Monday, August 30, 2010

Oregon Ducks Found Footage: The Journey to the 1995 Rose Bowl - Bleacher Report

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Oregon Ducks Found Footage: The Journey to the 1995 Rose Bowl

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While gearing up for the kickoff to the 2010 college football season this Saturday, I ran across this highlight footage of the 1994 Oregon Ducks' epic ...



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Saturday, August 28, 2010

State considers banning radio tracking chips in new, high-tech driver licenses - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The federal government has been pushing states sincerthe 9/11 terrorist attacks to improve their driver’s licensews in terms of security and safeguardin against fake IDs. The U.S. Homelandc Security Department’s Western Hemisphere Travepl Initiative requires Americans to provide acceptable identificatiomn or passports when traveling withinNorth America. One accepted form of IDs is the “enhanced” driver’d license, which contains radio frequency chips that can trackkthe holder’s movement to variouz degrees. Arizona House Bill 2426 would keep the stated from developingsuch driver’s licenses.
The bill passedc the House on June 9 and now is under consideratiomn inthe Senate. The measure has the backing of civio libertarians on both ends of the politicaol spectrum concerned about the surveillance and tracking ofprivated citizens. The Arizona Chapter of the American Civilk Liberties Union and someconservative legislators, such as state Sens. Ron Gouls of Lake Havasu City and Jack Harper of backthe ban. Advocates of using more technology, including radio chips and biometric information, say it can improve security and track thoser crossingthe U.S.-Mexico border.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Haemacure cuts 2Q loss on heels of cost cutting - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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million, or 1 cent a share, for the second quarter endedApril 30, compared to $2.5 or 2 cents a for the same quarter in 2008. Secon d quarter 2009 revenue was comparedto $28,368 for the year-agoo period, but operating costs dropped dramatically from $2.5 millionm in the second quarter of 2008 to $1.3 milliohn in the just-ended The decrease was mainly attributable to the absencew of stock-based compensation expenses and to implementer in February to preserve cash, Haemacure said in a Those measures included a layoff of some workers at its plant in Sarasota.
Haemacure (TSX: a specialty biotherapeutics company that’s developing biologicak adhesives, got a financial boost when it entered intoa $2.5 millionn bridge loan agreement as part of a strategic collaboratiom with (NASDAQ: ANP), a biotherapeutics compan headquartered in Montreal. Haemacure had received $200,000 upon the signing of the term sheey in May andreceived $1 milliobn when the transaction closed on June 3, the release Angiotech can, at its advance up to an additional $1 million to Haemacure from time to time for a totao loan of $3.5 million, the releas e said. Haemacure said the $2.
5 million loan would alloq it to continue operations until the end ofthe

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Victories Start to Show in Obesity Fight - Youth Today

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Victories Start to Show in Obesity Fight

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Amid all the talk and new initiatives aimed at combating youth obesity, there's been a trickle of evidence that obesity is declining among ...



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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Displaced worker training grant program unveiled - Nashville Business Journal:

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The grant program will be used to develolp national models that can be replicatex acrossthe country, especially in communities wherew auto workers have lost their jobs. Accompaniefd by Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, Milwaukee Area Technicakl College acting president Vick i Martin and chairman and CEOJeffrey Joerres, Duncan calle d upon institutions of higher learning, privatw and public nonprofit organizations and other agenciesw to propose model programsw for training adults to pursue family-sustaining second careers.
Duncan is one of severalo cabinet secretaries andother high-level officiales from the Obama administration traveling acrosds the Midwest this week to visit communitiesa affected by layoffs in the automobile industry. “Education is the catalysf for a strong economy and the meane by which adults will reinvent themselves and rebuile the industrial cities that have been the foundation of our Duncan said. “The Obama administration is committed to supporting auto communities and workerse who have been displaced from their Community colleges are invaluable resourcess for adults seeking to acquirre new skills that are needesdby employers.
” Milwaukee-based Manpower, a global staffinhg firm, tracked the top 10 most difficult jobs for U.S. employersd to fill in 2009. They are: engineers, skilled/manual trades, teachers, sales technicians, delivery and short-haul drivers, information technology, laborers, machinist/machine Many of these careersd are within the reach of a community collegw graduate and will be made even more accessible through thegrant program, according to Duncan. The granyt application will be announced online Thursday in the Federall Register andpublished Friday. Applications will be due on Aug. 7.
The Departmenyt of Education anticipates awarding approximately 28 grantsby mid-September with projecta beginning on or about Oct. 1. The estimatedd range of the grant awardsis $300,000-$750,000 over a three-yeard period. The grants will provid seed funding for model programs in community collegee that help adults develop the skillas they need to succeed in a new The programs could provide services such as academic andcareer counseling, and help with the registratiom process. They also could remove financial constraints for adults returningto school, including child care, and text books. Programs must be sustainable beyondthe three-yea r grant period.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Sweden Rescinds Warrant for WikiLeaks Founder - New York Times

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Sweden Rescinds Warrant for WikiLeaks Founder

New York Times


LONDON â€" Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blower Web site WikiLeaks who has been embroiled in a fight with the Pentagon over the recent release of classified documents, briefly became the focus of new attention ...


