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It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership.Ma (Read More)
New York Times:
Bank of America may extend its search for a new chief executive into next year if its board is unable to pick a candidate in the next four days, Bloomberg News reported. (Read More)
TreeHugger:
All over North America, people complain about deteriorating cities, dysfunctional governments, decline of industrial base and loss of jobs. That pretty much describes Malmö twenty-five years ago, when the shipping industry collapsed and there was 25% unemployment.In North America, we just let cities fend for themselves and (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
From solar panels on the roof to efficient boilers in the basement, a block of Harlem buildings are slated to be retrofitted with new energy-saving appliances and materials.
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Huffington Post:
Approximately 4 million live children are born each year in America, and by age six more than 15 percent of those children have clinically recognized physical or psychological neurodevelopmental defects. Here is a tabulation (some children have multiple defects):Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: 3 to 10 percentLearn (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
CINCINNATI — Hunters are donating more venison to strapped food banks as Ohio and other states offer financial aid aimed at managing high deer populations. It's a much-needed boost for pantries struggling to meet rising demand.The national food bank association Feeding America has seen demand for help more than double at so (Read More)
Mashable!:
The Time Warner-AOL marriage officially comes to an end on December 10th, when AOL once again becomes its own publicly traded company. How will AOL convince investors that it’s ready to get back on the track? With new, shiny logos of course. Oh, and by lowercasing the “o” and the “l” in AOL. This follows the company get (Read More)
Huffington Post:
One of the leading progressive champions of health care reform is pessimistic about the state of the debate in the Senate, saying he sees virtually no path to passing strong legislation and foresees potential congressional losses for Democrats as a consequence. Former DNC Chair Howard Dean told the Huffington Post on Monday (Read More)
Huffington Post:
MONTREAT, N.C. — Sarah Palin on Sunday dined and prayed with the Rev. Billy Graham, who has counseled presidents and other politicians for decades.Graham had never met Palin, who is scheduled to stop at Fort Bragg in eastern North Carolina on Monday to promote her memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life." The former Alaska g (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.The No. 1 domestic debut for Summit Entertainment's "New Moon" was more than twice the $69.6 million haul over the same weekend last year (Read More)
Huffington Post:
I missed the latest Saturday Night Live, but by the next morning I had received an email from a concerned citizen about the content of its "cold open", in which Fred Armisen, as President Barack Obama, is assailed by Will Forte's Hu Jintao over America owing China money. The emailer was angry at Saturday Night Live for enf (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. � Standing behind the same podium where quarterback Tim Tebow delivered his now-famous promise 14 months and 21 wins ago, coach Urban Meyer vowed Monday to be at Florida "as long as they'll have me."With rumors swirling about Charlie Weis' future at Notre Dame, Meyer squashed any potential speculation abou (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
This past Sunday, America was treated to the sight of Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) rolling out yet another argument against why he will filibuster any health care reform bill that contains a public option.LIEBERMAN: One last word on the public option. I understand that some who have-- who have advocated say we need to h (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Never in my lifetime have I witnessed an America so filled with self-doubt. Doubt about our governing institutions, our schools, our health care, our industrial complex, our financial institutions, of who we are and who we have become. The spirit of fairness and shared destiny has descended into rancor and bitterness. For s (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- First Solar Inc. said Monday it's selling a 21 megawatt solar energy project it's building in Blythe, Calif. to NRG Energy Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Located about 200 miles east of Los Angeles, the Blythe project is California's first and largest utility-scale photovoltaic solar generation fac (Read More)