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Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak's taking Kodachrome away

Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak is taking your Kodachrome away.

2 men in Hawaii plead guilty to killing dog

Two former golf course workers accused of butchering and eating a patron's pet dog two years ago have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty.

JuicyCampus, home to nasty school gossip, dries up

Critics hoped the better angels of human nature would kill off the popular campus gossip site JuicyCampus.com. Some prosecutors were trying to use the law to do the trick.

Is the rich-hued Kodachrome era fading to black?

It is an elaborately crafted photographic film, extolled for its sharpness, vivid colors and archival durability. Yet die-hard fan Alex Webb is convinced the digital age soon will take his Kodachrome away.

Beloved Manhattan Diner Closes

The overheated New York real estate market has claimed another classic diner.

Deconstructing Spitzer's Spiraling End

Eliot Spitzer finally had to tell someone his secret. It was last Sunday morning, and he had just spent five hours driving through a fierce storm to his family and his Fifth Avenue apartment.

Animal Cruelty Charge in Dog-Eating Case

A grand jury indicted two former golf club employees on theft and animal cruelty charges after police said they butchered and ate a patron's pet dog.

A Look at Stick Antenna Replacements

The traditional stick, or fixed-mast, antenna is disappearing from cars as automakers embrace new technology that they say looks better and can offer more options to drivers. Among the alternatives on the market or in the works:

Reception Fading for Stalwart Antenna

An automotive appendage that often goes unnoticed — unless it loses a battle with the automatic car wash — is disappearing in the face of changing technology, tastes and economics.

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Berlin celebrates demise of Wall
Source: BBC News

World leaders are due to join thousands of people marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall's fall, an event that paved the way for the end of the Cold War.

Health-Care Reform: The Government Run Public Option is Rooted in the Intellectual Laziness of Congress and the Administration

Consider the following syllogism: (1) To ignore (or refuse to consider) alternative solutions to health-care reform* is intellectual laziness. (2) Other than expanding the government's role in health-care, (public option, Medicare for all), the US Congress and Administrati …

News: Tekken 6: Unlockable characters 'outdated' says series director
Source: gamepro.com

Looks like the days of unlocking characters could be numbered, as Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada calls the process "outdated."

Sony planned death of PSP UMD all along
Source: TechRadar: All Phone and communications feeds

It's not controversial to state that pretty much no one likes the PSP's UMD drive, but it might raise eyebrows to suggest that Sony itself was never that into the whole tiny optical disk concept.

Was Marx right all along?
Source: This is London

The way to save capitalism will be hotly debated in London this week and suddenly the man who predicted its demise is fashionable again. Two writers argue over his legacy.

Remains from Clovis culture cast doubt on comet theory
Source: The Columbus Dispatch

A paper, which appears in the current Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, makes it clear there is no evidence for continent-wide forest fires in the aftermath of the supposed comet impact. (It refutes) Firestone and colleagues [assertion] that the comet impact hypot …

Our Ecomony

Our ecmony has gotten to this point because of one thing GREED. I grew up in the 50's and 60's and prices on goods and salaries were let us say normal from today.

Chrysler LLC: Six Months to Live?
Source: Eric Peters Auto

It would be a shockeroo if Chrysler went under but sales are down 20%. I do read in other news that there is talk of a buyout or merger by Nissan.

FOXNews.com - Toddler Dies After Head Crushed in Florida Car Wash - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
Source: FOXNews.com

Toddler Dies After Head Crushed in Florida Car Wash Saturday, January 13, 2007 E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla. — An 18-month-old girl died after her head was crushed by an automatic car wash machine, police said.

Down the tube with YouTube!
Source: adhurl.com

AdHurl.com predicts a different form of ruin for YouTube if they follow in the footsteps of MySpace.

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