soundtrack for the 1977 movie ‘Saturday Night Fever’ that sealed their success.
Los Angeles Times

Bar Refaeli tops Maxim hot list; her secrets to sexiness helped

4 days ago
Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and former beloved of Leonardo DiCaprio, may have just topped Maxim's Hot 100 list of 2012, but she's thought about what makes her sexy long before this new honor.
Reuters

Exclusive: U.S. envoy to Afghanistan to step down shortly

4 days ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker is expected to step down soon from his post as President Barack Obama's envoy to Afghanistan, departing the U.S. mission in Kabul as the United States negotiates a host of challenges on its course out of the long, costly war.
Telegraph

Women need evidence-based balanced information on HRT

4 days ago
Eluned Hughes, of the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer says the risks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can change depending on a woman age and how long she takes it for so clear, accurate information is vital.
Reuters

Lung cancer tests advised for some heavy smokers

4 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New recommendations from chest and cancer doctors call for lung cancer screening in older adults with a long history of smoking a pack a day or more -- but also highlight the possible harms of screening, including a high risk of false positive tests.
Telegraph

Tough measures in pursuit of growth

4 days ago
Telegraph View: The Beecroft proposals are commonsense measures that go a long way towards lifting the burden of unnecessary regulation.
New York Times

A Long View on Health Care: Think Like an Investor

4 days ago
A conversation with the economist Dana Goldman, who believes that prevention should drive health care reimbursement.
AP

Sea Launch vessels depart on Intelsat mission

4 days ago
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Sea Launch AG says its oceangoing rocket pad and command ship have departed their Long Beach, Calif., home port for the equator to launch a communications satellite for Intelsat....
CNN Money

Yahoo: The hottest tech stock in the Valley?

4 days ago
When Yahoo decided to sue Facebook for patent infringement a few months ago, many tech watchers felt that this was a desperate act by a company whose best days were long behind it.
FT

Wanda/AMC: China goes to Hollywood

4 days ago
The Chinese group will gain valuable knowhow in a deal that makes sense for both parties so long as matters such as funding fit the screenplay
Irish Times

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb (62) dies

4 days ago
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, who with brothers Barry and Maurice helped define the disco era with their falsetto harmonies and funky beats on smash hits such as Stayin' Alive and Jive Talkin', has died after a long fight with cancer.
Reuters

UPDATE 1-Honeywell CEO sees long slump ahead for Europe

5 days ago
May 21 (Reuters) - Honeywell International Inc expects continued weak demand in Europe this year due to the ongoing debt crisis, Chief Executive David Cote said on Monday.
Scientific American

Happy Birthday, Electron

5 days ago
Electrons rule our world, but not so long ago they were only an idea. This month marks the 120th anniversary of a profound and influential creation, the electron theory of Dutch physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz. His electron was not merely a hypothesized elementary particle; it was the linchpin of an ambitious theory of nature. Today physicists are accustomed to the notion that a complete descr...
FOXnews

Newest 'Housewife'” Aviva Drescher an amputee, says it helps her 'weed out' the bad guys

5 days ago
The newest “Housewife,” Aviva Drescher, 38, is not just another typical wealthy Upper East Side richie with the requisite long blond hair and long legs. 
science blogs

Kommentar von kai emailentlarver bei "Dies und das - Teil III" (Primaklima) am 21.05.2012

5 days ago
@vennecke, und was du zuletzt zum climategate zitat: €€€€€€€€€€€€ Thorne: I also think the science is being manipulated to put a political spin on it which for all our sakes might not be too clever in the long run. €€€€€€€€€€€€ gesagt hast, war wieder mal allerunterste schublade: was kommt da von auch??? na was denn???? es kommt: - "wer ist thorne?" - "wann hat er das gesagt?" - "es ist aus ...
Irish Times

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb (62) dies

5 days ago
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, who with brothers Barry and Maurice helped define the disco era with their falsetto harmonies and funky beats on smash hits such as Stayin' Alive and Jive Talkin', has died after a long fight with cancer. He was 62.
Times LIVE

ASA hold thumbs for star jumper

5 days ago
Athletics SA is yet to know whether the country's rising long jump ace, Luvo Manyonga, who tested positive for narcotics, will be cleared to compete in the Olympic Games.
Le Point

Benamou producteur au long cours

5 days ago
C'est bien connu, on ne vit que deux fois. Raison de plus pour mélanger...
Times LIVE

Bee Gee Robin Gibb dies after battle with cancer

5 days ago
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has died after a long fight with cancer.
MarketWatch

Craig Stephen's This Week in China: China’s lending-averse banks

5 days ago
With multiple bank downgrades in Europe grabbing the headlines, Chinese banks are perhaps happy to be out of the spotlight. But this may not last long, as investor unease grows at new reports of their miserly lending figures, writes Craig Stephen.
The New Yorker

Kathleen Jamie: “The Overhaul.”

5 days ago
Look—it’s the Lively, hauled out above the tide line up on a trailer with two flat tires. What— fourteen-foot? Clinker-built and chained by the stern to a pile of granite blocks but with the bow still pointed westward down the long voe, down . . . (Subscription required.)
La Voix du Nord

Éric Picquot sur les chapeaux de roue le long des circuits professionnels

5 days ago
Éric Picquot aime les virages. Le parcours sinueux de ce manager de l'APEC l'a nourri pour accompagner aujourd'hui les cadres dans leurs projets. L'excès de prise d'initiatives est permis.
WSJ

German Wages Are on the Upswing

5 days ago
Germany's stagnant wages, long a source of discord between Berlin and the rest of the euro zone, are finally rising.
FOX

Bee Gees Co-FounderRobin Gibb Dies at 62

5 days ago
Family says Robin Gibb, a co-founder of the famed pop group, loses long battle with cancerFull Coverage: Bee Gees
Irish Times

African American group backs same-sex marriage

5 days ago
THE BOARD of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has voted to endorse same-sex marriage, putting the weight of the US’s most prominent civil rights group behind a cause that has long divided some quarters of the black community.
USA Today

Robin Gibb dies

5 days ago
After a long battle with cancer, the 62-year-old musician has died.
The Sun

Lampard: I’ve waited on this baby for so long

5 days ago
CHELSEA stalwart will cherish their Munich triumph even more after five near misses
The Sun

Lampard: I’ve waited on this baby for so long

5 days ago
CHELSEA stalwart will cherish their Munich triumph even more after five near misses
News.co.au

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb dead, aged 62

5 days ago
BEE Gees singer Robin Gibb has died after a long battle with cancer.
Daily Mail

Have you got social jetlag?

5 days ago
Do you wake to an alarm clock every morning feeling groggy? Work long hours and feel tired during the day? Lie in at weekends in a bid to catch up on sleep?
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Women's national hoops team takes long road back

5 days ago
After 12-year absence from Olympics, London Games within sight - but first, a qualifier awaits
Daily Mail

At least they'll never be flooded! Billionaire brothers build 450ft long life-size replica of Noah's Ark

5 days ago
The creationist-inspired vessel forms part of a theme park near Hong Kong and has even been built to Biblical dimensions, measuring 450ft long and 75ft wide.
THE AUSTRALIAN

Oz Council recognises death metal

5 days ago
OUROBOROS is a Sydney band that has all death metal's hallmarks: arcane name, long hair, singer with a baritone like Beelzebub.
science blogs

Murderer's ghostly image captured in long exposure shot [SciencePunk]

6 days ago
In 1993, convicted murderer Joseph Jernigan was executed in texas and his body donated to science. It was preserved in gelatin and sliced into 1,871 sections. Scans of these sections were strung together into an animation, and played back on a computer screen as it was swept across the field of a long-exposure camera shot. The result is these strange and haunting images of Jernigan's ghos...
The Sun

Cheryl Cole-d?

