Stroke of Genius: Tiny Vacuum Cleaner Clears Brain Clots: "By clearing out clogged arteries the device should ease the recovery for stroke victims -- once the doctors figure out the best way to use it.
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The big secret about secret societies: "Step right up, folks, and read the one true guide to Western and Eastern esoteric societies from Scientology to the Bohemian Grove. Relics, totems and secret handshakes revealed!"
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Another False Alarm: "Economist Brian Wesbury says the economy is fine, really. The irony is almost too much to take. Yesterday everyone was worried about excessive consumer spending, a lack of saving, exploding debt levels, and federal budget deficits. Today, our government is doing just about everything in its power to help consumers borrow more at low rates, while it is running up the budget deficit to get people "
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Engineer unlocks Wii's hidden potential: "Chalk up another victory for the Wii: it's a good foundation for virtual reality helmets, a vogue multitouch user interface, and a virtual whiteboard."
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Djokovic beats Tsonga to win Aussie Open (AP): "
Novak Djokovic didn't have to do an impersonation this time. He's a Grand Slam champion for real. Serving notice that his rapid rise in the rankings last year was no fluke, third-ranked Djokovic ended the Cinderella story of the Australian Open by beating unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) in Sunday night's final.
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Djokovic beats Tsonga to win Aussie Open (AP): "
Novak Djokovic started making peace with the crowd as soon as he lifted the trophy. After beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) Sunday night to win the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title, Djokovic knew a little public relations was in order. True, he had kept the Rod Laver Arena crowd in stitches last week with his Maria Sharapova impersonation.
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Never a dull moment in the players' box (AP): "Forget about the action on center court at the Australian Open. These past two weeks, there's been plenty of drama in the players' box. The competitor seating section at tournaments has often been a small, low-key area where the husband or wife or girlfriend or boyfriend of the player and his or her coach sit to watch."
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Mailplane 1.60.2 - Bring Gmail to your Mac desktop. (Shareware): "
Mailplane brings Gmail to your Mac desktop. Mailplane combines Gmail's spam protection, endless storage, global access, and unique user interface with great Mac features:
Attach files: Drag 'n' drop your files and folders to Mailplane and watch them being attached to the message and automatically uploaded.
Send optimized photos: Pictures get automatically resized and optimized to reduce the size of your message.
Instantly send screenshots: Need to send a Screenshot? With one click you grab a portion of your screen and attach it to your message.
Send pictures from iPhoto: Mailplane comes with an iPhoto plugin that makes sending picture attachments so easy: select any pictures in iPhoto and then press the email button. That's it.
Multiple accounts: Add as many Gmail accounts (or Google apps for your domain accounts) as you want and switch between them without restarting Mailplane. And there is no need to enter passwords every two weeks, either. Mailplane stores them safely in the Mac keychain.
Download attachments and then reveal them in Finder. If the attachment is a photo or even a ZIP file containing pictures, then you can directly import them to iPhoto.
Get Notified: Mailplane lets you know when new mail arrives. By playing a sound, by showing the number of unread messages in the application icon and by the Growl notification system. Plus: Monitor all your accounts with the accounts drawer or the status item.
Talk with your Buddies: If somebody wants to talk, Mailplane shows a Growl notification. The brand-new Google Talk Gadget (displayed inside a separate window) offers some nice features like video and photo preview.
And more: Full control of Google Mail with your keyboard, by using Mac keystrokes. Access the flexible and customizable toolbar.
Send Mail from address book, safari or any application showing 'mailto' urls and more. Plus Mailplane is available in 16 languages.
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Djokovic beats Tsonga to win Aussie Open (AP): "
Novak Djokovic withstood the expected barrage from upstart Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first set, then rallied to win the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title. Djokovic fended off the Muhammad Ali lookalike 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the final on Sunday night, ending a sequence of 11 straight majors won by either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal since Marat Safin's victory in 2005.
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Vera Wilson spry at 90 and still working: "Soon 90, but still spry and smiling, Vera Wilson roams the aisles of Roseburg Book & Stationery with her pen and her pad, checking inventory before she calls upon suppliers to keep the shelves stocked."
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Speech draws Sharapova even more praise (AP): "Maria Sharapova got high marks for the eloquence of her victory speech after winning the Australian Open on Saturday. Ditto on the preparation that got her there. While she spoke, at times almost tearfully, of an inspirational text message from Billie Jean King, of winning the Australian Open for her coach's mother, who had died of cancer, and of sending birthday roses to her mother, it was a..."
