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June 26, 2008 Breaking News

US Stocks Fall Sharply on Oil Prices, Bad Corporate News - Washington Post


US Stocks Fall Sharply on Oil Prices, Bad Corporate News
Washington Post, United States - 2 hours ago
By Howard Schneider US stocks fell sharply this morning as oil prices spiked and a round of negative corporate news undermined confidence in the technology ...


The Battle Over Online Content

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:10:03 PDT
Earlier this month, the blogosphere – and to a lesser extent the Twittersphere – was blazing with news that the Associated Press was pressing bloggers to take down content it felt was in violation of copyright law. Not only were bloggers annoyed that the Associated Press made this request, but they contended that AP routinely cribbed content from bloggers, but failed to credit them for their work. The Associated Press soon backed down, but the AP-blogosphere flap is only a taste of what some

Scientific Prose The Frontal Cortex]

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:33:02 PDT
There's an interesting review on prediction errors and temporal difference learning theory in the latest Trends in Cognitive Sciences. (Really, it's fascinating stuff.) But I don't want to talk today about the content of the article. Instead, I want to discuss its form. The vast, vast majority of science articles (even review articles) follow the same pattern: abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion. There are no stories, no narrative, no amusing anecdotes. (Occasionally, there's

Phillies at A’s Spread, Odds, Public Betting Trends & Matchup - The Spread


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Phillies at A’s Spread, Odds, Public Betting Trends & Matchup
The Spread, MI - 10 hours ago
With struggling starter Adam Eaton set to take the mound, manager Charlie Manuel is hoping it will be enough to help his team win a series for the first ...
MLB Online Baseball Wagering - Phillies at Athletics BetUs.com
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Women in Gaming Wednesday - Leigh Alexander

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:37:15 PDT
I had the pleasure recently to interview Leigh Alexander, an Associate Editor over at Kotaku. If you read the news at Kotaku, chances are you've read her articles. Leigh has also written for Destructoid, Gamasutra, and Game Set Watch.

Red Sox reverse bad trends - Boston Herald


Red Sox reverse bad trends
Boston Herald, United States - Jun 25, 2008
By Michael Silverman For a while last night, it looked as if the Red Sox team stats] had become stuck in a time and space warp, their usual interleague ...


Outsourcing journalists' jobs

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:22:13 PDT
The future just keeps getting dimmer and dimmer for American print journalists. As daily newspaper circulation and ad revenue plummet, newspapers are taking every possible avenue toward cost-cutting. The latest trend is outsourcing jobs to India. Business Week reports that the publisher of the Orange County Register is experimentally outsourcing...

InternetNews Realtime IT News - Open Source Nokia a Threat

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:31:01 PDT
By opening up the dominant wireless OS, Nokia aims to undermine both Windows Mobile devices and emerging rivals like Android. How will it fare?

Green burials are 'more' popular

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:55:09 PDT
As the trend for holding funerals at natural burial sites appears to grow, Iolo ap Dafydd tries to find the reasons why.

The six pack abs is picking up

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:13:28 PDT
After Shah Rukh Khan bared to show his six pack abs in Om Shanthi Om, the trend to look

Green Bay Packers News - Receivers ranked #2

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:21:28 PDT
Green Bay Packer receiving crew ranked #2 by The Sporting News.

Green burials are 'more' popular

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:55:09 PDT
As the trend for holding funerals at natural burial sites appears to grow, Iolo ap Dafydd tries to find the reasons why.


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