6 days ago
FIGHT For This Love singer covers up in a long black scarf and grey baggy jumper as she makes her way to the film festival
La Voix du Nord

Cinéma : ces petites phrases qui font mouche

6 days ago
Paroles pêchées ici et là, au hasard d'une scène, qui en disent long sur l'esprit du film et les états d'âme de ceux qui les écrivent.Articles en rapportG8 : croissance et lutte contre les déficits vont de pair, pour Barack Obama« Ma Collection Déco », dix volumes pour (re)concevoir sa maisonLégislatives : la parité s´éloigne, on compte moins de candidates qu´en 2007LE MONDE À L´ENVERSLE VISAGE...
BBC

Facebook boss in surprise wedding

6 days ago
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ends a hectic week by getting married to long -time girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a surprise ceremony at his home.
New York Times

The Long Run: How the Mormon Church Shaped Mitt Romney

6 days ago
While Mitt Romney has said little about his Mormon faith on the campaign trail, people who know him well call it a huge influence on his conduct and worldview.
Daily Mail

Andorra holidays: Fishing, wine and shopping heaven meet high in the Pyrenees

6 days ago
When Ian Botham told friends he was visiting Andorra for a spot of fly fishing, they struggled to place it. But after a top-class trip featuring fine food and memorable catches, it won't be long until it's firmly on the map.
Irish Times

More Cup final heartbreak for Hibs

6 days ago
Hibernian 1 Hearts 5:Hibernian’s long wait to lift the Scottish Cup continues after they were thrashed by Edinburgh rivals Hearts in a one-sided final at Hampden. The Easter Road side travelled to Glasgow looking to end a 110-year drought in the competition but ended with 10 men, their manager Pat Fenlon in the stand, and their dignity in shreds as Hearts romped to their first final win in six ...
Daily Mail

Residents cash in as faulty ATM cash machine pays out double

6 days ago
Long queues quickly formed as residents in the affluent village of Milford-on-Sea, near Lymington, Hampshire, rushed to take money out.
Los Angeles Times

Bud Black expects Mike Scioscia to stay with Angels long term

7 days ago
Padres manager, part of Scioscia's original Angels coaching staff, says he is surprised by firing of hitting instructor Mickey Hatcher but that he doesn't see it as threat to Scioscia's job security.SAN DIEGO -- Bud Black was a member of Mike Scioscia's original coaching staff with the Angels. Three of those coaches ascended to managerial jobs — Black with the San Diego Padres, Joe Maddon with ...
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Running with the Devils

7 days ago
Long despised for dull, trapping play, New Jersey seems fun compared to what the Rangers have put on the ice
Science Daily

Newfound exoplanet may turn to dust: Planet’s dust cloud may explain strange patterns of light from its star

7 days ago
Researchers have detected a possible planet, some 1,500 light years away, that appears to be evaporating under the blistering heat of its parent star. The scientists infer that a long tail of debris -- much like the tail of a comet -- is following the planet, and that this tail may tell the story of the planet's disintegration. According to the team's calculations, the tiny exoplanet, not much ...
Washington Post

Why Chen fights, and why U.S. abortion rights supporters should care

7 days ago
The day of Mei Shunping’s fifth forced abortion in China was “the saddest day of my life,’’ she told a congressional subcommittee this week. The cause that human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has so long championed is often glossed over in this country, where we tend to focus on how cool it is that a blind guy scaled a fence and escaped his captors like some kind of action hero. But Mei spe...
Scientific American

Millennia-old Microbes Found Alive in Deep Ocean Muck

7 days ago
A sparse community of microbes can persist for eons in the clay beneath the deep blue sea. When scientists drilled into the Pacific Ocean bottom and pulled up a long core of clay, they also pulled up microbes living on so little that it was hard for the scientists to tell if they were alive [...]
Les Echos

Fitch abaisse la note des banques grecques à "CCC"

7 days ago
(Reuters) - Fitch a annoncé vendredi l'abaissement de la note de crédit des banques grecques à "CCC", Les notes d'émetteur à long terme des banques National Bank of Greece, EFG Eurobank Ergasias, Alpha Bank, Piraeus Bank et Agricultural Bank of Greece passent ainsi de "B-" à "CCC". Cette annonce...
Washington Post

On joint U.S.-Afghan mission, balancing suspicion and ambition

7 days ago
SPINA, Afghanistan — When night came, after long hours in the desert, the Afghan troops poured into a one-story schoolhouse and sprawled out on the floor. Outside, the Americans were still crammed in their mine-resistant vehicles, gauging the risks of sleeping next to their partners. Read full article >>
webwire

Free HealthLady.com Teleclass With Intuitive Astrologer Tosha Silver

7 days ago
(Friday, May 18, 2012) Ontario, Canada – Healthlady.com, a blog about natural health and wellness , today announced a free teleclass with the intuitive and astrologer Tosha Silver, author of "Outrageous Openness: ...
Hindustan Times

Strauss ton puts England in charge

8 days ago
England captain Andrew Strauss ended his long wait for a century with a polished unbeaten 121 to lead his team to 259 for three on the second day of the first test against West Indies at Lord's on Friday.
China Daily

Corporate debt burden a systemic risk

8 days ago
"Extremely" high corporate debt ratios pose a risk to China, one that will persist as long as bank debt dominates total financing
Eurosport

Rugby - Top 14 - Boudjellal: "Toulon a la particularité de dire des vérités à taire"

8 days ago
Alors que Toulon s'apprête à disputer la finale du Challenge européen contre Biarritz, le président Mourad Boudjellal nous a accordé un long entretien où il balaye tous les sujets qui font son actualité. Dans cette première partie, il revient sur la finale mais aussi sur la sanction dont il a écopé.
euronews

Les notes des banques espagnoles abaissées par Moody's

8 days ago
L'agence de notation Moody's a abaissé jeudi soir la note de crédit à long terme de 16 banques espagnoles.Les abaissements vont de un à trois crans,…
Irish Times

Failings 'not acceptable' and cannot be tolerated

8 days ago
AN INVESTIGATION into patient care and governance at Tallaght hospital has revealed serious concerns over the safety of patients lying on trolleys in corridors for long periods.
AP

Sybase champion Pettersen loses in 1st round

8 days ago
GLADSTONE, N.J. (AP) -- Defending champion Suzann Pettersen didn't last long at the Sybase Match Play Championship, and neither did three well-known Americans....
Human Rights Watch

US: New Prison Rape Standards Offer Landmark Protection

8 days ago
Tweet Widget Facebook Like The long awaited national prison rape elimination standards issued on May 17, 2012 by the Justice Department, if fully implemented, may end widespread prison rape in the United States. The standards provide detailed guidance to federal, state, and local officials on how to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse in their con...
USA Today

Derrick Rose using a walker

8 days ago
The Chicago Bulls star has a long recovery period ahead after knee surgery.
Pravda

Chinese ship on long ocean expedition

8 days ago
The scientific research vessel Dayang Yihao started an oceanic expedition from China to sail from the city of Sanya on Hainan island province, for a mission of 370 days. Tao Chunhui, chief of staff of experts on board, said the work will focus on the study of polymetallic sulfides, biorrecursos and the environment, according to information coming from the aforementioned island.
Reuters

Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down

8 days ago
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A private door opens from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in central Jerusalem directly into a long, modestly furnished, half-paneled room decorated with modern paintings by Israeli artists and a copy of Israel's 1948 declaration of independence. It contains little more than a long wooden table, brown leather chairs and a single old-fashioned white proje...
Daily Mail

Finding exercise a chore? How a virtual partner can trick you into working harder

9 days ago
Those who are struggling to keep going to the gym should think about recruiting an exercise partner - as long as they are a little fitter than you, say scientists at Michigan State University.
Telegraph

Manchester United's release of Michael Owen continues the striker's long decline

9 days ago
Video: The long decline of the striker that was once regarded as England's saviour.
Fortune

Facebook to set final IPO price Thursday

9 days ago
Facebook's long road to an initial public offering is coming to an end. Late Thursday, it will fill in one last piece of the puzzle: Its final IPO price.
DomainIncite

Brands are Pool.com’s surprise digital archery clients

9 days ago
Companies applying to ICANN for “dot-brand” top-level domains are among those signing up for Pool.com’s new digital archery service, according to CEO Rob Hall. The company launched its Digital Archery Engine last month, not too long after ICANN confirmed its controversial method of batching new gTLD applications for processing. Now, Pool is receiving interest from [...] Related posts:Pool.com...
New York Times

Gadgetwise Blog: App Smart Extra: Don't Let Me Squint Too Long

9 days ago
"George Harrison: Living in the Material World," the new e-book by Olivia Harrison, has generated good reviews from iTunes users, and the content is excellent. Whether it's worth downloading, though, depends on your tolerance for tiny text.
Irish Times

A welcoming church?

