Rupert Murdoch heads to Parliament today for perhaps the most clutch performance of his storied career, as his media empire hangs in the balance. News Corp execs who watched the mogul rehearse quietly expressed concern about his answers, Bloomberg reports, and a disastrous appearance could cement rumblings emanating from the…
Continue reading …Exasperation is high on Capitol Hill, as the House and Senate barrel ahead with unrelated debt ceiling plans, neither of which resemble the “grand bargain” President Obama wanted. Today, John Boehner will hold a vote on his so-called “Cut, Cap, and Balance” bill, which calls for $5.8 trillion in…
Continue reading …Police are baffled by the “bizarre” circumstances behind the death of Rebecca Nalepa , the 32-year-old girlfriend of pharmaceutical CEO Jonah Shacknai: She was found hanging at his mansion two days after Shacknai’s 6-year-old son fell down the stairs there; Max died on Sunday . A sergeant says of Nalepa’s death, “sometimes…
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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – When NATO forces in Afghanistan caught an opium producer with 15 kgs (33 lbs) of drugs, they might have expected his family to plead for his freedom. Instead, an Afghan police officer appealed to foreign troops to release him. The drug-trafficker stayed in prison, but the British army officer who described the incident said it was symptomatic of the corruption problems Afghanistan’s police force is grappling with, even as they are being asked to step up and play a greater role in securing the country. This week marks the start of a years-long transition, with security control of seven areas of Afghanistan handed over from NATO troops to the Afghan…
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Cartman’s Cheesy Poofs are here. Comedy Central is commemorating South Park’s 15th season by making Cartman’s beloved Cheesy Poofs a real product in preparation for a finger-lickin’ South Park marathon. The current season will resume October 15 after a summer hiatus. (LIST: The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films) The network is pulling out all of
Continue reading …Cut The Rope’s Toy Box Update Coming Soon; Om Nom To Take On A New, More Plushy Form
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ZeptoLab and Chillingo have announced that Cut the Rope will be gaining a bunch of new levels and some new gameplay mechanics via a soon-to-be-released update. Cut The Rope’s Toy Box Update Coming Soon; Om Nom To Take On A New, More Plushy Form is a story by AppAdvice.com AppAdvice – iPhone, iPad, iPod, App Reviews + News Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Apple iPhone Apps Discovery Date : 18/07/2011 23:11 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …Cut The Rope’s Toy Box Update Coming Soon; Om Nom To Take On A New, More Plushy Form
July 19, 2011 No Comment
ZeptoLab and Chillingo have announced that Cut the Rope will be gaining a bunch of new levels and some new gameplay mechanics via a soon-to-be-released update. Cut The Rope’s Toy Box Update Coming Soon; Om Nom To Take On A New, More Plushy Form is a story by AppAdvice.com AppAdvice – iPhone, iPad, iPod, App Reviews + News Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Apple iPhone Apps Discovery Date : 18/07/2011 23:11 Number of articles : 4
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Residents in city of Homs claim government forces and ‘death squads’ are firing indiscriminately on civilians Spiralling violence took hold of the Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday as troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed 16 people in an apparent escalation of a security crackdown against a focal point for pro-democracy protests. This brings the death toll in the country’s third biggest and most mixed city in the past few days alone to at least 40 people, in addition to an estimated 1,500 killed since the Syrian uprising began five months ago. The latest fatalities added to mounting concern that events in Homs, which has a population of 1.5 million, are taking on a dangerously sectarian character. In a grimly familiar pattern, Tuesday’s dead included three mourners at a funeral for 10 people who were killed by security forces on Monday, activists said. “We could not bury the martyrs at the city’s main cemetery, so we opted for a smaller cemetery near the mosque when the militiamen began firing at us from their cars,” one mourner told Reuters. “We have to leave, we can’t stay – it’s too
Continue reading …Residents in city of Homs claim government forces and ‘death squads’ are firing indiscriminately on civilians Spiralling violence took hold of the Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday as troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed 16 people in an apparent escalation of a security crackdown against a focal point for pro-democracy protests. This brings the death toll in the country’s third biggest and most mixed city in the past few days alone to at least 40 people, in addition to an estimated 1,500 killed since the Syrian uprising began five months ago. The latest fatalities added to mounting concern that events in Homs, which has a population of 1.5 million, are taking on a dangerously sectarian character. In a grimly familiar pattern, Tuesday’s dead included three mourners at a funeral for 10 people who were killed by security forces on Monday, activists said. “We could not bury the martyrs at the city’s main cemetery, so we opted for a smaller cemetery near the mosque when the militiamen began firing at us from their cars,” one mourner told Reuters. “We have to leave, we can’t stay – it’s too
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