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U.S. bans expanded commercial fishing in the Arctic : In an attempt to head off a major commercial fishing march into the Arctic, the Obama administration has declared a moratorium on expanded fishing in the still-uncharted waters of the far north, a move which as the nearly unprecedented support of both [...]
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Biogen Idec cannot afford to loose Facet Biotech deal : This article details the story of Biogen Idec trying to buy Facet Biotech and the affect of the deal on the stock price and the options price of Facet – FACT. It also gives you how to earn money by the confusion [...]
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Court rejects RIAA’s ‘making available’ piracy argument : In Atlantic v. Howell, Judge Neil V. Wake denied the labels’ motion for summary judgment in a 17-page decision (PDF), allowing the suit to proceed to trial. The argument–that merely the act of making music files available for download constituted copyright infringement–has been the [...]
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Gas Prices and Economy Cause Lifestyle Changes : “Several employees of Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville, Arkansas, discuss the changes they have made in their lifestyles in order to adapt to tough economic realities. The college’s president recently signed contracts with Ozark Transit to make bus fares free for NWACC employees [...]
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Congressman has bill ready to give FTC veto on ISP data caps : New York Representative Eric Massa, responding to his district’s outrage at Time Warner’s earlier test of usage caps, is now lining up sponsors for his Broadband Internet Fairness Act, which would give the Federal Trade Commission veto power over [...]
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Who’s Digging You? : Who are you digging, and who is digging you? I’ve written a little script using Digg’s new API to show who is digging whom and to browse around the giant Digg social network.
AIG Has Used 3/4 of Its $123 Billion Bailout Loan Already : The troubled insurance giant [...]
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If Geeks Ran the Academy : The expanded slate of Best Picture nominees at the 2010 Academy Awards resulted in a geek windfall. Not only did the decade-in-the-making sci-fi epic Avatar make the list of nominees, but so did the alien apartheid parable District 9 and even the Pixar sci-fi movie Up, [...]
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Origins of Biodynamic Wine Steeped in Occult and Bad Science : Severed heads were a vital ingredient in Biodynamic Preparation No. 505. Finely ground oak bark will be placed into the cows’ fresh skulls and stored in a shallow, moist hole or rain bucket throughout autumn and winter. The resultant concoction is [...]
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Dan in Las Vegas: Part II – The Buffet at The Bellagio : Originally, a central part of my intent in coming to Vegas was to go absolutely buffet mad and to go to at least four different buffets, write up reviews and even take digital pictures.
After gorging myself at The Buffet [...]
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School Threatens to Suspend 4th-Grader Over Two-Inch Toy Gun : WABC: “This isn’t a safety issue. This isn’t a zero tolerance policy on gun control. This is a judgment issue. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? It could poke you in the eye?” Laura Timoney said. It’s two inches long. [...]
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