9 days ago
OVER THE past few days, the 12 bishops of the Church of Ireland must have thought long and hard about the fallout from the divisive votes in the General Synod last weekend, and the catastrophic effects of a debate that leaves them sorely divided. The voting has shown the Church of Ireland is deeply divided between North and South, between evangelicals and liberals, and even between conservative...
The Jerusalem Post

Euro chaos: The reason for strategic allocation

9 days ago
Your Investments: How long are investors expected to be slaves to classic asset-allocation models before they realize that not only are they not making any money, but that all the promised stability never materialized?
Salon

Risk-free Internet TV

9 days ago
Attention Hulu and Netflix: It's not TV, it's the Internet. Original programming needs to take more chances
DailyTech

Pentagon Places New Restrictions on F-22 Raptor Fleet

9 days ago
No long flights for F-22's in Alaska
Le Figaro

Le jour le plus long

10 days ago
Pour les ministrables, c'est le jour le plus long. Quelle épreuve! Il faut ne rien montrer, ne rien dire, ne rien paraître, et accessoirement ne pas perdre son téléphone portable. Un ministrable est-il souriant? On en déduit que c'est fait...
Times LIVE

Cosatu thugs have trampled on pillars of our democracy

10 days ago
The Times Editorial: South Africans might wish to question why the Democratic Alliance embarked on a march to the headquarters of Cosatu in Johannesburg - they can do so for as much and as long as they can.
FT

Avon’s long road ahead as Coty walks away

10 days ago
The cosmetics group must now grapple with its sales and regulatory problems after its smaller rival withdraws its unsolicited $10.7bn bid
lesoir

Riton Liebman tourne son premier film

11 days ago
« Je suis supporter du Standard » est le premier long de Riton Liebman. Sur les écrans en juin 2013, le film est présenté comme une comédie douce-amère et ...lire la suite
BBC

Coty withdraws $10.7bn Avon bid

11 days ago
Fragrance firm Coty withdraws its $10.7bn bid for Avon Products, saying the US beauty firm has taken too long to respond to its offer.
Washington Post

Editorial Board: The Post’s choice: Tim Day for Ward 5

11 days ago
IT IS ELECTION DAY in Ward 5 of the District of Columbia, and voters there have a chance to make a big impact on the city. With their former council member heading to prison, and top city leaders under investigation, the right choice from Ward 5 could go a long way toward putting the city back on the right track. Read full article >>
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

B.C.'s new sales tax is 'better-stupid,' Falcon says

11 days ago
Opposition NDP critic says new PST is taking far too long to implement
USA Today

Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron go sheer

11 days ago
What do you think of the stars' long, but revealing, gowns?
Irish Times

Public servant rehiring defended

12 days ago
The Government has described the taking back large numbers of those who retired from the public service as a long term "cost saving measure".
Los Angeles Times

Review: HBO's 'Weight of the Nation' pounds away at obesity

12 days ago
The four-part 'Weight of the Nation' continues HBO's crusade for change, with a look at how obesity has affected Americans and what can be done for the long run."The Weight of the Nation," HBO's new four-part documentary exploring the rising obesity rates among Americans, does not pussy-foot. Americans, we are told early and often, are simply too fat and their collective girth is straining more...
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Video: Why you should consider a 10-year fixed mortgage

12 days ago
Why are 10-year mortgages are being talked about now when not too long ago they were ignored?
AP

VIDEO: Why I breast-feed my toddler

12 days ago
How old is too old? Katie Hamilton say mothers should decide how long they want to breast-feed their children, not society....
USA Today

Woods and Mickelson have long betting odds

12 days ago
Do you believe in miracles. Well, there is some money to be made if you do.
China Daily

A place to grow pros

13 days ago
The ambitious and over-used mantra of "finding a Chinese Tiger Woods" has been around golf circles in this country for a long time, but he, or a Tigress Woods, are still nowhere to be seen.
Times of India

The big five face harsh reality of IPL

13 days ago
For a long time, they were like the Pandavas of Team India: individually, each had a special skill and unique fighting ability; together, they were as mighty and compelling as a fearless army. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Anil Kumble had their own little battles as Ranji warriors; but it was only with the advent of the IPL that their allegiances became starke...
The Lancet

[Perspectives] Jean-François Champollion and ancient Egyptian embalming

14 days ago
200 years ago this year, the future founder of Egyptology, French linguist and archaeologist Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832)—the first person since classical antiquity to be able to read the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs—conducted a primitive experiment. It turned out to be one of the initial scientific steps on the long road to unravelling the mysteries of mummification, first described i...
Foreign Policy

Terrorist Fishing in the Yemen - By James Traub

14 days ago
The Obama administration has doubled down on the use of drones to go after bad guys. How long until the blowback comes?
National Post

Bye bye, Bernie: How I didn’t write a very important essay on Bernard Malamud

14 days ago
Mireille Silcoff: I have been trying to write a long essay about Bernard Malamud for the last 18 months, and I am writing this column to make myself stop trying
New York Times

The Choice Blog: So Long, High School ... College Awaits!

14 days ago
Autumn Chubbs, a high school senior from Long Beach, Calif., is excited about her final days in high school and her plans to attend San Diego State University.
Amnesty International

Brazil: Uncovering the past; President Dilma names Truth Commission members

14 days ago
Headline Title:  Brazil: Uncovering the past; President Dilma names Truth Commission members 11 May 2012 The announcement by President Dilma Rousseff of the seven members of a Truth Commission to investigate past human rights crimes is a landmark event. It is crucial that th...
UN

UN-backed African initiative keeps Lord’s Resistance Army on the run - official

15 days ago
The United Nations-backed military initiative launched recently by the African Union against the terror group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has kept its members constantly on the move and unable to settle down in any one place for long, according to a UN envoy.
SI

Orioles hit 5 homers, hold off Rangers in Game 1

15 days ago
BALTIMORE (AP) -- The Orioles became the first AL team to open a game with three straight home runs, and Baltimore added two more long balls against Colby Lewis en route to a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers in a doubleheader opener Thursday.
National Geographic

Sun Is Moving Slower Than Thought

15 days ago
New NASA data hint that our star is moving too slow to form a bow shock, a structure long thought to protect us from cosmic rays.
USA Today

Newly discovered calendars give insight into Maya culture

15 days ago
Maya astronomers left calculations on walls pointing to a future long after 2012, the year expected to be the end of the world.
Hindustan Times

Wines & spirits: hiccups in trade pact with EU

15 days ago
A visiting delegation of members of European Parliament has warned that India has to reduce duties on cars and wines and spirits if the long overdue Indo-EU free trade agreement is to be finalised by the end of this year.
New York Times

IHT Rendezvous: Obama Says Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal

15 days ago
After nearly two years of saying that his views on same-sex marriage were "evolving," President Barack Obama said Wednesday that "for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married." Long a proponent of civil unions, Mr. Obama said his views had changed in part because of prodding by friends who are gay and by conversation...
Reuters

Pentagon approves use of BlackBerry 7 models

16 days ago
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion o n Wednesday s aid the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) had approved six models of the company's BlackBerry 7 for use on its networks, extending a long relationship with the smartphone known for its tight security.
USA Today

Trapped dolphin swims to freedom

16 days ago
A wayward dolphin stuck for two days in a Long Beach Harbor constuction site swam to freedom unharmed today.
lesoir

Yanina Wickmayer éliminée à Madrid

17 days ago
Yanina Wickmayer n’a pas fait long feu au 2e tour du tournoi de Madrid. Elle s’est inclinée 6-1 et 6-2, en 58 minutes à peine, devant l’Italienne Roberta Vinci. ...lire la suite
Reuters

Devils beat Flyers to reach first East final since 2003

17 days ago
(Reuters) - Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils made their long awaited return to the Eastern Conference finals after brushing Philadelphia aside 3-1 on Tuesday to complete their second-round series victory.
USA Today

Faris shows off short 'do, underarm hair

17 days ago
Anna Faris is a long way from her Playboy bunny character in 2008's 'The House Bunny.'
TheDomains

Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Sells OnlineFreeGames.com For $90K At Sedo

17 days ago
Frank Schilling’s company NameAdminstration just sold the domain name OnlineFreeGames.com for $90,000 on Sedo. The buyer is Sergey Eliseev of Switzerland. It’s another in a long line of sales for Frank who has dominating the week sales chart over at DNjournal.com. Its also another big sale of a gaming domain. This three word name will become tied for the 22nd highest domain name sale of the yea...
Times LIVE

Rock analysis shows French cave art oldest of its kind

18 days ago
Experts have long debated whether the sophisticated animal drawings in a famous French cave are indeed the oldest of their kind in the world, and a study out Monday suggests that yes, they are.
Foreign Policy

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls for early elections

19 days ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for general elections to be held on September 4, over a year early. Netanyahu's Likud party has been the most stable it has been in years, and is looking to capitalize on polls that indicate the conservative, right-wing party will win over a quarter of the seats in the Knesset. Netanyahu made the announcement on Monday after a speech Sunday...
Technology Review

The Single Theory That Could Explain Emergence, Organisation And The Origin of Life

