Photo: habitables : Ladakh Commonwealth Peace Pavilion, Tibet The Brit Insurance Design Awards are the academy awards of design. The long list of 100 objects, chosen from around the world, is on display now at London’s Design Museum . Next, a winner is chosen in each of the seven categories, and then the final over-all winner. Last year the obvious winner was the
Continue reading …Chinese workers poisoned while working for an Apple supplier say they’ve appealed to the company for help without success. The workers— seriously injured by a toxic chemical used in the manufacture of iPhone screens —complain that the contractor they work for, Wintek, has pressured them to resign and accept cash…
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Rescuers continue to pull survivors from the rubble of earthquake-ravaged Christchurch, New Zealand. Meanwhile, police have imposed a curfew. (Feb. 23)
Continue reading …Author Kathryn Stockett’s best-seller The Help borrows a little too heavily from real life and from one life in particular, according to a nanny suing the author. Ablene Cooper says the book’s character “Aibeleen”—who, like her, is a middle-aged black nanny with a gold tooth whose son died from…
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National Margarita Day 2011 Behold Today’s Golden Salty Glory Salt Or No Salt It’s National Margarita Day National Margarita Day February 22, 2011 National Margarita Day 2011: Celebrate by watching Pee-wee Herman … It’s February 22, and apparently that makes it National Margarita Day . As much as we’d love to be tucking into a tall one on the rocks (no salt, sorry!) right about now, we, like many of you, are still working. … National Margarita Day Tuesday is National Margarita Day , an occasion which some people may mark with an all-day happy hour, while those that don’t probably should. Today is National Margarita Day ! | Yo! Venice! Yo! Venice! Is the #1 local news, information, WIKI and event source for Venice Beach, California. National Margarita Day 2011: Beergaritas | Family Style A recipe for Beergaritas. The greatest, easiest margarita in all the land. National Margarita Day , Feb 22 | San Diego Entertainer Magazine February 22nd is coined National Margarita Day ! Even though it’s hard to find who proclaimed the day as such or how this celebrated drink exactly got its name, it seems that San Diego had a part to play. twitt909 says: Who would have thought national margarita day 2011 would be so popular! http://bit.ly/au21HT Update:01:20
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As world leaders condemn violence against protesters, what is at stake for Western nations with close ties to Gaddafi?
Continue reading …A federal judge has chucked out a lawsuit filed on behalf of people who claimed health care reform was against their religion. The Christian plaintiffs argued that the requirement for all Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty violated their religious freedom because they believe God will heal…
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Muammer Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, remains defiant in the face of mass protests calling for his resignation, saying that he intends to remain in power as parts of the country’s state structure appear to be disintegrating around him. Some fear that Libya’s state apparatus, once seen as a powerful and coherent
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Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is Chicago’s first new mayor since 1989. (Feb. 23)
Continue reading …Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs had three underage brides smuggled to him from over the Canadian border, according to new evidence. Records obtained from the FLDS sect by prosecutors reveal that the girls, two of them aged 12 and one 13, were taken from British Columbia to sect settlements along…
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