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+ MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:34 GMT
Post 9/11 dragnet turns up surprises

A US soldier takes the fingerprints of an Iraqi man using a biometrics digital system camera during an enlistment program session to join the Sahwa group in Mahmudiyah, some 30 kms (18 miles) south of Baghdad, on May 5, 2008. Some 180 Iraqi volunteer fighters presented themselves to be registered and become members of the US-allied anti-Al-Qaeda Sunni Sahwa group, also known as the Sons of Iraq, with a monthly income of USD 300 each, paid by US army. During the session, two Iraqis were arrested by Iraqi soldiers while queueing outside. Both of them were suspected to be involved in acts of violence, the soldiers said. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA (Photo credit should read MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)Increased use of fingerprinting to identify foreign detainees reveals many have U.S. arrest records.



Prospects dim for G-8 climate deal
Prospects that the G8 would reach a meaningful agreement to fight global warming at their annual summit dimmed on Sunday as leaders began arriving in northern Japan with a raft of global problems on their minds.
Tired crews battle 330 Calif. wildfires

A firefighters walks away from a brush fire burning out of control in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Goleta, Calif., on Saturday July 5, 2008. California firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of homes from a huge wildfire.



+ CNET News.com
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:15 GMT
iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan
But the usual suspects--gadget fanatics--aren`t the ones at the front of the line.
Privacy advocates praise Google`s new link
Company`s decision to add a link to its home page that leads to its Privacy Center is enough to quell a controversy.
Photos: Army designates year`s best inventions
Every year, the U.S. Army designates a set of top inventions. This year`s list includes a GPS-guided artillery shell and a new method for saving severely injured soldiers.
+ BusinessWeek Online --
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:34 GMT
Retirement Strategies for Tough Times: Choosing Where to Grow Old
Remodeling your home is enticing. A smaller one might be preferable. Be wary, though, of reverse mortgages


Trouble Brewing for Craft Beer Makers
Microbrewers are dealing with rising commodity prices and a slowing economy by raising prices and consolidating


Viacom vs. YouTube: Beyond Privacy
As Viacom is granted access to YouTube user records, a bigger threat to user-generated sites emerges: The law is increasingly siding with rights owners


+ WebMD Health
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:48:44 GMT
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: New Clue
A new clue to the cause of sudden infant death syndrome comes from baby mice that suddenly die when their brain serotonin levels go haywire.
117 West Nile Virus Deaths in 2007
As the 2008 West Nile virus season begins in the U.S., the CDC says last year there were 175,000 infections, with 1,227 serious cases and 117 deaths.
FDA Urged to Toughen Diabetes Drug Tests
Drug companies should be required to conduct stricter safety tests before marketing new diabetes drugs, expert advisors told the FDA.
Kroger Beef Recall Expands
The Kroger ground beef recall has been expanded to include seveeral supermarket chains in multiple states.
Erections: Use `Em or Lose `Em
The more times per week an aging man has sex, the lower his risk of erectile dysfunction, Finnish researchers find.
+ BusinessWeek Online -- Technology
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:03 GMT
At Yahoo, a Threat from Within
Fleeing executives` gripes: the Microsoft saga, the Google deal, and cumbersome decision-making


Viacom vs. YouTube: Beyond Privacy
As Viacom is granted access to YouTube user records, a bigger threat to user-generated sites emerges: The law is increasingly siding with rights owners


+ ABC News: Travel
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:58 GMT
Cheers! N`Orleans Opens Cocktail Museum
Museum of the American Cocktail honoring history of mixed drinks opens in July.
Seal the Deal: `Power Lunch` Hot Spots
From steakhouses to diners, find out where movers and shakers eat near you.
Int`l Airlines Oppose Bush Fingerprint Plan
Additional costs would put excess financial burden on airlines, reps say.
Continental to Stand Trial in France
French judge orders Continental Airlines to stand trial for Concorde crash.
+ MSNBC.com: Politics
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:54 GMT
Obama `puzzled` by Iraq remarks furor

July 5: Are Barack Obama`s recent comments signs of smart strategy, or a change of course? MSNBC`s Alex Witt reports. (MSNBC)Barack Obama said his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement that he might "refine" his timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops.