19 days ago
Biochemists have long imagined that autocatalytic sets can explain the origin of life. Now a new mathematical approach to these sets has even broader implications One of the most puzzling questions about the origin of life is how the rich chemical landscape that makes life possible came into existence. 
Le Figaro

L'agence Standard & Poor's maintient inchangée la note de la dette

19 days ago
L'agence de notation pense toujours qu'il y a au moins une chance sur trois pour qu'elle  soit amenée à abaisser la note à long terme de la France cette année ou en 2013.Articles en rapportLe décret sur la TVA sociale publié in extremis
Times LIVE

THE SKINNY: Sticks and stones

19 days ago
SKINNYMALINKS! That's just one of the many names they used to call me, those little brats. What a mean place the primary school playground can be. I had long forgotten that crippling fear of being teased, but two weeks ago I had a rather mean reminder of how it all felt.
Times of India

Murugappa enters race to acquire Mallya’s MCF

19 days ago
Mallya’s investment holding company United Breweries Holdings owns 30.44% promoter stake in MCF, which has been long considered a non-core asset.
Reuters

U.S. prosecutors say ready for long haul in 9/11 case

19 days ago
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors and defense attorneys for five defendants in the September 11 attacks dug in on Sunday for a long legal battle that one lawyer said may never be resolved.
Times of India

Government set to clear long delayed Swiss Pilatus deal

19 days ago
The government is now finally set to clear the long delayed Rs 2,900 crore deal for acquisition of 75 Swiss Pilatus basic trainer aircraft (BTA) to initiate rookie pilots into the inherently-dangerous art of combat flying.
Reuters

Keep off beaches, Peru warns after pelican deaths

20 days ago
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's government declared a health alert along its northern coastline on Saturday and urged residents and tourists to stay away from long stretches of beach, as it investigates the unexplained deaths of hundreds of dolphins and pelicans.
Daily Telegraph

Prince, symbol of music royalty

20 days ago
Prince has been around so long that when he puts together a set list, he has 300 songs to choose from.
New York Times

Theater Review: ‘Uncle Vanya,’ From Target Margin Theater, at Here

21 days ago
The Target Margin Theater production of “Uncle Vanya” suggests a group of passionate college students who, after a long night of punch-drunk debate, have decided to act out one of their favorite Chekhov plays.
Al Jazhera

Study: Most myopic school-leavers in Asia

21 days ago
Study says long hours spent by children studying and lack of outdoor light to blame for 90% short-sightedness rate.
Science News

Secret of a Lifetime

21 days ago
How long a neutron lives holds clues to the cosmos
Rolling Stone

'Elegia' (long version)

21 days ago
"Elegia" first appeared in 1985 as a majestic five-minute waltz The full version is a 17-minute-plus epic that threatens to fade rebuilds around tortured guitar bursts and gives up the ghost in a final feedback gasp Unintelligible voices flicker but what's being expressed is clearly beyond words Listen to New Order's...
AP

Erin Brockovich returns to big screen in water doc

22 days ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Erin Brockovich has long been a champion for clean water. Her efforts to sue Pacific Gas & Electric for polluting the water supply of a California town were adapted into a big-screen story, 2000's "Erin Brockovich," starring Julia Roberts in the Oscar-winning title-role....
Elliotsblog

Escrow.com Launches Broker Sales Product

22 days ago
After months of private beta testing, Escrow.com just publicly launched its long awaited broker product. The video above explains how it works, but essentially, it allows a domain broker to seamlessly and privately originate a deal between a buyer and seller, with Escrow.com acting as the intermediary. Andrew Rosener of Media Options, a successful independent domain [...]
Mail & Guardian

Chinese rights activist prepared for the long haul

22 days ago
Chen Guangcheng -- one of China's best-known human rights icons -- was prepared to spend years in the US embassy as he weighed his next move.
Reuters

Russia says goodbye to a car and an era

23 days ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ending its long love affair with a car that was once prized by the nation but has come to symbolize the decline of its automobile industry and, for some, the country...
The Jerusalem Post

'Five years is too long to wait for haredi draft'

23 days ago
“Camp Sucker” protest representative says Lapid's "Tal Law" alternative too slow in implementing ultra-Orthodox enlistment.
USA Today

Neurosurgeon: Seau's death fuels concerns

23 days ago
Julian Bailes, researcher into brain damage from concussions, says Seau death raises questions about toll taken by long football career.
National Post

Should you pay off your mortgage before you retire?

23 days ago
Linda Stern: Pay off the house before you retire. That's the conventional wisdom. But is it right? Maybe not. It may even make more sense to keep that mortgage as long as you possibly can
Nature

Peopling the planet

23 days ago
Not long ago, the story was simple. A vanguard of modern humans left their African birthplace 50,000–60,000 years ago and quickly conquered Asia. They turned left into Europe some 40,000 years ago, later crossing the Bering Strait and marching southward into the Americas. With their
Reuters

Facebook calls on members to flag organ donor status

24 days ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tired of the long wait for a new kidney, Michael Shelling, a 50-year-old video game marketing consultant based in San Diego, decided to take a more active role in the search.
dnfblog

Do We Really Care About Long-Term Plans?

24 days ago
Rick Schwartz penned a long post today, highlighting his vision for the next 20 years – partnering with interested parties to develop his extensive portfolio of premium domain names. It is a delightful read, as most of Rick’s work is. And it is a very appreciable sentiment – to build slow, build steady, and create [...]
siliconindia

Interactive Marketing and Today's Brands

25 days ago
by Shailendra Singh For a long time, marketing or promotion was confined to TV ads, newspaper ads, radio and a few other traditional modes. Then came the Dot Com era. Businesses put up their websites, with everything that they do (and don't do). But, all this was just a one-way-marketing-thing. Customers never had a platform to raise their voice. Then came Interactive Marketing, which empowe...
Daily Telegraph

Restaurants push to scrap penalty rates

25 days ago
LONG seen as the only bonus in hospitality, now penalty rates are in danger of being scrapped by restaurants.
Telegraph

Delays at Heathrow airport: Q&A

25 days ago
The Government is facing growing anger over delays for passengers travelling through London Heathrow airport caused by long queues at passport control.
Mail & Guardian

Former Cabinet minister Sicelo Shiceka dies

26 days ago
Former cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister Sicelo Shiceka has died in the Eastern Cape following a long illness.
Telegraph

How luck ran out on Leonardo da Vinci's science studies

26 days ago
Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings have had a long and complicated history, finds Martin Gayford.
Times of India

Eurozone crisis: No long rope for Europe

26 days ago
If half the developed world sinks into a deeper financial hole, it drags down even the top-growth countries in Asia.
Irish Times

Inspired by the Tories and a dog named Fred

26 days ago
He played again with Pulp recently, but Richard Hawley’s solo work just keeps getting stronger. He credits long walks – and anger
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Ontario system eliminates patronage in choosing judges, proponent says

28 days ago
Federal judiciary will remain unreflective of diversity as long as choices are seen to be political appointments, head of province’s vetting committee suggests
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

The celebrity interview is dead. Long live the celebrity interview

28 days ago
Our appetite for meaningless star babble is insatiable. But listen closely, and you’ll find these highly ritualized performances are only one half of the media equation
BBC

VIDEO: Raspberry Pi put to test by student

29 days ago
A-Level computing student Isabell Long and technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones put the Raspberry Pi computer through its paces.
The Nation

Sindh E&T Dept makes recoveries from tax defaulters

29 days ago
KARACHI - Excise & Taxation Department Sindh has recovered Rs 2.75 million with a penalty of Rs.2.79 million as Motor Vehicle Tax and impounded 596 defaulting vehicles in a week long vehicle checking campaign throughout the province. Director General Excise & Taxation Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui said that teams have been constituted in all five divisions Karachi, Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Sukkur...
DerSpiegel

Luxus-Busse in China: Märchenschloss auf Rädern

about 1 month ago
Größe ist in China ein Zeichen von Erfolg. Auch die Firma King Long Coach aus Xiamen setzt auf XXL. Sie zeigt auf der Peking Auto-Show ihr Erfolgsmodell: einen Luxusbus für eine Million Dollar. Der hat sogar Betten für die Dienstboten an Bord.
lesoir

Romandie : Wiggins en jaune

about 1 month ago
Tour de Romandie (World Tour) Un Britannique chasse l’autre. Vainqueur d’un long sprint à La Chaux-de-Fonds, Bradley Wiggins ravit le maillot jaune ...lire la suite
AP

Apple CEO Tim Cook emerges from Steve Jobs' shadow

about 1 month ago
NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook has long seen as the humorless and unemotional guy running the show from behind the scenes. But he is beginning to reveal a more assertive and eloquent side, hinting that he's learning to shoulder more of Steve Jobs' role as a front man and leader....
APA-OTS

