I think this article paints a good picture of the improvements and challenges facing Baghdad today. Especially chilling is the brutality that finally pushed the Iraqis and the Coalition together to effect real change at the neighborhood level.

Submitted by annisster - 2007-11-21 14:50:35
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Tags - us iraq news good baghdad

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Tennessee only has 3 hours of water daily due to severe drought.

Submitted by stella - 2007-11-02 20:34:46
Channels - blogcadre
Tags - news drought tennessee

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"The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight Tuesday night."

Submitted by stella - 2007-09-18 09:10:17
Channels - blogcadre
Tags - media news online free nytimes

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"He was unconscious during the surgery, and when he woke up, his testicles had been removed."

Submitted by cornellius - 2007-08-07 17:33:56
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Tags - news paul bizarre st.

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So here is an interesting way of looking at news links. The falling pieces represent the stories; the color and size of the pieces depend on the category the story belongs to and the total number of diggs the story has.

Submitted by dannis - 2007-07-27 08:55:13
Channels - games web2.0 wastingtime
Tags - games news digg tetris lame

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Weekly World News RIP

Submitted by mayormike - 2007-07-23 08:08:35
Channels - news latest
Tags - news metafilter

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Crazy Minority Report-style interface FTW!

Submitted by pilafdm - 2007-05-30 14:18:57
Channels - general geek computers microsoft furniture
Tags - mac technology microsoft news computer multi coffee interface table touch tom cruise minority report

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Lots of virtual globes resources.

Submitted by fthiery - 2007-05-30 07:00:06
Channels - metaverse
Tags - news metaverse globe

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Web collaboration company Yugma tried to bring Microsoft and Linux together to discuss the Show Us The Code issue. Here is a video about what happened.

Submitted by efro - 2007-05-21 17:15:58
Channels - general tech
Tags - video linux microsoft news developers showusthecode

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A new bacterial strain, kineococcus radiotolerans, has been discovered that can withstand immense levels of radiation and possesses the mysterious ability to "reassemble" DNA damaged by radiation exposure.

Submitted by nbr - 2007-05-16 20:01:39
Channels - general science news
Tags - science news biology

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A look at some of the world's most polluted and toxic cities.

Submitted by jodismith - 2007-05-15 13:30:03
Channels - general
Tags - science news world environment

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According to a memo on Friday, the Defense Dept computers will not be able to view sites like MySpace, Flickr, and Facebook for protection of information. "The armed services have long barred members of the military from sharing information that could jeopardize their missions or safety, whether electronically or by other means." So much for killing down time.

Submitted by jodismith - 2007-05-14 12:39:39
Channels - news
Tags - web2.0 news military

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Apparently Bob has been showing up at his grandson's grade school near L.A. playing tunes and scaring the little rugrats.

Submitted by jodismith - 2007-05-03 08:46:18
Channels - amuseme
Tags - funny music news bobdylan

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Developments in the history's largest pet food recall. Although there are still many questions to be answered.

Submitted by jodismith - 2007-05-03 08:30:07
Channels - news
Tags - news china pet petfood

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The New York Times has an article http://snurl.com/1iuvg ) in which a passing reference is made comparing the buying and selling of carbon offsets today with indulgences in the 16th c. GetReligion is pleased.

Submitted by nbr - 2007-04-30 23:24:39
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Tags - news religion environment journalism blogclip

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