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One student spends 500 unpaid hours mapping Kazakhstan
Tue,26 Jul 2011 05:41 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - When 23-year-old University of Minnesota student Kyril Negoda hopped on Google Maps for a virtual vacation to his homeland of Kazakhstan, he found that the country was largely absent from the web's largest collection of maps. Being a tech-savvy graphic design … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Hybrid cars set new world record with quietest parade ever
Tue,26 Jul 2011 05:37 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - Over two hundred hybrid cars took a 20 minute drive around Madison, Wisconsin on Sunday to break the existing world record set in Belgium in 2010. Hoping for 500 cars, the event drew 208 which allowed it to shatter the previous … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Second Act: Artist Nathan Sawaya
Tue,26 Jul 2011 04:42 PM PDT
The Newsroom - The Emmy-nominated video show Second Act visited former attorney Nathan Sawaya in his Manhattan atelier. Sawaya is one of the foremost artists working in the medium of Lego bricks. His touring shows are called "The Art of the Brick." Click … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Why do people fear Rupert Murdoch?
Tue,26 Jul 2011 02:38 PM PDT
The Cutline - It's hard to believe it was only a week ago that News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch sat before Parliament, telling a select committee that he had "perhaps lost sight of" News of the World among his vast media empire's countless properties and its 53,000-plus employees. Murdoch's goal was to put some distance between himself and [...] Full Story 		Top

Three stories of survival
Tue,26 Jul 2011 02:29 PM PDT
The Upshot - The world is a dangerous place. Three amazing stories of survival in the face of bears, snakes, and a rogue kangaroo are sweeping the Web. We're happy to report that all three incidents have relatively happy endings. Teenagers escape bear attack When 17-year-old Samuel Gottsegen traveled to Alaska to be part of an outdoor training [...] Full Story 		Top

LAST TICKET: Debt ceiling madness; Romney thinking about VP picks
Tue,26 Jul 2011 01:53 PM PDT
The Ticket - Here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment: • House conservative put up a fight against House Speaker John Boehner's debt ceiling plan. (Washington Times) • Majority Leader Eric Cantor tells them to stop whining. (Politico) • President Obama threatens to veto Boehner's plan. (USA Today) • [...] Full Story 		Top

Blogger claims to have evidence that Piers Morgan knew about phone-hacking
Tue,26 Jul 2011 01:30 PM PDT
The Cutline - Things already weren't looking so good for CNN anchor Piers Morgan's bid to keep his name off the growing list of casualties in the British phone-hacking scandal. But even though the former tabloid editor has categorically denied ever authorizing or publishing a hack-derived story during his tenure at the U.K.'s Daily Mirror, new evidence to [...] Full Story 		Top

World's thinnest house being built in Poland
Tue,26 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - Be careful when you yawn! If you stretch your arms out to your sides in the Ermitaż, you'll hit the walls — the house being built in Warsaw by the Centrala architecture firm measures just 52.4 inches at its widest point. Much … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Google+ considers new guildelines for naming policy
Tue,26 Jul 2011 01:10 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - After banning many Google+ accounts over the weekend that they assumed weren't using real names, Google offers an explanation and some work arounds. The latest and fastest growing social media network has a strict policy to use their first and … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Bachmann misses nearly 40 percent of votes
Tue,26 Jul 2011 01:02 PM PDT
The Ticket - Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has skipped 37 percent of House votes since launching her presidential campaign, The Hill's Michael O'Brien reported Tuesday. By the newspaper's calculation, that's 50 missed votes out of 135 taken by the House since Bachmann officially announced her candidacy June 27 in Waterloo, Iowa. It's no surprise that the presidential campaign trail [...] Full Story 		Top

Haul in the family: one lucky clan wins its third lottery
Tue,26 Jul 2011 12:24 PM PDT
The Upshot - Wondering where all your good luck has gone? Maybe the McCauleys of Charlotte, N.C., have it. For the third time in 20 years, a member of the family has won the lottery. A buzzy article from the AP delves into the details. Back in 1991, the family won $15.5 million from the New York Lotto. [...] Full Story 		Top

Poll: Most Americans unable to identify Romney's religion
Tue,26 Jul 2011 12:03 PM PDT
The Ticket - Pop quiz: Mitt Romney is the current front-runner in the Republican race for the White House; he ran for president in 2008 and was governor of Massachusetts from 2004 to 2007. Can you name his religion? More than half of Americans were unable to answer the question correctly, according to a new Public Religion Research [...] Full Story 		Top

Mom spared jail in jaywalking conviction
Tue,26 Jul 2011 11:13 AM PDT
The Lookout - Georgia mom Raquel Nelson was spared prison today in the sentencing phase of the jaywalking conviction she faced after her son was killed in a hit-and-run. Nelson could have ended up spending more time in jail than the man who ran over her four-year-old son and sped off after a jury convicted her of jaywalking. [...] Full Story 		Top

Lawyer for Norway attacks suspect suggests client is insane
Tue,26 Jul 2011 11:08 AM PDT
The Envoy - The lawyer for the anti-immigrant extremist who killed 76 people in attacks in Norway last week says his client's perception of the world is so warped he may be insane. "He has a view of reality that is very difficult to explain," Geir Lippestad, the attorney representing Anders Behring Breivik, said at an Oslo news [...] Full Story 		Top

