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I used to live across the street from the Federal building in Westwood. Ive seen and attended many protests there. There never have been tanks - there never will be tanks. The very idea is preposterous

San Diego killer wore 'Scream' mask SAN DIEGO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A horror film came to life in San Diego when a robber wearing a mask from the movie "Scream" shot a store clerk to death. http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtm...National%20News

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Whats the eqivalent for Macs?

You make some good points. The Republicans I know in my life are very generous people. My industry, which is primarily liberal, is not always that liberal when it comes to dealing with their employees. Frankly, I think that labels can be miscontrued. Prinicples are one thing, actions are another

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Microsoft Launches Web Search Technology Nov 11, 7:33 AM (ET) By ALLISON LINN SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) finally debuted its own Web search technology on Thursday, hoping to challenge Google Inc. (GOOG)'s long dominance of the field with results tailored to a user's location and answers from its Encarta encyclopedia. Google signaled that it is ready for a fight, announcing Wednesday that it would nearly double the amount of Web pages available to search through its site. The Microsoft search engine, offered in 11 languages, will initially be available on a special "test" site. Gradually, some users visiting Microsoft's MSN site may find that the existing search bar uses the new search engine, said Adam Sohn, a director with the company's online division. But a full rollout, perhaps with new features, isn't expected until early next year. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041111/D869LOA81.html

Woman Reportedly Tortures 'Special Needs' Students Witness: Teacher Rubbed Against Child, Said 'Cry For Mama' November 11, 2004 A 48-year-old teacher in Seminole County, Fla., is accused of torturing her autistic students, including allegedly rubbing a child's face in vomit and slamming another child's head so hard that he lost his front teeth, according to Local 6 News, http://www.local6.com/news/3908472/detail.html

Queen is exposed to Highland game By Anil Dawar, Daily Mail 10 November 2004 Having one's picture taken sitting next to the Queen is usually no sniggering matter. Particularly when it's an official photograph of the battalion in full uniform and Her Majesty is there in her role as commander of the armed forces. But Colonel Simon West didn't appear to be taking the occasion too seriously yesterday. In his cap, jacket and spats, his hands on his knees and his ankles crossed, he sat proudly in the front row of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, next to the Queen. But unlike his comrades, he hadn't taken the time to adjust his sporran and kilt for decency. http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/14606176

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Peace Train' singer Cat Stevens gets peace prize in Rome Wednesday, November 10, 2004 (11-10) 08:24 PST ROME (AP) -- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev honored the singer once known as Cat Stevens with a peace prize on Wednesday, praising him for charity work and for standing by his convictions despite personal hardships. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...1124EST0556.DTL

Microsoft Sees $100 Million First Day for 'Halo 2' Game By REUTERS Published: November 9, 2004 Filed at 5:23 p.m. ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - First-day sales of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.O) new video game ``Halo 2'' will reach $100 million, a senior Microsoft games executive said on Tuesday. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/...osoft-halo.html

