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1 hr ago | Roch Around the Clock

Cohen steps down as majority owner of NHL's Florida Panthers; 2 partners named replacements

Florida Panthers majority owner Alan Cohen is stepping down to allow two minority partners to run the NHL franchise.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Hockey, Florida Panthers, NHL Southeast Division, Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

6 hrs ago | Free Republic

Nine shot and wounded outside S.F. concert

Nine people were shot and wounded after a fight broke out outside a concert in San Francisco, authorities said today.

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Related Topix: The Nine, Hip-Hop, The a-Team

10 hrs ago | Formula 1 Blog

Mercedes acquires Brawn GP

The interesting twist of the week has been the inability to sign or re-sign World Champion Jenson Button at Branw GP.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Brawn GP, Jenson Button

14 hrs ago | Free Republic

Statement by Sen. John McCain (on 9/11 terror trials)...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain issued the following statement on the Obama Administration's decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Al-Qaeda terrorists suspected of planning and executing the September 11th attacks in the United States Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York: 'I am extremely ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Prison

Sun Nov 15, 2009

BleacherReport

Home Loss to Chiefs Realistically Ends Oakland Raiders' Season

Oakland blew it hard today. There game against the Chiefs continued a trend that was hard to watch for Raider fans.

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Related Topix: Sports, NFL Football, Oakland Raiders, JaMarcus Russell, Michael Bush, Chaz Schilens, NFL Players

Most Valuable Network

Fourth quarter explosion leads to 41-17 Titan victory

Catapulted by 24 unanswered points in the 4th quarter, the Tennessee Titans increased their improbable winning streak to three in today's 41-17 victory over the Buffalo Bills.

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Related Topix: Sports, NFL Football, Tennessee Titans, Chris Johnson (Tennessee Titans), Vince Young, NFL Players, Keith Bulluck, Vincent Fuller, Ryan Mouton

PhoneNews.com

Sprint Launches Palm Pixi

As expected, Sprint has launched the long awaited Palm Pixi webOS device, the second webOS-based device from Palm and the second such device available from Sprint after the Pre.

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Related Topix: Cameras

Global Voices Online

Azerbaijan: More reaction to video blogger trial verdict

Freedom of Speech , Cyber-Activism , Human Rights , Protest , Youth , International Relations Languages: French , Polish , English Special: Blogger News Full Category List Excerpt Days after the sentencing of two video blogging youth activists in Azerbaijan, other bloggers are starting to speak out about the imprisonment of Adnan Hajizade and Emin ...

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Related Topix: Blog News, Activism, Prison

West Side Sun

Hot-shooting Kent State holds off Alabama-Birmingham, 72-65

Timely outside shooting when Kent State seemingly could not get a defensive rebound or an offensive post-up proved good enough to lift the Golden Flashes to a 72-65 victory over Alabama-Birmingham Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Sports, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Sports, Kent State University NCAA, Kent State Golden Flashes NCAA Basketball, Mike McKee, Brandon Parks, Tyree Evans, Anthony Simpson, Randal Holt

VDARE.com

Obama Wants Congress To Put Off Fort Hood Probe

The President who thinks we shouldn't jump to conclusions about Dr. Hasan's Jihad doesn't want an investigation to clarify the facts either.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Sat Nov 14, 2009

WIBW

Florida Stays Unbeaten With Win over South Carolina

Tim Tebow tied the Southeastern Conference touchdown record and No. 1 Florida gained its first perfect league season in 13 years with a 24-14 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Caleb Sturgis, Stephen Garcia, Tim Tebow, Sports, Florida Gators NCAA Football, University of Florida NCAA, NCAA Sports, NCAA Football, Joe Haden, Riley Cooper

Guardian Unlimited

Ruling for Apple against Psystar means clone-makers have no legal resource

Psystar, the little company in Florida that seemed for a while to be based in the back of a truck while it made Apple clones based on PC hardware, has lost all its claims against Apple in a legal victory that is an important ruling against would-be clone makers.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, PC, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Computers

The Huffington Post

Google Makes Concessions On Digital Book Deal

Internet search leader Google will ease its control over millions of copyright-protected books earmarked for its digital library if a court approves a revised lawsuit settlement that addresses objections of antitrust regulators.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines

HolyCoast.com

Contract With America 2

This is promising : Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker and purveyor of the GOP "Contract With America'' that helped his party win control of the House after President Bill Clinton's election, says GOP chairman Michael Steele has started work on a new framework for 2010 that he is calling "First principles.'' "I've been talking with ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Tom DeLay, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bill Clinton, History in the News

Cop briefs ajc.com

China investigates 2 deaths after flu vaccinations

Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Shanghai Daily

Execution likely to be asked for Sept. 11 suspects

PROCLAIMED Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be brought to trial in a civilian US courthouse in New York, near the site of the devastating 2001 terror attacks.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Death Penalty, Cuba, World News, US Military, US Navy, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

VH1 News

Robert Pattinson Recalls The Frenzy Over His Taxi Accident

Robert Pattinson BEVERLY HILLS, California - As we near the end of 2009 and look back on the biggest news stories of the year, names like Michael Jackson, Barack Obama and Balloon Boy will inevitably be mentioned.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Twilight, Remember Me, New Moon, Adventure, Musical Movies, Twilight, PA, Movies, Entertainment

The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

U.S. Identifies 111,000 Immigrants With Criminal Records

Among the immigrants identified through the program, known as Secure Communities, more than 11,000 had been charged with or convicted of the most serious crimes, including murder and rape, domestic security officials said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Prison, Immigration Reform, Criminal Defense Law, Law, George Bush, W.

Freerepublic.com

Windows 7 borrowed 'look' of Mac

A Microsoft executive was quoted in an interview as saying "what we've tried to do with Windows 7...is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics". The comments, by partner group manager Simon Aldous, appeared in UK computing trade magazine PCR.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Computers, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, PC

Computer And Video Games

360 does 10m in Europe, Africa, Middle East

Microsoft has announced that it's cleared 10 million consoles sold across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in its first four years.

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Related Topix: Xbox 360, Video Games, Microsoft Xbox

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