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New IMF Head Says US Must Raise Debt Limit, or Face ‘Nasty Consequences’
fysdt writes with this from an article on ABC News: “The International Monetary Fund’s new chief foresees ‘real nasty consequences’ for the U.S. and global economies if the U.S. fails to raise its...
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Sesame Street Begins Teaching Math and Science
An anonymous reader sends in this excerpt from ABC News: “This season of ‘Sesame Street,’ which premiered today, has added a few new things to its usual mix of song, dance and educational lessons. In...
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$529M DOE Loan Spawns $97K Made-in-Finland Cars
theodp writes “With PR successes like the Fisker Karma, does the Department of Energy need to worry about PR failures like Solyndra? ABC News and others are reporting that electric car company Fisker,...
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BreakingNews Goes International with New UK Team
BreakingNews, the team of curators behind the @BreakingNews Twitter account and Breaking News Facebook page, has announced today that it’s going international. The U.K. MSN homepage now features a...
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US Army Completes First Test Flight of Mach 6 Weapon
Stirling Newberry writes “In a terse press release, the U.S. Department of Defense announced the first test of the the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon, which launches on a staged rocket and then glides to...
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Maybe Turning Off Email Is Catching On
Last year I wrote this post reviewing 40 years of using email. Now, granted I am almost old enough to recall many of those events and while I wasn’t exactly present at the dawn of email, I know people...
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Social Media Finally Does Something Useful In South Carolina
So far I have been skeptical about how much of a role social media buzz has been playing in the presidential primaries, particularly when it comes to “predicting” winners. But of the three primaries...
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Singer Reportedly Outbids NASA for Space Tourist’s Seat
RocketAcademy writes “ABC News is reporting that Phantom of the Opera singer/actress Sarah Brightman outbid NASA for a seat on a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station. Brightman reportedly...
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John McAfee Collapses At Guatemala Detention Center
An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from ABC News: “Software millionaire John McAfee has been taken to a Guatemala City hospital via ambulance after suffering a possible heart attack at the...
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Guatemala Deports McAfee To the US
Reuters reports that John McAfee’s troubles in Central America seem to be coming to an end. After a Guatemalan judge ordered McAfee’s release yesterday, the country’s immigration authorities have now...
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