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Regulation
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Connecticut Huskies finally won one for their slain teammate, handing Notre Dame and coach Charlie Weis a second straight bitter defeat on senior day.Andre Dixon scored on a 4-yard touchdown run in the (Read More)
The Guardian:
The outgoing ITV supremo reflects on the appointment of a new chairman, bemoans the 'brand void' on British television and looks forward to switching off his BlackBerryI knew it was going to be a good week when it started wit (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The east coast line's fortunes have been revived since it passed from National Express to state ownership, raising hopes of a return to network integration last seen in the days of British RailLord Adonis, the transport secre (Read More)
The Guardian:
Villagers say visitors to delta are a threat to wildlife and their fishing industryMusic, dancing and smiling platitudes greeted the royal guest in the fishing village of Samochima, northern Botswana. But cutting through the (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Here’s our rundown of the week’s business and tech news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie: Apps don’t make your phone special — “It’s not the applications avai (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Massive superiority in terms of winning the ball in the danger area should have given tourists a big win – but didn'tStatistics can be fickle little beasties but there is one that normally says everything about a game: the nu (Read More)
New York Times:
A government report on the bailout of A.I.G. is must reading for taxpayers looking to know why the $182 billion “rescue” is the most troubling episode of the financial disaster.
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Last night the Houston Rockets and surprising Atlanta Hawks were locked up at 103-103 with mere seconds left on the clock. With three seconds remaining, Hawks guard Mike Bibby fired off a shot that rattled off the rim and bac (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook:
BEIJING -- On his trip to China last week, President Obama negotiated with our government on climate change and other issues such as economic recovery, currency regulation and denuclearization. He noted at his town hall meeti (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
I have many favorite topics which I don't blog much or at all. One of these, taken from my time in Mexico, is the history of corn. I very much enjoyed this recent article on the topic. There is this good bit:The sequencing (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Labiaplasties can be risky, yet the number carried out on the NHS rose by 70% last yearBefore she had even turned 10, Anna had started worrying that there was something physically wrong with her. "I would look at other girls (Read More)
New York Times:
Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, the 124th bank to fail this year.
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New York Times:
Ben S. Bernanke’s nomination to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month.
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New York Times:
The business started in the East Village in 1995, and now that the passenger-laden tricycles are all over Midtown, they’re licensed.
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Global Guerrillas:
Some random items of interest:Vigilante militias in Rio are displacing the drug gangs -- favelas under the control of militias has grown from 108 in 2005 to 400 in 2008 (out of 965). Why? They have a better (albeit parasiti (Read More)
Submitted by gregbd
from Google Reader:
I wish my grandmother were still alive to see it. There it was, on the right hand side of the “c” section on Wednesday morning – yes, some of us still read the Wall Street Journal in paper form – an apology of wrongdoing and (Read More)
New York Times:
Patrice Bergeron scored the only goal of the shootout and the Boston Bruins snapped host Atlanta’s four-game winning streak, beating the Thrashers, 4-3, on Thursday night.
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