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• Stalemate in Legislature Has New York Near Its Last Dollar [NY Dead Broke, Almost!]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  Stalemate in Legislature Has New York Near Its Last Dollar DANNY HAKIM November 26, 2009 ALBANY — New York State is running out of cash. Without a budget deal, New York will be left with just $36 million in the bank by the end of December, according to current projections. And the money will last that long, officials ...
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• Thanks Tories/Labour: British People are Dying Because You Privatised the Energy Industry

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 604
  The high cost of privatised energy supplies has been blamed on the 49 percent increase in the number of elderly British people who died from the cold last winter. According to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics, there were 36,700 more “excess winter deaths” last year. The sharp rise ...
  13 hours ago

• Democrats Work On Multibillion-Dollar Jobs Package

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  Democrats Work On Multibillion-Dollar Jobs Package Lawmakers say theyre moving fast to get a job-creation bill to Obama by January. Its unclear how much of the effort would be funded with deficit spending. Peter Nicholas November 26, 2009 Reporting from Washington - Troubled by the rising jobless rate, President Obama ...
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• Count to five

  
  Wide Awake in Wonderland — Authority: 122
  A child has died. In the time it takes you to read the first few sentences of this post, another child will die of starvation. In fact, right now in our world, a child dies of hunger every five seconds –   over 16,000 (SIXTEEN THOUSAND) – a day. I know it’s depressing, and I know there’s nothing that you, ...
  14 hours ago

• EU regulators charge Philips, others over cathode ray tube cartel

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Brussels, Nov 26 (DPA) European Union regulators Thursday formally charged Dutch electronics giant Philips and other manufacturers of cathode ray tubes (CRT) of forming a cartel aimed at inflating the price of television sets and computer monitors.The announcement by the European Commission in Brussels follows ...
  17 hours ago

• House approves defense procurement reform bill by unanimous 428-0 vote

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 17, 2009) — In 1940, as World War II tightened its grip in Europe, Congress prepared for eventual U.S. involvement by issuing billions of dollars in defense contracts. However, in early 1941, then-Sen. Harry S. Truman began hearing reports of widespread contract mismanagement and wasteful ...
  21 hours ago

• Back From Black Beach Prison, Equatorial Guinea

  
  BOOK SA - News — Authority: 529
  The men convicted of plotting to overthrow the government of Teodoro Obiang Nguema in 2004, have been given a presidential pardon and released from the notorious Black Beach Prison in Malabo, Equitorial Guinea. Leader Simon Mann, whose role in the plot is examined in The Wonga Coup by Adam Roberts held the ...
  23 hours ago

• Use Mobile Phone Recycling to Earn Some Extra Cash

  
  Best New Cell Phones — Authority: 139
  Do you want to know more about mobile phone recycling ? Many people still have there old mobile phones packed away, eventhough they haven’t used them in many years. Millions of people either upgrade their phones or buy newer models with better features all the time. The problem is their old mobiles. What could they ...
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• Climate Change a Threat to Russian Oil Wealth

  
  Green Options — Authority: 149
  Two million square miles of permafrost—an area two-thirds the size of the United States has now thawed since the beginning of the 20th century. And all that thawing permafrost is costing the Russian oil and gas industry billions of dollars to repair damaged pipelines and infrastructure as global warming changes ...
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• Californians asked to spend more during unprecedented spree of water spending

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  Supporters of a proposed $11 billion water bond say the money is urgently needed to fix Californias water supply problems, yet billions of dollars in previous bond money still hasnt been spent, according to the California treasurer. About half of the $20 billion in water and levee improvement bonds passed since 2000 ...
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• Why To Shop Online.

  
  Free Internet Marketing Information — Authority: 162
  Billions of people love to shop online - and why not? It’s convenient, safe and usually cheaper. 1. It Saves Money: One can easily save up to 50% of money by shopping at online websites as they sell items at a discounted price compared to physical stores. Further, there are too many online websites offering same ...
  2 days ago

• Personal Perspective on Cybercrime

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 139
  Some perceptions on how our perspective of cybercrime is influenced.Simply stated; our perspective amounts to how we see things from where we stand. But our perspectives on issues and realities can be molded, encouraged or discouraged, and can change over time based on additional data.For the sake of discussion, think ...
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• ObamaCares winners and losers

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  After the Senate voted Saturday night to pro ceed with debate on health reform, Majority Leader Harry Reid declared the public the winner. In truth, more Americans will be losers than winners. Both Senate and House bills strip nearly half a trillion dollars from Medicare, robbing seniors to expand Medicaid. The Senate ...
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• Global Warming Myth Biggest Scandal Of All Time

  
  Pete'sPlace — Authority: 121
  Is the public so jaded they pay no attention to this global warming scandal? Or is the public so thoroughly brainwashed about the myth of man-caused global warming they can not question its validity or accept this scandal? The truth will prevail, as it always does, and this myth that carbon dioxide emsissions cause ...
  3 days ago

• Is Mobile Content Becoming an Addiction?

  
  Web-Work At Home — Authority: 422
  By Ian del CarmenCEO, PocketBrand Not that long ago, only people with big money had cell phones. Now you cannot throw a rock without hitting someone with a cell phone attached to his or her ear. It seems like people are all talking on cell phones now instead of talking to the person they are with. Cell phones have ...
  3 days ago

• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
  3 days ago

• What rate hikes at UPS will mean for you

  
  Lucrative Investing — Authority: 529
  The shipping and delivery market is not doing well right now. Companies are facing bigger losses and have to do something about it because they simply cannot lay off any more people. So now, these companies are going to start raising rates and it’s going to begin with the world’s biggest shipper: UPS. In 2010, ...
  3 days ago

• Multi Level Marketing

  
  Make Cash Online Today — Authority: 153
  The idea behind multi-level marketing is straightforward. Picture that you have a product to sell. A common MLM product is some sort of universal solution, such as a vitamin pill. You could do one of two things: either sell it directly to consumers or find others who will buy your product from you and sell it to other ...
  3 days ago

• Left 4 Dead 2 Review

  
  Platform Nation — Authority: 444
  Game Review: Left 4 Dead 2 Release: November 17 (NA) November 20 (EU) Genre: Survival Horror/ Shooter Developer: Valve Software Available Platforms: 360, PC Players: 1-2, (1-8 online) MSRP: $59.99 ESRB Rating: M Website: http://www.l4d.com Valve. Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead. ...
  4 days ago

• Wall Street wrings money from strapped cities

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  Local governments and public entities, already reeling from the recession, face another fiscal crisis: billions of dollars in fees owed to Wall read more
  4 days ago

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