Google Operating System:
If you'd like to see a favicon next to each Google Reader subscription, you can now add this feature: go to the settings page and check "Show favicons for subscriptions". Another way to enable the feature is to click on the a (Read More)
Huffington Post:
In a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into fraud in the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) program investigators stated, "By failing to hold firms accountable, SBA and contr (Read More)
JFActivist:
Members of the China Disabled Persons' Federation Ask AAPD Staff about organizing the disability community. From Jenifer Simpson (11/20/09):AAPD Meets With Delegates from Chinese Disability GroupBy Jenifer Simpson, Senior Dir (Read More)
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LOS ANGELES — Pilot Chesley Sullenberger jokes that his heroic handling of a disabled jetliner brought him "rock star sex" in an interview for "NBC's People of the Year" TV special.Sullenberger, who safely ditched a US Airway (Read More)
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LOS ANGELES — Pilot Chesley Sullenberger jokes that his heroic handling of a disabled jetliner brought him "rock star sex" in an interview for "NBC's People of the Year" TV special.Sullenberger, who safely ditched a US Airway (Read More)
New York Times:
A program intended to help disabled veterans win government business awarded at least $100 million in contracts to firms that were either ineligible or committed fraud to obtain the work, a federal review has found.
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MARIETTA, Pa. — Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine (Read More)
JFActivist:
From Time (11/17/09):Survivor, the Disabled Version, Comes to U.K. TVBy Catherine Mayer / LondonTo television executives depressed over the dwindling audiences for reality TV shows and looking for ways to reinvigorate the onc (Read More)
Huffington Post:
RICHMOND, Calif. — Not far from the pulsating music and dancing of the high school homecoming, young men were drinking in a dimly-lit courtyard out of sight of chaperones.A friend invited a 16-year-old girl to join them, and (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Tonight is the launch of the project to raise money for the charity Take Heart India, which teaches IT skills to blind and disabled people in India and helps them get skills that will employ them for the rest of their life, t (Read More)
Huffington Post:
NEW YORK — The pilot who guided his disabled plane to a safe emergency landing in the Hudson River says that a new book that underscores the role of the jet's automation technology in the landing is inaccurate.Capt. Chesley S (Read More)
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About five years ago, the county made a free wireless Internet connection available in the block surrounding the Coshocton County Courthouse at 318 Main St.It was disabled last week after someone used the wireless local area (Read More)
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Ezell Harris, a Florida conservative who launched his campaign for Orlando City Council at a Tea Party rally, has been arrested on drug trafficking charges. Jail records show he is being held on four counts: trafficking in hy (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Popular Yahoo-owned photo site Flickr announced today that through a deal with Snapfish (itself owned by HP), users around the world can now print the photos they’ve uploaded into the site, turning them into prints, books, ca (Read More)
JFActivist:
From the AP (11/10/09):`Glee' wheelchair episode hits bump with disabledBy LYNN ELBERLOS ANGELES – The glee club members twirl their wheelchairs to the tune of "Proud Mary" and in joyful solidarity with Artie, the fellow perf (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Users are brutally honest when they're searching Google, TweetDeck for iPhone updates, and Google's open-sourced a new programming language. The Go Programming Language Google launches their own open-source programming lan (Read More)
Mashable!:
The official Twitter Retweet rollout started last week, but yesterday Twitter ramped up the rollout process in order to give more Twitter users the native retweet feature. The semi-controversial new feature started popping up (Read More)
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In honor of Veterans Day, LobbyBlog looked at which veterans organizations have been actively lobbying lawmakers in the the third quarter of the year.Their expenditures have been modest compared to the headline-grabbing lobby (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Giant Retailer Forcing Elderly From Their HomesBy Al NormanAs many as 70 elderly and disabled residents of Palm Springs, Florida may soon be evicted to make way for another Wal-Mart superstore. The hapless residents of Sunshi (Read More)
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PhRMA Statement on Prescription Medicines SpendingWashington, D.C. (November 11, 2009) -- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Senior Vice President Ken Johnson issued the following statement today reg (Read More)