New York Daily NewsEx-UVA Student Huguely Guilty of Murdering Yeardley LoveBusinessWeekBy Bonnie V. Winston and Tom Schoenberg Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Former University of Virginia lacrosse player George W. Huguely V was found guilty of second degree…
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ABC NewsSantorum takes heavy fire in Arizona Republican debateReutersBy Steve Holland and Tim Gaynor | MESA, Arizona (Reuters) - Rivals piled criticism on US presidential candidate Rick Santorum at a testy debate on Wednesday, attempting to blunt his…
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BloombergGillard Calls Australian Leadership Vote, Expects to Face Predecessor RuddBloombergEnlarge image Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Morne de Klerk/Getty Images Australian Prime Minister Julia Gill…
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BBC NewsArgentina train crash in Buenos Aires kills 49BBC NewsAt least 49 people have been killed and more than 600 injured in the worst train crash in Argentina in 40 years, officials say. The train hit the end of the platform at Once station in the…
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BloombergVoluntary guidelines for Web privacy backed by Obama administrationWashington PostThe Obama administration on Thursday plans to announce voluntary guidelines for Web companies to protect consumers' privacy online, a win for Google, Facebook…
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USA TODAYMany mark Ash WednesdayWashington PostWashington area residents attended churches and other religious services on Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent. For the faithful, placing ashes on the forehead is viewed as a sign of penitence…
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USA TODAYVa. Gov. McDonnell calls for amendments to ultrasound billCBS NewsVirginia Governor Bob McDonnell, who staunchly opposes abortion rights, is objecting to a bill mandating that women receive ultrasounds before having an abortion, and has requ…
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Palm Beach PostWichita State downs Illinois State, claims MVC crownChicago TribuneNormal, IL — Joe Ragland paced four Wichita State players in double figures with 14 points as the Shockers took down Illinois State by a 68-55 count on Wednesday to l…
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Globe and MailObama signs payroll tax cut extension into law, includes jobless benefitsWashington PostWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed the payroll tax cut extension into law Wednesday, notching an election-year victory and rare bipartisan…
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Sydney Morning HeraldBali prison riots trigger mass move: sourcesSydney Morning HeraldArmed riot police gear up to retake the notorious Bali prison after they were earlier forced back. Police are gathering outside Bali's infamous Kerobokan prison ahe…
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BloombergGillard Calls Australian Leadership Vote, Expects to Face Predecessor RuddBloombergEnlarge image Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Morne de Klerk/Getty Images Australian Prime Minister Julia Gill…
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BBC NewsArgentina train crash in Buenos Aires kills 49BBC NewsAt least 49 people have been killed and more than 600 injured in the worst train crash in Argentina in 40 years, officials say. The train hit the end of the platform at Once station in the…
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New York TimesWorld Leaders Are Meeting in a Script All Too Familiar to SomalisNew York TimesTABDA, Somalia — On Thursday, foreign policy heavyweights will gather in London and spend about six hours trying to solve a problem that has bedeviled this…
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The Associated PressUS, NKorea in first nuclear talks since Kim deathThe Associated PressBEIJING (AP) — Amid cautious optimism, US and North Korean envoys met Thursday for their first talks on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear programs since the deat…
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ABC NewsRepublican candidates back arming Syria rebelsReutersBy Tim Gaynor | MESA, Arizona (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich on Wednesday lent their support to the idea of arming the Syrian opposition in its…
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Los Angeles TimesItaly: Shipwreck Inquiry ExpandsNew York TimesItalian prosecutors placed seven more people under investigation in connection with the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia: four ship officers who were on board the luxury liner the night o…
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Wall Street JournalQuran-Burning Spurs Deadly RiotsWall Street JournalBy DION NISSENBAUM and HABIB KHAN TOTAKHIL KABUL—Deadly anti-American protests spread across Afghanistan Wednesday as demonstrators armed with guns, iron rods and rocks attacked…
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The HinduIran defiant as UN nuclear talks failReutersBy Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi | VIENNA/TEHRAN (Reuters) - The UN nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a set…
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The Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to halt a legal challenge weighing the constitutionality of a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans’ communications that Congress eventually legalized in 2008.
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We’ve seen countless tributes to Steve Jobs since he passed away on October 5, but the latest is really incredible. It’s a Facebook timeline that documents Steve’s entire life since the day he was born, and it’s truly jaw-dropping. I can’t…
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In a potentially troublesome decision, a federal district court has found that a start-up violated anti-spam and computer crime laws by creating and marketing a browser to let users view their social networking accounts in one place. The case demonst…
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Residents across Germany are complaining that they're receiving unwanted gifts falling from the heavens: Giant chunks of frozen faeces and urine that plummet to the ground after leaking out of passing aeroplanes.
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With the proposal, President Obama seeks to lower taxes for businesses, making the US more attractive, while closing loopholes to generate more revenue.
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I do this quite a lot. Usually when I realise I'm writing a long and weighty comment in a 'debate' to a person who would never ever listen to another perspective, about a subject I don't really care about. submitted by mrsquare to AskReddit [lin…
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DayRiffer is “on hiatus,” a term that, when used by television executives, is laughably, odiously euphemistic for “finished.”Fortunately, we’re not TV executives.When we say “on hiatus,” we mean it: DayRiffer will be silent for appr…
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DayRiffer is happily undergoing a bit of a redesign and renovation, and happier still to be returning before summer's end. For slightly more detail, read the "Riff of the Day" above...
