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[September 7] Berkman Center Fall 2010 Open House
Tuesday, September 7, 6:00 pm Ropes Gray Room, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School Campus (Map: http://bit.ly/poundmap )Free and Open to the Public Tell us if you're coming on Facebook or Twitter Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Societys Open ...
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Texas Appeals Court Denies Sovereign Citizen Defense
It is not a defense to a speeding ticket to claim that you are sovereign, the Texas Court of Appeals ruled last month. Austin Police Officer Tammy Barrett had pulled over Justin Wayne Gray after he passed through a school zone while allegedly driving ...
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Monday dribble: WNBA playoff edition
Did you hear the Storm swept Phoenix to advance to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2004? It's true, making these gray skies in Seattle blue for those who follow the team. The others still hoping for a Washington football rival will have to ...
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William Easterly: The Hazards of Doing Good
From Live Aid in the mid-1980s to today, Western attempts to help famine-plagued Ethiopia have had little effect. Peter Gill explains why in "Famine and Foreigners." William Easterly reviews.
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Typhoon
The girl wiped her fathers forehead with a cotton rag. The fabric was stippled with gray at each point of perspiration, and the girl refolded the rag and brought it down the bridge of his nose. Several times he moaned loudly, as if sending a ...
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For Gray, cronyism issue cuts 2 ways
D.C. mayoral candidate Vincent C. Gray prides himself on loyalty and longevity in his relationships, relying for advice on a small cadre of confidants and friends who are also established figures in D.C. politics. The D.C. Council chairman has insisted ...
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NFL Trades And Waivers: Vincent Jackson Deal Reportedly Falls Apart and More
It was a chaotic weekend in the NFL, as trades appeared and disappeared from the radar, major moves were made, and others were quashed. When the dust settled, there were all kinds of players who wound up on the waiver wire, or who hadn't been traded ...
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Intel Developing Computers That Read Minds
Cool news from Intel, so I wonder if Apple is working on an iThink. Richard Gray writes in the Telegraph :Unlike current brain-controlled computers, which require users to imagine making physical movements to control a cursor on a screen, the new ...
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Wash Me: Fiesta Gets the 'Dirty Car Art' Treatment
At 6 a.m. this morning the sun was just beginning to creep over the horizon. The stars were fading and the gray dawn slowly started to lighten. Sipping tea from thick china mugs, we watched the world wake up before piling into the cars and setting off ...
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Ex-governors seek voters' second look
ATLANTA | In an election year of the angry electorate, former governors in five states are hoping that a deja vu appeal sells better than the anti-establishment pitch. The candidates - some a little grayer, others a little balder - say they want a ...
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Shocking UFO Secret Turns President's Hair Gray
Washington DC-- An incredible secret about UFOs is putting a terrible burden on the president, according to top aides. Mr. Obama was briefed about the existence of flying saucers during a White House briefing last April. Since then, the president h...
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Storm off Mozambique kills 15 fishermen
Mozambican authorities say five fishing boats have capsized in a storm off the country's central coast, killing at least 15...
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Solutions for Ward 8 and elsewhere
ONE DISPIRITING aspect of the spirited contest between Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray is what it reveals about the District's deep and enduring racial divisions. Neither Mr. Fenty nor Mr. Gray seemed particularly eager ...
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Non-native blue catfish thriving in Va waters
Up close and in person, blue catfish are gruesome creatures. They grow big and ugly and gray. They croak like pigs. And because they have no scales, they are especially slimy, even as fish go.
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Endangered or not, wolf killings set to expand
By MATTHEW BROWN 2010-09-05T17:05:45ZBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Government agencies are seeking broad new authority to ramp up killings and removals of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes, despite two recent court actions ...
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Ben Barnes: New 'Dawn Treader' Still!
Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, and Skandar Keyes prepare for their next Voyage in this new still from their upcoming installment of The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.WATCH: Dawn Treader TrailerWhen asked about how
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D.C. United injury news
We've got a couple things to chew on while D.C. United takes on the Columbus Crew for the second time in three days.But first, here are the lineups.D.C. United : Hamid; Zayner, James, Simms, Graye; Quaranta, King, Morsink, Najar; Allsopp, Hernandez. ...
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Gray stresses equal police protection for all wards
D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray's new public safety plan plays on the perception that Mayor Adrian Fenty's administration gives certain parts of the city more attention than others. Polls and interviews with District residents show residents are ...
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Nokia N8 hands-on, loads of pics at IFA
Its anodized aluminum case in silver-white, gray, orange, blue and, my favorite, a kind of retro sci-fi green, is a treat to hold and behold, but where you really find the wow is on the entertainment side of things
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See who won our annual photo contest
The Star's 10th annual travel photo contest offers compelling images.
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Grayson v. Koch = grassroots v. astroturf
First, some personal disclosure; My wife and I give the DCCC $10 a month specifically to support Alan Grayson, it is currently the only contribution we can afford (OK, we really can't afford it, long story but we are like many others who have seen ...
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Rep. Alan Grayson: Restoring Honor Attendees Were Wearing Sheets Over Their Heads In 1985
Florida Rep. Alan Grayson is a lively public figure, and having established a fairly solid public image (for better or worse), it seemed easy to predict what he would think of Glenn Beck 's "Restoring Honor" rally. On the Stephanie Miller Show on ...
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Get Your Grunge On: Music To See in NY This Weekend
Sad because no ones invited you to The Hamptons this weekend? Bummed you won't be lounging by a pool in a last-ditch try for tanned skin, eating gray hamburgers overcooked by your hosts salmonella-fearing father? Well heres some good news: there
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Water world: As we devise new ways to save this crucial resource, the practice of using gray water is largely ignored
Gray water pretty much sounds like what it is wastewater from household washing machines, bathroom sinks, showers and bathtubs but what many people don't realize is that it's a valuable, and mostly untapped, resource.
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Dr. J.s BF Commentary No. 153: It's Not About the Mosque: When do the Muslim Roundups Begin?
As Alan Grayson said (Email message, 8/22/10): "As far as the Republican Party is concerned, they wouldn't mind if Timothy McVeigh wins the Republican primary [in his Florida Congressional district] on Tuesday. (And by the way, if McVeigh ran, he would ...
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The Gray Area Between Black and White
Meaningless phrases used repeatedly by those who have no plan for their implementation make me sick.
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D.C. Mayor Fenty Apologizes for 'Aloof Management Style'
In a one-on-one debate with D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty apologized for his`` aloof management style, '' vowing to do better if re-elected. Fenty, who is trailing Gray, is trying to convince voters to disregard what ...
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Five Things to Know About Camp Rock Newcomer Matthew 'Mdot' Finley
The breakout Disney Channel star takes on Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers in the movie about rival music camps
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Jean Carper: What's Going on With Alzheimer's Coverage in the Media?
Why is the Sunday New York Times running four-month-old news on its front page? Should we worry that the Gray Lady, now 159 years old, is slowing down? I am referring to the Times article, "Years Later, No Magic Bullet Against Alzheimer's Disease," ...
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Audio: Hey, whos up for Alan Grayson saying something incredibly obnoxious about conservatives?
Aw.
Political Bias: conservative
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