EANS-Adhoc: a.i.s. AG / decisive results - end of a long restructurisation process in Germany?

about 1 month ago
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ad-hoc disclosure pursuant to section 15 of the WpHG transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this …
lesoir

Présidentielle : « Les candidats vus par eux-mêmes »

about 1 month ago
Une photo en dit souvent plus long qu’un grand discours. Le dicton se vérifie ce mercredi avec la Une choc de libération : une image en noir et blanc de Nicolas Sarkozy et sa cita...lire la suite
The Sun

Kunis' legs go on for Milas

about 1 month ago
MILA Kunis shows off her long legs at Disney event in Las Vegas
MorganLinton

Three Link Research Tools You Should Know About

about 1 month ago
Whether you are a seasoned SEO Pro or just getting started in the world of search, link-building tools are critical to your success. The days of gaming search engines has come to an end, all those advantages that geeks have had for years, is gone, in the new era of SEO the playing field is [...]
BBC

Chinese carmakers eye European markets

about 1 month ago
How long before Europeans start buying them?
Reuters

Analysis: State attorneys general: New Republican power

about 1 month ago
(Reuters) - In the ornate Chinese Ballroom of Washington's Mayflower Hotel, nine Republican state attorneys general gathered last month at a long, white-cloth covered table for an unusual news conference. One by one, as TV news cameras rolled, they catalogued their many lawsuits against President Barack Obama's administration.
Daily Telegraph

Benny and the frets

about 1 month ago
KNIGHTS coach Wayne Bennett and ARL commission chairman John Grant go back a long way. LIVE BLOG
Reuters

Egyptian protesters take long walk to Tahrir

about 1 month ago
CAIRO (Reuters) - A group of Egyptians are marching 125 km (77 miles) along a major highway to Cairo to take part in a demonstration in Tahrir Square, stretching the boundaries of the country's flourishing culture of political activism.
BBC

Tajik court imprisons 'militants'

about 1 month ago
A court in Tajikistan sentences 34 people to long jail terms on terrorism charges at the end of a closed trial.
Technology Review

The Grid is Getting Smarter, but it's a Long Way from Smart

about 1 month ago
To lower fossil-fuel emissions while meeting demand for electricity, power grids around the world are going to need to become a lot more intelligent, and a lot more complicated.
Hindustan Times

India test fires long-range missile Agni-V, joins elite club

about 1 month ago
India today test fired Agni-V, the country's first long range inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast.
Rolling Stone

Axl Rose Apologizes to Cleveland for Hall of Fame Snub

about 1 month ago
Axl Rose has written another letter to fans explaining his decision to not attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and apologizing to the city of Cleveland for the snub Last week Axl wrote a long letter in which he said he declined his induction into the...
USA Today

Sharapova chops off her long blonde hair

about 1 month ago
The tennis star trimmed her long blonde locks. Cast a vote on whether you like it.
Foreign Policy

The United Nations is a long way away from the Cold War

about 1 month ago
After the latest demonstration of Syria thumbing its nose at the Annan plan, Walter Russell Mead  decided to go on a rhetorical bender against the United Nations:  The reality is that the UN today is less prestigious and influential than it was in the 1940s and 1950s. There used to be a time when General Assembly votes actually meant something. Newspapers used to report its resolutions o...
USA Today

Trains increase number of quiet cars

about 1 month ago
New York's Long Island Railroad and Metro-North have increased the number of quiet spaces.
CNN

Former FERC regulator: God gave us fracking

about 1 month ago
Panelists at Fortune's Brainstorm Green conference all say that natural gas should give way to cleaner fuels in the future. But how long will it take to get there?
Nikkei

Kim's Long Shot Comes Up Short

about 1 month ago
el universal

J.Lo renta una playa pública para fiesta privada

about 1 month ago
La actriz y cantante compró un permiso que le costó 953 dólares para que las autoridades en Long Beach, California, acordonaran el sector de playa
Daily Telegraph

Frying Kangaroo cooks with green fuel

about 1 month ago
QANTAS has hailed the success of Australia's first commercial biofuel-powered flight but says there's still a long way to go.
THE AUSTRALIAN

$220m WiFi deal trumped by an app

about 1 month ago
SEASONED lawyer and investment banker Simon McKeon has been doing deals for a long time.
Daily Telegraph

Bob Brown resigns as Greens leader

about 1 month ago
BOB Brown says he will be "a Green until the day I die - if not for a long time after that".
Irish Times

China's growth 'slowest in three years'

about 1 month ago
China's economy grew at its slowest in nearly three years in the first three months of 2012, with a weaker than expected reading raising investor concerns that a five-quarter long slide has not bottomed and that more policy action would be needed to halt it.
Foreign Policy

Annan "encouraged" by fragile Syrian cease-fire

about 1 month ago
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will appeal to the Security Council to authorize "as soon as possible" the deployment of a U.N. monitoring mission in Syria as the country witnessed a rare pause in violence, according to a statement by special emissary Kofi Annan. But Ban cautioned that the cease-fire remained extremely "fragile" and could unravel in the face of a single gunsho...
euronews

Italie : forte hausse des taux pour le nouvel emprunt d'Etat

about 1 month ago
L'Italie a emprunté jeudi près de 5 milliards d'euros à moyen et long terme sur les marchés obligataires, à des taux en forte hausse pour la…
The Jerusalem Post

Annan: Not too late for diplomatic solution in Syria

about 1 month ago
Damascus gives qualified support to today’s cease-fire, but analysts say time for diplomacy has long passed.
THE AUSTRALIAN

China scandal hits bottom line

about 1 month ago
NOT long ago Treasury chief Martin Parkinson declared "prospects for Australia are. . . incredibly promising".
Technology Review

A Rising Sun for Renewable Energy

about 1 month ago
Japan is desperately trying to replace its nuclear-power capacity with renewables. It still has a long way to go.
New York Times

A New Look at Nature’s Role in the Titanic’s Sinking

about 1 month ago
A century after the sinking of the Titanic, new research argues that record tides and ocean mirages may help explain a disaster long associated with human ineptitude.
Daily Telegraph

Anne stuns fans after chopping off long locks

about 1 month ago
ANNE Hathaway has stunned her fans by chopping off her long locks for her role in Les Miserables.
BBC

AUDIO: Billy Bragg on Guthrie's lost lyrics

about 1 month ago
Nora Guthrie and Billy Bragg talk to the Today programme's Sarah Montague about reviving Woodie Guthrie's long lost lyrics as part of a new album release 100 years after the iconic American folk singer was born.
Eurosport

Football - Ligue 1 - Hilton: "C'est bien parti pour le titre"

about 1 month ago
Le cri du coeur de Vitorino Hilton en dit long sur l'état d'esprit des Montpelliérains après leur victoire sur Sochaux (2-1) ce samedi. Le leader de la Ligue 1 a certainement fait un pas comptable et psychologique dans la lutte pour le titre de champion de France.
Goal.com

Eurogoal da fantascienza, Mauri lo dedica a 'Long John': "Abbiamo giocato anche per lui. Ora manteniamo la concentrazione"

about 1 month ago
"Sono stato anche fortunato in occasione del goal, ho visto il cross e ci ho provato. Ammetto che venivamo da una serie di partite negative. Oggi avevamo altro spirito".
Rolling Stone

The Lumineers

about 1 month ago
The debut from this Colorado crew basically argues that a bunch of Americans can lead slowly-accelerating lovelorn singalongs just as well as UK yankophile Marcus Mumford bringing fiddle scratching marching-band snare rolls parlor-room piano chords and Kingston Trio guitar strumming to an album that’s long on nostalgic reverie "American Bandstand...
Acro

Goodbye Eudora, hello Thunderbird

about 1 month ago
Today I gave up on an old friend, and surprisingly enough I don’t feel awfully bad about it. But after 18 years, it’s about time to move on to something new. I had to read that number – “18″ – again; it’s been that long since 1994, when I used Eudora as my email client [...]
BBC

VIDEO: How to make a profit from checkpoints

about 1 month ago
Palestinians are selling goods to long queues of passengers waiting to pass through security checkpoints in the occupied territories.
Telegraph

Google previews 'Project Glass' augmented-reality spectacles

about 1 month ago
The technology giants apparently set their sights long into the distance with their vision of how the world might look through augmented reality glasses.
IKRK

International Day for Mine Awareness: stop the weapons that keep on killing!

about 1 month ago
On the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, 4 April, the ICRC is once again calling for increased action to end the suffering caused by weapons that keep on killing and devastating lives long after the fighting has ended.
USA Today