Analysis: McCain struggles to regain footing

** FILE ** In this Monday, Feb. 18, 2008 picture, Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks to reporters with senior advisor Steve Schmidt, right, in flight from Houston to Appleton, Wis. At center is his wife Cindy McCain. John McCain put top adviser Schmidt in control of day-to-day campaign operations Wednesday, July 2, 2008 after weeks of private concerns among Republicans that the GOP presidential campaign had not made the transition for the general election. Steve Schmidt, a veteran of President Bush`s re-election and a member of the Arizona senator`s inner circle, will oversee daily political, strategy, coalitions, scheduling and communications efforts from the campaign`s northern Virginia headquarters. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement.



NYT: McCain battles the teleprompter

US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain during a press conference at the Federal Police building in Mexico City on July 3, 2008. McCain arrived in Mexico Wednesday on the second stop of his short Latin America tour seeking to score points with the large Latino voting block back home. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo ESTRELLA (Photo credit should read ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images)John McCain has thrived in the give-and-take of campaign buses, late-night TV couches and town meetings. Now come the more formal speaking demands of a general election campaign.



Dems hit GOP on Medicare cuts
Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts.
+ Slashdot
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:30 GMT
Bletchley Park Faces Financial Rescue


AVG Backs Down From Flooding the Internet


Your Computer As Your Singing Coach


New Pictures of White Knight Two and SpaceshipTwo


KDE 4.1 Beta 2 – Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?


+ BBC News | Education | UK Edition
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:30 GMT
Delays hit pupils` test results
More than a million 11 and 14-year-olds in England will get their Sats results late this year because of administrative chaos.
`Tough job` for choice advisers
Government-backed school choice advisers are finding it hard to reach disadvantaged parents, a study says.
Call for better `global literacy`
Many children in England are being denied a schooling in global events, a survey for an educational charity says.
Call for sex lessons at age four
Two leading sexual health charities call for compulsory sex education for children as young as four.
Jewish school is cleared of bias
A Jewish school is cleared of racially discriminating against an 11-year-old boy it refused to admit.
+ BBC News | Education | UK Edition
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:30 GMT
Delays hit pupils` test results
More than a million 11 and 14-year-olds in England will get their Sats results late this year because of administrative chaos.
`Tough job` for choice advisers
Government-backed school choice advisers are finding it hard to reach disadvantaged parents, a study says.
Call for better `global literacy`
Many children in England are being denied a schooling in global events, a survey for an educational charity says.
Call for sex lessons at age four
Two leading sexual health charities call for compulsory sex education for children as young as four.
Jewish school is cleared of bias
A Jewish school is cleared of racially discriminating against an 11-year-old boy it refused to admit.
+ BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:28 GMT
Five held over teenager`s death
Five people are arrested in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend, who was stabbed to death in south London.
Tories propose fuel duty changes
The Conservatives announce new plans which they say would help motorists struggling with rising fuel costs.
Bush `concern` at N Korea issues
US leader George Bush says there is still concern over North Korea`s alleged uranium enrichment, as G8 leaders gather in Japan.
Student`s family appeal to killer
The parents of a French student stabbed to death and burned in a London flat say his killer "cannot hide forever".
UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid
The UN`s envoy to Afghanistan is to set out a new plan on aid spending amid fears that millions have been wasted.
+ Moreover Technologies - Consumer: health news
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:48:46 GMT
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Mum`s vitamin D levels during pregnancy may affect baby`s dental health
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Mother`s Vitamin D status affects baby`s dental health
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Weight loss programme or exercise? Both, says study
NetIndia123.com Jul 6 2008 9:48AM GMT
Want to stay young? `Cut calories`
The Hindu Jul 6 2008 9:34AM GMT
+ Yahoo! News: Technology News
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:53 GMT
Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs (AP)

A screenshot of YouTube.com, taken on July 3, 2008. (www.youtube.com/Reuters)AP - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.



