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Apple Says Hacked iPhones Are Dangerous
Wired reported on July 28 that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking the U.S. Copyright Office to legalize the practice of hacking Apple’s...
Health Reform & Illegal Immigration
“Health care reform could end up bailing out employers who hire illegal immigrants and skimp on their health benefits,” Fox News reported on...
Read moreObama, Gates, & Crowley Meet at White House “Beer Summit”
Yesterday evening at 6 p.m., President Obama held the first ever “beer summit” at the White House, which wasn’t really a “summit.” ...
Read moreEconomy Shrinks Q2, Recession Worse Than Thought
Though data shows that the U.S. economy only shrank at a one-percent annual rate during the second quarter of the 2009 calendar year,...
Read moreFirst-time Unemployment Claims Up
First-time unemployment claims continue to increase at a faster pace than expected. “The Labor Department said the number of claims in the week...
Read moreObama’s Doctor Pessimistic on Reform
The Huffington Post reported on July 29 that Dr. David Scheiner, a physician who has treated Barack Obama for more than 20 years,...
Read moreCOPS, DHS On ‘Stimulus’ Patrol
The federal Community Oriented Police Services, or COPS program, has given police departments across the country something to "CHRP" about with the awarding...
Read moreAbu Dhabi Backs Space Tourism
Aabar Investments of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates agreed on July 28 to buy a 32 percent stake in Sir Richard...
Read moreBlue Dog Dems Strike Deal on Health Care
Members of a coalition of moderate House Democrats called the “Blue Dogs” have struck a deal to move Obama’s health care legislation forward after...
Read moreMicrosoft, Yahoo Reach Long-Term Search Deal
In an effort to combat Google’s dominant market share, Microsoft and Yahoo have announced a 10-year long partnership that will give Microsoft access...
Read moreNew Taser Fires Three Shots
Taser International demonstrated its new Taser X3 on July 27 at the company’s annual conference for law enforcement personnel. According to a July...
Read moreNewark, NJ offers $1000 for tips on “illegal” guns
Are you looking for a quick way to make some money in this tough economic climate? Cory Booker, the Mayor of Newark New...
Read moreAT&T Did Not Censor 4chan
AT&T, on July 26, temporarily blocked its customers from accessing the img.4chan.org image-sharing website. Both AT&T and img.4chan.org founder Christopher “Moot” Poole say...
Read moreGates and Crowley to Meet With President at “Beer Summit”
President Obama has planned tomorrow as the day he, Harvard Afro-American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge...
Read moreAssist With That Abortion Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, Or Else!
A hundred years ago, doctors and the media condemned abortion as an abomination. Now, if you refuse to help perform one, you are...
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