Long use of any hormones raises women's breast cancer risk

about 1 month ago
A new study tracked about 60,000 nurses and found that use of any kind of hormones for 10 years or more slightly raised the chances.
FTD

Business English: Do I take my husband's name?

about 1 month ago
A female analyst (26) wrote: I was born with an almost ludicrously common name: My surname is Smith and my first name is one short syllable. I am about to get married to a man with a long, unusual surname that begins with A. I wouldn't normally consider taking my husband's name at work ...
Barrons

McNamee Tells Bloomberg Google, Microsoft Missing the ‘Hypernet’

about 1 month ago
Elevation Partners managing director Roger McNamee, who invested in Palm and sold it to Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), among many, many other ventures in his long career, this afternoon was interviewed by Margaret Brennan of Bloomberg regarding what he calls “the hypernet,” which he describes as the sum of the Old Internet plus all the new cellular and [...]
Russian Government

Vladimir Putin meets with Voronezh Governor Alexei Gordeyev

about 1 month ago
The meeting focused on the defence sector. In the prime minister's opinion, instead of modernising outdated defence enterprises, it is advisable in certain instances to build new ones in the Russian regions as long as the working staff of operating defence plants are retained. The meeting also addressed the issues of pay for teachers and healthcare modernisation.
Rolling Stone

Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy: Inside Dartmouth's Hazing Abuses

about 1 month ago
Long before Andrew Lohse became a pariah at Dartmouth College he was just another scarily accomplished teenager with lofty ambitions Five feet 10 with large blue eyes and the kind of sweet-faced demeanor that always earned him a pass he grew up in the not-quite-rural not-quite-suburban decidedly middle-class town of...
Handelsblatt

Eine Millionen Dollar: Rentnerin verklagt Apple auf Schadenersatz

2 months ago
Eine 83-Jährige hat Apple auf eine Million Dollar Schadenersatz verklagt. Die Rentnerin hatte sich an den Glasfronten eines Apple Stores in Long Island die Nase gestoßen und einen Nasenbruch erlitten.
Le Monde Diplomatique

Sisyphe berbère

2 months ago
Le Mensonge de Dieu est un roman historique qui condense « quatre-vingt-treize années d'exploration tourmentée dans les tréfonds du monde ». Tout au long de l'ouvrage, l'auteur, l'écrivain et journaliste algérien Mohamed Benchicou, rend hommage aux mots voués à lever les tabous des morts. Il le fait à (...) / Algérie, Histoire, Identité culturelle, Littérature, Minorité nationale, Religion, Be...
Barrons

Research In Motion's Lonely Bull

2 months ago
One of the only two Wall Street analysts who rate RIM a Buy talks about why he's stopped focusing on BlackBerry unit sales. If he's right, which is a long shot, the stock could rise.
BBC

Can you be 'dead' for 78 minutes?

2 months ago
Could Fabrice Muamba really have been "dead" for that long?
APA-OTS

Tasman's PEA Study of Norra Karr Heavy Rare Earth and Zirconium Project Demonstrates Robust Economics and Long Mine Life

2 months ago
Vancouver (ots/PRNewswire) - TSXV : TSM NYSE AMEX : TAS Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman" or the "Company") ; . Mr Mark Saxon, President & CEO, is pleased to announce the positive technical and financial results achieved from the NI 43-101 Compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) ...
BBC

Polls close in Guinea-Bissau vote

2 months ago
Polling stations close in Guinea-Bissau as voters choose a replacement for ex-President Malam Bacai Sanha, who died in January after a long illness.
Salon

The unexpected lessons of Mexican food

2 months ago
I first discovered cooking at age 5, when the earthy smell of boiling pinto beans lured me into the kitchen. It was my dad. He dripped them into an oily skillet and smashed them into a lumpy paste. I started pulling on his apron straps, begging to know the name of the concoction.“Your grandmother always made this,” he said, stirring the bubbling brown stew and pinching in cumin. “I’ll teach you...
La Voix du Nord

Benoît Pedretti : « Quinze jours sans gagner, ça commence à faire long »

2 months ago
Le milieu de terrain du LOSC, qui traverse une bonne période, à l'inverse de son équipe, n'attend rien d'autre qu'un succès dans le derby face à une équipe valenciennoise qui ne réussit pas aux champions de France.
BBC

Flower trade threatens rare palm

2 months ago
Demand for leaves from an endangered palm, found in Central and South America is threatening the species' long term survival, a study warns.
Gouvernement de France

Avec E-création, déclarez votre association en quelques clics

2 months ago
Coup d'œil sur la Toile gouvernementaleEn créant votre compte association, via compteasso.service-public.fr, vous bénéficiez gratuitement : • d'une aide à la saisie, tout au long de la déclaration, afin d'éviter les erreurs ;• d'un porte-documents confidentiel, permettant de conserver et réutiliser en toute sécurité vos pièces justificatives ;
DieZeit

Konflikte: In Syrien getötete Journalistin auf Long Island beigesetzt

2 months ago
New York (dpa) - Knapp drei Wochen nach ihrem Tod in Syrien ist die amerikanische Journalistin Marie Colvin in ihrer Heimat begraben worden. Die 56-Jährige wurde auf Long Island beigesetzt. Dort war ...
USA Today

Reporter killed in Syria to be remembered at funeral

2 months ago
War correspondent Marie Colvin is being laid to rest in the Long Island community of her childhood where she decided to become a reporter.
Scientific American

South Africa Wins Panel's Backing to Host Square Kilometer Array Scope

2 months ago
A scientific panel has narrowly recommended South Africa over Australia as the best site for the proposed Square Kilometre Array (SKA), an enormous radio telescope (see " Astronomy in South Africa: The long shot "). But the project's member states have yet to make a final decision on where the telescope will go. [More]
Le Point

Concordia : Greenpeace dénonce une pollution autour de l'épave

2 months ago
L'ONG de protection de l'environnement Greenpeace a dénoncé vendredi un...
BBC

Bollywood's Joy Mukherjee is dead

2 months ago
Veteran Bollywood actor Joy Mukherjee, star of several hits in the 1960s and 1970s, dies after a long illness at a hospital in India's Mumbai city.
Reuters

Oldest film based on Dickens found in Britain

2 months ago
LONDON (Reuters) - An archivist at the British Film Institute has stumbled across a 1901 movie just one minute long which turns out to be the earliest surviving film featuring a character from the works of Charles Dickens.
Mail & Guardian

Ballooning debt cuts off the power

2 months ago
Zimbabwe finally realising the long awaited power crisis.
BBC

Prosecutor seeks long Seselj term

2 months ago
Prosecutors in the war crimes trial of Serb nationalist Vojislav Seselj at The Hague call for him to be jailed for 28 years.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Long GOP slog has echoes of Obama-Clinton battle in 2008

2 months ago
A long, divisive race to choose a nominee isn’t the best news for Republicans - but history shows a long slog isn’t always the worst thing
lesoir

Nemtsov : « Il n’y aura pas un printemps russe mais un long marathon »

2 months ago
L’ex-vice-Premier ministre de Eltsine est l’un des organisateurs clefs des rassemblements à Moscou. « Le mouvement d’opposition à Poutine va s’étendre....lire la suite
Science News

When giant fleas roamed

2 months ago
Fossils show ancient insects grew as long as 2 centimeters
Les Echos

Etats-Unis: le duel Romney/Santorum au coeur des primaires républicaines de mardi

2 months ago
[[369302]] WASHINGTON (AFP) : Le duel entre Mitt Romney et Rick Santorum sera au coeur des élections primaires de mardi dans le Michigan (nord) et l'Arizona (sud-ouest), étapes décisives du long processus d'investiture d'un candidat républicain à la présidentielle de novembre. Si M. Romney perd...
news.com.au

Gunns losses continue to worsen

2 months ago
TIMBER company Gunns has posted a larger first half loss and says trading conditions will remain tough as long as the Australian dollar stays strong.
Number10

Somalia diaspora meeting

3 months ago
PM: "The Somalia Conference is an opportunity to show that we fully support the efforts of the Somali people themselves to build a stronger, safer, more prosperous country."
Eurosport

Tennis - ATP Tour - Le long chemin de Del Potro

3 months ago
Si Juan Martin Del Potro a retrouvé un niveau de jeu digne du Top 10 mondial, l'Argentin est encore loin de celui des membres du Top 5. Roger Federer lui a encore démontré qu'il lui restait du travail avant de se refaire une place parmi les meilleurs joueurs du monde.
China Daily

