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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:33:34 GMT Group gets homeless on feet and running | ||||||
| Back on My Feet is a support group for the homeless meant to help them instill discipline and improve their health through running.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:45:13 GMT Obama proposes $50B for roads, rails, runways | ||||||
| President Obama proposed a $50 billion plan Monday to fix the USA's infrastructure, part of an effort to deal with high unemployment.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:13:49 GMT Armored trucks cut IED deaths among allied troops | ||||||
| The U.S. military's new armored trucks in Afghanistan are significantly reducing troop deaths in roadside attacks.
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| Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:35:43 GMT Flu vaccine readily available, and free for many this year | ||||||
| Getting a flu shot will be far easier this fall than last, with retailers already stocking millions of doses.
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| Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:30:38 -0500 TUX Magazine Has Ceased Publication | ||||||
TUX Magazine ceased publication after issue #20. Download past issues here. May we recommend subscribing to another fine Linux publication instead? Check out Linux Journal. |
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| Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:13:02 -0600 Creating Web Pages with Nvu | ||||||
This article by Daniel Bartholemew originally appeared in TUX Magazine, Issue 14. We know you "could" create web pages by just typing HTML into a text editor or word processor. For those of us that have done this, we also know how much we don't want to ever have to do it again. There are many expensive tools that allow you to create pages without even knowing how to spell HTML. But, expensive may also not be something you are looking for. |
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| Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:21:06 -0600 Mango Parfait -- from TUX 12 | ||||||
This Mango Parfait column appeared in TUX Magazine issue 12. I couldn't figure out how to classify it. It is a How-To but it is an Opinion but ... I picked Opinion to warn people that if they think Gnome is great and KDE sucks they will probably not be able to handle her humor. On the other hand, if a Gnome user wants to know how to set up working directories in applications links, set up a multi-boot system, or think front page is something from a proprietary software company rather than a adjective and noun, you will probably find this article useful. |
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| Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:05:44 +0000 Man faces prison for attacking boy with a hedgehog | ||||||
A 27-year-old man faces a possible 5 years in prison after attacking a 15-year-old boy with a hedgehog.
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| Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:04:13 +0000 India develops curry hand grenade | ||||||
India has developed a new nonlethal weapon in the war on terror: the curry hand grenade.
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| Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:56:44 +0000 Children in poor countries need more toilets | ||||||
UN Agencies for world health and children are underscoring the need for more toilets for children in poor countries.
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| Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:09:34 +0000 Thief thwarted with frozen ham | ||||||
A would-be thief was sent running by a restaurant owner who smacked him in the face with a frozen ham.
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| Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:29:59 +0000 Matt Damon and wife expecting a baby | ||||||
Matt Damon and his wife (not Sarah Silverman) are expecting their second child. A spokesman for couple declared them as “excited” and “happy” about the pregnancy.
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| Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:20:38 +0000 Baby that survived tornado nicknamed ?Tumbleweed? | ||||||
Baby Kyson Stowell of Chatanooga, Tennesee, has been nicknamed “Tumbleweed” after surviving being tossed around by a tornado. Lil’ Tumbleweed was treated for a collapsed lung and gashes at a local hospital and has since recovered. The baby’s 23-year-old mother was killed by the tornado and the infant is now cared for by his grandparents. [...]
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| Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:34:20 +0000 Airborne pays out millions due to phony cold-cure claims | ||||||
The company that makes the over the counter supplement Airborne, is paying out over $23 million because it made bull***t claims that its product actually worked to treat colds. The investigation into the company intensified after it was learned that research the company had touted was performed by a couple of people with no credentials… [...]
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| Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:59:13 +0000 Cat survives tornado and fire | ||||||
A cat in Arkansas lived through a tornado that destroyed its family's mobile home and also a subsequent fire.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:25:43 GMT2010-09-07T03:20:00Z Australia To Fight iPod Use By Pedestrians | ||||||
| Kilrah_il writes "In recent years the number of people killed on roads in New South Wales, Australia has dropped, but strangely enough, the number of pedestrians killed has risen. Some think it's because of the use of iPods and other music players making people not attentive to road dangers (the so-called 'iPod Zombie Trance'). Based on this (unproven) assumption, the Pedestrian Council has started a campaign in an effort to educate the people, but apparently it isn't enough. Now, some are pushing for the government to enact laws to help eradicate the problem. 'The government is quite happy to legislate that people can lose two demerit points for having music up too loud in their cars, but is apparently unconcerned that listening devices now appear to have become lethal pieces of entertainment,' [Harold Scruby of the Pedestrian Council of Australia] said. 'They should legislate appropriate penalties for people acting so carelessly towards their own welfare and that of others. ... Manufacturers should be made to [warn] consumers of the risks they run.'"
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:21:49 GMT2010-09-07T00:20:00Z Google Says Microsoft Is Driving Antitrust Review | ||||||
| GovTechGuy writes "On Friday we discussed news that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott opened a probe into whether Google ranks its search listings with an eye toward nicking the competition. Google suggested the concerns have a major sponsor: Microsoft. In question is whether the world's biggest search engine could be unfairly disadvantaging some companies by giving them a low ranking in free search listings and in paid ads that appear at the top of the page. That could make it tough for users to find those sites and might violate antitrust laws. Abbott's office asked for information about three companies who have publicly complained about Google, according to blog post by Don Harrison, the company's deputy general counsel. Harrison linked each of the companies to Microsoft."
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| Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:34:27 GMT2010-09-06T23:25:00Z Aging Star System Leaves Strange Death Spiral | ||||||
| jamie tips a post at Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog about an extremely unusual astronomical phenomenon originating from a binary system about 3000 light years away. Quoting: "The name of this thing is AFGL 3068. It's been known as a bright infrared source for some time, but images just showed it as a dot. This Hubble image using the Advanced Camera for Surveys reveals an intricate, delicate and exceedingly faint spiral pattern. ... Red giants tend to blow a lot of their outer layers into space in an expanding spherical wind; think of it as a super-solar wind. The star surrounds itself with a cloud of this material, essentially enclosing it in a cocoon. In general the material isn't all that thick, but in some of these stars there is an overabundance of carbon in the outer layers which gets carried along in these winds. ... AFGL 3068 is a carbon star and most likely evolved just like this, but with a difference: it's a binary. As the two stars swing around each other, the wind from the carbon star doesn't expand in a sphere. Instead, we see a spiral pattern as the material expands."
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:14:37 GMT Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program (AP) | ||||||
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:39:26 GMT Tropical Storm Hermine makes landfall in Mexico (AP) | ||||||
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:47:22 GMT Death toll rises to 45 in Guatemala mudslides (AP) | ||||||
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:42:22 GMT Authorities: 1,000 homes evacuated in Colo. fire (AP) | ||||||
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:59:16 GMT Australian Labor Party wins enough support to rule (AP) | ||||||
| AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor Party will form a minority government to rule Australia after two independent lawmakers back her coalition. |
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