Got Digg Swag?GOP governor slams party
politico.com — Jon Huntsman, the GOP governor of the ruby-red state of Utah, has some tough criticism of his own party. Huntsman has been one of the leading GOP voices on dealing with climate change, and he was blunt in criticizing elements of his party for ignoring the impact of global warming. He also was critical of the Bush administration’s foreign policy.More… (Political Opinion)
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Scummy Radio Psychiatrist Secretly Paid by Drug Companies
nytimes.com — An influential psychiatrist who served as the host of public radio’s “The Infinite Mind” earned at least $1.3 million from 2000 to 2007 giving marketing lectures for drug makers, income not mentioned on the program. Senator Grassley of Iowa has proposed legislation that requires drug makers to publicly post all payments of $500 or more to doctors.More… (Health)
7FluidAHFannie, Freddie Suspend Evictions During Holiday Season
washingtonpost.com — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced yesterday that they are temporarily suspending foreclosures and evictions during the holiday season in an effort to keep people from losing their homes. More… (Business & Finance)
syumbulShould we clone a Neanderchimp?
newscientist.com — With a rough draft of the Neanderthal genome due around Christmas season, some reports speculate on the prospect for a Neanderthal-human hybrid or the more ethically palatable chimpanzee-human mashup.More… (General Sciences)
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Linux is a kernel, Now STFU
linuxhaxor.net — Ok. How many times did it happen to you that whenever you say “Linux” referring to Linux Distro or Linux as an OS in general, some righteous-grammar nazi pops out of nowhere only to correct you by pointing out the obvious and the annoying fact that “Linux is actually a kernel”?More… (Linux/Unix)
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MIchael Vick out of prison...taken to jail for more charges
sports.espn.go.com — Vick arrived Thursday afternoon from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., where he's serving a 23-month sentence for a federal dogfighting conspiracy.More… (American & Canadian Football)
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Buffalo News reporter dies after fall at press box
comcast.net — Tom Borrelli died of complications at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday. He had been hospitalized in critical condition since he was hurt covering a high school football game Nov. 8.More… (American & Canadian Football)
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Alien Pink Light in Sky over London {PICS]
dailymail.co.uk — Bemused bystanders in Mayfair craned their necks to witness the strange alien-like cloud that appeared for just under an hour at around 8:30pm.More… (Environment)
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Obama to IOC: How about Chicago for the 2016 Games?
usatoday.com — President-elect Barack Obama made a personal appeal Friday to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to his home city of Chicago.More… (Olympics)
AFelsinger10 Really Cool Windows 7 Media Center Features
gizmodo.com — A few days back, I showed you the new touch interface for Media Center PCs running Windows 7, and though I had to pull the video, I promised a walkthrough of proposed Windows 7 Media Center features.More… (Microsoft)
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Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise
news.yahoo.com — The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free soda to everyone in America if the album dropped in 2008. "Chinese Democracy," infamously delayed since recording began in 1994, goes on sale Sunday.More… (Music)
MrFettuccineWarriors, Knicks agree on Crawford-Harrington Deal
sports.espn.go.com — The Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks have received league approval to complete a trade that will swap disgruntled Warriors forward Al Harrington for Knicks guard Jamal Crawford.More… (Basketball)
irfanmpBeauty Is Truth In Mathematical Intuition
sciencedaily.com — Rolf Reber, together with mathematician Morten Brun and psychologist Karoline Mitterndorfer, all from the University of Bergen, Norway, have reported first empirical evidence for the use of beauty as truth and they have provided an explanation for this phenomenon, based on the processing fluency theory of beauty.More… (General Sciences)
lekaheMicrosoft modifies Zune subscription model
reuters.com — Microsoft Corp announced a new music subscription plan for owners of its Zune players, which would allow them to keep 10 tracks per month and add them to their permanent collection.More… (Microsoft)
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The Surprising Origins of Your Favorite Video Games
gamesradar.com — Believe it or not, but some of your favorite games began life as completely different titles. Balderdash, you might say. Poppycock, even. While it’s known that game development is more rocky than smooth, there have been a number of instances when devs and producers take their widely-anticipated title back to the drawing board.More… (Gaming Industry News)
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