Cash in colour
Can pretty pictures help us understand complex issues?
BBC News,
Fri Nov 27 03:07:13 PST 2009
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Searching for waterfalls up Cecil Creek with VIDEO
Actually, we had planned a different hike. Something over by the Current River in south central Missouri. But when powerful storms developed over northern Arkansas dumping inches of rain at...
Harrison Daily Times,
Fri Nov 27 04:19:24 PST 2009
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Death rituals changing as more people, especially boomers, opt for cremations
After their father died unexpectedly, Bill McQueen and his sister Maggi and brother John found themselves in their 20s the new owners of a 43-year-old funeral home.
St. Petersburg Times,
Sat Nov 28 00:31:13 PST 2009
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Apps for the iPhone: A Traveler's Companion, Pocket Size
IT'S a quarter to five in the morning, and I have a plane to catch in two hours. But why rush out the door if my flight is already delayed? To check its status, I turn to my iPhone, tap on ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Fri Nov 27 23:29:48 PST 2009
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Fight is on over porn at video store
It's called "Family Video" but members of the Tonawanda Town Board say its selection of X-Rated material makes it anything but.
WIVB Buffalo,
Tue Nov 24 16:17:17 PST 2009
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Football news
France should have changed their coach after their Euro 2008 flop instead of leaving Raymond Domenech in charge, former coach Aime Jacquet said.
Times of Malta,
Sat Nov 28 00:16:48 PST 2009
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Ubisoft enters the main game with Avatar
MONTREAL -- At some points in the game, the water looks real; clear at some angles to reveal the rocks below, at other angles, thick and murky. When your character hops into a helicopter, t...
MalaysiaNews.net,
Fri Nov 27 19:19:23 PST 2009
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Thanksgiving Stories
We are thankful for the health of our daughter. In August of 2008 our 3-year-old daughter Paige started having seizures and was diagnosed with epilepsy.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald,
Fri Nov 27 22:12:25 PST 2009
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There's something about Sam
She was abandoned by her parents and has survived cancer twice. She was a star of Britart, but is now making feature films. She was happily married
Guardian Unlimited,
Fri Nov 27 16:18:59 PST 2009
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This week on TechCrunch: very bad things, irritable Germans, retro fall-outs and s...
If you're anything like me - and let's for all of our sakes pray that you're not - then your first thought as you stagger back to your desk today, bloated and giddy after Thanksgiving , wil...
TechCrunch,
Fri Nov 27 14:10:33 PST 2009
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The Weekly Round-Up: 27.11.09
We've all made embarrassing mobile phone blunders as part of our busy modern lives. We've all done something with a mobile that has led to fingers pointed in mirth and mockery: a few years ...
Silicon.com,
Fri Nov 27 09:35:32 PST 2009
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The Golden Age of Television - Criterion Collection
Highly Recommended THE SHOWS: Years ago, I was co-host of a cable access show. Every two weeks, we'd be live on Portland television for an hour, showing music videos, working without a scri...
DVD Talk,
Fri Nov 27 09:27:09 PST 2009
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On the Richmond Gang Rape / The power of culture and peer pressure
The shock and horror of the Oct. 24 gang rape of a Richmond girl reverberated far beyond the Bay Area. At San Francisco State University, instructor Eleni Economides asked students in her f...
San Francisco Chronicle,
Fri Nov 27 06:06:56 PST 2009
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Raising eyebrows in Mumbai
Chitra Nair waltzes past vendors selling fresh sugar-cane juice and roasted peanuts and makes her way to the boardwalk in front of the Gateway of India, a majestic archway built on the shor...
Toronto Star,
Fri Nov 27 01:34:59 PST 2009
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Top Movie Turkeys of 2009
A look at this year's down-and-out stinkers.
Los Angeles Times,
Thu Nov 26 09:09:58 PST 2009
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Confessions of a working mother: Looking after my wild kids is just snow joke
It snowed in Dromore last week. Yes, while the rest of the UK was coming to terms with external flooding, we had an internal snowstorm. Related Stories Belfast Telegraph Women of the Year A...
Belfast Telegraph,
Wed Nov 25 04:41:50 PST 2009
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Suggestions for tech-happy holidays
The holiday season is as much a time for tech as for toys. Electronic gadgets are at the top of many wish lists and account for an ever-growing share of holiday shopping budgets. Fortunatel...
PhysOrg,
Wed Nov 25 15:06:55 PST 2009
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Broncos End 4-Game Skid With Win Over Giants
The Denver Broncos still have their troubles with the red zone and yellow flags. The dark cloud that hung over them during their month of misery, though, is gone.
WESH 2 Orlando,
Thu Nov 26 20:49:21 PST 2009
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Nothing is off-limits in TMI culture
Keep it to yourself. The life and death of your latest zit, whether you have pinworms, anything that happens in your bathroom or bedroom or emanates from your nose. Could you just, please, ...
Toronto Star,
Fri Nov 27 01:41:52 PST 2009
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