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Lawsuit Claims Waldorf Astoria Had Bedbugs

A Michigan couple has filed a lawsuit claiming their room at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel was infested with bedbugs. (Nov. 5)

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If Democrats are looking for the best possible way to tell the American voters they plan to ignore the message the voters sent when they stripped them of at least 63 House seats and 6 Senate seats, I can think of no better way than voting Nancy Pelosi as Minority Leader : Bucking speculation that she would step down after her Democratic Party suffered a “shellacking” in Tuesday’s election, outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday that she will run for minority leader in the next Congress. In a letter sent to Democratic House members Friday, Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House, said she made the decision to run based on recommendations from her colleagues and her desire to continue the legislative work started during her tenure. “Driven by the urgency of protecting health care reform, Wall Street reform, and Social Security and Medicare, I have decided to run,” the letter reads. Despite her party’s loss of more than 60 congressional seats to Republicans, Pelosi was adamant that the legislative accomplishments of the House under her leadership would remain intact. “We have no intention of allowing our great achievements to be rolled back. It is my hope that we can work in a bipartisan way to create jobs and strengthen the middle class,” her letter continued. If she’s counted the votes and thinks she can win I can only assume she must have a drawer full of pictures of fellow Democrats doing unspeakable things with small animals. Why else would they keep the woman in leadership who became the Botoxed face of liberalism run amok? She and Harry Reid will be a great set-up for 2012.

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Georgia State Campus Transformed by Football

More than halfway through their inaugural college football season, Georgia State University has seen a rise in student applications and stronger support from alumni. Positive returns for a school that spent $8.6 million to add the program. (Nov. 5)

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Growing 6000lbs of Food on 1/10th of an Acre (Video)

Image credit: Permaculture TV Back in 2006 the Dervaes’ family’s Path to Freedom urban homestead project hit the airwaves of TreeHugger TV. Since then we’ve seen a proliferation of urban farm tours , awesome small-scale permaculture projects ,

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US Adult Obesity Rate May Hit 42% Before Plateauing

photo: Thomas Tringale / Creative Commons If you thought the obesity epidemic in the United States couldn’t get much worse, new research from Harvard University projects that the national obesity rate won’t plateau until at least 42% of adults are obese, something which may not happen for another fou… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dell XPS 14 review

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Dell XPS 14 review

When Dell told us of its plans to revive its tried and true XPS laptop line we were pretty darn excited. With so much brand dilution in the past few years — there’s been the Adamo XPS and the Studio XPS — the products have noticeably strayed from providing the rock solid gaming and multimedia experience they were once known for. There’s a reason XPS stand for Xtreme Performance System, right?! The new line, which includes 14-, 15-, 17-inch systems, has all the ingredients to set it back on track — including Core i5 / i7 processors, NVIDIA GeForce 400M graphics with Optimus, JBL speakers, a backlit keyboard, an HD webcam and a solid aluminum lid – but has Dell succeeded in creating a well-rounded multimedia machine? And does it rival our oh-so-adored HP Envy line ? We’ve spent the last week using the more mobile $899 XPS 14, so read on to find out in our full review! Gallery: Dell XPS 14 review Continue reading Dell XPS 14 review Dell XPS 14 review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Worst Plane Crash in Cuba in Years Kills 68

A twin-engine turboprop operated by Cuba’s state-run airline crashes in a remote area on the island, killing 61 passengers and a crew of seven. It is the nation’s worst air disaster in more than 20 years. (Nov. 5)

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Olbermann Suspended from MSNBC over Campaign Contributions

MSNBC pundit Keith Olbermann joked after the midterms, responding to taunts from certain Fox News types, that he was still around despite the lashing Dems took at the polls. But as it turns out, he might have committed career suicide, or something close to it, on his own. Perhaps Olbermann wasn’t up on the company rules about campaign contributions, or perhaps he thought that somehow his might go unnoticed, but Politico followed his money trail and the network’s top brass lowered the boom on Friday.

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It wasn’t a failure of policies, it was a failure of you the voters to understand his policies : After a suffering a “shellacking” in the midterm elections, President Obama acknowledges what many have seen as his chief weakness – failing to sell the importance of several legislative milestones to the American people. “I think that’s a fair argument. I think that, over the course of two years we were so busy and so focused on getting a bunch of stuff done that, we stopped paying attention to the fact that leadership isn’t just legislation. That it’s a matter of persuading people. And giving them confidence and bringing them together. And setting a tone,” Mr. Obama told 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft in an exclusive interview set to air Sunday. “Making an argument that people can understand,” Mr. Obama continued, “I think that we haven’t always been successful at that. And I take personal responsibility for that. And it’s something that I’ve got to examine carefully … as I go forward.” Me dumb. Me no understand Obamacare. Me vote against Democrats.

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Skyfire being rereleased into App Store ‘in batches,’ coming to other nations in due time

Good news, sick-and-tired Safari users — Skyfire ‘s back! Sort of. After hitting the App Store and subsequently crashing / burning under the load, the company yanked it in order to get its server situation under control. Now that it has had 48 hours to pony up for extra bandwidth (a wild guess, there), it looks as if it’s ready to cautiously let even more people join the fun. The CEO has confirmed via a blog post that Skyfire will “open batches of downloads for new users over the coming days,” with the first batch hitting right about now. It’ll be first come, first serve, so you know what to do there. In related news, he also affirmed that it’s still available to US downloaders for now, but that “additional country support” would follow shortly. Huzzah! [Thanks, Ankur] Continue reading Skyfire being rereleased into App Store ‘in batches,’ coming to other nations in due time Skyfire being rereleased into App Store ‘in batches,’ coming to other nations in due time originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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