Did McCain Camp Check Palin's Background?

What constitutes "great lengths"? What comprises "a careful, meticulous vetting process"? These are questions that the Republican Party must face as the media frenzy surrounding Sarah Palin's VP candidacy...

US Celebrities Spied During WWII

BBC News is reporting that many celebrities were spies for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. During the time period of World War II, the OSS is said to have had 23,000 covert agents working...

Podcaster alert: get free...and legal music

Pod-casters, webcasters and music lovers would now be able to indulge in their favourite hobby with the added benefit of legality. Is this so good to be true?   " Get Free Music And...

Film of 1907 Vancouver out on DVD

Interesting to see what the city looked like a hundred years ago. "Film of 1907 Vancouver out on DVDAnd historical society retraces old filmmaker's path with new Granville movieLena Sin ,  The Province Published: Sunday,...

Ethan Zuckerman: the history of digital community, in less than 7 minutes

Depending on your geek cred this is either a great review or fantastic education in the historical milestones of the Internet.  "Fasten your time machine seatbelt. As part of the Berkman Center’s ongoing...

London Zoo celebrates its 180th birthday

I remember my first trip to London Zoo.I was about 9 and  my mum promised my brother and I she would take us one day when we were off school. So when that day finally came, I was so excited. I had never seen...

Darwin's first draft goes online

The first draft of Charles Darwin, father of biology has been put online for the first time. Darwinism had made the most scientists to think about the nature and globe in very strange way. According to BBC article, the first draft of Darwin has been put online for the first...

Wal-Mart Internal Videos for Rent (AP)

When you think "Wal-Mart video sale", you're probably thinking commercial DVDs... but not in this case. After Wal-Mart fired multimedia contractors Flagler Productions, the spurned company was left with 30 years'...

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MI5 BLOCKING RELEASE OF SENSITIVE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FILES

"The life of my uncle, John Francis Smith, remains something of an enigma and many questions remain unanswered. After his death on 05 March 2005, I was left with the job of not only organising his funeral but also of...

Flickr to Host Library of Congress Photos

Library of Congress: We've got all of these images but they're so hard to organize. We should have some way of identifying them with descriptive words! But how are we going to tag them all?Flickr: Why not crowdsource...

Of Course!

"James Antle, blogging at Teh American Spectator... "David Freddoso argues that if the Republican nomination contest comes down to a Giuliani-Huckabee race -- no sure thing but one of the possibilities we now face -- it would threaten the post-Reagan GOP coalition. I...

Bionic Commando

"Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed the return of one of its classic franchises with the announcement that Bionic Commando® is in development for the...

Vast Nazi archive opens to public

I guess Ahmadinejad has some studying to do. "AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - After more than 60 years, Nazi documents stored in a vast warehouse in Germany were unsealed Wednesday, opening a rich resource for Holocaust historians and for survivors to delve into their own...

Nazi Archive Opens to Public after 60 years

It is a crime in itself to hold this information for so long. "AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - After more than 60 years, Nazi documents stored in a vast warehouse in Germany were unsealed Wednesday, opening a rich...

Blogging and FOIA and public document issue

Blogger allegedly searches and comes up with online copies of city employee pay stubs. Employee salaries are a matter of public record. City tells Google (Blogger.com) to take down the link to the stubs. They did but questions remain. "Parker and Carvalho refused to discuss...

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