More than 15,000 rapes were committed last year in the strife-torn region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where peacekeepers are unable to fully protect civilians, a
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All but 2 of the Chilean miners left the hospital in Copaipo on Friday as they returned to their friends and families in a jubilant party-like atmosphere. The other two remain hospitalized. (Oct. 15)
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An unidentified adult film star tested positive for HIV this week, prompting the biggest studios in the industry to halt productions. The AP’s John Mone says this isn’t the first HIV scare for porn. (Oct. 15)
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THE Obama administration, employing a good-cop, bad-cop approach to China, applauded Beijing's recent currency moves. But the administration opened a new fight over whether…
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The government sought to reassure the US yesterday of its commitment as a military ally after Hillary Clinton expressed concern about the expected deep cuts in the defence budget. The Prime Minister told General David Petraeus, the US commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan…
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Eizo may not be aiming this one directly at average consumers, but there’s nothing stopping you from picking up its new 17-inch FlexScan T1751 monitor to make your industrial-style mutlitouch dreams come true. As you can sort of see above, this one can either be used upright or titled nearly flat, and it packs a non-widescreen, 5:4 aspect ratio — albeit with a slightly disappointing 1,280 x 1,024 resolution. The monitor will work with a touch pen and gloved hands, however, and you’ll get a decent 178 degree viewing angle, along with a 1,500:1 contrast ratio, a pair of built-in 0.5W speakers, a headphone jack and, true to its industrial nature, a non-scratch surface made of reinforced glass. No official word on a price or release date, unfortunately — Eizo is simply telling folks to check with their local distributor for details. Continue reading Eizo rolls out 17-inch FlexScan T1751 multitouch monitor Eizo rolls out 17-inch FlexScan T1751 multitouch monitor originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A visitors center and food court will be opening at the once glitzy Tavern on the Green restaurant in New York’s Central Park. (Oct. 15)
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It’s the first BlackBerry to ship with BB OS 6 , and it’s the first to boast both a touchpanel and a conventional slide-out QWERTY. But is it capable of standing up to the rest of today’s modern smartphones? We definitely had a few bones to pick with RIM’s latest flagship device when we reviewed it a few month’s back, but if you’re a regular, you’ll know that this segment isn’t about us — it’s about you, particularly if you own a Torch. Are you satisfied with the revised OS? Happy with the touchscreen response? Would you have bumped the screen resolution? Changed the keyboard in any way? Thrown a CDMA module in for Sprint / Verizon support? RIM’s betting quite a bit on this new operating system (and this new design), so feel free to sound off in comments below with ideas on how you’d change things for version two dot oh. Keep it classy, though — cool? How would you change RIM’s BlackBerry Torch? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A city councilman in Fort Worth, Texas, has rocketed into cyberspace prominence in a video pleading with gay teens not to commit suicide and tearfully recounting his own ordeals as a bullied schoolboy. (Oct. 15)
Continue reading …NBC’s Todd Asserts ‘Weaker’ Tea Party Nominees Give Democrats ‘Fighting Chance’ to Hold Senate
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NBC's Chuck Todd conceded “the Tea Party has been helpful to the GOP in both re-branding the party away from Bush and giving it a real grassroots component,” but he insisted, “this Tea Party influence in Republican primaries has put a number of Senate seats in play for Democrats that at this point should be out of reach.” “The bottom line,” Todd declared on Friday's NBC Nightly News in a likely preview of the latest iteration of the news media's bi-annual “Republicans candidates were too far to the right” line: Because of weaker Tea Party nominees , Democrats have a fighting chance in Delaware, Kentucky, Colorado, yes, Nevada, and even Alaska. Without the Tea Party, all five of those races would be in the bank right now and the Senate majority would definitely be in the Republican sights. read more
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