WASHINGTON — Democrats approved the second of three motions to close off debate on their health bill Tuesday and moved closer to passage on Christmas Eve, while Republicans highlighted their contention that the bill’s requirement for buying insurance is unconstitutional. All 58 Democrats and two independents supported the motion to limit the debate, which...
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SARASOTA FL – A lean, energetic and friendly design genius who hosts a lively show on HGTV, David Bromstad, has signed up to speak at the fourth annual Design Summit at Ringling College of Art and Design. The event is Feb. 5-6, and details are at www.sarasotadesignsummit.com. Mr. Bromstad, who is 36, hosts Design...
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Dec. 23 — BlackBerry service resumed as phone maker Research In Motion Ltd. released new software to fix program flaws, which caused a second disruption in less than a week. The interruption was resolved last night, RIM spokeswoman Rachel Colley said today in an e-mail. The breakdown may stem from flaws in two recent...
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LISTEN TO THE ALBUM STREAM OF WE BUILT A FIRE HERE Icelandic 7-piece Seabear has announced the release of their anticipated sophomore album, We Built a Fire, in March 2010 on Morr Music. The band will be making their US touring debut behind the album’s release, as well as performing several shows and parties...
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DENVER — A major winter storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to parts of the West and Midwest, though countless holiday travelers faced tough driving conditions and scattered flight delays Wednesday that only looked to get worse. The storm was expected to dump more than a foot of snow on parts of...
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An American Airlines flight carrying more than 150 people skidded off a rain-slicked runway as it landed in Jamaica Tuesday night, hitting a fence and plowing into a sandy embankment before it came to rest a few feet from the Caribbean Sea. No one was killed in the accident, which knocked off the engines...
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The Derrick Roland injury video is hard to watch. In the video, Derrick Roland suffers an injury under the basket that left Roland on the floor of the court for quite some time. The end result is that Derrick Roland broke his leg, and to be more precise had to have surgery in order...
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Following on the heels of the climate change summit in Copenhagen, the Agence France-Presse newswire reports that two New Zealand researchers have identified a major source of carbon emissions – our pets. Specifically, the researchers have their eyes on Fido: Combine the land required to generate its food and a “medium” sized dog has...
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Computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard (HP) have denied that their webcams are racist after a YouTube video uploaded in America showed the failings of the facial-tracking technology to pick up a black face. A man who introduces himself as Desi demonstrates the problems with the HP cameras as the software fails to adapt to his movements....
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PERFORMER: Conjunto Guantanamo PERFORMANCE DATE: 12/22/2009 LOCATION: Son Cubano ADDRESS: 405 West 14th Street CITY: Manhattan STATE, ZIP: NY, 10014 PHONE: 212-366-1640 TIMES: 7:30pm Son Cubano, or the “Sound of Cuba”, successfully brought a style reminiscent of the elegance and opulence of “The Havana 50s” to the meat packing district in New York City....
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