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"Yes we can" nominate a black man to run for president.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:17:13 GMT |
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Bill Clinton backs Obama for presidentBill Clinton resoundingly endorses Barack Obama who is formally nominated by US Democrats as their presidential candidate.Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:19 am Pakistan car bomb hits jail busAt least seven people die after a car bomb targets a prison bus in Pakistan carrying police, police say.Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:18 am 9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:11 am Analysis: VP nominee leads the attackBarack Obama portrays himself as a new kind of presidential candidate, but Joe Biden is likely to spend this campaign as the ...Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:08 am Miss. coast's post-Katrina recovery not yet completeThere has been much success in the three years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Still, the state of ...Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:03 am Yankees’ Hopes Are Going, Going ... - New York Times
New York Times - By TYLER KEPNER The grand slam exploded like a gunshot Wednesday night, tearing out the guts of even the most naïve believers in the 2008 Yankees. Yankees marching quietly into early offseason Pedroia helps BoSox slam Yanks Source: Google News | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:02 am Obama stage replaces goal posts at Denver's Invesco FieldPreparing for Barack Obama's acceptance speech has required an historic level of preparation.Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:01 am Knight arrested - Boston Globe
Boston Globe - Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight (inset) was arrested yesterday in Las Vegas on drug and assault charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife, police said. "Suge" Knight charged with assault Suge Knight Busted for Sin City Smackdown Source: Google News | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:00 am Democrats choose Obama in historic acclamation (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 28 Aug 2008 | 1:00 am 'Suge' Knight posts bail after Las Vegas arrest (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 28 Aug 2008 | 12:59 am Password Stealing Worm Catches NASA Napping - InternetNews.com
InternetNews.com - By Richard Adhikari: More stories by this author: You'd think the United States' space agency, which conducts highly sensitive research and has had its servers hacked before would be extremely thorough about computer security, but that does not appear ... Virus Found On Computer In Space Station Ground Control To Major Tom: Check Your Laptop For Worms Source: Google News | 28 Aug 2008 | 12:58 am Pakistan eases refugee deadlineThe UN says Pakistan has agreed to extend the deadline for repatriation of two million Afghan refugees.Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 28 Aug 2008 | 12:44 am Gustav's threat whips oil prices higherOil prices rose for a third-consecutive day Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gustav posed the biggest threat to Gulf Coast energy ...Source: USATODAY.com Money - Top Stories | 28 Aug 2008 | 12:22 am Help should be on the way for auction-rate buyersQ: My broker sold me an auction-rate security, telling me it was government guaranteed. I can't get my money. What should I do? ...Source: USATODAY.com Money - Top Stories | 28 Aug 2008 | 12:01 am McCain team wastes no timeAs Democrats were still celebrating the nominations of senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Republican John McCain's presidential campaign was alerting reporters to a Web video it just released. Called Remote Control, it brings back some of the tough things...Source: USATODAY.com - On Politics | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:50 pm Foodmakers won't be rushing to irradiate greensDon't expect to find irradiated spinach and lettuce in your supermarket any time soon, even though federal regulators have given ...Source: USATODAY.com Money - Top Stories | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:39 pm Scenes from the convention floorUSA TODAY video journalist Garrett Hubbard was on the convention floor Wednesday night as Democratic delegates made Sen. Barack Obama the first African-American presidential nominee of a major presidential primary. Here's his report:Source: USATODAY.com - On Politics | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:25 pm In case you missed it: Bill Clinton's speechHere is former president Bill Clinton speaking tonight at the Democratic National Convention in Denver:Source: USATODAY.com - On Politics | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:24 pm Computer viruses make it to orbitLaptops taken to the International Space Station were infected with a computer virus, Nasa confirms.Source: BBC News | Technology | World Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:00 am The Energy Challenge: Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid’s LimitsThe dirty secret of clean energy is that while generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not.Source: NYT > Most E-Mailed | 27 Aug 2008 | 2:27 am Newcomers Adjust, Eventually, to New YorkSometime over the course of new arrivals’ first year in the city, they find themselves becoming New Yorkers.Source: NYT > Most E-Mailed | 27 Aug 2008 | 1:08 am Talking Directly, and Kindly, to Believers in the Eco LifeA trailblazer in the field of eco-advice columnists, Umbra Fisk serves as a sensible big sister to the growing tribe of the environmentally aware.Source: NYT > Most E-Mailed | 26 Aug 2008 | 10:27 pm Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walkA human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.Source: BBC News | Technology | World Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 7:02 pm iPhone ad rapped as 'misleading'The Advertising Standards Authority calls an iPhone advert "misleading" for saying all of the web is available on the phone.Source: BBC News | Technology | World Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 7:01 pm |
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds. - Samuel Adams For the first time in my life I am truly proud to be an American. Michelle Obama's words are truly beautiful. You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists. - Abbie Hoffman Why do I fear for the safety of people at the Democratic convention more than the Republican convention? Will the U.S. have a Russian style retreat from Iraq next June, pulling out some troops but leaving permanent bases. Joseph Biden is a favorite of the Prediction Market for Obama's choice of VP. One more day before the announcement. China is blocking iTunes over "Songs of Tibet" - The Chinese have a greater resolve to boycott over issues of Tibet, than the West does. Good news: Laptops from the 'One Laptop Per Child' program are being distributed in the South Pacific nation of Niue. I used to enjoy the Olympics, but no more. I wish the world had been strong enough to not tune-in as long as the games were held in China. Citizen Journalists still missing in Beijing: James Powderly, Brian Conley, Jeffrey Rae, Jeff Goldin, Michael Liss, Tom Grant Reuters has finally picked up the story - At least eight American blogger-activists and other foreigners have been detained in Beijing "The White House is missing as many as 225 days of e-mail dating back to 2003", USAToday - How convenient is that! Where's the news coverage on the American citizens being detained in China - where it's a crime to voice your opinion - Free Tibet! Is the recommendation for free broadband across the U.S. just a bandaid intended to improve consumer sales? Bring it on! |
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