5.8 Quake Rocks L.A.

Seeded on Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:59 PM EDT (CNN)

A 5.8 quake rocked L.A. about 15 to 20 minuets ago at the time of this writing. CNN is currently still gathering information, two residents of L.A. told me:

earthquake, california, l-a, us-news

Facebook Poking Could [Never] Create World War III

Seeded on Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:08 PM EDT (allfacebook.com)

Yesterday I was speaking with a friend of mine, Eric Kuhn, about how the poke action on Facebook has a totally different meaning over in the U.K. then it does here in the U.S.

technology, war, facebook, poking

Do you get more done at a desktop?

Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:23 PM EST

As I finish my first semester at college, I've learned a lot about myself. One of those things is that I get a TON more work done if I don't do it on my notebook computer.

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technology, notebook, work, computer, vacation, laptop

A Window of Opportunity for Macs, Soon to Close

Seeded on Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:32 AM EDT (The New York Times)

A great take on how one writer think that Apple is slowly letting market share run away again, instead of stopping Vista in its tracks.

technology, microsoft, apple, market-share

If you thought software patents were bad...

Seeded on Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:31 PM EDT (CNET)

First come software patents, now movie patents?

technology, movies, patents

Mall Won't Allow Church

Seeded on Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:55 PM EDT (The Hartford Courant)

Manchester Connecticut's Buckland Hills Mall won't allow the non-denominational St. Paul's Collegiate Church to open a new campus in the Hartford Funny Bone Comedy Club and Café.

church, religion, mall, funny-bone, buckland-hills, pauls-collegiate-church

Wealthy Stake $25 Million in a War With the Sea

Seeded on Sun Jul 8, 2007 7:51 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Wealthy residents of Nantucket are trying to preserve the southeast side of their island, which is currently extremely vulnerable to erosion.

science, new-england, north-atlantic, nantucket, block-island, sconset-village

Chef Sues Over Intellectual Property (the Menu)

Seeded on Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:32 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Sometimes, Rebecca Charles wishes she were a little less influential.

entertainment, new-york, new-england, west-village, lobster-bar

Court Rules for Cleaners In $54 Million Pants Suit

Seeded on Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:15 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

The D.C. administrative law judge who sued his neighborhood dry cleaners for $54 million over a pair of lost pants found out yesterday what he's going to get. Nothing. Note: this is in fashion due to its pants-theme

fashion, pants, washington-dc, law-suit

How Facebook could crush MySpace, Yahoo!, and Google.

Seeded on Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:34 AM EDT (Slate)

If Facebook does decide to become an all-encompassing portal, it would be a bit late to the party.

google, yahoo, technology, myspace, social-networking, facebook

Waiter, There's Deer in My Sushi

Seeded on Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:53 AM EDT (The New York Times)

In this seafood-crazed country, tuna is king. From maguro to otoro, the Japanese seem to have almost as many words for tuna and its edible parts as the French have names for cheese.

japan, new-york, food, united-states, world-news, sushi

The Ghost of Rudy Past

Seeded on Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:05 AM EDT (Slate)

For Giuliani, the Bloomberg boomlet is bad news on every level. First, Bloomberg joins Fred Thompson in sucking up much of the oxygen that Giuliani's campaign needs to keep breathing. In most national and statewide polls, Giuliani's lead is slipping or has disappeared altogether.

politics, republicans, election-2008, rudy-giuliani

Ron Paul: Daily Show and Colbert Report

Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:01 PM EDT

Ron Paul has done the Comedy Central late night rounds and I must say - he's done a great job on both of the shows. Appealing to the younger consitutency is something that presidential candidates must face, and overcome at every election.

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politics, daily-show, jon-stewart, steven-colbert, colbert-report, ron-paul

Has Newsvine Killed your Blog?

Thu Jun 7, 2007 1:11 PM EDT

Has Newsvine killed your blog? It's killed mine, and I'm somewhat happy about it.

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technology, death, blogs, blogging, newsvine, destruction

Why poor kids can't find a dentist.

Seeded on Thu Jun 7, 2007 12:56 PM EDT (Slate)

Earlier this year, Deamonte Driver, a 12-year-old boy living in Maryland, died after he got a tooth infection that led to a brain infection. Deamonte had never had routine dental care.* The problem wasn't that he was among America's 47 million uninsured.

health, dentist, human-services, dental-care

Viagra? No Stupid, I use Walnuts!

Seeded on Sun Jun 3, 2007 12:38 PM EDT (Toronto Star)

Researchers at the Universiti Malaya have been developing a new erectile dysfunction pill from walnuts.

viagra, health, sex, erectile-dysfunction, universiti-malaya

How do spelling contests work in other countries?

Seeded on Thu May 31, 2007 10:25 PM EDT (Slate)

Close to 300 boys and girls will be stepping up to the mic at this week's Scripps National Spelling Bee. They hail from across the United States, as well as from countries like Germany, Jamaica, the Bahamas, New Zealand, and Canada.

entertainment, world, united-states, spelling-bee, international-spelling-bees

How do you find new articles?

Thu May 31, 2007 9:53 PM EDT

How do you find new articles on NV? This has been a question I find myself asking ever since I've joined - and still bounces around in my head.

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technology, newsvine, articles

Suspect in T.O. school shooting still at large

Seeded on Thu May 24, 2007 9:49 AM EDT (CTV News)

Police are searching for a suspect in the death of a 15-year-old boy, fatally shot in a Toronto high school by a single bullet to the chest.

death, shooting, school, world-news, school-shooting

Global Warming: Population Control?

Wed May 23, 2007 10:51 PM EDT

Is global warming more than just humans destroying the Earth? Could it be, in fact, a form of population control? I think this is a very real possibility.

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global-warming, science, climate-change, population-control

Why do some news sites insist on having multiple pages?

Tue May 22, 2007 12:03 AM EDT

This is a question that I've always asked myself, because quite frankly having to click through multiple pages to read a story is frustrating.

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technology, news, newsvine, pages

Dollar Coin of John Adams Is to Be Released

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2007 3:07 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The second design in the presidential one-dollar coin series, featuring John Adams, is to be released today by the United States Mint.

politics, federal-reserve, coin, john-adams

I think the 'Vine needs some TLC

Sun May 20, 2007 10:23 AM EDT

I didn't want to be the first to think that Newsvine has been acting glitch-y lately, but it's something that is hard to avoid now.

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technology, newsvine

What to expect from CBS this fall.

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2007 10:03 AM EDT (Slate)

The network came out of it with one passable sitcom, three possible hits, one show I am never going to watch, and a high-profile bomb.

entertainment, new-york, television, cbs, fall

Will the "forever" stamp pay off?

Seeded on Thu May 17, 2007 11:35 PM EDT (Slate)

Absolutely not. Since 1971, postal rates have increased more slowly than the actual inflation rate, as measured by the U.S. Consumer Price Index. So, despite the numerous rate hikes over the last 36 years, stamps have actually been getting cheaper.

business, stamps, usps, united-states-postal-service, stamp-increase

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