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...

Motrin Learns: Hell Hath No Fury Like Baby-Wearing Moms

When it comes to marketing, the first rule to remember is "know your audience".  It's pretty simple, actually, but apparently not in practice by the marketing firm for Motrin.They released an ad on their website...

Obama Gaff, Apologizes to Nancy Reagan for 'Seance' Comment

"WASHINGTON -- President-elect Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for joking that she held seances in the White House.At a news conference in Chicago, Obama said he had spoken with all the living...

Canaan Partners Sponsors Upcoming 2008 Pop!Tech Scarcity and Abundance Confer...

"General Partner John Balen Will Speak at the Conference Focused on Creating a Better World Through Visionary Conversations On Science, Technology and the Future of Ideas"

Ex-cop's wire-wearing pal charged in scuffle

"CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A man who says he cooperated with police and wore a wire during conversations with a former police sergeant considered a suspect in his wife's disappearance was charged Friday with battery after shoving Drew Peterson in a barber shop parking lot. ...

Google Introduces a Cartoonlike Method for Talking in Chat Rooms

"On Tuesday the company introduced Lively, an online tool that allows people to embody a cartoonish online avatar and have text-based conversations with friends and other Internet users in virtual chat rooms. The rooms can be added to any blog or Web site. Google unveiled...

Textual attraction: the secret of the perfect text to win a lady's heart

This recent news seems to give tips for men to lure a girl for a date - to not bank on his sex appeal but on his 'text appeal.'  In a survey the report said - "Those most likely to succeed combine wit and some innocent flirting into an abbreviated phone message.""A poll...

Twitter Conversations Come To A Screaming Halt; Users Simply Move To Friendfeed

I've become a bit addicted to Twitter in the past while. I've been playing with it and if you subscribe to the right feeds it can be a great way to keep up on whatever you're interested in. I wish I could find more...

Will Israel Attack Iran's Nuclear Facilities Before the End of the Bush Admin...

Nouriel Roubini has successfully predicted many things well before they happened or were even seen as plausible.   For this reason, his recent post is particularly ominous."I had the pleasure to meet and...

Knife crime: LONDON Police seize 200 weapons in stop and search blitz

"The kitchen knife is the most common weapon used in teenage stabbings, Sir Ian Blair said today, as he revealed that close to 200 weapons have been seized since officers stepped up stop and search measures in...

Business of Needs versus Business of Wants...Staying Power

Waiting for my turn at the post office this morning, I run into a longtime acquaintance and we started discussing how our respective businesses where doing.While noticing the ebb and flow that goes with any activity, she made a point that resonated.She told me she was in the...

Josef Fritzl confesses to 'addiction'

Josef Fritzl admitted through his lawyer today that he was driven by an addiction that 'got out of control' and made him repeatedly rape his daughter.An addiction is not an excuse though. If you kill someone...

Researchers Studying 'Texting' as its own Language

Oh how I long for someone to release a mashed-up, remixed version of that early-90s Color Me Badd hit...reimagined as "I Wanna Txt U Up".Those crazy kids, they're using their telephones for writing! What will they...

Clinton Won't Disclose Names of Donors, but He will Sell them

Clinton Won't  Disclose Names of Donors to Americans,  but He will Sell them for the Right Price Commentary by Albert N. MillironThe Bush Administration is often described as the  most secretive in...

Skipping Cocktails and Desserts when Eating Out? Consumed to Thrifty!

A`week ago, catching up with a friend, I mentioned my recent thoughts on turning From Consumed to Thrifty as much or more by choice than necessity.She actually followed the same train of thought in the past few months.Having recently left her well paid yet stressful job, she...

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