submitted by admin 97 days ago (via arstechnica.com)
Those Googlers and their 20 percent time—always coming up with interesting software tidbits. The better ones for Mac users are posted to the Google Mac Playground, and there are two recent additions: Top Draw and Update Engine.
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President-elect Obama is tasked with filling 15 cabinet positions to serve in his new administration. special interactive news of the Voice of America (VOA) provides a comprehensive mix of text, audio, and video content in 45 languages, an accomplishment not equaled by any other international news organization. Browse the site, join our global community.
submitted by admin 98 days ago (via voices.washingtonpost.com)
The insurance increase would particularly benefit small businesses, a core GOP constituency. "While that guarantee is more than adequate for most families, it is insufficient for many small businesses that maintain bank accounts to meet their payroll, buy their supplies, and invest in expanding and creating jobs.
NEW DELHI — At least 147 people died in a stampede Tuesday during a religious festival at a north Indian temple, officials said. The victims, most of them men, were suffocated as they rushed down a narrow path from the temple 150 yards above, according to the officials.
submitted by admin 98 days ago (via afp.google.com)
The pirates have taken the MV Faina to their lair off Somalia's Indian Ocean coast and are demanding a 20-million-dollar (14-million-euro) ransom. Several US Navy ships are now around the boat and a Russian warship is headed for the region.
submitted by admin 98 days ago (via huffingtonpost.com)
At 5:15 p.m Monday evening, Sen. John McCain addressed a pool of reporters in Ohio, declaring that it was not the appropriate time or place for people to cast blame on Congress' failure to pass an economic bailout package.
(RTTNews) - Oil reserves have been discovered in the northern regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to an energy official of that Balkan country.
submitted by admin 95 days ago (via washingtonpost.com)
With the political battle over the Bush administration's $700 billion financial rescue package at an end and the real work of rescuing the financial markets just beginning, all eyes are turning to Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr.
