By newsdb on 2010/03/11
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Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US : “We are no longer citizens of the United States of America” – Native American state of 72,000 people declares independence from the US – ‘claim legal under treaties with Government’. The new country would issue its own passports and driving licenses, [...]
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By newsdb on 2010/03/11
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Man has Sex with Steel Bench, Almost Loses Penis : Many an adolescent boy, hormones raging, has succumbed to the siren song of a hump-able inanimate object (the mattress cushion, a toilet paper roll or in one cinematic instance, a pie). But let’s hope they learn a lesson from the 41-year-old Hong [...]
Posted in Education, Entertainment, News, Odd Stuff, Offbeat, Political News
By newsdb on 2010/03/11
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Amy Victoria Beck arrested for having sex with student : Amy Beck, a teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle School, is being accused of having sex and oral sex with a 14-year-old student.
Amy Victoria Beck | Amy Beck Facebook : Amy Victoria Beck. Amy Beck, a teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle [...]
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By newsdb on 2010/03/11
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Corey Haines’ Pair-Programming Tour : Ongoing blog for the pair-programming tour
Visible Metrics with Corey Haines : Metrics in software development is a topic many are opinionated and passionate about. Doc covers Corey’s road thoughts on metrics and how they can be used to improve our craft.
Corey Haines Journeyman : Back in December, [...]
Posted in Programming, Technology
By newsdb on 2010/03/11
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Is There an Autism Outbreak Among Somali Refugee Families? : 25 percent of the children in preschool classes offering the most intensive autism treatment had Somali parents, while only about 6 percent of public school enrollment is Somali. Autism is terrifying the community of Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, and some pediatricians and [...]
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By newsdb on 2010/03/10
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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 [...]
Posted in Environment, News, Other Sports, Political Opinion, Science, Sports
By newsdb on 2010/03/10
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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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By newsdb on 2010/03/10
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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 [...]
Posted in Linux/Unix, Political News, Software, Tech Industry News, Technology
By newsdb on 2010/03/10
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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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By newsdb on 2010/03/09
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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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