NATO warplanes unleashed their most intense bombardment yet on Libya’s capital overnight. (May 24)
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Tim Pawlenty on Monday cast himself as the GOP candidate willing to speak hard truths as he seeks the presidency. In corn-dependent Iowa, he said that federal subsidies for ethanol should be phased out. (May 23)
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A California preacher who foresaw the world’s end has revised his apocalyptic prophecy Monday. Harold Camping says he was off by five months and the Earth actually will be obliterated on October 21st. (May 24)
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crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters The tactics of homophobia are never new. They are as old as the Earth itself – appeal to people’s ignorance and fear and you will have success. Case in point is this ad by the The Family Action Council of Tennessee: Does the ad look familiar? It should. In 2009, a group which called themselves Citizens for Good Policy out of Gainesville, FL ran the… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Pam’s House Blend Discovery Date : 31/03/2011 22:14 Number of articles : 7
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The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that California must drastically reduce its prison population to relieve severe overcrowding that has exposed inmates to increased violence, disease and death. (May 24)
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Ballmer didn’t get specific when he said the Windows Phone Mango update would bring 500 new features , but we’d bet our blue screens that a handful of those additions are wrapped up in IE9. In addition to the long awaited landscape mode address bar, IE9 for Windows Phone promises to bolster performance through GPU acceleration and an improved rendering experience. The browser update boasts a litany of support features: the aforementioned GPU-accelerated browsing, full-screen video through HTML5 (though not embedded, sorry!), GPS-based geolocation, ECMAScript 5, 2D CSS3, etc. We should know a whole heap of a lot more come tomorrow morning, so be sure to follow along during our liveblog right here. IE9 code for Windows Phone 7 complete, adds landscape address bar originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 May 2011 00:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Well what do we have here? We were loitering around the Intel booth here at the MeeGo Conference in San Francisco when we spotted this lonely little device resting unsupervised in the back, so we decided to give it a whirl and snap some pictures. It turns out it’s a circa 10-inch tablet made by i-Buddie and built on Intel’s recent Oak Trail architecture. Of course it’s running MeeGo, but sadly we were unable to connect to the Internet — something to do with missing WiFi drivers, according to the Intel rep who eventually caught up with us to snatch the tablet from our eager paws. We missed the opportunity to make a video, but take a look at our hands-on gallery below. Gallery: i-Buddie Oak Trail tablet at Meego Conference 2011 i-Buddie Oak Trail tablet makes cameo at MeeGo Conference 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 May 2011 21:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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As readers are likely aware, former Vermont governor Howard Dean is a contributor to CNBC, and in this role, he continues to say the darnedest things. On Monday's “The Last Word,” Dean said of the far-right, “They hate Muslims, they hate gays, they hate immigrants, and the rhetoric in the primaries shows that” (video follows with transcript and commentary): HOWARD DEAN, CNBC: Let’s look at what these guys are doing. The far-right is what I call the Hate Wing of the Republican Party. They’re over-represented in primaries, and of course when elections come along, they generally don’t win. But they can cause enormous trouble in the primaries. They hate Muslims, they hate gays, they hate immigrants, and the rhetoric in the primaries shows that. Honestly, is this the kind of talk Comcast and General Electric should tolerate from someone on their payroll? Oh, this is MSNBC? I withdraw the question.
Continue reading …First Modern Warfare 3 Trailer Stars Explosions, the Number Three, More Explosions
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After weathering a leak that would have bled most publishers dry, Activision’s officially released the first Modern Warfare 3 gameplay trailer into the wild. Put simply, it’s explosion porn – so obviously, if you’re an explosion, this is not safe for work. Also, if you thought F3AR made it impossible to look at the number three without weeping bitterly for the English language, wait until you encounter… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Maximum PC all RSS Feed Discovery Date : 24/05/2011 02:05 Number of articles : 5
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A key US witness has told a Chicago jury that “it was his understanding” that Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani militant group behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, and Pakistan’s intelligence service “coordinated with each other.” (May 23)
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