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Can this really be true?Boy needs kidneys. Man needs eyes.Girl - the boy's sister, the man's daughter - kills self so that her organs may be used for them.Girl's suicide note - explaining the why and details of her plan - is not found immediate…
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Robert F. Kennedy, paraphrasing George Bernard Shaw, once famously said, "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"Francois Abelanet, with his 3-D/2-D "artwork" near City…
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Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah is sick and tired of the rich having to bear such a large portion of the income tax burden in America; he'd like to see "the poor...share some of the responsibility." Rather than attempt to elucidate what I feel is a flaw…
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Rituals of every community, including that of Homo Academicus, can benefit from the infusion of new participants.
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Of the four contenders, Rick Santorum had the best night. It has taken him twenty debates, but Santorum finally ended up with the primo onstage real estate, right next to Mitt Romney at the heart of the action.
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We as a society need to step back and rethink the view we have of disabled children. And the parents who are raising these children have to get serious about bringing these children up with the understanding that they can live their lives to the full…
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I instantly snap into performance mode, salute the judges, and assume my pose. Everything goes flawlessly for a few moments, and then my ball routine transforms into a game of cat-and-mouse.
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Even in our "darkness," or failure to comprehend the light, there is a vibrant word in the world's care. "Light shineth in darkness" (verse 5) and the darkness apprehended it not.
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Auto-logout more aggressive?I've been finding my account logged out quite frequently as of late. I didn't think much of it until today when I posted a comment and about 15 minutes later the system logged me out. Has something changed that is making i…
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Time for the annual SXSWi meetup/presentations/networking/etc thread!I'm attending SXSWi, and last year's Metafilter meetup and seeing Mathowie & Jessamyn's sessions were the highlight of my time in Austin. I'd love to MeFi-ize my SXSW again this yea…
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skimlinks?I didn't find "skimlinks' with the search tool; where can I read more?I started looking after reading this:"How Pinterest modifies its users' links.... Pinterest is able to do this across their site by using the service skimlinks. This…
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A month or so ago, I emailed Marco at Instapaper noting that MeFi and AskMe pages render in Instapaper without comments. A member of their support team was nice enough to look into it for me and, from the looks of how posts now render, you should now…
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Where were you when you joined Metafilter?Heh. I was at the computer desk in my ex-girlfriend's palace-like apartment. Slowly joining. We were dating then, cohabitating even. Those were the days. The 60s. Where. Were. You?
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Five men were arrested and charged in federal court Feb.
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The mother of Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent for The Sunday Times of London, said her daughter had always been determined to cover the story.
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Mitt Romney tried to regain his lead in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination, assailing the voting record of Rick Santorum in a fiercely combative exchange.
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Parents go to Hong Kong for better medical care and lifelong residency benefits for their children, but locals are outraged over being shut out of maternity wards.
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The Venezuelan shipment under President Hugo Chávez flies in the face of international efforts to isolate President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and pressure him to step down.
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Alongside Germany’s export success is another, creakier economy that suffers from overregulation and holds back not only the country but the rest of Europe, some economists say.
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COVER: The Forgetting Pill / by Jonah Lehrer / pg. 84 Imagine a world where you could target and effectively remove a bad memory. The implications are extraordinary: soldiers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a grieving parent, the chanc…
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New York, NY – February 8, 2012 – Inventor of the first Internet browser and Founder and General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz Marc Andreessen, inventor and engineer James Dyson, and President and CEO of Ford Motor Company Alan Mulally were unve…
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COVER: Let The Robot Drive / by Tom Vanderbilt / pg. 86 Nearly 400,000 people lost their lives American roads between 2001 and 2009; 93 percent of the deaths involved “human error.” What if we could take the driver out of driving? Self-driving ca…
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COVER: Crowd Control / by Bill Wasik / pg. 76 From the Arab Spring to the London Riots to Occupy Wall Street, a new breed of revolutionaries – networked and mobile – provides an arresting model for how social media can fuel civil unrest. WIRED’…
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COVER: CEO of the Internet / by Steven Levy / pg. 208 Jeff Bezos launched Amazon.com in 1994 as an online bookstore; since then, the company has consistently (and successfully) reinvented itself. Today, it’s the world’s largest online retailer, a…
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First time accepted submitter Nick Fel writes "As the UK nears the end of a lengthy digital TV switch-over, the sale of the analogue TV spectrum for 4G mobile phones will disrupt digital TV in almost a million homes. Affected homes will be issued wi…
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alphadogg writes "U.S. Internet service providers should take new steps to protect subscribers against cyber attacks, including notifying customers when their computers are compromised, the chairman of the FCC said Wednesday. Julius Genachowski call…
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An anonymous reader writes "Biologists have previously predicted that that the male sex-determining Y chromosome, which once carried around 800 genes, like the X, has lost hundreds of them over the past 300 million years, will mutate itself out of e…
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mdsolar writes "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today released transcripts and audio recordings made at the NRC Operations Center during last year's meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. The release of these audio recordi…
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redletterdave writes "Business networking site LinkedIn acquired Rapportive on Wednesday, which is a Gmail add-on that provides information about your social contacts as you e-mail them. The deal was reportedly already in place by Dec. 8, but Rappor…
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