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Elton John Has E-Coli and Flu, Cancels Face 2 Face Concerts
Bitten and Bound () | 11/01/2009 | Entertainment
Elton John has been forced to cancel several shows in the UK and has postponed three upcoming concerts in Seattle and Portland. The singer has been ill with an e-coli bacterial infection and influenza, according to his official website. The 62-year-old musician is on tour with Billy Joel in their combined Face 2 Face arena tour. [...] Instructions for building an autonomous sentry gun
Boing Boing (
Here are complete instructions (software, source code, build manual, hardware) for an autonomous sentry gun that will shoot anything that moves. DIY autonomous sentry gun...George Stephanopoulos Asks Valerie Jarrett If Barack Obama Is Responsible For...
Crooks and Liars (
DOWNLOADS: (42) PLAYS: (82) (h/t Heather at VideoCafe ) Holy FSM. Is George Stephanopoulos auditioning for a spot on the Fox News Channel line up? It's the only thing I can account for this ridiculous and intelligence-insulting framing: STEPHANOPOULOS: One year later, the president's economic plan has passed, but with no Republican votes in the House, only three in the Senate. It sure looks like right...China's GAPP halts WoW review, calls collecting subscriptions "illegal behavior"
WOW Insider (Video Games
Just when NetEase was finally getting back to business in China (they were even planning for a Wrath release next month), they hit a huge snag: China's General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) office has apparently halted their review of the game and told the company to stop collecting subscriptions and signing up new subscribers. They've also passed on the company's application to...-
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Limbaugh In Proactive Push Against Obamists
The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney (
THE RUSH OFFENSIVE Limbaugh Demonstrates New Approach To Defeating Obamists Rather than roll over and play dead in response to Obama's marginalization push against key conservatives , Rush Limbaugh is fighting back with his own offensive. And while the seeds of this new approach may have been sown weeks ago with appearances on Jay Leno's program and the Today Show , this weekend's Fox News Sunday visit... Apple Wants iTunes to Replace Your Cable Box for 30 Bucks a Month [Rumor]
Gizmodo (
Apple's apparently pitching to networks a subscription plan that would deliver all your TV shows through iTunes for $30 a month, with the goal of launching it next year. But don't hold your breath on it happening yet: Peter Kafka has "yet to hear of a single programmer that has made a firm commitment." As he points out, while networks are constantly looking for new revenue, like those asshole aliens...
Sarah Palin Slams Biden After His Ridiculous Attack Today
Gateway Pundit (
At his half-empty campaign stop today with Democrat Bill Owens, VP Joe Biden took a swipe at former Governor Sarah Palin: “The fact of the matter is, Sarah Palin thinks the answer to energy is ‘drill, baby, drill,’” said Biden. “It’s a lot more complicated, Sarah!” Sarah Palin just answered back on her Facebook page: American energy independence. [...]-
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Comcast Said to Be Close to Gaining...
Philadelphia Tech News () | yesterday | Video Games
Comcast Said to Be Close to Gaining NBC Universal (New York Times) Meanwhile, Broadcasting & Cable suggests that the first thing Comcast will look to do after buying NBC Universal is to sell off the NBC network, holding on to the cable channels and presumably the Universal Studios. Not sure how this makes sense. Comcast Should Buy Netflix Instead Of NBC (Silicon Alley Insider) Innovation education... -
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Eric Bana Wants 'One Big Nude Day'
PopEater Music Blog () | yesterday | Entertainment
Filed under: Movie News , Interviews Eric Bana was uncomfortable while filming 'The Time Traveller's Wife,' but it wasn't an issue with the cast - it was a product of nude scenes on the chilly Toronto set. Bana's character jumps through time, landing at every destination completely ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Video: Full Limbaugh Interview with Chris Wallace
Gateway Pundit () | yesterday | Entertainment
3 Parts. All worth watching. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 And Obama’s number one guy David Axelrod fires back on “Face the Nation” cross-posted at Infidels Are CoolDoug Hoffman Praises Glenn Beck As His ‘Mentor’
Conservative blogger Charles Johnson of the site Little Green Footballs reported yesterday that Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in the NY-23 special election, signed a pledge to uphold Glenn Beck’s 9/12 Project principles in Congress. The signed pledge is available online, and Hoffman touts his endorsement from the 9/12 organization on his website. Like [...]Human Events: Democrats Supporting Health Care Reform are “Suicide Bombers”, Should Heed...
