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Biden: Obama Transition Team Should Have Consulted Senate About Panetta
Patterico's Pontifications (subscribe) | 55 minutes ago | Politics
[Guest post by DRJ] From the Washington Post, Joe Biden says Obama’s transition team should have consulted with Senate intelligence officials before announcing the appointment of Leon Panetta as CIA Director: “Vice-president-elect Joseph Biden admitted today the Obama transition team made a “mistake” in not notifying top Senate officials of the selection of Leon Panetta as director [...] -
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Obama To Ban Earmarks From Stimulus Bill
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Politics
On his second day in Washington, President-elect Obama met with his budget team and promised no earmarks will be in the stimulus plan. "We are going to ban all earmarks -- the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review," he explained. "We will create an economic recovery oversight board made up of key administration officials and independent advisors to identify problems... -
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Busy Gupta performs brain surgery, reports for CNN
The Washington Times (subscribe) | 14 minutes ago | Politics
If Barack Obama wants a surgeon general with visibility to promote health issues in his administration, it can't hurt to hire a CNN correspondent called one of People magazine's "sexiest men alive." -
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Contributor Who Brought Down Bill Richardson Also Made Contributions To Obama
Say Anything (subscribe) | 39 minutes ago | US
Another day, another scandal for the Obama administration. Is anyone keeping track? Is Obama going to set the record for the most scandals before even taking office? WASHINGTON – A prominent businessman caught up in a grand jury probe whose political donations ended any role for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in the Obama administration also was a generous contributor in support of the president-elect.... -
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Democratic leaders seek to resolve Burris saga
Boston Globe (subscribe) | 40 minutes ago | Politics
Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do. -
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Patrick Swayze Barbara Walters VIDEO!
lalate news (subscribe) | 40 minutes ago | Entertainment
VIDEO! Watch video of Patrick Swayze’s Barbara Walters interview. Patrick Swayze gives Barbara Walters his first interview since learning he has inoperable pancreatic cancer. *** CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO **** “I tried to have champagne, and it would be like pouring acid, you know, on an open wound. “My indigestion issues got gigantic and [...]
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Papers outline anthrax suspect's unusual behavior
USA Today (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | US
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India: Pakistanis 'must have' backed Mumbai attack
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Milky Way bigger and faster than once thought
DV Hardware (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Sciences
Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, US, claim the Milky Way is bigger, faster and more massive than previously thought. By using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), scientists discovered our galaxy has about 50 percent more mass than earlier productions, is about 15 percent wider than previously thought, and that it is moving 15 percent faster than earlier... -
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Indians, Carl Pavano agree to $1.5M, 1-year deal
Examiner (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Sports
The Cleveland Indians and free-agent pitcher Carl Pavano, a four-year bust with the New York Yankees because of injuries, agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million contract on Tuesday. Indians general manager Mark Shapiro said that Pavano, who turns 33 on Thursday, is guaranteed a spot in Cleveland's rotation as long as he's healthy following spring training. Pavano can make another $5.3 million in performance... -
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iTunes Finally Goes DRM-free, Front-Line MP3 Prices To Rise, Catalog Songs To Drop To 79...
