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28Apr/10

More medical tests planned for Bret Michaels

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doctors plan further testing to help pinpoint the source of the brain hemorrhage that is keeping Bret Michaels in intensive care, according to the rocker’s Web site.
A report from doctors is expected this week. The Web site doesn’t say where Michaels, 47, is hospitalized.
“Please remember Bret is, and always has been, [...]

28Apr/10

Did Mindy McCready OK Her Sex Tape?

Vivid
Remember that unauthorized Mindy McCready sex tape? Not so unauthorized. In fact, E! News has a document that makes it seem very, very authorized.
Vivid Entertainment has come up with, and shared with us, what appears to an authentic, notarized consent form signed by one “Malinda G. McCready” (Mindy’s real name) on Jan. 13, 2009.
Yep, 2009.
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28Apr/10

HP buys Palm for $1.2B US

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard Co. has purchased ailing smartphone maker Palm Inc. for $1.2 billion US, HP announced Wednesday.
HP said it will pay $5.70 a share in cash for Palm, a U.S. smartphone maker that ran into commercial problems against iPhone and other next-generation communication devices.
“The combination … will enhance HP’s ability to participate more aggressively [...]

28Apr/10

COLLEGE BASKETBALL STANFORD WOMEN / History may be on line at Maples

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28Apr/10

World Cup Trophy arrives in Canada

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28Apr/10

Financial reform vote fails 3rd time in Senate

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republicans blocked progress on Democrats’ sweeping financial reform for a third day on Wednesday, although the distance between the two sides was not huge and a bill is eventually expected to pass.
Republicans pressed for a compromise measure, seeking concessions such as protecting car dealers from the reach of a proposed new [...]

28Apr/10

Podcast OPML – change

This is just to tell you that Alan Oglvie has published a post today on the Radio Labs blog about a slight format change to the OPML formatted feed for BBC Podcasts:
Because any change to the structure of an XML document like this will probably cause some minor headaches to you – we’ve set up [...]

28Apr/10

Zoologger: Keep freeloaders happy with rotting corpses

Zoologger: Keep freeloaders happy with rotting corpses
12:25 21 April 2010 by Colin Barras
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Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world.
Species: Nephila clavipes
Habitat: Areas of high humidity and relatively open space, south-east US and South America
Pretty name, not-so-pretty domestic [...]

28Apr/10

Toxic asphalt sludge is home to hardy microbes

Toxic asphalt sludge is home to hardy microbes
22 April 2010
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LIQUID asphalt is not a likely home, but hardy microbes have been found thriving in a natural lake made of the stuff. The discovery hints that alien life could [...]

28Apr/10

Independent Networks Co-operative Association chief Malcolm Corbett interview: part I

As chief executive of the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), Malcolm Corbett is well acquainted with the issues surrounding the national rollout of optical fibre-based next generation broadband access (NGA), and has some interesting views on how best to fund it.
The INCA aims to co-ordinate the emerging patchwork of regional and local NGA projects, bringing [...]