'Safe House' leads box office charts

3 months ago
Denzel Washington thriller "Safe House" rose to the No. 1 spot at movie box offices through Sunday, narrowly leading love story "The Vow" over a long holiday weekend in the United States.
FOCUS

Brasilien im Sambarausch - Rio de Janeiro feiert Karneval

3 months ago
Mit dem traditionellen Umzug der Sambaschulen hat der Karneval in Rio de Janeiro seinen Höhepunkt erreicht. Und auch in diesem Jahr mischten sich Prominente wie Jennifer Lopez und Hugh Hefner ins Getümmel.Mehr zum ThemaSerienmörder in New York? - Wieder Leichenteile auf Long IslandPrinz Johan Friso von Lawine begraben - Sohn von Königin Beatrix immernoch in LebensgefahrMeistgesuchter Gewaltverb...
Art Review

Errol Sawyer shared their album on Facebook

3 months ago
Errol Sawyer shared their album on FacebookErrol Sawyer Long Wait Central Station Amsterdam 2003@
Mail & Guardian

Unbundling of Telkom is only answer

3 months ago
Consumers have long suffered because of governments' inaction over Telkom.
AP

Pa. smokehouse fire 'best-smelling in long time'

3 months ago
NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) -- Firefighters in Pennsylvania have managed to save 200 pounds of Polish sausage from what they're calling the best-smelling fire they've doused in years....
science blogs

Zum Valentinstag: Liebesbriefe an die Wissenschaft [Astrodicticum Simplex]

3 months ago
Heute ist ja Valentinstag. Und die Leute vom Projekt "This Is What A Scientist Looks " (eine sehr schöne Seite übrigens) hatten eine nette Idee. Sie haben die Leute gebeten, Liebesbriefe an die Wissenschaft zu schreiben... Schaut euch die Texte an, es sind ein paar schöne Stellen dabei."You have made me understand phenomena. Explain what once was considered magical. Get inspired from formula...
The Jerusalem Post

Free preschool may not be a golden ticket

3 months ago
Although the goal of the reform may be laudable, it is not clear that it will benefit our children, and may in the long have harmful effects.
BnAmericas

Metals - Brazil - Vale's shipments to China will not be affected by ruling on large vessels, source says

3 months ago
Brazilian miner Vale (NYSE: VALE) developed a strategy for shipments to Asia long before the Chinese ruling on large bulk carriers and tankers, a company source told BNamericas. Last week China's t...
Le Point

Top 14: "La fin d'une aventure, d'un long supplice" au Racing-Métro, dit Chabal

3 months ago
"C'est la fin d'une aventure mais aussi d'un long supplice", a déclaré...
Rolling Stone

Long Odds and a Last Shot

3 months ago
There's an old WC Fields movie where he's playing poker with a brand-new sucker who asks "Is this a game of chance?" Fields assures him "Not the way I play it" A true American motto and it could be the epigraph for HBO's Luck The gamblers and gangsters who play
La Voix du Nord

VIDÉO - Hommage de Lille à Pierre Mauroy, sans aucun mandat depuis septembre

3 months ago
Articles en rapportMarcq-en-Baroeul : le Jumping EDHEC-UCPA (CSI**) se poursuit ce dimancheRoubaix : un corps sans vie retrouvé le long de la voie ferréeDeux cents identitaires dans les rues de Lille pour honorer Jeanne MaillotteSeclin : l´appellation ZAC de l´Epinette disparaÎt pour harmoniser la zone industrielleHouplin-Ancoisne : une conférence, demain soir, pour connaÎtre l´histoire du village
Daily Telegraph

Lonely hell of long forgotten prisoner

3 months ago
FOR 22 long and lonely months, Stephen Slevin sat in a tiny jail cell, drifting in and out of delirium, cut off from all human contact.
Entertainment Online

Les acteurs de The Artist parlent des Oscars : "Si j'avais de l'argent, je parierais dessus !"

4 months ago
On sait que toute image vaut mieux qu'un long discours. Avec leur victoire aux Critics' Choice Awards et aux Golden Globes, on peut dire que tous les acteurs de The Artist sont...
New York Times

WORLD: TimesCast | Cruise Captain Abandons Ship

4 months ago
January 17, 2012 - A recorded telephone conversation with the captain of the Costa Concordia reveals he abandoned the cruise ship long before all passengers had been evacuated.
Irish Times

Thatcher approved hunger-striker concessions

4 months ago
BRITISH PRIME Minister Margaret Thatcher personally sanctioned concessions aimed at ending the 1981 hunger strike at the Maze Prison, Long Kesh, but the deal was rejected by the IRA, documents released under the 30-year rule have disclosed.
Technology Review

The First Phone to Use WiMAX

5 months ago
Technology Review computing and IT editor, Tom Simonite, reviews HTC’s EVO 4G phone, which is available on Sprint and is the first phone that uses WiMAX, a technology that allows fast wireless Internet over long distances.
The Nation

Putin has modest income

5 months ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin earns only $140,000 a year and owns just one home, a small apartment in his home town, an official income statement showed on Thursday. Putin’s wealth has long been the focus of speculation by opponents who portray Russia’s paramount leader as one of the richest men in the world, allegations he has dismissed. His official income statement...
The Nation

Troubled people turn to exorcism for help

5 months ago
KARACHI (Reuters) - A girl in a long black shirt screams incoherently, banging her head against a wall at a Sufi shrine in Karachi. Sania Haneef’s family says she is possessed by a demon.Doctors could not help, so they brought the college student, kicking and screaming, to be exorcised by the spirit of a saint.“Sania has been possessed since she was six years old,” her brother, Mohammed, said, ...
Reuters

Saab heads for scrapyard as long rescue quest fails

5 months ago
TROLLHATTAN, Sweden (Reuters) - Car maker Saab ran out of room for maneuver on Monday when its Dutch owner filed for bankruptcy, calling time on a nine-month battle to rescue the struggling Swedish...
sueddeutsche

Bildstrecke: Leichenfunde auf Long Island: Mörderische Spuren im Sand

5 months ago
Elf Leichen hat die Polizei in den Dünen und Marschen von Long Island ausgegraben. Mit dem jüngsten Fund schließt sich der Kreis zum Anfang der makabren Serie, die der Sommeridylle ihre Unschuld raubte. Noch immer gibt es keinen Hinweis auf den Killer - oder waren es gar mehrere Täter?
Le Point

Les spécialistes voient toujours du potentiel à long terme sur l'or

5 months ago
Le cours de l'or a légèrement rebondi vendredi dernier après un brutal repli...
The Jerusalem Post

Vaclav Havel dies after long illness

5 months ago
Netanyahu: Former Czech president was ‘a true friend’ of Israel; dissident playwright who led bloodless revolution passes away at 75.
Krone

US-Serienmörder hält Long Island weiterhin in Atem

5 months ago
Elf teils brutal zerstückelte Leichen, verängstigte Anrainer, bislang keine Hinweise auf den Täter und zahlreiche Spekulationen: Das sind nicht etwa die Angaben zu einem neuen Hollywood-Thriller, sondern die Zutaten eines ganz realen Horrors: Ein mittlerweile auf den Namen "Long Island Serialkiller" getaufter Mörder hält seit einem Jahr das idyllische Long Island im US-Bundesstaat New York in A...
Le Point

Le Fort Alamo du triple A

5 months ago
Les photos en disent souvent beaucoup plus long que le reste. La première a...
Zeit

Kalifornien: Zeitreise mit dem Schiff

5 months ago
Früher ein Luxusliner, heute ein Hotelschiff: "Queen Mary" liegt im Hafen von Long Beach. Ob die millionenteure Renovierung sich lohnt, ist fraglich.
The Nation

PPP to carve out Seraiki province: Khosa

5 months ago
LAYYAH - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has said that the PPP-led government will end 64-year long exploitation of the Seraiki people by carving out a separate for them in the south Punjab. We are well aware of the designs of those elements who want to derail the democratic process in the country but the PPP with the support of the masses will thwart all such plots. He was addressing a...
CNN Money

Fed killing bonds? Buy dividend stocks

5 months ago
Interest rates are absurdly low and unlikely to head much higher as long as the U.S. economy remains stagnant and Europe remains, well, Europe.
The Nation

US drone strikes 'on hold' in Pakistan: US official

5 months ago
As the US-Pakistan relationship continues to unravel, the US has placed its covert air campaign that targets al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan's tribal agencies "on hold." Several US intelligence officials involved in the CIA program, which uses unmanned Predator and Reaper strike aircraft, more commonly called drones, told The Long War Journal that US officials fear that an attack at...
APA-OTS