The Daily Swarm (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Apple has cut deals that will finally enable iTunes to offer songs free of copy protection software from the three largest music labels, according to two sources close to the negotiations. In exchange, Apple has agreed to become more flexible on pricing, the sources said. Under the terms of the deal, song prices will be broken down into three categories—older songs from the catalog, midline songs... -
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Gaza Conflict Spills Into Europe, Jews Attacked
Marquette Warrior (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | World
From the Associated Press : PARIS (AP) - Signs are mounting that the conflict in Gaza is starting to spill over into violence in Europe’s towns and cities, with assaults against Jews and arson attacks on Jewish congregations in France, Sweden and Britain. Assailants rammed a burning car into the gates of a synagogue in Toulouse, in southwest France, on Monday night. A Jewish congregation in Helsingborg,... - see all breaking news
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Cue the complaints: 17-inch MacBook Pro without a removable battery? » VentureBeat
Chuqui 3.0 (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Technology
Cue the complaints: 17-inch MacBook Pro without a removable battery? » VentureBeat: One of the biggest complaints about Apple’s iPhone is that you cannot remove and replace the battery yourself. On the eve of its final Macworld Expo, it appears Apple is willing to live with that complaint for the newest version of its MacBook Pro line of computers as well. And here's why: this is a non-issue. Here's... -
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Sanjay Gupta, Surgeon General
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz reports : President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. Gupta has told administration officials that he wants the job, and the final vetting process is under way. He has asked for a few days to figure out the financial... -
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Oh, look at that, it’s Sony’s VAIO P
CrunchGear (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Technology
Engadget believes this to be the VAIO P. No one can verify or deny this claim because AOL didn't pay for us to be the 'official blog of CES' or whatever it is they are. So, we're not privy to the hallowed grounds of the LVCC until tomorrow. That double wide trailer would be nice, though. -
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They Did Talk to Wyden
Talking Points Memo (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
We were trying to nail down whether the Obama transition really did brief Sen. Wyden and not Feinstein. Or was it that Wyden just got tipped off informally, perhaps even from Panetta. Turns out no. Wyden's office tells us they... -
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Apple Confirms $179 Battery Swap Cost for 17" MacBook Pro [Macworld 2009]
Gizmodo (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
We just confirmed with Apple that swapping out the 17" MacBook Pro's non-removable battery will cost $179 including labor. Fortunately, says Apple, the swap might not be needed for a long time: From a spokesperson at Apple: It will likely be years before you need to replace it (1000 cycles at 200 cycles/year = 5 years). You can have the battery replaced at any Apple Store or Apple-authorized reseller.... -
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CES 2009 News: 6.5mm Samsung LCD TV
Product Reviews Net (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Technology
Not long to go until CES 2009, and there have already been a number of articles about what we are likely to see at the Consumer Electronics Show. We can always count on Samsung to bring something sexy to the show, and their new range of 6.5mm LCD TV’s is no exception. This new line of [...]
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Komrade Obama names Leon Panetta as CIA director
Return of the Conservatives (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
Don't be surprised when 9/11 is seen as but an opening act. Stop the ACLU Debbie Schlussel Patterico's Pontifications NY Times - + Vote!
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Logitech introduces G-series peripherals for gamers who need lots of buttons
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Flush with the success of its G13 gameboard , Logitech is now creating a whole series of peripherals that will all work together to celebrate the seventh letter of the alphabet. The G-series line includes a new $199 G19 keyboard, offering a 320 x 240 color LCD mounted on top and 12 "G-keys" that can have up to three macros assigned to each. Next up is the $129 G35, a 7.1 surround-sound headset with... -
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The Return Of Schiavo: Conservatives Plan To Revive Embarrassing Debacle To Block Obama’s...
Think Progress (subscribe) | yesterday | Other
One of the saddest, most hysterical crusades by conservatives over the past few years involved their intervention in the case of critically brain-damaged woman Terry Schiavo. Conservatives — including former Senate majority leader Bill Frist and former House majority leader Tom DeLay — brought the personal tragedy to national attention in 2005 by trying [...] -
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Goosed Porter
Eschaton (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
Given DiFi's little temper tantrum over Panetta , I was curious how she reacted to the appointment of the buffoon Porter Goss to the top CIA post. "After much thought and a careful review of the record, I voted today to confirm the nomination of Representative Porter Goss to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DCI). But I do have some serious concerns - especially about the impact of this... -
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Windschuttle Sokaled
Larvatus Prodeo (subscribe) | yesterday | World
An enterprising hoaxer - claiming to be acting in the tradition of Ern Malley - has published a spurious article on a scientific topic in Quadrant with the aim of demonstrating that Keith Windschuttle would print “outrageous propositions” which accord with his ideological disposition. The article was also designed to lampoon Windschuttle’s mode of historical [...] - see all discussions
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