Aide: Obama on track to nominate Clinton

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- An aide to Barack Obama's transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving. One week after the former primary...

Google Site Search gets more demanding

With Google Site Search, you can create a search engine for your organization's websites in just a few minutes. " Customers today demand speed. Waiting around is so, well, yesterday -- as so many of the...

Beijing Subway Gets Americanized -- Longer Service Hours, US English Announce...

Two quickies that show you that the Beijing Subway is getting more American than anything: first off, after pulling off 24-hour services from August 8 through 9, 2008, the Beijing Subway is now extending its service...

'Magic' Johnson introduces PSAs for AIDS awareness

" LOS ANGELES  -- Former NBA player Earvin "Magic" Johnson Monday introduced a pair of public service announcements targeted at minority communities and encouraging people to be tested for HIV and AIDS.Earvin...

The ultimate guide to find the best biking tour of Italy

Doing a biking tour of Italy is probably the safest way to visit Italy. You can travel with your family or in small groups. All you have to do is to get a map of Italy, make yourself a specific route and go...

Six Factors To Reconsider About Microsoft Office Communications Server

"Remember the old philosophical puzzler: If a tree falls down in a forest and nobody is there to hear it, are we sure it made a sound? With Tuesday's launch of Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft is trying to render centuries of existential debate moot. Because as...

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to Resign, Run for Senate

"U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is expected to resign Thursday to clear the way for a Senate campaign in 2008, giving Republicans a welcome dose of good political news. Johanns will be joined by President...

Arctic Sovereignty: Canada May Fast Track Native Claims

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorFaster than you can say "If we can't have it, neither will you", The Canadian Government sees the Light in the Arctic Sovereignty Debate with Russia and considers the...

President Bush Meets With Canadian, Mexican Leaders at North American Leaders...

"MONTEBELLO, Quebec — President Bush, tending to relations with two border nations, sought Monday to invigorate his partnership with like-minded leaders of Canada and Mexico. Bush arrived by mid-afternoon in the...

Citizen Journalism Site to Shut Down

"(AP) A news site that has allowed its users to write and submit their own articles is shutting down, citing unspecified "business issues." Backfence Inc. had "hyperlocal" sites serving 13 communities in the...

Citizen journalism site to shut down

This story was sent to me by my old buddy Jack Kapica (subscribe) at the Globe and Mail. He's been  following citizen journalism and wrote a great story about NowPublic (and wrote some great words about me in a...

Saving The Planet With Ethos - Forum

The Only Place To Be When It Comes To Saving Planet Earth!This Forum would have to be one of the best I have seen in ages.It is extremely informative and covers Issues like; Saving Our Planet - Introductions, Environmental news & Issues, Earth Changes and Preparedness....

Can a phone virus kill you?

Deadly virus phone threat causes panic in Pakistan.....This reminds me of a similar incident here in Nigeria some few years back, precisely in November/December 2004.The virus was said to call numbers indiscriminately and either provides one with caller ID of this sort; 999,...

Deadly virus phone threat causes panic

Mobile service providers in Pakistan have been inundated by calls from subscribers worried by a prank message that they could die of a deadly virus being transmitted via their phones. The rumor was so effective that some mosques in the country's biggest city, Karachi,...

Dubuque climbs latest Forbe List

""Unemployment rates are at their lowest levels since 2001," he said. "I don't think we've returned to the boom times of the late 1990s by any stretch, but we now have a pretty healthy environment for workers."""In the rankings' heavily weighted job-creation category, Dubuque...

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