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Current News for August 23, 2008

Russian ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky denied parole: news agencies (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:57:15 PDT
A Russian court on Friday rejected a request from jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky for parole, five years after his arrest for financial crimes, news agencies reported.

Gays beat the credit crunch

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:50:16 PDT
Obama is gay favourite in U.S. opinion polls Barack Obama has a 58-point lead over John McCain among LGBT voters, according to a recent public opinion poll. Widowed gays win rights in Argentina The Argentinian government has granted same sex couples the right to claim their deceased partners' pension. Fox News apologises for transgender comments Fox News came under fire last week due to comments made by America's Newsroom host Gregg Jarrett regarding a transgender contestan

FEC Likely To Okay Campaign Funds For Senator’s Legal Fees

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:08:53 PDT
Republican Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, who was involved in a scandal with an escort service, has received some good news from the Federal Election Commission. The FEC, in a draft report, is prepared to allow Vitter to use campaign funds to pay the legal expenses he incurred from the incident.

Hudson, Ohio - Current local news

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:23:34 PDT
Local news for the great small city of Hudson Ohio.

Star Stryder » Blog Archive » Anecdotal Evidence versus Stat

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:33:49 PDT
"One of the running jokes in physics/astronomy departments is that astronomers consider 4 instances of anything as statistically significant. In fact, the story goes, two points is enough to define a trend, and 1 is enough to form a theory."Interesting thoughts about reaching your viewers, including one about how being dugg on digg...

The Times Online–August 22, 2008

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:16:03 PDT
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Is this the CBC's last hurrah? (The Globe and Mail)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:17:46 PDT
This will be the network's last Olympics until at least 2014, but it isn't leaving quietly

Vendee Globe: Marc Guillemot completes qualifying passage @ BYM Sailing News

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:28:41 PDT
Vendee Globe: Marc Guillemot completes qualifying passage Posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago by BYM Sailing News Marc Guillemot has just obtained his ticket for the forthcoming Vend?e Globe. The skipper from La Trinit? sur Mer has completed his 1500-mile single-handed qualifying passage. In strong winds and rough seas resulting from a summer low in the ... more »

News photographer wasn’t detained, police conclude (Galveston County Daily News)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:38:40 PDT
TEXAS CITY — A Daily News photographer says he was detained at an oil spill, which the police probe disputes.

Digital Trends Week In Review 08/22/08 (DesignTechnica)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:17:20 PDT
Here are the top news stories and articles featured on Digital Trends for the week of August 22nd.


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