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2 hrs ago | Ballot Access News

Green Party Member Does Well in First Round in California Special Legislative Election

On November 17, California held the first round in an election to fill the vacant 72nd Assembly seat.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Folk, Assembly

7 hrs ago | The Mobile Register Online

Man named Miranda's Miranda rights violated in case of raped, murdered waitress, lawyer says

The attorney for a Tennessee man accused of killing and sexually assaulting a Shoals waitress in Knoxville wants to quash a statement the suspect gave police after his arrest in 2008, the TimesDaily of Florence, Ala., reports.

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11 hrs ago | Buzzsugar

Oprah Will Say Goodbye to Her Talk Show in 2011

If getting a chance to sit in on Oprah is something you've always wanted to do, you'd better start looking into tickets a ' the queen of daytime talk shows is closing up shop.

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Related Topix: Media, Television, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Entertainment

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Free Republic

FREEP Republican Senators: Tell them to back reading the full 1-202-224-3121

Coburn Backs Off Threat to Read Health Care Bill in Senate The Oklahoma lawmaker says there's uncertainty about whether reading the bill during Thanksgiving week would be productive.

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Related Topix: Tom Coburn, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

LiewCF.com

Google Chrome OS in Plain English

Google Chrome OS is a lightweight open source linux-based operating system developing by Google based on Google's Chrome web browser.

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TechCrunch

Video: Google Chrome OSa s Interface, 7 Second Boot Time, And More

This morning Google unveiled its much-anticipated new operating system, Google Chrome OS.

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Nevada Appeal

US ship repels pirates with guns and sound blasts

Guards aboard the Maersk Alabama used guns and a sound blaster Wednesday to repel the second pirate attack in seven months on the U.S. vessel at a time when ships are increasingly hiring armed security teams to thwart hijackings.

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Related Topix: Piracy News, US Military, US Navy, US News

LinkFilter

Kidnapping, murder, infant burial, sexual abuse in MO case

Three alleged victims of years-ago child sex abuse within a Missouri family told authorities they were forced by one of the accused to kill a man after he was kidnapped, according to new court documents filed in the case.

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Virtual Greality

Teen won't face murder rap in deadly Fort Lupton argument

Prosecutors have reduced the charges against a Fort Lupton teenager who police say was involved in the death of a neighbor last month.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

IGN complete

Left 4 Dead 2 - FAQ/guide

Infected who uses a tongue attack to latch onto a human survivor and thus drag/hang them in the air for the Horde to attack.

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Donklephant

Newsweek's Dumb (And Sexist) Sarah Palin Cover

Why oh why oh why oh why? They gave her an incredibly easy way to ignore the more substantive arguments against her legitimacy as a candidate and focus on their dumb decision to run with the above nonsense.

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Creative Loafing

The Messenger delivers stark lesson about casualties of war

THE MESSENGERS: Captain Tony Stone and Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery deliver the news.

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Related Topix: The Messenger, 3:10 to Yuma, Western, US Military, US Army

Everything Alabama

Maersk Alabama repels 2nd pirate attack with guns

The U.S.-flagged cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama arrives in Mombasa, Kenya, in this Saturday April 11 2009, file photo, after the ship was attacked by Somali pirates firing automatic weapons Wednesday but its unarmed crew locked themselves in a secure room.

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Related Topix: Piracy News, World News, Kenya, North Korea, Asia, US Military, US Navy

HowardThomson.co.uk

Raikkonen rejects F1 for rallying

Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will not be racing in Formula 1 next year after failing to find a drive.

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Related Topix: Sports, Formula-1 Racing, Racing, Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, McLaren, Jenson Button, Brawn GP

The Huffington Post

Gonzaga Basketball Vs. Michigan State: Spartans Beat Bulldogs, 75-71

Durrell Summers hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:02 left, made two at the line with 5.7 seconds to go and finished with 21 points to help No.

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Related Topix: Sports, Durrell Summers, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Sports, Michigan State University NCAA, Michigan State Spartans NCAA Basketball, Gonzaga Bulldogs NCAA Basketball, Gonzaga University NCAA, Steven Gray, Elias Harris, Robert Sacre

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Irish Times

Four women killed and one critically injured in crash

FOUR WOMEN were killed and two people injured in a collision between a car and a pick-up truck on the Galway-Mayo border last night.

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Related Topix: Weather

BleacherReport

Dick Jauron Fired By The Bills: Who Will Be Named His Successor?

Ralph Wilson finally had enough. He had seen the big billboard asking for Head Coach Dick Jauron to be fired.

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Related Topix: Sports, NFL Football, Buffalo Bills, Trent Edwards, NFL Players, Ryan Fitzpatrick

Shanghai Daily

Vulcan's Allen faces second cancer fight

MICROSOFT Corp co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, Microsoft, Software, Lymphoma, Health, Bill Gates

Global Voices Online

Peru: Air Force Officer Charged with Spying for Chile

Peruvian Air Force Officer Victor Ariza Mendoza was arrested and charged with spying for Chile, which has increased the tension between the two countries, leading some to call for the boycott of Chilean products.

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Related Topix: South America, Chile, World News, US Military, US Air Force, Michelle Bachelet, Prison, Blog News

The Tyee.ca

Returning Fire on Gun Registry Critics

Since registry started, long gun murders are down by half. "The recent vote is appalling.

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