371. Congressional leaders: recent intel leaks have hurt us security
May 21, 2013
CAPITOL HILL - The four bipartisan leaders of the House and Senateintelligence committees have sharply criticized recent leaks to thepress about ongoing covert operations and are promising to takeaction to try to stop such leaks. The leaders met Thursday in aclosed meeting with National Intelligenc...
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372. Competing at ufc 149 a dream come true for calgary's nick ring
May 20, 2013
UFC 149 is the biggest night in the career of one Alberta fighterand potentially the end of an era for one of the province spioneers in Ultimate Fighting Championship. As the hometown favourite on the July 21 card, all eyes will be onCalgary native Nick Ring, when he takes on Court McGee in amidd...
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373. South african olympic swimming team named; roland schoeman set tomake fourth games appearance
May 19, 2013
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 7. THE South Africa SportsConfederation and Olympic Committee on Wednesday named the athleteswho will compete at the London Olympics across many sports,including a 16-member swimming squad. On the list is Roland Schoeman, who will be attending his fourthOlympic ...
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374. Writers' relay day 20: rock'n'rolling in downpatrick
May 19, 2013
When Samson pulled down the temple in Gaza, he did so with suchforce that a piece of it flew off over the Mediterranean, up pastthe Balkans, across Europe, descended over the Irish Sea and landedon a small hill outside Downpatrick. This piece of biblical heritage known locally as the SamsonSton...
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375. Explosive growth of right-wing 'patriot' groups linked to economy,election
May 18, 2013
Fears of a coming economic collapse that could spark widespreadviolence, even civil war, fueled the continued explosive growth ofconspiracy-minded antigovernment patriot groups in 2011. That's the conclusion of a new report from the Southern Poverty LawCenter, which tracks extremist groups in th...
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376. Enthusiast power protection: four-way 900 w ups roundup
May 17, 2013
No it's not wrong, a small UPS equipped with a bunch of low-coststandard deep cycle SMF/gel-cell batteries is a lot cheaper than abig UPS that comes factory equipped with that capacity. APC'sSmart-UPS units come with ~2700 VAh and their price tags start atabout $8000. Sure they are also able to p...
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377. World ipv6 launch promotes use of new internet protocol
May 16, 2013
Internet service providers, website owners and home networkingequipment manufacturers around the world today permanently enabledthe next generation of internet protocol (IPv6) for their productsand services. World IPv6 Launch has been organised by the Internet Society, in anattempt to kickstart a...
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378. The google investor: google is waging war on microsoft office
May 16, 2013
GOOG Up With Markets Stocks are up in early trading on China's rate cut and Bernanke's monetary policy speech to the Senate . Shares of GOOG are up with the rest of tech. Investors continuelook for Android momentum on smartphones and tablets and monetization andintegration of Motorola ; regaining...
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379. Mexico drug war displaces families in sinaloa highlands
May 15, 2013
CULIACAN, Mexico — For generations, the extended Hernandez family tendedfields of marijuana high in Sinaloa's western Sierra Madrehighlands. They sold their crops to representatives of the Sinaloa cartel fora fraction of what the drug would bring at the U.S. border and ekedout a pittance....
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380. Taylor guitars buys ebony mill, pitches sustainable wood
May 15, 2013
Ebony and other exotic woods coveted for building musicalinstruments are also among the world's most endangered andprotected, a fact highlighted when federal agents raided GibsonGuitar Corp. factories in search of illegally imported materials. Southern California guitar impresario Bob Taylor thin...
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