Teen 'sport killings' of homeless on the rise (News) 16 discussions All Nathan Moore says he wanted to do was smoke pot and get drunk with his friends. Tags: California Wisconsin Cable News Network (CNN) Florida Golf Police University Riots Bioterrorism Corporate Governance Entertainment (general) Sports Hate Crimes Video Games Alabama Michigan McDonalds Corporation Anthony Cl
	Records: Southwest Airlines flew 'unsafe' planes (News) 10 discussions Discount air carrier Southwest Airlines flew thousands of passengers on aircraft that federal inspectors said were "unsafe" as recently as last March, according to detailed congressional doc.. Tags: Jim Oberstar, Burbank, Boeing Company, Federal Aviation Administration, California, Nicholas Sabatini, Wall Street Journal, Aloha Airlines Inc., UAL Corporation, Air Travel, U.S. House Committee Transportation & Infrastructure, Air Disasters, Pittsbur
	'In a world' voiceover master dies at 68 (News) 9 discussions Don LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world ..." phrase on movie trailers was much copied -- and much parodied -- has died, according to media reports. He was 68. Tags: Health Fitness, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Celebrity News, Movies, Medical Specializations, Don LaFontaine, General Motors Corporation, GEICO, Respiratory Medicine, Vanessa Gilbert, Entertainment, Los Angeles, Nita Whitaker, Obituaries, iReport.com
	Microsoft in hot water over Wikipedia edits (News) 8 discussions Microsoft Corp. has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. Tags: Microsoft Corporation Wikipedia Wales International Business Machines Corporation Australia
	Jury awards $6.1 million in McDonald's strip search case (News) 8 discussions A jury awarded $6.1 million Friday to a woman who said she was forced to strip in a McDonald's back office after someone called the restaurant posing as a police officer. Tags: William Whitman, Ann Oldfather, McDonald\s Corporation, David Stewart, Trials, Florida, Donna Summer, Louise Ogborn, Criminal Trials, Walter Nix, Police
	Power restored to parts of Florida after outage (News) 8 discussions Power was restored Tuesday for most of Florida after a failed switch and fire at an electrical substation outside Miami triggered widespread blackouts across the state. Tags: North American Electric, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando (Florida), Miami-Dade County, Kennedy Space Center, Weather, Reliability Corporation, Mike Stone, Miami, Nuclear Energy, Stan Johnson, Technology, Ken Clark, FPL Group Inc., Energy Technology, Armando Oliv
	Sony touts tiny, film-thin TV screen that bends (News) 7 discussions In the race for ever-thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all -- a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-color video. Tags: Sony Corporation Technology (general) Wireless Phones Corporate Governance Commodities Chief Executive Officers Video Games Howard Stringer Japan South Korea Sharp Corporation Electronics Computing Information Technology
	Uncle Sam spoils dream trip to space (News) 6 discussions Brian Emmett's childhood fantasy came true when he won a free trip to outer space. Tags: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oracle Corporation Theater Tour operators Taxation Corporate Governance Chief Executive Officers Space Programs Online Investing Football Advice Oracle Corporation Microsoft Corporation University o
	Man who glued TV watchers to the couch dies (News) 6 discussions Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died. Tags: Obituaries (General) Long Term Care Emmy Awards Zenith Electronics Corporation Patent & Trademark Office Vienna (Austria) Patents, Copyright Trademarks
	Man sues IBM over firing, says he's an Internet addict (News) 6 discussions A man who was fired by IBM for visiting an adult chat room at work is suing the company for $5 million, claiming he is an Internet addict who deserves treatment and sympathy rather than dismissal. Tags: International Business Machines Corporation Vietnam Health Treatment Computer Security Advice Iraq Washington Stanford University Addiction Internet
	Student describes how she became a Clinton plant (News) 6 discussions The college student who was told what question to ask at one of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign events said "voters have the right to know what happened" and she wasn't the only one.. Tags: Energy Policy, Domestic Policy, Earth Science, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, Election Campaigns, Mo Elleithee, Maytag Corporation, Science Technology, Global Climate Change, Hillary Clinton, Sciences, Political Policy, Iowa, Bill Clinton, U.S. Politics, Clima
	Entertainer, businessman Merv Griffin dies at 82 (News) 5 discussions Merv Griffin, the entertainer turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, has died. He was 82. Tags: Bond Markets, Merv Griffin, Media, Television, Financial Markets, Fixed Income Securities, Griffin Group plc, Game Shows, Celebrity News, Books, Business, Westinghouse Broadcasting, Doris Day, Johnny Carson, CBS Corporation, Entertainment, San Francisco,
	Toy company CEO kills self (News) 5 discussions The head of a Chinese manufacturer whose lead-tainted Sesame Street toys were the center of a massive U.S. recall has killed himself, a state-run newspaper said Monday. Tags: China, Children\s Programming, Medicine, Health Fitness, Neurology, Suicide, World Politics, Medical Specializations, Television, Consumer Protection, Media, Politics, Product Recalls, Hong Kong, Business, RC2 Corporation, Chinese Politics, Mattel Inc.,