Firedoglake () | yesterday |
Now I'm guessing that if 57% of Americans favor a public option, the number among Democrats is in the 70s or 80s, maybe even higher, especially in Blue Dog districts. So it's politically stupid for a Democrat to vote against the Speaker, not an act of terrorism.
Independent Health Experts Will Track Swine Flu Side Effects
Crooks and Liars () | yesterday |
This should add an extra layer of safety to the vaccination process: WASHINGTON - Independent health advisers will begin monitoring safety of the swine flu vaccine today, an extra step the government promised in this year’s unprecedented program to watch for possible side effects. Decades of safe influenza inoculations mean specialists are not expecting problems with the swine flu vaccine, because...-
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Memorial service set for slain Seattle officer
Boston Globe () | yesterday |
A memorial service will be held Friday to honor a veteran Seattle police officer killed in a Halloween night shooting that also grazed a rookie officer. Ballmer: Spending on IT to suffer
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SEOUL | Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday that corporate spending on information technology will not recover to levels seen in recent years before the global economic slowdown. "The economy went through a set of changes on a global basis over the course of the last year which are, I think is fair to say, once-in-a-lifetime," Mr. Ballmer told a meeting of South Korean executives in Seoul. Spending...-
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Busy, uneasy Broadway season
The Washington Times () | 27 minutes ago | Entertainment
NEW YORK | The abrupt closing Sunday of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" after just nine performances has cast a brief, uneasy shadow over Broadway's fall season, ironically one of the busiest in years. The revival's collapse has had a ripple effect, forcing the cancellation of a second Simon production, "Broadway Bound," which was to have opened at the same theater (the Nederlander) in December... -
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Maine's gay-marriage vote is too close to call
Philadelphia Inquirer (
PORTLAND, Maine - Bolstered by out-of-state money and volunteers, both sides jockeyed yesterday to boost turnout for a Maine referendum that could give gay-rights activists in the United States their first victory at the ballot box on the deeply divisive issue of same-sex marriage. Ex-con charged in 4 fatal shootings in 'Mayberry'
Kansas City Star (Entertainment
A soured love affair may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show," police said Monday.
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N. Korea, pressing for direct talks with U.S., has threat
Philadelphia Inquirer (
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea issued a veiled threat yesterday to increase the size of its nuclear arsenal if U.S. officials do not quickly agree to one-on-one talks. Klansman's conviction is allowed to stand
Philadelphia Inquirer (
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday left in place a judge's ruling that allowed prosecutors to charge a reputed Ku Klux Klansman with kidnapping more than 40 years after two young black men were abducted and killed in rural Mississippi.NFL | Saints beat Falcons to improve to 7-0
Drew Brees had 308 yards passing, Pierre Thomas scored two touchdowns and Jabari Greer returned an interception for a score to help New Orleans improve to 7-0 with a 35-27 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night.-
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Prosecutor: Karadzic orchestrated '95 massacre
Philadelphia Inquirer () | 3 hours ago | World
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Radovan Karadzic orchestrated the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys, and his only regret was "that some Muslim men got away," a U.N. prosecutor said yesterday at the former Bosnian Serb leader's war-crimes trial. -
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Siena College Poll Shows Hoffman Leading in New York U.S. House Race
Ballot Access News () | yesterday |
On November 2, a last-minute poll, conducted by Siena College, was released for the U.S. House seat in . It shows Doug Hoffman (Conservative) at 41%, Bill Owens (Democrat-Working Families) at 36%, Dede Scozzafava (Republican-Independence) at 5%, and undecided 18%. The poll doesn’t have much predictive power because so many voters say [...] Winner named in lunar lander X Prize contest
) | yesterday | Sciences
A team of California rocketeers has won a $1 million prize in a simulated lunar landing contest backed by NASA.
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