20. november 2005

A Rebuilding Plan Full of Cracks . MADRASAH, Afghanistan On a humid morning, scores of women and wailing babies crowded into the dirt courtyard of a private home a day's journey north of Kabul. They squeezed into a sliver of shade against a mud wall, the only refuge from the intense sun on a summer day when the temperature reached... By Joe Stephens and David B. Ottaway. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 6:36:00 PM    comment [] Iraq War Debate Eclipses All Other Issues . After largely avoiding the subject since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, lawmakers are suddenly confronting the issue of President Bush's handling of the war. The start hasn't been pretty. By Jonathan Weisman and Charles Babington. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 6:33:00 PM    comment [] Googling literature: The debate goes public. Publishers, authors and Google debated the company's newly-renamed "Google Book Search" plan to digitize the collections of major libraries. The New York Times [CNET News.com] 6:31:12 PM    comment [] Looking For the Perfect Silly Gift? . One of the Internet's many excellent traits is its desire to sell you wacky, offbeat and downright weird stuff that no bricks-and-mortar store in its right mind would stock. Okay, now I'm in it up to my eyeballs. Back in September, I test-drove AirTroductions.com, which promises to bring Match.com... By Frank Ahrens. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 6:29:42 PM    comment [] The Problem With an Almost-Perfect Genetic World. For people with Down syndrome and the cluster of other conditions subject to prenatal screening, the latest test to detect Down in a fetus comes with a certain chill. By AMY HARMON. [NYT > Health] 6:28:13 PM    comment [] Microsoft fires first salvo of new game console wars (AFP). AFP - US software titan Microsoft takes the computer game wars to the Japanese enemy with the North American launch Tuesday of its next-generation Xbox 360 console. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 6:27:11 PM    comment [] What Do You Expect for $99.23 a Night?. People have been saying for years that the old, seedy Times Square is dead. But those people have never spent a night at the Hotel Carter. By MANNY FERNANDEZ. [NYT > Home Page] 6:26:09 PM    comment [] Aguilera Reportedly Marries Music Exec (AP). AP - Christina Aguilera has found out what a girl wants, and now she's married him. The 24-year-old pop singer tied the knot with music executive Jordan Bratman in a Saturday evening ceremony at Staglin Family Vineyard in northern California's Napa Valley, Us Weekly reported on its Web site. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 6:25:18 PM    comment [] Pro Gamer Travels the World to Compete (AP). AP - Johnathan Wendel's blue eyes stare raptly at the computer screen, his long, thin fingers gliding the mouse side to side as he moves through dark corridors of a video game where a lethal opponent lurks. Before long, seemingly without effort, he has annihilated his foe. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 6:24:02 PM    comment [] Market Week: Shoppers in the Malls, if Not on Wall Street. NO one can predict with certainty what the stock market will do on any given day, but forecasting a gain on the day after Thanksgiving is a safer bet than most. Investors are inclined to feel good after their day off, and they often express it by bidding up share prices upon their return. By CONRAD DE AENLLE. [NYT > Business] 6:21:54 PM    comment [] Suits: He Sings, He Dances, but He Will Not Stop. As the man who founded the hedge fund Crescendo Partners, Eric S. Rosenfeld has made a name for himself as an activist investor willing to take on the managers of companies that he believes are undervalued. At a conference last week, he made a new name for himself by singing and dancing about it. By THE NEW YORK TIMES. [NYT > Business] 6:20:22 PM    comment [] The Goods: In This Corner, the Sofa Cushion. THANKSGIVING dinner is often scheduled for the late afternoon or early evening, so there is plenty of post-turkey time for families to socialize. Unfortunately, living-room conversations occasionally degenerate into arguments, especially when far-flung relatives of varying political persuasions or football fan bases are thrown together. The urge to bop one's father-in-law or cousin on the head can be powerful. By BRENDAN I. KOERNER. [NYT > Business] 6:18:09 PM    comment [] Digital Domain: How Google Tamed Ads on the Wild, Wild Web. Without intending to do so, Google set in motion multilateral disarmament by telling its first advertisers in 2000: text only. By RANDALL STROSS. [NYT > Technology] 6:16:31 PM    comment [] Putting the Napster Genie Back in the Bottle. The spotlight is back on Shawn Fanning, the creator of Napster, this time as a symbol of how big business and the disruptive force of the Internet just might find a way to get along. By SAUL HANSELL. [NYT > Technology] 6:15:45 PM    comment [] Aborigine leader warns on welfare. An Aboriginal lawyer says Australia's benefits system needs reform to help Aborigines out of poverty. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:14:51 PM    comment []

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