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New Arm Chip to Stretch From Smartphones to Servers (PC World)

Tech - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 03:00
PC World - Arm Holdings has taken the wraps off its next major chip design, promising a five-fold increase in performance that the company hopes will take it beyond smartphones and into new types of equipment such as high-performance routers and servers.
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Conditions for New York, NY at 10:51 pm EDT

Weather - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 02:51

Current Conditions:
Fair, 67 F

Forecast:
Wed - Clear. High: 82 Low: 60
Thu - Mostly Sunny. High: 73 Low: 57

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Spotted owl to get revised recovery plan (AP)

Science - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 02:10
AP - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will use the best scientific data to revise a 2008 Bush administration recovery plan for the northern spotted owl.
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B vitamins found to slow progression of dementia (Reuters)

Top Stories - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 02:05

Seniors relax by the sea in Andernos, Southwestern France, June 23, 2010. REUTERS/Regis DuvignauReuters - Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,


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Researchers find genes linked to ovarian cancer (AFP)

Science - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 02:01

Treatments for cancer patients are seen being mixed at the Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, in Baltimore, Maryland. Researchers said Wednesday they have identified two new genetic mutations linked to the deadliest types of ovarian cancer, which may play a key role in suppressing tumors.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - Researchers said Wednesday they have identified two new genetic mutations linked to the deadliest types of ovarian cancer, which may play a key role in suppressing tumors.


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Conditions for New York, NY at 9:51 pm EDT

Weather - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 01:51

Current Conditions:
Fair, 68 F

Forecast:
Wed - Mostly Clear. High: 82 Low: 60
Thu - Mostly Sunny. High: 73 Low: 57

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Report: LFO's Rich Cronin Dies at 35 (omg!)

Entertainment - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 01:45
omg! -

Rich Cronin, part of the pop music trio LFO, died Wednesday, according to E! Online. He was 35.

The singer wrote LFO's 1999 break-out hit "Summer Girls," which infamously gave a shout-out to...

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MTV's `Snooki' fined $500 for bothering beachgoers (omg!)

Entertainment - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 01:23
omg! - AP - Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July.
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MTV's `Snooki' fined $500 for bothering beachgoers (AP)

Entertainment - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 01:23

Nicole Polizzi, better known as 'Snooki' from the MTV show 'Jersey Shore' sits in court Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, in Seaside Heights, N.J., waiting to face charges of being a public nuisance and annoying others on the Seaside Heights beach in July.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July.


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BP points fingers in oil spill blame game (Reuters)

Science - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 01:10

A logo is seen at a BP fuel station in London July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame on Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company's role in the world's biggest offshore spill.


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BP points fingers in oil spill blame game (Reuters)

Top Stories - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 01:10
Reuters - BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame on Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company's role in the world's biggest offshore spill.
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CNN names Piers Morgan as Larry King's replacement (AP)

Entertainment - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 01:10

FILE - In this April 26, 2010 file photo, Piers Morgan, a judge on the NBC show 'America's Got Talent,' participates in a panel discussion during the NBC Universal 2010 Summer Press Day in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - British tabloid veteran Piers Morgan, hired by CNN to start as Larry King's replacement as a prime-time interviewer in January, promised that he "came here to win."


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US asks court to lift stem cell funding ban (AFP)

Science - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:51

A reasercher is seen feeding stem cells at the University of Connecticut's Stem Cell Institute in Farmington. President Barack Obama's administration asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to lift a court order blocking federal funding for research involving human embryonic stem cells.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - President Barack Obama's administration asked a federal appeals court to lift a court order blocking federal funding for research involving human embryonic stem cells.


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Conditions for New York, NY at 8:51 pm EDT

Weather - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:51

Current Conditions:
Fair, 69 F

Forecast:
Wed - Mostly Clear. High: 82 Low: 60
Thu - Mostly Sunny. High: 73 Low: 57

Full Forecast at Yahoo! Weather

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Lawsuit over filming of Beyonce video settled (AP)

Tech - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:41

FILE - In this March 5, 2010 file photo, singer Beyonce Knowles attends a news conference to unveil the Beyonce Cosmetology Center at Phoenix House in the Brooklyn Borough of New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)AP - A lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles man upset with the disruption from a Beyonce Knowles music video shoot has been dismissed and settled.


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Lawsuit over filming of Beyonce video settled (AP)

Entertainment - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:41

FILE - In this March 5, 2010 file photo, singer Beyonce Knowles attends a news conference to unveil the Beyonce Cosmetology Center at Phoenix House in the Brooklyn Borough of New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)AP - A lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles man upset with the disruption from a Beyonce Knowles music video shoot has been dismissed and settled.


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Hong Kong model arrested after Nevada desert event (AP)

Entertainment - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:36

In this photo provided by the Washoe County Sheriff, Rosemary Vandenbroucke, 28, of Hong Kong is seen. Vandenbroucke, a Hong Kong fashion model is facing a felony drug charge following her arrest at the Burning Man festival, and misdemeanor vehicle charges after crashing a rented motor home into Reno's 'biggest little city in the world' arch. (AP Photo/Washoe County Sheriff via the Reno Gazette)AP - A Hong Kong fashion model was busted on felony drug charges at the Burning Man counterculture festival in Nevada and crashed her rented motor home into Reno's landmark arch the next day, authorities said Wednesday.


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Obama: U.S. can't afford to extend tax cuts for rich (Reuters)

Top Stories - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:33

US President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama admitted Wednesday if US voters in the upcoming midterm elections make their choices based on their opinion of the economy, his Democratic Party could be in big trouble.(AFP/Jim Watson)Reuters - President Barack Obama, fighting to keep Democrats in charge of Congress, said on Wednesday the United States could not afford to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich and accused Republicans of being fiscally irresponsible.


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Apple and BridgeCo Bring iTunes to Every Stereo in Your House (Mashable)

Tech - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:29
Mashable - One of the new features that Apple announced at its music event last week was AirPlay, a feature that lets users wirelessly stream their music to different stereo systems all over their house.
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ND PSC approves selling renewable energy credits (AP)

Science - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:25
AP - North Dakota regulators on Wednesday endorsed most of an Xcel Energy Inc. plan for selling its renewable energy credits and sharing the money with its electric customers in the state.
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