Hollywood's feeling blue and seeing red Tue Nov 9, 2:11 PM ET Online Staff, STAFF HOURS AFTER John Kerry (news - web sites) conceded to President Bush (news - web sites), a map began making the email rounds that renamed the great crimson mass of Republican states as its own breakaway nation, "Jesusland." That same day Tim Winter, exec director of the Parents Television Council, suggested that Hollywood shouldn't ignore the influence of "moral values" on the election -- that is, the theoretical "Hollywood" in New York and L.A. that tends to dismiss the fly-over territory between them. For a week I've absorbed scads of analysis about the great cultural divide, much of it emanating from media folks lamenting the need to co-exist with the pitchfork-waving rabble. As "The Daily Show's" Lewis Black put it last week, Americans remain free to pursue their dreams, "so long as that dream doesn't make Midwesterners feel 'icky.' " Still, whatever people may tell pollsters, I'm not convinced that pop culture, at least, can be dissected quite so readily into the red and blue. CERTAINLY, THE IMPACT of religion and so-called traditional values has been evident long before this election, from CBS' success with "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" and "Touched by an Angel" in the 1990s to the controversy-into-cash miracle of "The Passion of the Christ." Such surprise hits are usually attributed to a backlash against the licentiousness of big media, fostering pent-up demand for such fare. As with most multilayered issues, however, the search for black-and-white answers yields perplexing shades of gray. For starters, except for the most vocal minorities, the "outrage" over permissiveness in entertainment runs wide but not especially deep, as people often express support for one thing but view another. In that respect, New York Times columnist William Safire got it half right on "Meet the Press" Sunday when he cited Janet Jackson (news)'s great boob escape for having mobilized those alarmed by the coarse drift of popular culture. Yes, that was a significant moment, but it took an event with the Super Bowl's massive reach to briefly awaken that group, even with all the orchestrated letter-writing campaigns and ineffectual boycotts in the past designed to marshal those forces. By the same token, at a time when "Will & Grace" is well established, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" became a cable hit and Ellen DeGeneres (news)' chat show is thriving, the Democratic presidential candidate so feared alienating voters that he expressed opposition to gay marriage. In other words, fans might sing along at Elton John (news) concerts (and, if ABC has its way, laugh at his sitcom), but the singer's glass platform heels offer as much transparency as many wish to see. DURING HIS KEYNOTE address at the Democratic National Convention, newly elected Illinois Sen. Barack Obama downplayed the notion of a geographic fissure by emphasizing areas of common ground. "We worship an awesome God in the blue states ... and yes, we've got some gay friends in the red states," he said, characterizing talk of division as a choice between "a politics of cynicism or ... a politics of hope." Cynicism too often reigns supreme in Hollywood, but in terms of popular tastes, Obama has a point. Plenty are watching trashy-good TV like "Desperate Housewives" and "Nip/Tuck" in red states, and tuning in the wholesome "7th Heaven" in blue states. They rent "Kill Bill" in red states and take kids to see "The Incredibles" in blue states. California's conservative Orange County, for that matter, surfs the same wave of channels as bluer than blue L.A. The ultimate challenge remains how best to connect with both the red and the blue, delivering a spectrum of choices catering to more libertine and libertarian views while creating havens for those who fear MTV is making teenagers gay, nymphomaniacal or both. Hollywood actually does a pretty good job of doing just that, assuming one bothers to look -- which, of course, political opportunists seldom do. While auteurs yearn to impress friends by testing boundaries with edgy R-rated fare, studios know Christmas is merrier with a "Harry Potter (news - web sites)"-like franchise under the tree, and Robert Zemeckis used his A-list muscle to direct a lavish G-rated children's movie, "The Polar Express." Granted, media power brokers nestled in blue states have much to learn about their brethren in the heartland. Yet despite the venom that cultural warriors spew to inflame passions and sell books, there is enough shared experience, enough overlap, to find a happy medium. Let's call it "The Color Purple." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._and_seeing_red

Business Owner Arrested After Allegedly Spanking Two Employees November 10, 2004 RED BANK, Tenn. -- The owner of a shaved ice business was arrested after two employees claimed he spanked them for making mistakes at work. Paul Eugene Levengood, 57, was charged with two counts of sexual battery after the 19-year-old women complained. One of the women told police that on her first day at the Tasty Flavors Sno Biz, Levengood made her sign a statement that said: "I give Gene permission to bust my behind any way he sees fit." http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3905790/detail.html

This sums up my sentiments

I went to Penn State for my undergrad, which is considered an agricultural school by some, and is also a football school. --Pennsylvania voted for Kerry. Sometimes critics can take things too far, like this self-riteous writer Yeah, things arent going to be good with Bush. However, I'm sure the next cycle will swing our way once people learn what compassionate conservatism really means (war, coporate cronyism, screw the environment, etc) :bigsmile:

Yes. In fact, it recently happened along the coastal, north, and northeastern states, and much of the rest of the world on November 2nd. Still pretty dark here

Skip the drink and innocent verbage and write something nasty -- that's when she really responds That's hilarious.

Now that the war on terror is over, I guess we can get the hell out of Iraq

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Firefox browser fully released Tue 9 November, 2004 11:33 SEATTLE (Reuters) - The free Firefox Web browser, which has chipped away at the market dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, has been readied for a full release including new features designed to make it more stable, backers of the program say. The Mozilla Foundation, a network of programmers that jointly develops the Firefox browser, said the final release of Firefox version 1.0 will attract more users to the browser and away from Internet Explorer. Read more here: http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml...32&section=news