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Current News for June 27, 2008

World's News Headlines Still Reeling with Doom and Gloom, but Economic and Business News Strongly Upbeat, New Metric Finds

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:01 PST
Although news organizations around the world worked to bring their audiences a good mix of stories and feature articles, on balance, the news for the first day of 2008 featured more negative stories...

Red Ribbon Award 2008 winners announced

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:27:34 PDT
Ugandan bishop attacks European attitude towards gays An Anglican bishop has urged the government of Uganda to keep homosexuality illegal. Eria Paul Luzinda said that "not all that comes from Europe is superior and must be taken up." Gay MEP slams Daily Mail report as "inaccurate and highly misleading" Michael Cashman has defended himself against accusations that he and his partner are taking advantage of MEP staff allowances. US gay rights group endorses Obama and attacks Mc

30 Ways To Wait For The iPhone 3G, #17 Make Ryan Feel Better

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:50:34 PDT
Finally, yesterday there was new news on the iPhone 3G. Apple seeded new versions of the iPhone SDK and iTunes 7.7. Within itunes someone spotted code that is going to enable your iPhone or iPod Touch to act as a remote for your iTunes. It’s coming as a free app from Apple, isn’t that nice?! I’m pretty excited about that. There were ways to do this

Chris Messina on Freedom

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:20:07 PDT
Chris Messina is one of the smarter, forward-thinking guys I know. Here’s a great little presentation to flip through and imagine that you were in Copenhagen with him: | View | Upload your own

Canada - Mortgage Insurance is NOT a sure thing

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:56:10 PST
"MarketPlace" was broadcasted on Feb 6 and re-ran on CBC NewsWorld on Feb 9. It was about claims made and declined by the major banks (and their underwriter Canada Life) regarding mortgage insurance that the borrowers took when they assumed their mortgage.Link: http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/in_denial/

Google Reader Stats

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:56:45 PDT
I love Google Reader. It’s right under Gmail as my favorite ap ever. And Gmail is under Jesus as one of the coolest things ever. Over the past couple months though my Google Reader forgot who’s boss. Today I had to remind him. Here’s how the battle ended: If you don’t see the image it says: From your 103 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 459 items, starred 47 items, shared 17 items, and emailed 22 items. For me this is where I’m learning, networking, and helping others around m

Obama Will Travel To Iraq and Afghanistan Next Month.

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:32:12 PDT
ABC News has learned that in mid-July, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, will travel to Iraq, Afghanistan, the UK, France and Germany.

Examine the Latest Global Trends in Fibre Production, Consumption and Prices as Man Made Fibre Production Increases (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PDT
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Trends in Fibre Production, Consumption and Prices, June 2008 edition" report to their offering.

Pregnancy pact alarms officials at U.S. high school: reports (CBC)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:48:34 PDT
A pregnancy pact may be responsible for a dramatic rise in mothers-to-be at a Massachusetts high school, Time magazine reports.

Slow PS3 Sales in the News

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:57:22 PDT
Bill Gates coverage delivers 1109 articles today alone. This has to hurt the stock. Susan Decker in the news for unknown reason. Intel sticking with XP, hates Vista. Microsoft to buy Powerset. Slow PS3 sales being blamed on thing or another. Should Microsoft be busted up? Rethinking the old idea. Oracle may get $1 billion over SAP suit.

New book provides road map to Kenai trails

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:38:07 PDT
Summer is hiking season in Alaska and a new guidebook will help outdoor enthusiasts enjoy one of the state’s most scenic playgrounds: the Kenai Peninsula. The book bill’s itself as the first to comprehensively cover the Peninsula’s best trails. Its called “50 hikes in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.” Duncan Moon, APRN - Anchorage ShareThis

Granite Countertop Trends Continue to Grow

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:26:22 PDT
Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as porphyry. This makes granite countertops an excellent choice.

Barack Obama Campaign Managers for Bob Barr

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:38:12 PDT
According to this article from ABC News, it appears that one of Libertarian candidate Bob Barr's biggest supporters is David Plouffe, campaign manager to Barack Obama...


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