A private funeral for Amy Winehouse will take place tomorrow, attended only by family and friends, reports the BBC . A family spokesperson said earlier today that a funeral would be held as soon as possible, and although a cause of death has not yet been determined , coroners have issued interim…
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The attorney for one of the men charged in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium said Monday his client wasn’t involved in the attack. (July 25)
Continue reading …Matthews: Obama’s Speech ‘Like a Fox Commercial’ – ‘Fair and Balanced…Over and Over Again’
July 25, 2011 No Comment
MSNBC's Chris Matthews appears to have a serious case of Fox News envy. In a special installment of “The Last Word” following Barack Obama's debt ceiling address to the nation Monday, the “Hardball” host said, “I thought the President used a couple of words we’re familiar with: 'Fair and balanced.' It was like a Fox commercial” (video follows with transcript and commentary): LAWRENCE O’DONNELL, HOST: Chris, you’re reaction to first the President’s speech. CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well, I thought the President used a couple of words we’re familiar with: “Fair and balanced.” It was like a Fox commercial there. I thought that was interesting. Fair then balanced then fair again then balanced again, over and over again to make a case for his position. For the record, Obama said the word “fair” three times, and “balanced” seven times, but never in the same sentence. Is Matthews now so fixated on Fox that any use of those words – no matter how separated – makes him uncomfortable? I wonder what the going rate is for curing Foxphobia.
Continue reading …The Vatican recalled its Irish ambassador today amid a firestorm in Dublin over claims that the church refused to report child sex abuse to police as recently as 2009. A Vatican spokesman says Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza will return to Rome to meet with church officials, reports the New York Times…
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Upcoming GMA TV Programs; New Pacquiao TV Show Legendary Boxer Luisito Espinosa Returns to The Ring DOG Bites SHARK in Australia – Philippine News July 21, 2011 BerylMacielne85 says: Philippine News Exclusive Interview with … http://flixyo.com/ philippine-news /videos/ philippine-news -exclusive-interview-with-ana-julaton/
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GUATEMALA CITY – Three former Guatemalan soldiers and an officer have claimed innocence on the first day of trial for a 1982 massacre in which hundreds of men, women and children were killed. The defendants say they were not in the village of Dos Erres the day it was stormed by soldiers. They stand accused of killing 201 farmers. At least 250 people died overall in the massacre, according to court filings. The defendants said Monday that they had been stationed elsewhere. Three of them had been members of an elite force known as “kaibiles.” Court filings say soldiers threw bodies down a well, and raped and killed women and girls. U.N. figures say more than 200,000 people died or…
Continue reading …Apple patent application takes the hard keys out of the keyboard, promises a flat surface solution
July 25, 2011 No Comment
Apple’s giving us a patent application peek into its post-PC future , and it looks like hard keys will be so 2008. The recently revelead filing shows off a virtual, flat keyboard concept for Cupertino’s line of non-iOS products that flirts with metal, plastic and glass form factors. Using a combination of piezoelectrics , haptic feedback and acoustic pulse recognition, these prospective designs will be able to detect your finger-pounding surface input. If you’re the fast-typing kind, you’re probably wondering how your digits will recognize the keys sight unseen. Well, there’s a few workarounds for that. In its metal and plastic iterations, Jobs and co. plan to stamp or micro-perforate the layout into place, while their glass counterpart would receive a graphical overlay. The application also promises an LED-lit display for hard to see conditions and the inclusion of capactive sensors to enable multi-touch functions, so you avoid e.e. cummings-style emails. Of course, applications aren’t necessarily indicative of a surefire product, but those interested in tickling their imagination can give the source link a look. Apple patent application takes the hard keys out of the keyboard, promises a flat surface solution originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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AP Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney talks about the possibility of NBA players, including stars like Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard, playing overseas during the NBA lockout. (July 25)
Continue reading …Research In Motion, the company that makes BlackBerry phones and tablets, is deleting about 2,000 names from its employee email list. The company announced it will cut the jobs—about 11% of its workforce—and reorganize its executives in order to better compete with Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Droid,…
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President Barack Obama says the only ones standing in the way of a balanced compromise to the nation’s debt crisis are those Republicans in Congress who are insisting only on spending cuts. (July 25)
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