Saturday, December 01, 2007

The Dollar Is Falling, and That’s Good News. A weaker currency helps America sell more products abroad. By TYLER COWEN. [NYT > Business] http://www.jumpingdots.com/tape/ http://www.jumpingdots.com/hobbies/ http://www.jumpingdots.com/tech/ http://www.myprowealths.com 11:07:27 PM    comment [] States rethink kid sentencing laws. A generation after America decided to get tough on kids who commit crimes — sometimes locking them up for life — the tide may be turning. [MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines] http://www.jumpingdots.com/tape/ http://www.jumpingdots.com/hobbies/ http://www.jumpingdots.com/tech/ 11:06:24 PM    comment [] Lawmakers Set Deal on Raising Fuel Efficiency. Congressional negotiators reached a deal on legislation to require automakers to achieve 35 miles per gallon on average by 2020. By JOHN M. BRODER and MICHELINE MAYNARD. [NYT > Business] http://www.jumpingdots.com/tape/ http://www.jumpingdots.com/hobbies/ http://www.jumpingdots.com/tech/ 5:24:42 PM    comment [] MTV Takes on P2P by Making South Park Free. thefickler writes "MTV Networks, the biggest division of Viacom Inc., has announced plans to make every South Park episode available online for free as part of a plan to make the show available to a larger audience." This is apparently largely because of the success of a similar project where they put every episode of The Daily Show on-line a few months back. This action didn't hurt ratings, and it may have actually helped them. Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jumpingdots.com/tape/ http://www.jumpingdots.com/hobbies/ http://www.jumpingdots.com/tech/ [Slashdot] 5:23:53 PM    comment [] Wikipedia to be Licensed Under Creative Commons. sla291 writes "Jimmy Wales made an announcement yesterday night at a Wikipedia party in San Francisco : Creative Commons, Wikimedia and the FSF just agreed to make the current Wikipedia license compatible with Creative Commons (CC BY-SA). As Jimbo puts it, 'This is the party to celebrate the liberation of Wikipedia'." Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jumpingdots.com/tape/ http://www.jumpingdots.com/hobbies/ http://www.jumpingdots.com/tech/ [Slashdot] 5:22:44 PM    comment [] On Baseball: Strange Pairing on Hall Ballot. Having Marvin Miller and Bowie Kuhn on the same Hall of Fame ballot is like having Alex Rodriguez and Carl Pavano on the same players ballot. By MURRAY CHASS. [NYT > Sports] http://www.jumpingdots.com/kitchen/ http://www.myspacerelayout.com/ http://www.myprowealths.com 5:13:15 PM    comment []

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