Terra gets Olympic Internet rights (AP)

China`s National Stadium, known as the Bird`s Nest, left, is seen from the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing Thursday July 3, 2008.  580-hectare (1,433-acre) Olympic Forest Park is part of efforts to create a `Green Olympics`.  (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.



+ Yahoo! News: Technology News
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:01:42 GMT
Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs (AP)

A screenshot of YouTube.com, taken on July 3, 2008. (www.youtube.com/Reuters)AP - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.



Terra gets Olympic Internet rights (AP)

China`s National Stadium, known as the Bird`s Nest, left, is seen from the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing Thursday July 3, 2008.  580-hectare (1,433-acre) Olympic Forest Park is part of efforts to create a `Green Olympics`.  (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.



+ Scientific American
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:47 GMT
ADV: Shenval Bed & Breakfast
Pierre and Christiane Lebrun warmly welcome you to Shenval organic Bed & Breakfast near Loch Ness and Glen Afric in the Highlands of Scotland
Coal War: Georgia Court Halts Construction of New Coal-Fired Plant

Texas Archaeological Dig Challenges Assumptions about First Americans

News Bytes of the Week--Making Beautiful Music: Why the Stradivarius Violin is Worth Millions

Mercury Flyby Reveals Active (but Shrinking) Core

+ " target="_blank" class="caption">Wired Top Stories
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:01:01 GMT
Inside Jokes: Science Writer Jim Holt Explores Why We Laugh

What do you get when you cross scholarly research and dick jokes? Nothing to laugh at, normally. But science writer Jim Holt defies the Heisenberg principle of humor — you can`t study it without killing it — in his book Stop Me If You`ve Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes. We caught up with him walking into a bar.

Wired: One question you tackle is who invented the joke. Weren`t we cracking wise back in the caves?

Holt:No, the classic joke form — setup with incongruity, punch line that resolves the incongruity—seems to have come out of Greece and Rome. There`s this guy in Greek -mythology called Palamedes who invented practically everything — numbers, currency, lighthouses, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He also supposedly invented the joke. And, of course, he was stoned to death.

Wired: So where do new jokes come from?

Holt:It used to be that all the jokes I got came from Wall Street. Now, with the Internet, they`re sort of everywhere and nowhere at once. But the ideas for jokes are cultural — concepts that keep reappearing in different guises over the centuries.

Wired: There are lots of theories about why we joke. Which do you find most plausible?

Holt:Well, there`s the superiority theory, that jokes express scorn for your inferiors — cripples and cuckolds and foreigners and the like. Plato said we laugh at vice. Then there`s the Freudian interpretation, that it`s all about sexual repression. Finally, there`s the seduction theory, based on the observation that men do most of the joking while women do most of the laughing. Christopher Hitchens wrote a piece in Vanity Fair arguing that the only way most guys can impress women is to make them laugh.

Wired: But your favorite explanation is a mashup of Kant and evolutionary biology, right?

Holt:V. S. Ramachandran, the brain researcher, has a theory about the origin of laughter — that when you`re in the jungle and there`s an apparent threat, the first member of the kinship group to notice that it`s not a real threat emits this stereotyped vocalization. And it`s contagious, so everyone starts laughing. That`s also the basis of the relief theory of humor, that there`s a release of the energy you had summoned up to solve some puzzle. Kant said that the essence of humor is a strained expectation dissolving into nothing.

Wired: Did you find any candidates for the perfect joke?

Holt:I did find what might be the shortest possible joke: "Pretentious? Moi?"


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Study: Orangutan Populations Declining Precipitously
Orangutan numbers decline sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn`t taken, a new study says.
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+ Yahoo! News: Politics News
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:54 GMT
Obama: Media response to Iraq remarks overblown (AP)

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks to reporters in his campaign charter en route to St. Louis, Mo., Saturday, July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them.



Analysis: McCain struggles to regain footing (AP)

US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain speaks during a press conference at the Federal Police building in Mexico City on July 3, 2008. White House hopefuls Barack Obama and McCain marked the US Independence Day holiday Friday with parades, picnics and odes to patriotism.(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)AP - John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats.