Obama, Boehner stymied
Tue,26 Jul 2011 10:57 AM PDT
Exclusives - Even though each of them has exhibited occasional bouts of petulance, I must confess that I have great sympathy for President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner as they grapple with the public debt-ceiling and spending crisis. Each has acted … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Obama, Boehner stymied by their own parties in debt talks
Tue,26 Jul 2011 10:54 AM PDT
Exclusives - Even though each of them has exhibited occasional bouts of petulance, I must confess that I have great sympathy for President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner as they grapple with the public debt-ceiling and spending crisis. Each has acted … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Jon Huntsman wagers big in New Hampshire
Tue,26 Jul 2011 10:30 AM PDT
The Ticket - Jon Huntsman appears ready to bet his entire 2012 bid on winning New Hampshire's crucial first-in-the-nation primary. Per the Associated Press's Steve Peoples, the former Utah governor is assembling what may be the most extensive GOP primary push in the state's history in hopes of upsetting frontrunner Mitt Romney's nomination bid. Huntsman already has 21 [...] Full Story 		Top

'Epic' Resignation Letter Goes Viral, Glenn Beck Under Fire for Norway Comments, and Hugo Chavez Governs Via Twitter
Tue,26 Jul 2011 10:11 AM PDT
Trending Now - Don't forget to sign up on Facebook to be a Trending Now Insider for a chance to win $5,000 and a MacBook Air! Although many people who hate their jobs fantasize about quitting in the most over-the-top and obnoxious way, very few turn that fantasy into reality.  An unnamed Toronto Whole Foods employee did, by [...] Full Story 		Top

What the NFL deal means for the media business
Tue,26 Jul 2011 09:57 AM PDT
The Cutline - National Football League owners and players came to a labor agreement on Monday, ending a four-and-a-half month lockout and ensuring there will be a football season this year. "Football is back," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in announcing the new 10-year deal that divvies up what's become a $9.3 billion annual business. By avoiding a [...] Full Story 		Top

Rep. David Wu to resign amid sexual scandal
Tue,26 Jul 2011 09:39 AM PDT
The Ticket - Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) announced Tuesday he will resign from Congress following accusations he had unwanted sexual contact with a teenage girl. "I cannot care for my family the way I wish while serving in Congress and fighting these very serious allegations," Wu said in a statement. Wu claims the incident with the daughter of [...] Full Story 		Top

Down But Not Out: 'I'm not stupid but I sure have been made to feel that way.'
Tue,26 Jul 2011 09:32 AM PDT
The Lookout - In June, we asked you for your stories spelling out what it's like to be out of work for an extended period. The thousands of anecdotes you sent us offer a heart-rending glimpse of how Americans are coping with long-term joblessness during the Great Recession and its aftermath. The responses The Lookout has collected from Yahoo readers [...] Full Story 		Top

Canon combines mouse, calculator, and number pad into one sleek device
Tue,26 Jul 2011 09:12 AM PDT
Technology News Blog - Adding functionality to a device we already use every day is a notion we support whole-heartedly, and Canon's new X Mark I Mouse is the best example we've seen in a long time. Not content to let the mouse remain a … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Phone-hacking's first book deals; are e-book titles next?
Tue,26 Jul 2011 08:59 AM PDT
The Cutline - Well, at least one facet of the British phone-hacking saga is moving quickly. As the investigation into the scandal plods along, two of its players have landed book deals based on their involvement in the affair, which has been roiling News Corp. for weeks. The first deal is a very obvious call for the enterprising [...] Full Story 		Top

VIDEO: The debt ceiling explained in under a minute
Tue,26 Jul 2011 08:52 AM PDT
The Ticket - Wondering why lawmakers are pushing so hard to raise the debt ceiling? Armed with just a white board, markers and years of expertise, former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin explains it all in less than a minute--and does it better than anyone you've heard before. But he doesn't stop there. In another video, Holtz-Eakin [...] Full Story 		Top

Bachmann criticized for silence on suicides in her district
Tue,26 Jul 2011 08:49 AM PDT
The Lookout - An article in the liberal magazine Mother Jones criticizes Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) for her silence on a tragic string of nine suicides over the past two years in her district. The writer argues that Bachmann's refusal to support antibullying legislation in the state in 2006 and the agenda favored by some of her anti-gay [...] Full Story 		Top

Homebrew hack turns a toy Wall-E into an adorable interactive robot
Tue,26 Jul 2011 08:30 AM PDT
Technology News Blog - At Tecca, we're no stranger to cool homebrew robot hacks — we've seen everything from a dancing beer can to a tweeting Roomba — but this adorable creation by YouTube user DJ Sures might just take the cake. The intrepid robot builder took a … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Obama's call to contact your reps in Washington crashes servers?
Tue,26 Jul 2011 07:36 AM PDT
The Ticket - President Obama last night called on Americans to contact their representatives in Washington about the debt limit. Apparently, many people took action on his directive and may have overloaded servers hosting congressional webpages. "I'm asking you all to make your voice heard," Obama said during his televised address to the nation on the debt limit [...] Full Story 		Top

