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Latin America stocks slip, investors weigh US plan
Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:18 PM EDT
Latin American stocks fell on Friday, ending the week largely even as investors weighed a U.S. Federal Reserve plan to buy up to $1 trillion in bonds to ease credit and boost growth.
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Why Firefox is So Slow...
Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:46 PM EDT
I never thought I'd say that Firefox is too slow. I never thought I'd see the day when IE was faster and more stable than Firefox. Why?
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A Moderate Manifesto -Barack Obama is not who we thought he was
Seeded on Tue Mar 3, 2009 10:23 PM EST (The New York Times)
NYT columnist regrets voting for Obama.
And None Dare Call It Treason. Who is Randy Scheunemann?
Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:23 PM EDT (Human Events)
Scheunemann's resume as a War Party apparatchik is lengthy. He signed the PNAC (Project for the New American Century) letter to President Clinton urging war on Iraq, four years before 9-11.
Shock to the System
Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:01 PM EDT (Popular Science - )
The first time the Army Specialist got blown up in Iraq, a cluster of anti-tank explosives jolted his Humvee. The second, third and fourth times he was hit, were IEDs. Number five was the worst when an IED blew everyone off the road.
Don't Forget Our Nation Was Born To Be Christian
Seeded on Sat Aug 9, 2008 1:34 PM EDT (The Kansas City Star)
In the end, God will have the last word. Psalm 9:17 says, "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." We can't say we weren't warned.
Tyson Chicken Plant Drops Labor Day for Muslim Holiday
Seeded on Tue Aug 5, 2008 11:36 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)
A 5-year contract approved by members of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union at the Shelbyville, Tenn., plant last November includes the change to accommodate Muslim workers. The plant has 1,200 workers, 250 of whom are Somalian, and are assumed to be Muslim.
Death rates lower in coffee-drinking women
Seeded on Mon Jul 7, 2008 9:08 PM EDT (Arcamax)
Women who drink coffee regularly have lower death rates, a benefit that doesn't appear to accrue to men, a Spanish researcher says.
American Thinker: Disconfirmations Disconfirmed: Saddam Had Nuke Program
Seeded on Sun Jul 6, 2008 8:38 PM EDT (American Thinker)
The media have been telling us for years that Saddam had no WMD, so "Bush's War": was based on a "lie." And those who believed Saddam did have WMD or WMD programs were delusional or worse. But today, on July 6, 2008, the Associated Press reports that
Small coffee shop fans enjoy widespread coffee culture, hate the Starbucks that created it
Seeded on Sun Jul 6, 2008 10:58 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
One coffee drinker's bad news is another coffee drinker's good news, it seems.
Thank the Troops!
Seeded on Sat Jul 5, 2008 4:17 PM EDT ()
Moment of Thanks is a special website where anybody can personally thank America's Military for their service and sacrifice. It's so important for our troops to know they are loved and appreciated for their service.
Struggling Starbucks’ woes could get worse
Wed Jul 2, 2008 4:50 PM EDT
Standing in front of industry analysts two years ago, Starbucks executives gleefully proclaimed that the coffee chain's rapid-fire expansion was so successful, it could even support two outlets in one building. Not only that, executives bragged, but the brand was so strong it could be used to sell everything from Scrabble boards to breakfast sandwiches.
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'Angels' Deliver Music to Wounded Troops
Seeded on Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:52 AM EDT (http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
Soldier's Angels, a Veteran Service Organization, has 200,000 volunteers supporting service members in the field, Fisher's Houses, VA Medical Centers and Military Hospitals.
Home-Front Support is Key to Success, Soldier Says
Seeded on Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:37 AM EDT (AmericaSupportsYou.mil)
Support from their fellow citizens is vital to the success of servicemembers fighting the war on terror. Support means everything. A letter, a care package, a telephone call, a visit, a blanket -- anything means everything.
Court rules in favor of Second Amendment gun right
Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:18 AM EDT
The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
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Sxipper Automatically Fills in Web Forms
Seeded on Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:23 AM EDT (Lifehacker)
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Sxipper automates your web logins and form filling through a simple, attractive interface.
Confessions of a Coffee Snob
Sat Mar 1, 2008 1:22 AM EST
I can't get through the day without my morning cup of coffee. Throughout the years, my definition of what constitutes coffee has become more defined and constrained.
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If George W Bush could run for a 3rd term, would I vote for him?
Sat Feb 9, 2008 1:47 AM EST
If all the people I have read and heard from do not vote because of their dissatisfaction of the direction we are going, they are voting for the default candidate. The default party is the same party as has been running since the turn of the 20th century.
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At Last, a $20,000 Cup of Coffee
Seeded on Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:19 AM EST (The New York Times)
With its brass-trimmed halogen heating elements, glass globes and bamboo paddles, the new contraption that is to begin making coffee this week at the Blue Bottle Café here looks like a machine from a Jules Verne novel, a 19th-century vision of the future.
Scoop's Bar Is Now Open: One Free Drink Per Quote
Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:32 AM EST
I was thinking today of something Newsvine is missing. It hit me yesterday when I was experimenting with having a "safe/free zone" from articles about war, immigration, politics, etc I suggested I offer free drinks and at least one person jumped on the chance.
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The Irony of It: I have to pay taxes to another government even when i don't pay to my own
Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:22 AM EST
I'm saddened by the fact that I would have give up quite a big chunk of my Newsvine earnings. A 30% tax is absolutely outrageous, it's just too much. They say I'll be able to 'redeem' it from the US Government but I see nothing that would make me believe that.
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Ex-CIA director: U.S. faces 'World War IV'
Seeded on Fri Jun 1, 2007 9:49 PM EDT (CNN)
Former CIA Director James Woolsey said Wednesday the United States is engaged in World War IV, and that it could continue for years.
Lower gout risk for coffee lovers
Seeded on Tue May 29, 2007 11:26 PM EDT (BBC News)
Drinking four or more cups of coffee a day may cut the risk of having a painful attack of gout, say Canadian scientists.
I need to know
Seeded on Sat May 26, 2007 9:20 AM EDT (YouTube)
This video was made by a 15 year old girl to honor the troops and their families. It is only 5:23 long, but if a picture is worth a thousand words, then this is worth a library.
Write For INeedCoffee and Get Paid
Seeded on Thu May 24, 2007 6:22 AM EDT (INeedCoffee.com)
For over 8 years INeedCoffee has remained commercial free. Growth has been phenomenal. If they came to the point that it was time to add advertising, they would do it in a way that shared the revenue with their writers.
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