Profile: Julian Assange

BBC News


Rape claim against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange withdrawn

Telegraph.co.uk


Sweden drops arrest warrant for WikiLeaks chief

CBC.ca


Financial Times -Aljazeera.net -Xinhua


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Thursday, August 19, 2010

White House says Obama is Christian, prays daily - Washington Post

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White House says Obama is Christian, prays daily

Washington Post


AP White House spokesman Bill Burton made the remark Thursday, hours after a poll showed 18 percent of Americans think Obama is Muslim, up from 11 percent who thought so last year. A third think he's Christian, and 4 in 10 say they don't know Obama's ...


Obama spokesman on religion: 'People are focused on other issues'

USA Today


Pew Poll Finds 1 in 5 Americans Wrongly Believe Barack Obama Is a Muslim

ABC News


Barack Obama believed to be a Muslim by one fifth of Americans

The Guardian


Columbus Dispatch -Voice of America -BBC News


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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Western Donations Lag for Pakistan Flood Victims - New York Times

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Western Donations Lag for Pakistan Flood Victims

New York Times


UNITED NATIONS -- Public and private funding for the international response to Pakistan flooding has been trickling in, compared to the rush of support for Haiti following its January earthquake. Why? ...


Pakistan's Floods Threaten to Take Down the Economy and the President

TIME


Imran Khan launches Pakistan floods appeal

The Guardian


As Waters Recede in Pakistan, Frustration Mounts

ABC News


Hindustan Times -Washington Post -NPR


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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Accused 'Craigslist killer' Philip Markoff commits suicide in Boston jail - Boston Globe

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Accused 'Craigslist killer' Philip Markoff commits suicide in Boston jail

Boston Globe


Accused “Craigslist Killer” Philip Markoff committed suicide at Nashua Street Jail in Boston, where he was being held awaiting trial in the slaying of Julissa Brisman, 25, who was visiting from New York, according to ...


'Craigslist Killer' Philip Markoff Commits Suicide

ABC News


Police: Accused Craigslist killer dead of apparent suicide

CNN


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Friday, August 13, 2010

Alvin Greene charged over pornographic pictures - The Guardian

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Alvin Greene charged over pornographic pictures

The Guardian


An unemployed military veteran who stunned the US political establishment by winning a Democratic primary to contest a South Carolina senate seat has been indicted on criminal charges of showing pornographic pictures to a teenage college student. ...


Senate nominee indicted on porn charge

CNN


Alvin Greene charged in pornography case

USA Today


Longshot US Senate candidate from SC indicted

The Associated Press


New York Times -BBC News -Channel 6 News Online


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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Monday, August 9, 2010

Gates proposes cutting Joint Forces command from defense budget - CNN


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Gates proposes cutting Joint Forces command from defense budget

CNN


Washington (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced some far-reaching proposals Monday for restructuring the massive budget at his agency, including getting rid of the US Joint Forces Command ...


Gates' budget ax swings at Pentagon overhead, Joint Forces Command

Christian Science Monitor


Gates proposal would cut thousands of defense jobs

Kansas City Star


Gates Cuts Defense Bureaucracies

Los Angeles Times


ABC News -AFP -9&10 News


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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Taliban kills 10 aid workers, including 6 Americans - Los Angeles Times


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Taliban kills 10 aid workers, including 6 Americans

Los Angeles Times


The medical team members, mostly Westerners, are slain in Badakshan province while returning from a mission to provide eye care to Afghan villagers, the aid group and police say. Tom Little, right, of Delmar, NY, was among the members of a medical team ...


Dead aid workers knew risks but loved Afghanistan

CNN


British surgeon Karen Woo, due to wed in two weeks, among 10 medics executed ...

The Guardian


Foreign medical workers among 10 killed in Afghanistan

BBC News


New York Times -Voice of America -MiamiHerald.com


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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Oil spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River has echoes of Gulf of Mexico disaster - Washington Post


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Oil spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River has echoes of Gulf of Mexico disaster

Washington Post


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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

At Company, a Culture of Family and Charity - New York Times


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At Company, a Culture of Family and Charity

New York Times


Even as it expanded into one of Connecticut's largest wholesalers of beer and wine, and even as its employee count swelled past 100, Hartford Distributors remained a close-knit company, owned and operated by the same family for ...


Nine killed in Conn. shooting rampage

NECN


9 killed in shooting at Conn. beer distributorship

The Associated Press


Omar Thornton: "I Killed the Five Racists That Were Bothering Me"

CBS News


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Sunday, August 1, 2010

BP aims to plug gulf oil well for good with two-pronged 'kill' shot - Washington Post


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BP aims to plug gulf oil well for good with two-pronged 'kill' shot

Washington Post


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