Florida's Democratic congressional delegation called on the national party Thursday to seat the state's delegation based on its January primary, and the state party is growing more hopeful...
AP - Caught in the maelstrom of higher gas and food prices, Americans — even more affluent ones — are seeking shelter in wholesale clubs and discount apparel chains.
Malcolm Gladwell is a truly fantastic writer. However, sometimes he gets so
interested in making a story sound good that he misses the real point. His
latest piece for the New Yorker starts out as a puff piece on Nathan Myhrvold's
Intellectual Ventures (which gets way too many puff pieces), but then turns into
a much more interesting article about how just about every major invention or
scientific or mathematical discovery came from multiple, entirely independent
people at almost exactly the...
If you follow the various RIAA lawsuits, you'll notice the pattern. The RIAA bullies and bullies and bullies people, trying to get them to settle. They almost never want to go to court -- and if someone fights back -- especially to the point of filing countersuits, the RIAA looks to get out of the case as quickly as possible. Step one, of course, is trying to get the countersuits dismissed. Apparently, it tried to do that last year when a defendant in Tampa countersued the RIAA. The judge,...
If you follow the various RIAA lawsuits, you'll notice the pattern. The RIAA bullies and bullies and bullies people, trying to get them to settle. They almost never want to go to court -- and if someone fights back -- especially to the point of filing countersuits, the RIAA looks to get out of the case as quickly as possible. Step one, of course, is trying to get the countersuits dismissed. Apparently, it tried to do that last year when a defendant in Tampa countersued the RIAA. The judge,...
Just a few months after worrying about terrorists hiding in Second Life, now at least one Congressional representative is worried about how Second Life is corrupting your children. He's trying to...
Want to know exactly what not to do in order to build up marketshare against a formidable competitor? It's doing what Microsoft appears to be doing with the Zune: making it less useful for buyers. ...
Reuters is running an article talking about how folks in India are urging doctors to stop writing prescriptions so illegibly, as it all too often leads to filling the wrong prescription (even to the...
NORWALK, Conn. (AP)- A New York woman has filed a $100 claim against Norwalk saying a family outing to the Maritime Aquarium was ruined by dog feces....
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If diplomacy were built on goodwill gestures alone, there would be few worries about the state of Sino-Japanese relations. In aid of fostering better...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Jason Giambi and the sluggish New York Yankees suddenly turned sluggerish. The Yankees played home run derby Thursday, with Giambi,...
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CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has been trying to cajole North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and tamp down violence in...
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Wall Street advanced moderately Thursday as investors reacted to a pullback in oil prices and sifted through sales figures from retailers that were...
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Florida's Democratic congressional delegation called on the national party Thursday to seat the
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AP - Caught in the maelstrom of higher gas and food prices, Americans — even more affluent ones —
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Malcolm Gladwell is a truly fantastic writer. However, sometimes he gets so
interested in making a
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If you follow the various RIAA lawsuits, you'll notice the pattern. The RIAA bullies and bullies
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If you follow the various RIAA lawsuits, you'll notice the pattern. The RIAA bullies and bullies
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