At least 27 people have been killed after a boat carrying asylum seekers crashed into rocks at Christmas Island, officials have said. The Australian
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A small wooden boat loaded with scores of asylum seekers was smashed against rocks on Australia’s Christmas Island Wednesday. Dozens perished but more survived, although officials said a few were critically injured. (Dec. 15)
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Some 40 young religious couples meet with secular couples registering to get married over a cup of coffee. What do they discuss? Relationships, family purity and the hole in the sheet
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NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s police commissioner says authorities will act swiftly and firmly against any outbreaks of violence…
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December 15, 2010 No CommentInternet Explorer 9 may block ‘em in 2011 , and the US government’s on the case too , but you don’t have to wait for Microsoft or bureaucracy to keep your privacy paramount if you browse with Rockmelt or Chrome. That’s because former Google developer Brian Kennish just released Disconnect, an extension for either one, that banishes Digg, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo tracking requests (more companies are on the way) as you make your merry way across the web. Install and you’ll find a nice little “d” icon on your browser’s status bar, with a drop-down menu exposing exactly how many requests you’ve blocked from each service, and the option to manually disable blocking at will. Why bother? Don’t you want to keep that secret love of Thanko products all to yourself? Disconnect browser extension keeps pesky cookies in check, blocks third-party tracking requests originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s been more than a decade since Google created its first doodle, and now the company creates doodles for more than 100 versions of Google across the globe. It even celebrates holidays and events that most Americans aren’t familiar with. (Dec. 15)
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Photo: notonthehighstreet Gone are the days when Brussels sprouts evoked a family groan at dinner. Now sprouts are being hailed as a hang-over cure (more on that later), a cancer fighter and a trendy food. One farmer is so committed that he farms 2,000 acres of them, with half a million being harvested. Two to three hundred tons of sprouts will be shipped out for the Christmas rus… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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After Twitter integration and iPad migration , looks like the next stop for Ping is social playlists. That’s right — the next time you make a mix in iTunes 10 , clicking on the playlist arrow will give you two options: you can either purchase the playlist as a gift to your friend or loved one, or publish the playlist to Ping itself. Once your playlist is published, you can even give your friends on the network the option to edit it, making it a community playlist of sorts. Of course, this last option only works if you really trust your friends’ taste. After all, it just wouldn’t do to have Philip Glass invade your “Core Workout Playlist” featuring such beloved anthems Move This by Technotronic and Whoomp! There It Is by Tag Team. iTunes 10 now offering social playlists with Ping originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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In an interview from his home, Bay District Schools Superintendent Bill Husfelt recounts a terrifying encounter with a gunman at a school board meeting Tuesday night. (Dec. 15)
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Discounts are raining down from the heavens these days as retailers try to offload old stock and do a bit of tidying up before rolling in the fresh batch of 2011 smartphones . Best Buy is keeping with this trend by treating its customers to a nice big saving on the AT&T-attached Dell Streak, offering it up for a mere $100 in upfront costs. The typical two-year commitment will be required from you, but that might just be worth it for this 5-inch Android slate, particularly if you load it up with the latest firmware . Pricing is the same for both the black and white versions, so if you’re keen to swap a small bulge in your wallet for a large protruding tabletphone in your pocket, you know where to look. [Thanks, Jeremy C.] Dell Streak slips to $100 on contract at Best Buy originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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