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Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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• Arizona preparing appeal of immigration ruling (AP)
• 2nd US Navy sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan (AP)
• Obama talks race, pop culture on 'The View' (AP)
• Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger (AP)
• Rangel wary as panel prepares ethics charges (AP)
• Gulf cleanup will change once oil stops for good (AP)
• Initial jobless claims drop to 457,000 (AP)
• Mother Nature helps firefighters battle Calif fire (AP)
• Saggy pants foolish but legal, NYC judge rules (AP)
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Lifehacker
Computers make us more productive. Yeah, right. Lifehacker recommends the softwa...
• How to Turn Your Android Phone into a Fully-Automated Superphone [Automation]
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• Net Index Ranks Local ISPs Based on Real User Tests [Bandwidth]

NYT > Home Page
• News Analysis: Ruling Against Arizona a Warning for Other States
• As Deaths Soar in the Desert, a Morgue Grows Crowded
• U.S. Military Scrutinizes Leaks for Risks to Afghans
• Job Subsidies, Often Popular for Public Projects, Also Lift Private Employers
• Comic Book Heroes Drawn From Real Life
• Congress Is Rethinking Its Ban on Internet Gambling
• News Analysis: Paterson and Cuomo Both Avoid the Worst Case
• Video Technology Added at New Meadowlands Stadium
• Airspace to Be Closed Near Clinton Wedding
• Franklin Roosevelt Letters Go to National Archives

Slate Magazine
Slate--the Internet's informed look at news, politics, and culture. Slate separa...
• Slate V: Steve Carell on Leaving "The Office"
• The Slatest: Afternoon Edition
• The Jersey Shore returns: Has success spoiled Snooki?
• Dinner For Schmucks: A comedy for idiots, about idiots.
• Hollywood is squandering one of its greatest comedic resources: Paul Rudd.
• What's inside Speaking Up, the postponed children's book about Sarah Palin.
• Slate readers challenge me on the Breitbart-Sherrod racism fiasco.
• Could Ariel Sharon's most enduring legacy be Tel Aviv's massive landfill?
• Blogging the Periodic Table: Radium.
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The Register
Biting the hand that feeds IT
• US carrier tailors 3G jacket for iPod touch?
• Lovefilm calls in the DRM brigade for media player push
• Oracle and HP make a deal for Solaris on ProLiants
• IBM buys file compressor
• Apple coughs to iPhone 3G IOS 4 upgrade problems
• Nokia goes after Opera Mini
• Sky clocks up £1bn profit
• Quantum quivers again
• Pay-off or lay-off: HP calls on 700 staff to heed redundo plea
• .NET for Android prepares to get probed

Boing Boing
• Cartoon about prohibition: The Flower
• Manning linked to classified Afghanistan reports
• How to clone vinyl records
• White House wants easier access for FBI to internet activity logs
• Bitten by a radioactive Carl Sagan
• White House shifts criticism of Wikileaks to focus on "naming of individual" ...
• Report: Google, CIA investing in "Future of Web Monitoring"
• YouTube to increase upload limit from 10 to 15 minutes
• Music video created with Nintendo DSi
• Get Lamp now available

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Slashdot
News for nerds, stuff that matters
• Android Data Stealing App Downloaded By Millions
• Man Wants to Donate His Heart Before He Dies
• Suspected Mariposa Botnet Creator Arrested
• NASA's Top 10 Space Junk Missions
• FBI May Get Easier Access To Internet Activity
• Could Open Source Render Facebook the Next AOL?
• The Physics of a Rolling Rubber Band
• ATM Hack Gives Cash On Demand
• Nuclear Energy Now More Expensive Than Solar
• FTC Wants Browsers To Block Online Tracking

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digg.com: Stories / Popular
digg.com: Stories / Popular
• Humps & Camel Toes - This is where they come in handy.
• Vids for Schmucks: Best of Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, & Zach G
• Classic Photos Of The Original Bad Boys
• Trader Joe's owner dies at 88 - Business
• Really Google? REALLY!? [image]
• Foxconn Poisons 250 Employees
• Pocket Porn -- iPhone 4 Gives Adult Industry a New Market
• 8 Rejected Jersey Shore Products
• 'Toy Story 3: Inception' Mash-Up: Melt Your Mind (And Heart)
• Crazy Double Rainbow Guy - Part 2

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• Follow Me is On iTunes
• Chris Akrigg Getting Technical Over The Yorkshire Moors
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• The Schoenberg Code
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• A Murder Ballad of Crows
• Is Google's Goose Cooked?
• The USS Gen. H.F. Hodges In Photos
• We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat

PalmInfocenter
Palm OS News, Software and Reviews. Featuring daily mobile industry news and com...
• HP Offers $50 Gift Cards with Palm Purchases
• Bradley: webOS is Our Exclusive Smartphone OS
• webOS 2 Plans Plus Future Palm Form Factors
• PDA32 Option Modules Not Modular
• PDA32 Option Modules Priced
• Aceeca PDA32 Now Available for Purchase
• Kinoma Ceasing Sales of Palm OS Player
• HP Files for PalmPad Trademark
• Assessing HP's Cloudy Tablet Future
• Report Claims Apple, RIM Also Bid for Palm

LJWorld.com stories: Local news
LJWorld.com stories: Local news
• Audit of Lawrence Police Department to be completed by October
• Indoor Aquatic Center to close for annual summer maintenance
• Plan to move homeless shelter gains city approval
• Literacy project seeks participants
• Lawrence commissioners hold the line on taxes, fees
• EPA investigators conduct routine testing at MagnaGro
• County commission agrees to 9 percent property tax increase
• Add playtime elements as kids learn to brush their teeth
• First signs: Parents finding benefit in teaching babies sign language as well...
• Vehicle puts new spin on bar hopping

NPR Programs: Morning Edition
Morning Edition gives its audience news, analysis, commentary, and coverage of a...
• Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules'
• A Green Bid To Move Couch Potatoes Off Couch
• Cheesburger Leads To Car Woes
• Report: Goldman Cracks Down On E-Mail Language
• Determining Who's In Charge Of Gulf Cleanup
• Rangel Ethics Trial To Start
• Expert Blasts Insurance Practice As Deceptive
• U.S. Steps Up Pressure On Iraq Stalemate
• Toyota Recalls 400,000 Vehicles
• In Mass., A Debate Over 'Right To Repair' Law

NPR Programs: All Things Considered
For two hours every weekday, All Things Considered hosts Robert Siegel, Michele ...
• Life Insurance Firms Profit From Death Benefits
• Many In Gulf On Road To Uncertain Compensation
• Gap In Federal Cocaine Sentences To Narrow
• Flyover Shows Progress In Gulf
• Is Outgoing Colombian President Riling Venezuela?
• Ansel Adams Heirs Challenge Garage-Sale Negatives
• Letters: Americans With Disabilities Act
• Judge Blocks Parts Of Arizona Immigration Law
• Using An Alias At Starbucks
• Remembering Cartoonist John Callahan

The Smoking Gun
The Official TSG RSS Feed
• Anna Chapman's Last Photo Shoot
• These Boots Were Made For Smuggling?
• Hate Crime Over Rap Music?
• Pilferage Costs TMZ $150,000
• We Got Served
• Anna Chapman Who?
• Mug Shots Of The Week 7/23/2010
• "Vegan" In Arson Bust
• Fri,day Photo Fun LXXI
• Man Who Threatened "South Park" Arrested

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