Why isn't Wall Street panicking about the default crisis yet?
Tue,26 Jul 2011 07:11 AM PDT
Exclusives - By Annie Lowrey Slate Much to Washington's surprise, the Debtpocalypse did not arrive this past weekend. The markets had been sanguine since the United States hit its $14.3 trillion debt ceiling in May, with stock prices high and borrowing costs … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Boxing kangaroo charges woman, 94, in Australian outback
Tue,26 Jul 2011 07:02 AM PDT
The Envoy - A massive, red boxing kangaroo attacked a 94-year-old Australian woman as she was hanging up wet laundry in remote Queensland Sunday. "I thought it was going to kill me," Phyllis Johnson, speaking from her Charleville, Queensland hospital bed, told Australia's Courier Mail newspaper. "It was taller than me and it just plowed through the clothes [...] Full Story 		Top

Job listings say the unemployed need not apply
Tue,26 Jul 2011 06:31 AM PDT
The Lookout - Hundreds of job opening listings posted on Monster.com and other jobs sites explicitly state that people who are unemployed would be less attractive applicants, with some telling the long-term unemployed to not even bother with applying. The New York Times' Catherine Rampell said she found preferences for the already employed or only recently laid off [...] Full Story 		Top

Six costs of not raising the debt ceiling
Tue,26 Jul 2011 06:25 AM PDT
Exclusives - By Julia Edwards National Journal What started as hot air has now become a thunder cloud. Should Congress fail to reach a compromise to raise the debt ceiling, a multitude of economic sectors could take a hit—if not come to a … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

More dismal poll numbers for Obama and the GOP on debt crisis
Tue,26 Jul 2011 06:11 AM PDT
The Ticket - More than a third of Americans now believe President Obama's policies have made the nation's struggling economy worse--but they blame Republicans just as much for the sorry state of the economy, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. The survey finds that 37 percent of Americans believe Obama's policies are hurting the economy, while [...] Full Story 		Top

FIRST CUTS: Murdoch not a 'disengaged boss'; latest Glenn Beck controversy
Tue,26 Jul 2011 06:09 AM PDT
The Cutline - Our list of stories that should be on your morning media menu: • Rupert "Murdoch, who every morning reads avidly from what one former editor referred to as 'the best clippings service I have ever seen,' has never been a disengaged boss, especially from his newspapers." (New York Times) • Guardian journalist Nick Davies, the [...] Full Story 		Top

News of the world: Kenya's refugee overload; the search for Cervantes' bones
Tue,26 Jul 2011 06:06 AM PDT
The Envoy - • British Foreign Secretary William Hague joins France, the United States and the Libyan rebel leader saying Gadhafi might stay in Libya. (BBC) • Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, may be  the hardest-working person in Washington. (Jeffrey Goldberg) • New Defense Secretary spokesman George Little joins  Twitter. (@PentagonPressSec; @DoDSpokesman Col. Dave Lapan) [...] Full Story 		Top

FIRST LOOK: McDonald's adds veggies to Happy Meals
Tue,26 Jul 2011 05:28 AM PDT
The Lookout - Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • Is a U.S. credit rating downgrade inevitable? (The Daily Beast) • The United States Postal Service is considering closing 3,600 stores. (AP) • Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law half of the "California Dream Act." (LA Times) • The teen mauled by a grizzly in Alaska shares his [...] Full Story 		Top

As Washington struggles over debt crisis, Obama stays mum on veto threat
Mon,25 Jul 2011 09:34 PM PDT
Exclusive - By Major Garrett National Journal Washington may have become, as President Obama said on Monday, a place where "compromise has become a dirty word," but in the context of the menacing debt-limit crisis there was a far dirtier word he … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Need help with medical bills? Start your own online fundraiser with GiveForward
Mon,25 Jul 2011 04:52 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - While the United States continues to debate over government-funded healthcare, Americans with mounting medical bills sometimes have nowhere to turn. Many people without health insurance — and even some who are fortunate enough to have it — find themselves struggling … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Sorry, everyone: Scientists prove time travel impossible
Mon,25 Jul 2011 04:49 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - Put down those dreams of leaping forward in time to see how your children turn out and, of course, enjoy riding around on hoverboards: physicists say they've put the nail in time travel's coffin. A team of researchers from the … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

LAST TICKET: Obama to address nation on debt debate; Another Blue Dog bites the dust
Mon,25 Jul 2011 02:15 PM PDT
The Ticket - Here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment: • President Obama will address the nation tonight on the debt stalemate. (AP) • Rick Perry leads the GOP field in Florida. (Miami Herald) • Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross, a prominent Blue Dog Dem, won't seek re-election. (National Journal) [...] Full Story 		Top

Small town ditches paper agendas for iPads
Mon,25 Jul 2011 01:46 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - While Apple's iPad tablet might be looked at as a luxury item for some, one town in North Carolina is using the top-selling gadget in a money-saving manner instead. Cornelius, N.C., (population: 25,000) has abandoned its beefy paper agendas in favor … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top


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