When Apple vice president Philip Schiller takes the stage here Tuesday morning for the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo, he'll face a good-news, bad-news scenario. |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 10:04 AM
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German billionaire Adolf Merckle, one of the richest men in the world, committed suicide Monday after his business empire got into trouble in the wake of the international financial crisis, Merckle's family said Tuesday in a statement. |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 10:00 AM
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Roland Burris was denied entry to the Senate chambers today as he tried to claim the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama. Burris said the secretary of the Senate rejected his credentials, and therefore he would not be allowed access to the floor. An attorney for Burris said the rejection was unlawful. |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 9:53 AM
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Several European countries said Tuesday their supply of natural gas from Russia had been cut or reduced amid a dispute over payments between Russia and Ukraine. |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 9:52 AM
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The number of homes under contract to be sold fell 4% in November according to a report released Tuesday. |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 9:48 AM
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To most Democrats and many Americans, the Bush/Cheney nightmare is over! |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 8:27 AM
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China has released a blacklist of 19 major online portals and Web sites, including Google and Baidu, that it claims provide and spread pornographic or obscene content, state media reported. |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 8:07 AM
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Proponents of redefining marriage couldn't wait for the new president to be sworn in before demanding that he erase from the inauguration ceremony a prominent American who disagrees with them. |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 7:26 AM
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Phil Lesh is on the phone. |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 4:48 AM
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Lawyers for exiled film director Roman Polanski are asking that a judge outside of Los Angeles be assigned to decide its motion to dismiss a 30-year-old sex offense case against him, claiming prosecutorial and judicial misconduct. |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 12:41 AM
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The Israeli military said Hamas militants positioned in a U.N. school in northern Gaza fired mortars shells at Israeli forces today, prompting Israeli forces to return fire, according to its initial investigation. Three artillery shells believed to have been fired by the Israeli forces struck near the perimeter of the school in Jabalya, killing at least 30 people and wounding 55, according to a U.N. official. |
- Posted on: Tue, Jan 6 2009 12:34 AM
- Updated: Tue, Jan 6 2009 10:51 AM
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The children in the Gaza conflict have seen terrible images of tragedy: their friends injured or killed and bloodied bodies in the streets. They are images young Mohammed Abu Hassanin says he will never forget. He'll keep them stored away until he's old enough to do something about it. |
- Posted on: Mon, Jan 5 2009 7:51 PM
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A great example of your tax dollars at work -- because we all want our Secretary of the Interior to have monogrammed towels in his office bathroom, don't we? |
- Posted on: Mon, Jan 5 2009 6:44 PM
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The Twitter accounts of President-elect Barack Obama, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, Britney Spears, Fox News and 29 others were hacked Monday according to the microblog site, leading to false and inappropriate messages being posted on their accounts. |
- Posted on: Mon, Jan 5 2009 3:27 PM
- Updated: Mon, Jan 5 2009 10:31 PM
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As Apple enthusiasts speculate over why pancreatic cancer survivor Steve Jobs won't appear at Macworld Conference & Expo this year, the CEO asks them to think differently about his health. |
- Posted on: Mon, Jan 5 2009 1:57 PM
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The Minnesota State Canvassing Board today certified Senate recount results that show Democrat Al Franken ousting Republican Norm Coleman by some 225 votes. "I'm ready to get to work," Franken said. Coleman's campaign, which contends the recount should have included about 650 absentee ballots that were rejected, said it will challenge the decision. |
- Posted on: Mon, Jan 5 2009 1:14 PM
- Updated: Mon, Jan 5 2009 4:58 PM
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After months of speculation about his health, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Monday that his doctors believe a hormonal imbalance is to blame for his alarming weight loss. |
- Posted on: Mon, Jan 5 2009 1:11 PM
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A new study finds that 54 percent of teens talk about behaviors such as sex, alcohol use, and violence on the social networking giant MySpace -- presenting potential risks even if all they're doing is talking, researchers said Monday. |
- Posted on: Mon, Jan 5 2009 1:05 PM
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Leon Panetta, chief of staff in Bill Clinton's White House, will be President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA, two Democratic officials told CNN Monday. The same officials said that retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who formerly headed the Navy's Pacific Command, will be tapped as director of national intelligence. |
- Posted on: Mon, Jan 5 2009 12:41 PM
- Updated: Mon, Jan 5 2009 7:49 PM
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Just days after the U.S. military formally handed authority of Baghdad's "Green Zone" over to the Iraqis, the new American Embassy opened in Baghdad. |
- Posted on: Mon, Jan 5 2009 10:49 AM
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