links for 2007-01-27
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Yesterday, a minority group of conservative senators killed a clean minimum wage bill that would have raised the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. Instead, the Senate will now be voting on a “compromise” bill that will pair a minimum wage increas
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WASHINGTON – Vice President Dick Cheney exerted “constant” pressure on the Republican former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee to stall an investigation into the Bush administration’s use of flawed intelligence on Iraq, the panel’s Democratic
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SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) — Wildlife officials on Thursday credited a woman with saving her husband’s life by clubbing a mountain lion that attacked him while the couple hiked in a California state park.
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This Is What Civil War Looks Like
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An immigration raid at a huge North Carolina pork-packing plant provoked protests yesterday from union officials, who said the company, Smithfield Foods, had collaborated with the authorities searching for illegal immigrants to discourage its workers from
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WASHINGTON — Maine on Thursday became the first state to officially decline to comply with the Real ID Act of 2005, the federal law that critics say lays the foundation for creation of a national identity card.
Both houses of the state Legislature
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Senators vow to press the chairman and four commissioners on matters such as media-ownership diversity, Internet access, broadcast decency standards and delays in resolving various issues. The hearing may cover the waterfront, Democratic staff members say
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Consumer advocates urged Congress on Thursday to limit the rates and fees that credit card companies can impose, saying the industry’s heavy-handed tactics are piling on debt for many Americans.
“No industry in America is more de -
CHICAGO (AFP) – A soldier with the storied 101st Airborne division was sentenced to 18 years in jail after he pled guilty to his role in the killing of three Iraqi detainees during a raid north of Baghdad, the military said.
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San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) warned ABC, Inc. Thursday not to pursue its bogus copyright infringement claims against ‘Spocko’ — a blogger who sparked nationwide debate over a San Francisco radio station — and asked the media
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But mounting evidence suggests that Digg traffic in particular is less like networking with like-minded individuals at a social event and more like getting attacked by a pack of wild dogs, who leave nothing of value in their wake, other than lessons learn
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I had joined Digg last year, buying into the hype that this is something we must do in a Web 2.0 world. The belief is that the traffic that comes is great for your marketing efforts. I’ve already written about my dislike for Digg and how some Diggers ga
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With little press attention, President Bush is actively implementing his escalation policy, even as a bipartisan majority of Congress is expected to back a resolution opposing the plan.
On January 10, hours before Bush officially announced his new polic -
Whether you’ve integrated computers into every corner of your home for work and play like I have (two computers for work and a dedicated, home-built DVR), or you’ve got kids and computers strewn all around the house, you probably understand how difficult
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