Australian police said they made their third-largest seizure of cocaine following a tip-off from US drug enforcement authorities. A raid on a yacht in Brisbane yielded cocaine with an estimated street value around 160 million dollars. (Oct. 14)
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The ‘Jackass’ boys reveal how Steve-O is as crazy as ever, despite two and a half years of sobriety, and why they think their new 3D movie is the best one yet. (Oct. 14)
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Let the punishment fit the crime: A Virginia man caught shoplifting at a costume store agrees to wear a costume and a sign in front of the store for two days. (Oct. 14)
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. If Martin Luther King would have been a Palestinian, I sometimes wonder how Israeli authorities would have treated him. This came to mind again when it was reported that an Israeli military court sentenced Palestinian nonviolence activist Abdullah Abu Rahmeh to one year in prison. Evidently, the military tribunal found him guilty of “incitement” and for organizing illegal protests. It also fined him $1,400, a stiff penalty for someone who lost over half of his farmland to land seized by Israeli settlement programs. Similar to Martin Luther King, Abdullah Abu Rahmeh has experienced years of racial oppression and religious intolerance….
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes the closest he has ever been to his arch-foe Israel on Thursday when he tours Lebanon’s southern border region on the second day of a high-profile visit. The hardline leader, who has questioned the Holocaust and described Israel as a “tumour,” will stand some four kilometres (about two miles) from the Jewish state on the final leg of a controversial two-day visit to Lebanon that Washington has described as “provocative”. Israeli officials have…
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In a flawless operation that unfolded before a hopeful, transfixed world, 33 miners who were trapped for more than two months deep beneath the Chilean earth were raised one by one Wednesday through a smooth-walled shaft of rock. (Oct. 13)
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White House cybersecurity coordinator coordinator Howard Schmidt has some tips to keep your computer and other electronic devices safe. (Oct. 14)
Continue reading …Nokia N900 will soon give users the option to dual-boot into MeeGo, experience the future
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Whatever else you might say about Nokia, the company knows how to keep a promise. Back in March, we were told there’d be a dual-boot solution for the N900, providing users of the Maemo 5 phone with a taste of the MeeGo life, and even though it might have taken a while, that firmware will soon indeed be available. Mind you, there’s quite a distance between offering users the option and supporting the dual-boot experience (which Nokia isn’t doing), but given the choice between some MeeGo and complete NoGo, we know what we’d prefer. Hit the source to get fully educated while waiting on the dual-booting PR 1.3 update to drop. Nokia N900 will soon give users the option to dual-boot into MeeGo, experience the future originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Republican candidate Christine O’Donnell and Democrat Chris Coons traded shots and personal attacks in a lively 90-minute nationally televised debate in Newark, Del. The two candidates are vying for Joe Biden’s seat in the US Senate. (Oct. 13)
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