Editor's Note: Imagine an upscale coffee bar without prices marked on the menu, where people pay what they think the products are worth. No, this is not a dream - it exists in Kirkland, WA., - but whether this experiment will pay off for a local Google software engineer...
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Fortunately not in real life, but a simulation at the Legal Preparedness for Pandemic Flu conference in San Francisco:“A hypothetical focusing on a potential avian flu outbreak on a college campus located in a densely populated urban environment will be presented. The story...
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No, this is not some Stephen King story - the bizarre accident really happened, a man died and is stuck in 20–feet deep, 30–feet wide hole under what used to be his home. "At about 9:30...
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What does a "Bitch Dog" and a "Palestinian Bomber" have in common? My guess: disgruntled customer service employees messing up their employer's CRM data. LaChania
Govan complained about her cable box/PVR (these things die every two
months or so), so her...
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Two orphaned Kazakh sisters,
abandoned at birth and unaware that the other existed, found themselves
living in the same Berkeley house this summer, thanks to a philanthropic organization that brings Russian and Kazakh orphans to the United States each year for a...
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There are 490 female students at Timken High School, and 65 are pregnant, according to a recent report in the Canton Repository. “School officials are not sure what has caused so many pregnancies “ – Really? Perhaps THEY should go back to school… a little Sex...
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Google to acquire the World in a cash/stock transaction … details undisclosed … the only information known a this time is that they need a little more petty cash for the transaction.(Those who doubt the...
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I must have a twisted mind .. reading Seth Godin’s story about a 90-year-old lady (I figured she must be around that having been a bank customer for 70 years) in the bank reminds me of an article about infants...
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Danish offer a recipe for open source beer Recipe for beer by Vores Ol "Now ... when you here the words "open source" most people think of computer software programs like Linux ...It's a model where the original "source code" can be modified and improved at no...
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"Authorities are baffled over a mystery tree planter who struck again in the rural Oak Park section of east Ventura County. ...Two more oak trees were added this month to the 20 planted in open space since early 2004 and no one knows who put them there. ...The Mystery Tree...
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Jeff Nolan ponders about why taxpayer $ is spent on trying to send tired old vehicles up in space, instead of creating new ones. Btw, for all I know the Russian Progress and Soyuz flights are just as aging as...
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King George (Bush) gets his way after all... Senate does not confirm his nominee? So what? Who cares about the Senate anyway? That's what a recess appointment is for ... and we're stuck with Bolton till...
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Starbucks 2.0: Terra Bite Lounge, Where Coffee is Price-less