December 2009
Government taking newborn DNA samples →
When Andrea Beleno was expecting her first child, she never dreamed his blood would become the focus of a federal lawsuit.
November 2009
'Austin City Limits' Style Still Evolving After 35... →
Jeffrey Brown reports on the 35th anniversary of “Austin City Limits,” the longest-running music series in television history.
Royalty Collecting Groups’ Fees Shutter Open Mic... →
Demand fees to compensate musicians and songwriters “just in case” a musician plays a copyrighted song, but rather than pay these huge costs many owners, 50% in St Cloud, Minnesota alone, are deciding to get rid of live music altogether.
Black Friday a Big Win for Online Retailers -... →
shaneguiter:
According to the Coremetrics data, the average online order on Black Friday jumped to $170.19, an increase of 35 percent. Last year, consumers only spent $126.04 per order on the websites Coremetrics tracks. In addition, there was an 18% increase in the average number of items purchased per order. Last year, it was 4.56 items per order, but this year it rose to 5.40 items.
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KLM Claims First Biofuel Airline Passenger Flight ... →
Dutch airline KLM has made the latest step in what appears to be a rush by airlines to demonstrate the use of alternative fuels. The airline made what it is calling the first passenger flight using biofuel. KLM completed the flight with one of its Boeing 747s using a 50 percent biokerosene mix to fuel one of the airplane’s four engines. On board during the hour long flight over the Netherlands...
Windows 7 Sales Beat Mac OS X Market Share - PC... →
Windows 7 passed the 5% market share milestone last weekend, which put it, if only temporarily, above the total market share of all versions of Apple’s Mac OS X, a Web measurement firm said today.
Pay for troop increase in Afghanistan or charge... →
Some lawmakers are pushing for a war tax. Peter Orszag, the White House budget director, took part in the latest war council meeting. And Obama is expected to raise the cost issue in his Tuesday evening address at West Point.
Since 2001, close to $1 trillion has been appropriated by Congress - and borrowed by Treasury - to pay for U.S. war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report...
Feds Raid Gibson Guitars - The Consumerist →
Yesterday, US Fish & Wildlife Services agents issued a search warrant on Gibson Guitars’ manufacturing plant in Nashville, TN. The Nashville Post writes that they “seized wood, guitars, computers and boxes of files from Gibson Guitar’s Massman Road manufacturing facility.” At issue is whether Gibson violated the Lacey Act, which prohibits the importation of rosewood...
Crude oil prices tumble on Dubai news - UPI.com →
Crude oil prices per barrel ended lower Friday, closing out the short week at $76.05, down $1.91, or 2.4 percent, on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Man apparently tried to haul away ATM in Colorado →
Authorities say a man in Colorado apparently tried to steal an ATM by hauling it away with a truck. The plan didn’t work. The alleged attempted theft of the free-standing, outdoor ATM in Boulder set off an alarm early Wednesday morning. When police arrived they found the ATM on its side about 15 feet from its foundation outside a Chase Bank. No money had been taken. Surveillance photos show...
Hardworking Collage Student →
All that college has paid off.
Printcasting Expands to More U.S. Cities Through... →
shaneguiter:
Printcasting (http://www.printcasting.com) allows anyone to be a publisher by tying online content to publication templates which can be printed out and viewed on the Web and mobile devices. By going to Printcasting.com, anyone can quickly create a self-updating, printable magazine that features their own content, as well as content from participating news providers and bloggers....
Fattest Countries | World Health Organization -... →
shaneguiter:
In honor of Thanksgiving, a U.S. holiday dedicated to eating until we can’t breathe, we decided to take a look at the Top 10 Fattest Countries in the world, based on national health surveys WHO compiled between 2000 and 2008.
American Samoa, 93.5 percent (of population that’s overweight)
Kiribati, 81.5 percent
U.S., 66.7 percent
Germany, 66.5 percent
Egypt, 66 percent
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