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How the Secret Service and the White House keep protesters safely out of Bush's sight -- and off TV. [Salon] .< 8:09:10 PM  >Is Halliburton guilty of Iraqi gas gouging? A study released Wednesday by two Democratic congressmen accuses the energy services company of "highway robbery." [Salon] .< 7:29:21 PM >Will iTunes make Apple shine? | CNET News.com "The iPod makes money. The iTunes Music Store doesn't," Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller told CNET News.com in an interview Thursday after the launch of the Windows version of the store. .< 7:23:57 PM >New drug scandal shakes sport Olympic champions among athletes accused of cheating. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Up to 20 unnamed US athletes, including Olympic champions and world record holders, could be suspended for life after it was revealed yesterday they had tested positive for the anabolic steroid tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG. Until recently the drug was undetectable by conventional tests.
The scandal is potentially the biggest in sport since the Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson tested positive for steroids and was disqualified following his victory in the 100m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.' .< 6:26:59 PM >Useit.Com: Ten Best Intranets of 2003... Useit.Com: Ten Best Intranets of 2003. North Tyneside College provides the ultimate proof that good intranets depend more on will, talent, clarity of mission, and commitment to usability than it does on having lavish funding. This winning intranet, which supports 300 staff and 15,000 students, was designed and developed by a single person... [Tomalak's Realm] .< 6:18:02 PM >ITunes, Now for the Rest of Us With his usual razzmatazz, Apple's Steve Jobs introduces the iTunes music download service for Windows PCs. He also announces marketing campaigns with Pepsi and AOL that could wean people off the illegal stuff. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News] .< 6:14:29 PM >iSeek 1.0 About iSeek One very slick looking little utility. .< 5:25:55 PM >Savoy Label Group music coming to iTunes Music Store The Savoy Label Group -- the North American unit of Columbia Music Entertainment (formerly Nippon Columbia), the oldest music company in Japan -- is making its music catalog available at the iTunes Music Store. [MacCentral] .< 3:45:02 PM >Apple/Analysts on the iTunes Music Store, iPod Hell may have frozen over, as Apple's Web site says, but the battle for supremacy in the digital music distribution market is just heating up. With the release of iTunes Music Store for Windows, Apple is confident that they have the solution to beat the competition. With the help of the iPod digital music player, analysts agree that Apple has an edge. [MacCentral] .< 3:40:44 PM >Knife find prompts US plane search Officials order security checks of every commercial airliner in the US after the discovery of knives on board two planes. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 3:39:33 PM >Bush and Japan's Premier Fail to Agree on Issue of the Dollar The two leaders appeared to deliver a muddled message on a politically critical issue for both of them. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] .< 11:14:55 AM >Flower Children Grown Up: Somber, Wiser and Still Talking Dirty Denys Arcand's new film is an elegy, a seminar and a long, sloppy party, full of food, wine, maudlin moments and endless conversation. [New York Times: Arts] .< 11:10:56 AM >Microwaving destroys nutrients, study finds [GAM-National] 'It is well known that cooking breaks down health-promoting chemicals, but previous studies suggested that boiling was the worst offender in this regard.
However, the study found that boiling removed only 66 per cent of flavonoids from fresh raw broccoli, and pressure cooking leached out only 47 per cent.
By far the most healthful results were obtained by a simple and quick steaming.' Eat it raw. .< 10:54:11 AM >Is the therapy culture actually making us ill? Observer: From Adam Ant to Nick Hornby, everyone seems to be opening up about depression. But is the therapy culture actually making us ill? [Guardian Unlimited] .< 10:53:52 AM >US combat deaths pass 100 Another four American troops are killed in Iraq, bringing to 101 the number killed in clashes since major hostilities ended. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 10:53:25 AM >Purple frog delights scientists A chubby amphibian with a pointy snout discovered in India tells a story of continental break-up and millions of years of evolution. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 12:27:09 AM >For Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Music Is a Family Affair The music of the McGarrigles revolve around family and friends and love and children and aging. So, it seems, do their lives. [New York Times: Arts] ' The result is not guest-star overkill but an altogether cherishable image of a real, interconnected family, warts (the odd divorce and estrangement) and all. These are not pop stars; they give the lie to the idea of a pop industry cranking out nubile young things and then tossing them aside. Like the blues and folk singers of old, the McGarrigles are in it for life, and for the music. Yes, that music makes them a modicum of money, enough to keep them going in affordable Montreal, which Kate last Friday cheerfully called "the communist-socialist society which I adore."' A beautiful article. .< 12:14:03 AM >Australia PM rejects 'sheriff' tag John Howard says that Australia is a regional helper, not a law enforcer, responding to George Bush's remarks. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] |
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