Foreclosures to rise, whomever wins White House (AP)

A bank owned home is seen for sale in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Lawmakers approved a measure requiring lenders to assist Californians facing foreclosure. If signed by the Governor, the bill would require lenders to help property owners avoid foreclosure and gives tenants more time to move out of foreclosed property.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November.



Veterans group plans ad campaign touting Iraq war (AP)
AP - Republican John McCain, who has made support for President Bush`s troop buildup in Iraq the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, is getting from help from a veterans group that`s launching a national TV ad campaign next week.
+ ThinkGeek: What's New
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:00:03 GMT
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+ Yahoo! News: Top Stories
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:14 GMT
Bush: `Affront` to Chinese to skip Olympics start (AP)

US President George W. Bush, left, gestures during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the G8 summit Sunday, July 6, 2008 in the lakeside resort of Toyako on Japan`s northern island of Hokkaido. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Bush said Sunday he does not feel the need to boycott the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics to state his opposition to China`s human rights record. Skipping the event would be an "affront" to the Chinese people, he said.



Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires (AP)

A firefighter walks out of a brush fire burning out of control in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Goleta, Calif., on Saturday July 5, 2008. A slew of wildfires, most ignited by lightning two weeks ago, have burned more than 800 square miles of land throughout California. The blazes have destroyed at least 67 homes and other buildings and contributed to the death of a firefighter who suffered a heart attack while digging fire lines.  (AP Photo/Phil Klein)AP - Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of homes from a huge wildfire with their energy and resources taxed by more than 300 blazes still burning around the state.



Afghanistan orders investigation into US attack (AP)

An injured Afghan boy is put on a stretcher at a hospital in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 6, 2008 after he allegedly got injured by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Deh Bala district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul. Chief government official Haji Amishah Gul in the Deh Bala district says villagers have reported between 30 and 35 people walking in a group toward a wedding have been killed in a coalition bombing. Up to 10 people were wounded. (AP Photo/Nesar Ahmad)AP - Afghanistan`s president has ordered an investigation into allegations that missiles from U.S. helicopters struck civilians, though the Ministry of Defense said Sunday that the attack killed or wounded 20 militants.



+ Featured Threads - Travellerspoint Travel Forums
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:01:01 GMT
Little Tricks for the Traveller...
Share your best travel tips and tricks in this thread! [Posted by Piecar, in the General Talk Forum - Jul 01, 15:06]
Mixed dorms in hostels
How common is it to find female-only dorm rooms in hostels around Eastern Europe and the West of the US?? [Posted by alisonkf, in the General Talk Forum - Jul 01, 12:47]
"Transport" photo competition winners
Winners are in for the Transport photo competition. [Posted by dr.pepper, in the Travel Photography Forum - Jun 04, 00:37]
tours vs DIY
If you are a `Do It Yourself` traveller, would you still consider a tour in some countries for safety reasons?? [Posted by jaxstar84, in the General Talk Forum - May 18, 12:17]
+ SPACE.com
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:04 GMT
Understanding Columbia: Experts Piece Together a Telling Tale

Cassini Prepares To Put On The Brakes

A Green View: Mapping Human Food and Fuel from Space

Space Elevator: Momentum Building

Cassini Participation a Boon for ESA

+ Yahoo! News: Sports News
last updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:35 GMT
Venus beats Serena for 5th Wimbledon singles title (AP)

Venus Williams of the US reacts after winning the women`s singles final against her sister Serena on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Saturday, July 5 , 2008. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Thrilled as she was to win her fifth Wimbledon singles championship, Venus Williams dialed down her celebration. No hopping in place and skipping to the net after match point, the way she`s done so often on that Centre Court lawn. No giddy laughter and whoops of joy, as she`s let out in the past.



Busch nips Edwards to win under caution at Daytona (AP)

Kyle Busch waves to fans in front of the grandstand after winning the Coke Zero 400 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, July 5, 2008. Some fans not happy with the victory threw beer cans on the track. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Kyle Busch fell a lap down at Talladega and came back to win. So when a steering problem dropped him to the back of the field at Daytona, he didn`t panic. He simply settled in for the long drive back to the front. And back to Victory Lane.




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