	ExxonMobil to sell 2,220 gas stations (News) 5 discussions Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to sell its company-owned gas stations, saying they aren't profitable enough even with gasoline selling at $4 per gallon. Tags: New York, Tennessee, Florida, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Texas, California, Prem Nair, United States, Virginia, Maryland, Ben Soraci, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
	Commodore 64 still loved after all these years (News) 4 discussions Like a first love or a first car, a first computer can hold a special place in people's hearts. For millions of kids who grew up in the 1980s, that first computer was the Commodore 64. Twenty-five yea.. Tags: IBM Corporation, Computer Technology, Games, Computer Hardware Peripherals, Video Games, PC World Communications Inc., Harry McCracken, Commodore 64, Culture Lifestyle, Software, Software Engineering, Rob Kramer, Minnesota, Brian Bagnall, Andreas Wall
	Appeals court overturns passenger rights law (News) 4 discussions A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down a state law requiring airlines to give food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers stuck in delayed planes, saying the measure was well-intention.. Tags: Air Transport Association America Inc., Transportation, Air Travel, Trials, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark, JetBlue Airways Corporation, Michael Gianaris, U.S. Court Appeals, Appellate Trials, United States, New York, Air Transport Asso
	Poll: More disapprove of Bush than any other president (News) 4 discussions A new poll suggests that President Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history. Tags: George W. Bush, Opinion Research Corporation, U.S. Politics, Iraq War, War Conflict, USS Abraham Lincoln, Iraq, United States, Gallup Organization, Netherlands, Politics, Harry S. Truman, Richard Nixon
	Defendant trades murder plea for KFC, pizza (News) 4 discussions A New York man who pleaded guilty to murder in Oregon in exchange for buckets of fried chicken will get calzones and pizza to go with his life sentence. Tags: Food Cooking, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Desserts, Vanessa Davis, Culture Lifestyle, Portland, Tremayne Durham, Criminal Trials, Oregon, Foods, Eric Bergstrom, Murder Homicide, Fruits Vegetables, New York City, KFC Corporation, Gresham, Tri
	Man sues IBM over firing, says he's an Internet addict (News) 3 discussions A man who was fired by IBM for visiting an adult chat room at work is suing the company for $5 million, claiming he is an Internet addict who deserves treatment and sympathy rather than dismissal. Tags: International Business Machines Corporation Vietnam Health Treatment Computer Security Advice Iraq Washington Stanford University Addiction Internet
	Executed man's last request honored -- pizza for homeless (News) 3 discussions Hundreds of homeless people in Nashville, Tennessee, ate well Wednesday evening -- all in the name of a man who the state put to death just hours earlier. Tags: Nashville (Tennesse) Tennessee Cato Corporation Memphis (Tennesse) Public Relations Bioterrorism Corporate Governance Media Ingrid Newkirk Wendys International Incorporated Minnesota Minneapolis (Minnesota) Ronald Oliver Homeless
	Mom's cell phone helps boy get new heart (News) 3 discussions It took global-positioning technology for police to track down a 10-year-old boy and get him to a hospital in time for a life-saving heart transplant. Tags: Police Wireless Phones Sprint Corporation CBS Pennsylvania
	Father of Sony PlayStation steps down (News) 3 discussions The chief architect of Sony's PlayStation game console stepped down on Tuesday as the Japanese company struggles to defend its dominance in the video game industry and revive its reputation as an elec.. Tags: Sony Corporation Nintendo Company Limited Ken Kutaragi Video Games Chief Executive Officers Marketing Corporate Governance Apple Computer Incorporated Tokyo (Japan) Church England Japan Microsoft Corporation Great Britain Compu
	Scientists find clue in mystery of the vanishing bees (News) 3 discussions A virus found in healthy Australian honey bees may be playing a role in the collapse of honey bee colonies across the United States, researchers reported Thursday. Tags: Foods, Politics, Science Technology, Culture Lifestyle, Sciences, Political Policy, Keith Delaplane, Insects, 454 Life Sciences Corporation, Fruits Vegetables, Nature Environment, Wildlife, Agriculture Policy, Columbia, Food Cooking, Domestic P
	21.7 million pounds of beef recalled (News) 3 discussions Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded a recall of ground beef from about 300,000 pounds to 21.7 million pounds, one of the largest meat recalls in U.S. history. Tags: United States, Food Cooking, Centers for Disease Control Prevention, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania, Product Recalls, Ohio, Pilgrim\s Pride Corporation, Topps Meat Co., Foods, Meat, Geoffrey Livermore, Business, Consumer Protection, Hu
	$75M in gift cards could become worthless (News) 3 discussions You know that Sharper Image gift card you got for Christmas? Right now, it's worthless. And other gift cards in your wallet could lose their value, too. Tags: Company Activities Information, Sharper Image Corporation, Lonnie Miller, Carol Ann Razza, Tower Group Inc., Jon Tapper, Robert Padgett, Boston, Howard Kleinberg, Saks Inc., Lord & Taylor LLC, Company Bankruptcies, NRDC Equity Partners LLC, Business,

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