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South Sudan votes for independence by a landslide

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to declare independence in final results of a referendum announced on Monday, opening the door to Africa’s newest state and a fresh period of uncertainty for the fractured region. A girl holds a South Sudan flag during the announcement of the preliminary results of voting in Sudan, January 30, 2011. (REUTERS/Tim McKulka/UNMIS Handout/Files) Hundreds of south Sudanese danced, screamed and waved flags as the announcement was broadcast on a line of TV sets in a square in the centre of the southern capital Juba. A total of 98.83 percent of voters from Sudan’s oil-producing south chose to secede from the north in last month’s referendum, the…

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Moral Ambiguity in Fox’s ‘Chicago Code’

Actor Delroy Lindo on playing a morally ambiguous politician in Shawn Ryan’s ‘The Chicago Code,’ which premieres Monday on Fox. (Feb. 7)

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Munchak Takes Over Titans

The Tennessee Titans on Monday named offensive line coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Munchak as their new head coach. (Feb. 7)

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Editor's Note: Following news reports today that AOL News would pay $315 million to acquire The Huffington Post, NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center president Brent Bozell issued the following statement: This proves AOL News has lost its mind. They must be in such dire straits that they’ve been blinded by the millions and think an acquisition of The Huffington Post is worth sacrificing credibility and objectivity. AOL News is fooling only itself in thinking there is no journalistic conflict in merging with a hate-filled, vicious, radically left-wing rag. Let’s do a quick review of The Huffington Post. Our ‘Huffington’s House of Horrors’ Special Report revealed beyond a shadow of a doubt ongoing campaign of profanity, crude sexual and excretory metaphors and outright hate speech against conservatives, all under the leadership of Arianna Huffington. In fact, just last month, Huffington's site published a man saying the next 'Great American Story' would be Dick Cheney receiving a heart transplant from a brain-dead American soldier from Iraq, possibly causing ‘the heart to implode knowing it was trapped inside Dick Cheney.’ So when Arianna brags today that ‘I laid out my vision for the expansion of The Huffington Post, and he laid out his vision for AOL. We were practically finishing each other's sentences,’ we can only assume that AOL News has been infected with the same vicious motive: to target and obscenely smear conservatives. They can do that if they want, of course, but please don’t call it AOL ‘News.’ That’s now become an insult.

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J. Dilla Documentary Released to Commemorate Birthday

Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News , Movies Stones Throw Records In celebration of legendary producer J. Dilla ‘s 37th birthday today, a documentary has been released about the revered former A Tribe Called Quest and Slum Village producer. The 39-minute film , entitled ‘Still Shining,’ covers the life of the_thumbnail.gifted Detroit producer and rapper, who died of lupus on Feb. 10, 2006, just days… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : The Boombox Music Blog Discovery Date : 07/02/2011 20:41 Number of articles : 5

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AOL’s purchase of the Huffington Post is drawing plenty of muted cheers—and a few harsh critiques. Most seem to agree that both sides come out ahead. “The content rollup has begun,” writes Michael Wolff at MediaWeek , and new media is becoming old media—”if it’s lucky.” Calling the buy…

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Android 2.4 reportedly coming in April, headed to ViewSonic ViewPad 4?

Last we heard at CES, Viewsonic’s ViewPad 4 handset was on track to launch with Android 2.2 in mid-June, but it now looks like there might be a pretty significant change of plans. Pocket-lint is reporting that it’s heard from a source at Viewsonic who says the ViewPad 4 is now set to launch in April… with Android 2.4. According to the source, however, that update will not be dubbed “Ice Cream” as some had suspected, but will instead simply still be called Gingerbread. So what does the update bring if not a name change? Compatibility with dual-core apps designed for Honeycomb , primarily, which Pocket-lint speculates is one of the main reasons we’ve yet to see many Android 2.3-based devices hit the market ( Nexus S , aside). Android 2.4 reportedly coming in April, headed to ViewSonic ViewPad 4? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Kyocera Echo leaks on Sprint’s site

We still don’t know whether this’ll be the “industry first” shown off at Sprint’s event later today, but in light of the WSJ ‘s information , we certainly wouldn’t be surprised. A quick check of Sprint’s site currently shows a hit for the Kyocera Echo, described as “the first dual-touchscreen smartphone” that offers a “pivot hinge” design with a maximum of 4.7 inches of combined screen real estate while still being “pocket-friendly.” No other details are offered — and the link to the Echo product page is dead right now — but it’s an interesting tidbit nonetheless. [Thanks, Leighton and Dave G.] Kyocera Echo leaks on Sprint’s site originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Expert Q&A: How to Prevent Hair Damage

Dyes and blow dryers may help make you stylish in the short term, but over time, harsh chemicals and heated styling devices can damage your hair, an expert says.

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Ahh, fireplaces: cozy, romantic, and … as bad for you as car exhaust fumes? Apparently so: New research reveals that breathing in the smoke from open fires or wood-burning stoves can lead to cancer, and heart and lung disease. The airborne particles in the smoke are particularly harmful because they’re…

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