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USOC hires search firm, names group to pick CEO

The U.S. Olympic Committee picked the team that will search for a new CEO, hoping to replace Stephanie Streeter by the end of the year.

Bigfoot hunters turn to rugged W.Va. wilderness

A team of Bigfoot enthusiasts is hoping to find the legendary creature in the bogs and barrens of a West Virginia wilderness area.

Lawyer blasts release of affidavit in balloon case

A mother's confession that she and her husband faked their 6-year-old son's disappearance in a runaway balloon shouldn't have been made public, an attorney for the father said.

Twitter becomes mutual friend of Google, Microsoft

Twitter Inc. is selling the rights to mine its communications hotbed to both Internet search leader Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in dueling deals that underscore the growing importance of being able to show what's on people's minds at any given moment.

Mills, Bogar interview for Astros managerial job

Boston Red Sox coaches Brad Mills and Tim Bogar interviewed with the Houston Astros on Monday for the manager's job.

Google dominates September search rankings

Google Inc.'s sites continued to account for the vast majority of the U.S. search market in September, with rival Microsoft Corp.'s sites seeing a slight gain from August, according to comScore Inc.

Melvin, Acta interview for Astros manager job

Bob Melvin sees the Houston Astros being in better shape than the Diamondbacks were when he became their manager in November 2004.

BofA board forms CEO search committee

Bank of America Corp. said Friday it created a six-member committee of directors to find a successor for CEO Ken Lewis.

Google refines search results to counter Microsoft

Google Inc. is giving Web surfers a few more ways to refine their search results, signaling its resolve to ward off rival Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive campaign to lure traffic.

2nd suspect charged in shooting of 4 NJ cops

The second man inside a New Jersey house when a gun battle broke out and left four police officers wounded has been charged with obstruction.

Your Career: Reignite your job search

The number of “discouraged workers” — individuals who have given up the job search — have reached an all-time high. But putting your job search on hold will only delay success.

Yahoo to overhaul search before Microsoft deal

Yahoo Inc. will keep innovating in search and try to outsmart both Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. even as the slumping Internet company prepares to lean on rival Microsoft's search technology.

Reality contestant sought in model’s murder

Investment banker Ryan Jenkins was a VH1 reality show contestant, but he hasn’t been seen since the body of his model wife was found stuffed in her own suitcase. Police believe that he may have fled to Canada.

Microsoft sees size as search answer in Yahoo deal

Microsoft is hoping that a long-term partnership with rival Yahoo will give it the size and insight it needs to bring in more traffic, more advertisers and ultimately more revenue.

Search questions often wacky and weird

Internet search engines have become everybody’s favorite friend and confidante, acting as a automated repository of answers for just about any kind of question, no matter how strange.

Yahoo comes full circle with retreat from search

Yahoo Inc. invested billions of dollars in its Internet search engine during the past six years before realizing it made more sense to entrust the job to an outsider — hearkening back to a conclusion the company's co-founders reached shortly after they started their Web directory in the mid-1990s.

What the Microsoft-Yahoo deal means to users

Consumers would see improved Web search efforts by all major players as a result of a proposed search partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo, experts say.

Save now! 10 tips to be a better coupon sleuth

OK, all you bargain hounds out there, here’s a little rhetorical pop quiz for you: As the economy keeps sagging, is your arsenal of deal-finding skills growing? Even if you pride yourself on nabbing good buys on a regular basis, do you — yes, even you — sometimes drop the ball?

After Bing's first month, Microsoft still No. 3

Microsoft Corp.'s redesigned search site remains a distant third to Google and Yahoo despite getting a slight boost in its first month.

NTSB blames downdrafts in Steve Fossett crash

The aircrash that killed entrepreneur Steve Fossett, famed for his daredevil aerial feats, probably was caused by downdrafts that exceeded the ability of his small plane to recover before slamming into a California mountainside, federal safety officials said Thursday.

Court says strip search of Ariz. teenager illegal

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday school officials violated an Arizona teenage girl's rights by strip-searching her for prescription-strength ibuprofen, saying U.S. educators should not force children to remove their clothing unless student safety is at risk.

Makeovers bringing confidence to job seekers

Shalimar Pabon didn't see the pink slip coming. She didn't expect a yearlong search for another steady, full-time job that forced her to seek welfare benefits for her five children and herself.

Man goes over Yellowstone falls, presumed dead

Officials in Yellowstone National Park are searching for a man they believe committed suicide by jumping into a river and going over a 300-foot waterfall.

9/11 search dog cloned for former Canadian cop

Scientists in California say they have cloned a dog that helped with search-and-rescue after the New York terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Nearly all the MJ merchandise is ‘bootlegged’

Tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial tribute were in heavy demand, with over 1.6 million requests for only 8,750 recipients, each of whom were entitled to a pair.

The Vine
Police search yields alleged prowler and fugitive imposter
Source: m.redding.com

Two men were arrested Monday night - including one man who police say pretended to be a fugitive - after an hourlong chase that took officers through the streets and backyards of a south Redding neighborhood.

25 pounds of pot found in prison bananas
Source: The Houston Chronicle

EDINBURG — A police department's gift of fruit to a Texas prison turned out to contain 25 pounds of marijuana. The illegal harvest that was missed in an earlier search was discovered by inmates at the Segovia Unit unpacking the crate.

