The dollar gained against its European counterpart in Asian trading Monday ahead of a meeting of euro-zone finance ministers later in the global day
euro The dollar gained against its European counterpart in Asian trading Monday ahead of a meeting of euro-zone finance ministers later in the global day. Most currency pairs stuck to recent ranges ahead of a U.S. market holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Today’s U.S. holiday and an absence of... [Read More]
The Social Network, a drama about the founding of Facebook, won the Golden Globe for the year’s best drama
the-social-network-men The Social Network, a drama about the founding of Facebook, won the Golden Globe for the year’s best drama, ensuring it heads into the home stretch of the Hollywood awards season as the hot Oscar favourite. It also won the best original score, beating Indian music maestro... [Read More]
Our Solar System – Size Of Planets and Stars to Scale
WTF is the point of creating a universe 13.7 billion years ago with hundreds of billions of galaxies with hundreds of billions of stars in each and an even bigger number of planets and so on, if the whole “point” was to have a random tard in a random tribe somewhere 2000 years ago to get... [Read More]
David Nelson dies at 74; last surviving member of the TV sitcom family
From top, David, Harriet, Ozzie and Ricky Nelson played fictionalized versions of themselves in TV’s “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” which aired from 1952 to 1966. David Nelson and his brother, Rick, joined their parents on ‘The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet’ on radio in 1949.... [Read More]
Australian stars such as Jess and Lisa Origliasso of The Veronicas have both expressed concern for their fellow Queenslanders
Rachael-Finch They were joined by other Australian personalities including Andrew Gunsberg, Russell Crowe and Ricki-Lee Coulter, who all tweeted throughout the day about the floods, encouraging their fans to support or donate. Regular tweeter Megan Gale returned to the site after a 10-day break with... [Read More]
‘My son should be punished’ says mother of student rioter who hurled fire extinguisher from roof of Tory
edward-woollard The mother of the student who threw a fire extinguisher from the roof of the Conservative Party headquarters said he deserves to be punished when he is sentenced tomorrow. Tania Garwood said her son Edward Woollard, 18, had done a ‘terrible and awful thing’ when he hurled the canister... [Read More]
Inspiring story of a blind Indian man who completed his mba
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Seven rule of smartness in social networking
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A list of Auctioned Players in IPL india series
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Basque Group ETA Announces End of 40 Year-Terror Campaign That Killed 800
ETA-Spain-1 Basque terror group ETA, which has killed more than 800 people in a four-decade fight for independence from Spain, announced a permanent cease-fire. “ETA has decided to declare a permanent and general cease- fire that can be verified by the international community,” said a statement posted... [Read More]
A review of the final ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’: ‘Our life is in your hands, Sarah!
eminem-sarah-palin Sarah Palin’s Alaska wrapped up its first and final season with two hours of Palin-mania: Our Sarah and her family went gold-prospecting, kayaking, blueberry-picking, and moose-kissing. (You do it by putting a banana in your mouth and extending it to the moose’s mouth. No kidding.)... [Read More]
Senator Brown feels ‘terrible’ for Craigslist Killer’s Irish fiancée
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A farmer in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures has found about 80 dead pigeons on his farm 20 kilometres west of Quebec City.
dead-bird-close Dozens of pigeons found dead on farm near Quebec City SAINT AUGUSTIN DE DESMAURES Reports of dead birds falling from the sky have made headlines across the world this week, and now authorities are investigating a similar mystery near Quebec City after a farmer found about 80 dead pigeons... [Read More]
Defense Secretary to cancel orders of F-35 jet
F-35JSF Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, will cancel the orders of F-35 jet as part of a wider plan to lessen the spending of Pentagon by $100 billion. The cutting of orders will go over the next three to five years and Gates will discuss it to the Congress today. The five-year spending plan for the... [Read More]
Retired! Snubbed Kumble pulls out of IPL auction
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A quick roundup of smartphones that were released in 2010, smartphones that are due for launch in the New Year
29sld-htc-mozart-desire-hd A quick roundup of smartphones that were released in 2010, smartphones that are due for launch in the New Year and pathbreaking technologies that promise to produce clean energy inexpensively and transfer high-speed data on photon networks instead of fibre optics.HTC to launch... [Read More]
The Most Good Looking Movies of 2010
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Floods devastating large areas of Australia’s Queensland state will worsen in the coming days, with more damage expected across the continent, authorities warned Friday.
Australia flood Heavy rains and flooding in central Queensland have cut coal production and exports from the region. Heavy Rains Hit Australia The floods have forced many of the biggest miners including BHP Billiton Ltd., Rio Tinto Ltd. and Anglo American PLC to stop production and cancel deliveries. Oil... [Read More]
French “No Anorexia” model dies at age of 28
allegra-versace-anorexia A French model who campaigned against anorexia by posing nude for an advertising campaign while suffering from the disease has died at the age of 28, French media reported on Thursday. Isabelle Caro, whose 2007 “No Anorexia” campaign was banned in Italy, died on November... [Read More]
TV Highlights: Million Dollar Money Drop, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
MDMD_MY On the last night of the “Million Dollar Money Drop” week-long premiere (Fox at 8), another team tries to answer seemingly simple trivia questions and not lose a ton of money in the process. For those who think Christmas is just about presents and cookies, think again – “Christmas... [Read More]
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Developer defends claims of backdoors in OpenBSD
openbsd The former OpenBSD developer who has caused a stir by claiming that the FBI had, through certain other OpenBSD developers, planted backdoors in its cryptographic code, says he raised the matter only to encourage a source code audit of the OpenBSD project. Forrester: boost earnings by $220,643 Data... [Read More]
