Click here to view this media Via The White House blog : In the fourth edition of White House White Board, Austan Goolsbee, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, discusses the President’s tough decisions on the American auto industry in light of the General Motors IPO. Goolsbee is so good at these things that you wonder why the White House didn’t do them sooner.
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During coverage of Charlie Rangel's verdict delivered by the House Ethics Committee, CNN's John Roberts called the situation “tough times,” for the congressman – and wondered what the trauma will to Rangel's health given that he is 80 years old. Referring to the censure of Sen. McCarthy in the 1950s which “broke him,” Roberts remarked that “now Charlie Rangel's 80 years old, what will censuring potentially do to him?” CNN anchor Candy Crowley also mentioned Rangel's age, saying that the hearings were “tough to watch.” She added that “the next step” of the House voting on having the censure or not “is really even more painful.” “This is a rough one, but certainly one that has had, if you will, bipartisan support on something that's difficult, clearly, for the congressman to deal with,” Crowley said, putting the situation in perspective.
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Didn’t get a Venue Pro when Microsoft threw a few on its store shelves ? Why, that’d be enough to make us mad, too — Ballmer mad , in fact. Fear not, though: as Dell tells it, the company has production ramped up for a “timely” launch on T-Mobile’s network. When? Wont’ say. Holiday season, at least? No release windows is given. And one more thing, too… Dell read our piece on the Windows Phone 7 microSD and wants you all to know that, no, you shouldn’t mess with the Venue Pro’s card, either. There’s no eject mechanism, and that’s supposed to be a not-so-subtle hint to stay back. Consider yourself warned, again . Dell: bigger Venue Pro launch coming, keep hands off microSD originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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So, it’s real after all, huh ? Android fragmentation is making its way into the news again, and this time it counts. Rovio, developer of a little-known title called ” Angry Birds ,” has just penned a new blog post detailing the night terrors that have come with coding a single program to work on a cornucopia of platforms. In the weeks since Angry Birds was released to Android users everywhere, the company has been inundated with performance complaints, mostly from users with older / underpowered Android devices or phones using Android 1.6 or earlier. A laundry list of smartphones have now been added to the “unsupported” list (shown in full after the break), but thankfully for you, a “lightweight” version of the game is in the works. According to Rovio, that build won’t reduce the amount of levels (or amount of fun / frustration, for that matter), but will instead be optimized for dawdling processors and Android versions that have been helplessly malformed by carriers. Nice going, guys . [Thanks, Justin] Rovio feels the burn of Android fragmentation, plans ‘light’ version of Angry Birds originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Michael Weatherly talks about the popularity of his CBS drama, his character and that recurring ‘head tap’ from co-star Mark Harmon. (Nov. 19)
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By Riber Hansson, Cagle Cartoons, Sweden Related Entries November 19, 2010 Cowen Catching the “Celtic Tiger” November 19, 2010 $50 Billion for Irish Bailout
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It’s not every day that a new HTC phone with CDMA and WiMAX support swings through the FCC’s labs — so even though we don’t really know what this is, we thought we’d better point it out. Odds are it’ll be headed to Sprint considering the unique combination of technology, and the test report lists it as a “Smart Phone” — Windows Phones from these guys usually say as much, so we’re thinking this is probably Android. The elephant in the room would have to be the Knight / EVO Shift 4G we’ve been hearing about lately… and considering that there are mentions of tests in the “slide off” and “slide right” configurations, we wouldn’t doubt this is it. Any crazy theories out there? HTC phone with CDMA and WiMAX hits the FCC: the EVO Shift 4G, perhaps? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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New York (CNN) — A settlement in New York City will pay out hundreds of millions of dollars to ground zero workers exposed to toxic debris after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, lawyers said Friday. Plaintiffs narrowly approved the deal after facing a Tuesday night deadline that required 95 percent of some 10,000 people who worked at ground zero to approve the measure, according to Marc Berns, an attorney for the plaintiffs. In March, U.S. District Court…
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Perhaps it was in the name of being fair and balanced, but whatever the reason, MSNBC brass decided to give “Morning Joe” anchor Joe Scarborough the Keith Olbermann treatment for making campaign contributions—but in this case to Republican candidates.
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