Texas Probes Google on Ranking of Search Results The New York Times | The Texas attorney general has opened an antitrust investigation into how Google ranks search results, the first United States case to strike at the heart of the company’s main search business. | The issue at hand — referred to as search neutrality — is whether Google manipulates...
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The legacy of seven years in Iraq Irish Times | Has anything good come out of the occupation of Iraq? In the week that President Obama formally declared an end to the US combat mission there, commentators are starting to count the final cost of George Bush's nation-building project, writes LARA MARLOW , Washington Corresponent | THE BUSH ADMINI...
Metro pushes transit for Surrey, not UBC Canada Dot Com | Metro Vancouver's chief bureaucrat wants TransLink to bump a proposed rapid transit line to the University of B.C. to the bottom of its priority list, and instead boost services in the fast-growing area south of the Fraser River. | Metro chief admi...
B.C. sues to recoup costs from hot-air balloon crash Canada Dot Com | British Columbia is suing several third parties in efforts to recoup health care costs relating to a fiery hot-air balloon crash that killed two people and injured several others in August 2007. | Those named in the lawsuit are SRP Adventures Ltd.,...
A head start on a rewarding career Canada Dot Com  | Imagine if, this semester in high school, you could take a course in midwifery, or go work on a farm, build a house or learn about sustainable agriculture. | Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid says schools need to change to become more relev...
Filmmaker getsa few pointers when heavy hitter Leno drops by Canada Dot Com | T EN YEARS LATER: Labour Day weekends from 1990 to 2004 were when the Molson Indy auto race ran beside False Creek. Sandwiched by the burst dot. com bubble and 9/11, the 2000 running was a sentimental tribute to local hero Greg Moore, who died duri...
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Accenture, Cisco and Sun Still Face Kickbacks Charges The New York Times | After recent settlements by Hewlett-Packard and EMC in a long-standing government contracting fraud case, three major IT and consulting companies are still embroiled in lawsuits ...
Has the housing market recovered? The Examiner | Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose unexpectedly in July, sparking a market rally on Wall Street. Investors must certainly suffer from short-term memory loss, as la...
Art Institute of Pittsburgh's T-Rex goes Gaga MuchMusic | So… Lady Gaga is playing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this weekend. To honour the great Gags’ visit, the Art Institute of Pittsburgh has “gaga-fied” their ...
POLITICAL INSIDER: Christie backs Castle Star Tribune | EDITOR'S NOTE — An insider's view of this year's elections based on dispatches from around the nation. | %byline(By PHILIP ELLIOTT%) | %bytitle(Associated Press Writer%) | %endtag(%) | WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie, w...
POLITICAL INSIDER: Christie backs Castle Newsvine | WASHINGTON — Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who rode voter anger to office in New Jersey last year, is endorsing Mike Castle's bid to win the GOP primary in Delaware and is joining a pack of party leaders trying to block a tea party-backed c...
EDITORIAL: Interfaith dialogue fosters civility Nashville Tennessean individual: 8 numChar :2020 | -->TOTAL ELEMENTS IN ARRAY: 14 | TOTAL CHARACTERS IN ARRAY: 3408 | TOTAL CHARACTERS IN PAGES: 2020 | LAST PAGE CONTAINS: 1388 | -->While much of the community conversation about religion of late has been heated discussio...
Lauren Conrad & Whitney Port do Operation Smile The Examiner | Lauren Conrad with old Hills pal, Whitney Port got together last week for Operation Smile, a benefit hosted by Dior Beauty, one classy name in make-up. | Lauren donned black polka-dots and white dress, open-toe heels, and red lipstick, while Whitney did classic retro with hair, purse, and with silver jacket and skirt. | It was all about the eyes ...
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 18:00 ET Insurance Newsnet | Aug 31, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 31-Aug-10 18:00 ET | 17:33 | XRIT X-Rite receives U.S. patent for non-contact color measurement technology (3.29 -0.12) | Co received a U.S. patent that protects important proprietary technology in non-contact color measurement that has widespread applications in everything f...