Guard members demonstrate digitally aided personnel recovery operations
Source: The Air Force News Service

11/10/2009 - MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. (AFNS) -- California Air National Guard members based here successfully demonstrated coalition personnel recovery operations using net enabled data link capabilities during the U.S. Joint Forces Command Exercise Bold Quest 2009 Oct.

Microsoft Bing Search Share Keeps Growing
Source: digitaldaily.allthingsd.com

Looks like Bing's September market share decline (as calculated by Hitwise) was more an anomaly than anything else.

7 Days of Search and Social; the ultimate update
Source: searchenginejournal.com

How are we this week my fine SEO geeks and phreaks.. last week was a pretty busy one out in the search blogosphere.

How To Use Google Analytics To Improve PPC Performance: Part 1
Source: Search Engine Land

Running effective PPC campaigns in B2B markets is a competitive task that can be extremely expensive. That's why it is so important for search marketers to run efficient campaigns that create maximum value for those high-cost clicks.

Protecting Your Brand On The Online Yellow Pages
Source: Search Engine Land

Why should you care about Online Yellow Pages when Google is most likely your primary source of traffic and ROI? The simple answer is because local search is on the rise, and with it so are opportunities for other advertisers to exploit your corporate name or brand, possibly to y …

InformationWeek Research - The Challenge of Enterprise Search
Source: InformationWeek

Organizations are slow to adopt enterprise search systems that empower users to find data on the desktop, the network, and the Internet. The challenges are more operational than technical and the payoff is efficiency.

Desperate search in El Salvador
Source: BBC News

Soldiers and civilians in the small Salvadorean town of Verapaz have been frantically searching debris left by a landslide for missing people.

Murdoch On Google and Pay-To-View

In an interview with SkyNews Australia, Rupert Murdoch continued to insist that Google (and other search engines) are "stealing" his content and that newspapers should never have "given away" their content for free. And he hinted that News Corp.

Dark Red Spot Found on Kuiper Belt Object Haumae
Source: Technology Review

Unlike all other large Kuiper Belt Objects, which are covered in methane ice and so slightly red in colour, Haumea and its two moons are covered in water ice, giving them a blue tinge. Moreover, Haumea is much denser than water and so must have a rich rocky core.

Officers raid Texas home of suspect in Fort Hood shootings - CNN.com
Source: CNN

Officers early Friday raided the apartment of a soldier suspected in the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, searching for clues as to what caused the military psychiatrist to allegedly gun down soldiers he had taken an oath to help, a police spokeswoman said.

Google unveils search tool for retail sites
Source: CNET.com

Google introduced a new Commerce Search tool for retailers on Wednesday to try to make the online shopping experience easier for consumers as the holidays approach.

Police: 4 more bodies found at rapist's Ohio home; total now 10 - CNN.com
Source: CNN

Investigators discovered four more bodies Tuesday at the Cleveland, Ohio, home of a convicted rapist -- making a total of 10 since last week, Police Chief Michael McGrath said Tuesday.

Search under way for 3 North Dakota college students
Source: CNN

Authorities conducted ground and air searches Tuesday for three softball players at a North Dakota university who have been missing since Sunday, police said.

Family of Missing Police Officer in Australia Turns to Witchdoctor
Source: Australian News Network

"The family of Mick Isles has turned to an Aboriginal tracker and self-professed witchdoctor to find the missing Queensland police officer."

Search For Sex Offender Leads to Bodies in Cleveland Home -
Source: fox8.com

Lt. Tom Stacho with Cleveland police just confirmed to Fox 8 News that the remains of possibly three more people have been discovered at Anthony Sowell's residence on Imperial Ave., making a total of six bodies found within the last two days.

Google Makes Music Searchable
Source: searchenginejournal.com

Google has just rolled a new search feature for discovering millions of songs via the same simple Google music search interface.

Google makes Similar Images part of image search
Source: CNET.com

Google on Tuesday announced that its similar-images feature is now a standard part of the company's image search technology.

How High Will Real-Time Search Fly?
Source: The New York Times

As major events unfold, Twitter, Facebook and other similar services are increasingly becoming the nation's virtual water coolers.

Somer's father: Birthmark on body found in landfill matches daughter's
Source: The Jacksonville Times-Union

Two days almost to the hour after Somer Renee Thompson disappeared walking home from school, a body likely to be the first-grader's was found Wednesday in a Georgia landfill.

Searching Google 'can help delay dementia'
Source: Telegraph

Older people can boost their brain activity by performing simple online searches, according to a study that suggests the web could be used in the fight against mental decline.

2 Military Planes Collide, Coast Guard Searching for Pilot Off Charleston Coast
Source: wciv.com

Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing collided in mid-air over the Atlantic Ocean about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday near Myrtle Beach, S.C. The aircraft, from Shaw AFB, were participating in night training maneuvers.

6-year-old boy missing after balloon lands in Colorado
Source: CNN

People across the world watched Thursday as a homemade balloon soared 7,000 feet over eastern Colorado after a 6-year-old boy, thought to be inside, set it loose from his parents' home.

Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists: "SEO is Poisoning the Web"
Source: powazek.com

Look under the hood of any SEO plan and you'll find advice like this: make sure to use keywords in the headline, use proper formatting, provide summaries of the content, include links to relevant information. All of this is a good idea, and none of it is a secret.

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