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Sharapova cruises to win in Aussie final (AP): "When Maria Sharapova walked on court for the Australian Open final, she kept thinking about the sage advice of another champion. 'Champions take chances, and pressure is a privilege,' Billie Jean King had written in a text message that Sharapova saw when she woke up. 'I took mine,' fifth-ranked Sharapova said after beating Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 6-3 Saturday for her third Grand Slam title."
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Uncontrolled, Potentially Dangerous Spy Satellite May Collide With Earth: "A large U.S. spy satellite loses power and can no longer be controlled. Governmental officials say the satellite, which could contain hazardous materials, could hit the Earth in late February or early March.
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Eighty-Seven Parenthetical Words Later: "John Derbyshire's latest rant contains a lovely paragraph. The things that Fraser hated, and that I hate — the smug moralistic conformism of Political Correctness, the prissy horrified shrieking at commonplace observations and plain facts, the deception and (far worse) self-deception about human nature and human differences, the grovelling and self-abasement before inferior civilizations, all the"
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Sharapova cruises to win in Aussie final (AP): "Maria Sharapova's acceptance speech was as polished as her game at the Australian Open. A year after being on the wrong end of one of the most-lopsided losses in a Grand Slam final, Sharapova wrapped up her third major title with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over fourth-seeded Ana Ivanovic on Saturday. The 20-year-old Russian didn't drop a set in seven matches at Melbourne Park, including wins over three of..."
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Federer falls to Djokovic at Aussie Open (AP): "
Roger Federer is the first to admit he pays a steep price for all his success. One by one, players try to knock him off, and with each match and each victory expectations grow. 'Of course, I've created a monster,' he said. 'So I know I need to always win every tournament.' For one rare night, the monster was tamed.
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2 new guys in Australian Open final (AP): "One Australian Open finalist is a Muhammad Ali lookalike who has dazzled the crowds with his enthusiasm and his ability to change the pace of a match. The other is best known for his fan-pleasing on-court antics such as impersonating Maria Sharapova. And, surprisingly, neither is No. 1-ranked Roger Federer, who was finally stopped one match short of making an 11th straight Grand Slam final."
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'Arsenic and Old Lace' takes stage: "TRI CITY The South Umpqua High School Drama Club will present 'Arsenic and Old Lace,' a classic American comedy about skeletons in the cellar."
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U2 3D: What 3D ought to be: "'U2 3D' betters 'Beowulf' when it comes to three-dimensional movies, showing what the new medium can offer."
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Burglary suspects who offered doughnuts to deputies indicted: "A grand jury has indicted two men who offered a couple of deputies some doughnuts they'd allegedly stolen from the Lookingglass Store."
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Federer falls to Djokovic at Aussie Open (AP): "
The crowd roared as Roger Federer rallied against Novak Djokovic. Surely this was the start of a comeback by the world's top-ranked player. Surely Djokovic was cracking under the pressure of trying to gain his second major final. Not this time. For once, Federer wasn't invincible. He had reached 10 straight Grand Slam finals, and won 19 matches in a row at Melbourne Park.
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Netflix to Offer Mac Video Streaming in 2008: "AlleyInsider reports that during their Q4 financial results, Netflix confirmed that they were hoping to have a Mac web-streaming video solution available in 2008. An earlier Netflix blog entry from August had reported the same expectation. The core..."
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Sharapova rolls into final vs. Ivanovic (AP): "A year after losing the Australian Open final in embarrassing fashion to Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova is looking unstoppable in her quest for a third Grand Slam singles title. But if it doesn't happen in Saturday's final at Melbourne Park against Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, she won't lose too much sleep over it."
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Apple’s iPod Touch $20 update turns best media player into even better handheld computer than before: "The iPod touch January '08 update is a bargain for $20, as it turns the nation's best music and video player into an even better..."
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Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World: "Storms of flying phalluses, mutilated Furries, ruined $10,000 battleships -- it's all the work of griefers, the sociopaths of virtual worlds.
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New HTML Specification Offers Peek at Web's Future: "The web's governing body has released a draft of the first major revision to HTML in over 10 years. The draft contains dozens of updates to the web's lingua franca, all of which reflect the impact multimedia, games and RSS have had on the common browser.
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Pillaged MySpace Photos Show Up in Massive BitTorrent Download: "A 17-gigabyte file now available via BitTorrent offers 500,000 photos collected from MySpace user profiles. The file's creator assembled the collection shortly before MySpace closed a backdoor allowing voyeurs to peek in on photo galleries of private profiles.
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Rummy Resurfaces, Calls for U.S. Propaganda Agency: "In a rare public appearance, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
defends the military's practice of planting stories in the press --
and called for a new U.S. agency for propaganda. 'The internet is
there, pods are there, talk radio is there, e-mails are there. There
are all kinds of opportunities,' he says.
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