GigaOM (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Yahoo just released its year in review according to top searches for 2009. This year’s top ten searches were dominated by pop culture, led by none other than Michael Jackson, who died earlier this year. Twilight, the vampire book and film series came in second. The top [...]
Obscure Store and Reading Room (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dan Schwarberg, who stewed in prison for nearly 9 years for robbing banks, was released earlier this year. He tells a reporter: "A guy in prison once told me that after three years, you lose your friends. After about seven,...
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Remains of Missing Gulf War Pilot Hidden in Iraqi Sand for 18 Years WASHINGTON — The military says Capt. Michael “Scott” Speicher died when his fighter jet was shot down over Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War and was never captured or tortured. But Speicher’s family is unconvinced. The Navy pilot’s remains were identified earlier this year [...]
A Bodger's Blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Earlier this year I put up a photo of this wonderful old Indian Bean Tree (Catalpa bignonioides) outside Rochester Cathedral... My sister Clare sent me a cutting from the local paper. Apparently it is 140 years old and is on the site of a graveyard with tombstones in memory of the Dorrit family, thought to be the inspiration for Charles Dickens' novel Little Dorrit. Apparently...
sotiris john bassakaropoulos (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
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internet marketing secrets (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
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Sharpe's Opinion (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
christmas.rb require ‘rubygems’ require ‘linguistics’ Linguistics::use( :en , :installProxy => :en ) nouns = [ "Partridge" , "Dove" , "Hen" , "Bird" , "Ring" , "Goose" , "Swan" , "Maid" , "Drummer" , "Piper" , "Lady" , "Lord" ] verbs = [ "pear tree!"...
NewWest.Net Boulder (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine named Thomas McGuane its "Angler of the Year" for 2010. Author Nick Lyons wrote an enthusiastic essay about McGuane's prowess with words, his lifelong devotion to fly-fishing, and how he combines the two. Lyons writes: "Tom McGuane...has loved fly-fishing for more than five decades, since he fished the rivers and small creeks of Michigan as a boy; he...
New West Network Cities: Idaho Nort (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine named Thomas McGuane its Angler of the Year for 2010. Author Nick Lyons wrote an enthusiastic essay about McGuane's prowess with words, his lifelong devotion to fly-fishing, and how he combines the two. Lyons writes: Tom McGuane...has loved fly-fishing for more than five decades, since he fished the rivers and small creeks of Michigan as a boy; he has pursued trout,...
NewWest.Net Missoula (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine named Thomas McGuane its "Angler of the Year" for 2010. Author Nick Lyons wrote an enthusiastic essay about McGuane's prowess with words, his lifelong devotion to fly-fishing, and how he combines the two. Lyons writes: "Tom McGuane...has loved fly-fishing for more than five decades, since he fished the rivers and small creeks of Michigan as a boy; he...
NewWest.Net Missoula (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine named Thomas McGuane its "Angler of the Year" for 2010. Author Nick Lyons wrote an enthusiastic essay about McGuane's prowess with words, his lifelong devotion to fly-fishing, and how he combines the two. Lyons writes: "Tom McGuane...has loved fly-fishing for more than five decades, since he fished the rivers and small creeks of Michigan as a boy; he...
NewWest.Net Boise (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine named Thomas McGuane its "Angler of the Year" for 2010. Author Nick Lyons wrote an enthusiastic essay about McGuane's prowess with words, his lifelong devotion to fly-fishing, and how he combines the two. Lyons writes: "Tom McGuane...has loved fly-fishing for more than five decades, since he fished the rivers and small creeks of Michigan as a boy; he...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, who has already ruled for three decades, is set to extend his grip on power for another seven years after winning 96.7% of the vote. The figure was published on the government's website today after returns from around a quarter of voting stations, but the opposition has refused to accept the result amid accusations of fraud and intimidation....
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: MPG , Ford , LA Auto Show 2011 Ford Fiesta Hatchback - Click above for high-res image gallery The Fiesta Movement , Ford's campaign to introduce the little global Fiesta car to the U.S. market, kicked off at the Chicago Auto Show earlier this year and will end this week during the LA Auto Show with, what else, a party. Oh, and the official unveiling of the 2011 North American...