CAS and InfoChem Enter Into Long Term Collaboration in ChemInformatics =

5 months ago
Columbus, Ohio (ots/PRNewswire) - ~ - World leader in chemistry content partners with leading chemistry software provider to create new technologies to enhance the discovery of chemical patents and more ~ Chemical Abstracts Service [http://www.cas.org ] (CAS), a ...
Reuters

Economy crisis saves Spanish ruins but buries future

5 months ago
VALENCINA DE LA CONCEPCION, Spain (Reuters) - Spain's pre-historic burial chambers have survived invasion, war, a long dictatorship and a property bubble which paved over vast tracts of the country.
Hoy

Libros de larga vida

5 months ago
¿Qué es un 'long seller'? Atendiendo a su traducción literal del inglés, un 'long seller' es el libro que se vende mucho y a lo largo de un periodo largo de tiempo. Algunos estudiosos del asunto lo emparentan con el libro «durmiente», aquel que va vendiendo poco a poco y de repente eclosiona para convertirse en un fenómeno editorial. 'Long sellers' indiscutibles son la Biblia, de la que se llev...
euronews

Russie : la chef de l'ONG Golos retenue à l'aéroport

5 months ago
A la veille des élections législatives en Russie, l'ONG Golos, qui surveille les scrutins et traque la fraude électorale, se dit harcelée. Sa…
Hoy

Un asesino en serie siembra el terror en Long Island

5 months ago
La Policía del estado de Nueva York cree que un solo hombre es el autor de diez asesinatos sin resolver cometidos en Long Island entre 1996 y 2010, según informó un policía este miércoles al canal de televisión ABC News.
Reuters

UPDATE 1-Focus Media denies Muddy Waters allegations, shares up

6 months ago
* Says allegations concern matters long disclosed in reports
exchnage4media

Flashed Yesterday: It’s official: Bobby Pawar is Chief Creative Officer & Managing Partner, JWT India

6 months ago
Putting all speculations to rest, Bobby Pawar has confirmed to exchange4media that he is headed to JWT India as Chief Creative Officer and Managing Partner. The development fills in a long term void at JWT India.
Krone

Islanders beenden mit Grabner ihre Niederlagenserie

6 months ago
Die New York Islanders haben mit ihrem österreichischen Stürmer Michael Grabner die Niederlagenserie in der NHL beendet. Die Islanders besiegten am Donnerstag im heimischen Nassau Coliseum die Montreal Canadiens mit 4:3. Für das Team aus Long Island war es der erste Sieg nach vier Niederlagen, dennoch sind die New Yorker weiter Schlusslicht der Eastern Conference. Grabner erhielt 16:18 Minuten ...
Technology Review

Why Simply Selling Our Airwaves Will Cost Us in the Long Run

6 months ago
Plans to sell off TV band spectrum could undermine the future of wireless innovation.
The Nation

Secret memo gets credence

6 months ago
NEW YORK - Admiral Michael Mullen late Wednesday afternoon confirmed the existence of a secret memo alleged to have been sent by President Asif Ali Zardari that the top US military officer had earlier not recollected receiving, a dispatch posted on Foreign Policy magazine said.The confirmation led Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani, who became embroiled in the raging cont...
Les Echos

Le voyage au Bénin, une épreuve physique pour un pape qui ne renonce pas

6 months ago
[[323078]] CITE DU VATICAN (AFP) : Le pape Benoît XVI, âgé de 84 ans, a devant lui un voyage éprouvant de trois jours au Bénin, alors qu'il a donné des signes de fatigue au long de l'année sans jamais alléger son lourd programme de travail. Pape depuis six ans et demi, le souverain pontife à la...
Le Point

Des lauriers pour un printemps

6 months ago
Le grand concours international de musique classique Long Thibaud couronnait...
L'EQUIPE

Rallye - WRC - Loeb: «Ogier a nui à mon image»

6 months ago
 Dans un long entretien accordé à L'Équipe, Sébastien Loeb revient sur son duel avec Sébastien Ogier, la fin de la...
American Scientist

Large Dinosaurs Migrated Long Distances

6 months ago
The largest dinosaurs to walk the earth may have embarked on seasonal migrations that covered hundreds of miles when local watering holes dried up and food became scarce. Evidence that giant sauropods set off on epic journeys came to light when scientists examined fossilized teeth recovered in Wyoming and Utah. ...
Eurosport

Cyclisme - Mondiaux Copenhague - Les frustrés de l'arc-en-ciel

8 months ago
Plusieurs grands champions ont couru tout au long de leur carrière après le titre de champion du monde en vain. Ils ont accumulé les places d'honneurs et se sont installés sur le podium mais jamais sur la plus grande marche. Parmi eux, Miguel Indurain, roi du Tour mais jamais maître du monde.
People Daily

New satellite helps space exploration

9 months ago
China blasted off a new data relay satellite, Tianlian I-02, on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan province. The new satellite will bolster the country's satellite communication network for space docking. The satellite was launched on a Long March-3C carrier rocket at 11:41 pm, sources at the center told Xinhua News Agency. The satellite separated ...
National Post

Fat not necessarily fatal, new studies find

9 months ago
A new tool that ranks overweight and obese people according to underlying health has found that otherwise healthy obese people live as long as those of 'normal' weight
China Daily

Sedentary women at risk of blood clots

10 months ago
Lying around for long stretches outside of work doubles the risk of dangerous blood clots in the lungs, according to a study among women.
Rolling Stone

Keith Olbermann on Why He Left MSNBC - and How He Plans to Get Even

11 months ago
Keith Olbermann hobbles into an expensive seafood restaurant in Manhattan on a recent afternoon with the assistance of a long retractable cane Maneuvering past startled diners the former Countdown host mutters over his shoulder "The joke is it's apparently not as easy to leave NBC as it looks" Wincing Olbermann lowers...
LaTribune

Lutte contre la corruption : ces pays de l'OCDE qui ne tiennent pas leurs engagements

about 1 year ago
La convention de l'OCDE visant à lutter contre la corruption en criminalisant les pots-de-vin n'est appliquée que dans un tiers des pays signataires, selon un rapport publié par l'ONG Transparency International.
DnJournal

Year's First Seven-Figure Sale Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart at DNJournal.com

about 1 year ago
It has been a long time coming, but finally - four and half months into the 2011 domain sales season, the year's first confirmed seven-figure transaction has been completed. Boxcar.com/DomainConsultant.com did the honors to take the pole position on our new weekly Top 20 Sales Chart.
Technology Review

Making Carbon Nanotubes into Long Fibers

over 2 years ago
Researchers have taken a step towards making carbon nanotubes into transmission lines.
Foreign Policy

DDOS: from God with love

over 2 years ago
On hearing the news that web-sites of several atheist foundations/NGOs have become victims of severe DDoS attacks, I could only think about one thing: it would be quite hard to blame these attacks on either China or Russia. From ZDNet Australia: The websites of the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the Global Atheist Convention were knocked offline yesterday due to a sustained distributed den...
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1 United States 123.338
2 India 30.715
3 United Kingdom 23.772
4 Germany 20.224
5 France 10.908
6 Indonesia 9.830
7 Canada 7.507
8 Turkey 7.130
9 Australia 6.132
10 Spain 5.750
11 Poland 5.700
12 Netherlands 5.640
13 Philipines 5.060
14 Mexico 4.610
15 Argentina 4.517
16 Brazil 4.145
17 South Africa 4.105
18 Italy 3.895
19 Korea South 3.610
20 Sweden 3.510
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Media

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1 CNN Editions (International) 12.000
2 CNN 10.000
3 Times of India 4.800
4 Dailymail 4.500
5 Bild 3.200
6 foxnews 3.000
7 New York Times 2.725
8 USA Today 2.525
9 IBN live 2.500
10 Joong Ang Ilbo 2.500
11 The Sun 2.500
12 Malayala Manorama 2.400
13 WALL STREET JOURNAL USA 2.350
14 weather.com 2.300
15 Digg 2.120
16 De telegraaf 2.080
17 indosiar 2.000
18 Sportsillustrated 1.900
19 Guardian 1.850
20 newsoftheworld 1.750
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Languages

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1 English 207.939
2 German 25.863
3 Spanish 17.380
4 French 12.798
5 Indonesian 9.830
6 Turkish 7.050
7 Dutch 6.495
8 Polish 5.700
9 Portuguese 5.155
10 Italian 3.895
11 Swedish 3.510
12 Hindi 2.950
13 Chinese 2.780
14 Russian 2.535
15 Malayalam 2.400
16 Vietnamese 2.190
17 Hungarian 1.854
18 Romanian 1.850
19 Norwegian 1.699
20 Tamil 1.350
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