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MySpace plans redesign for next week
13.06.2008 02:05
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace plans to launch a global redesign next week in an attempt to widen its demographic and boost user engagement on the site, the social networking site said on Friday.
World
Internet
Three's a charm? Gay California couples wed again
13.06.2008 02:01
reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For many California gays and lesbians, getting married is nothing new. They've done it more than once -- to the same person.
USA
All Themes
Absence Could Prove Costly for Giants’ Burress
13.06.2008 01:19
nytimes.com
The Giants can fine receiver Plaxico Burress for refusing to take the field during minicamp, and at least one teammate is frustrated by his actions.
World
Football
John Rauch, 80, Coached Raiders and Bills in N.F.L., Is Dead
13.06.2008 01:19
nytimes.com
Mr. Rauch coached the Oakland Raiders in the second Super Bowl and was later O. J. Simpson’s first coach in professional football with the Buffalo Bills.
World
Football
Celtics 97, Lakers 91: Celtics’ Rally Stuns Lakers and Puts Title Within Reach
13.06.2008 01:19
nytimes.com
The Boston Celtics wiped out a 24-point deficit, dominated the third quarter and crushed the Los Angeles Lakers in the final minutes to take a 3-1 series lead Thursday night.
World
Basketball
Opinion: Apple's Snow Leopard -- an OS without any new features?
13.06.2008 01:04
computerworld.com
Apple's next operating system, Snow Leopard, is due out in about a year, and it won't bring with it any major new features. Columnist Dan Turner explains why that may just be a good thing.
World
Hard & Soft
StuffIt's Control Panel
13.06.2008 01:04
computerworld.com
All of the functions use an easy-to-follow, step-by-step wizard. Building a self-extracting archive is equally easy, with a five-step wizard that lets you choose the destination of the expanded file (for example, on your recipient's desktop), specify the text to display in a window before a user opens your file, and so on.
World
Hard & Soft
Review: How StuffIt stacks up against WinZip
13.06.2008 01:04
computerworld.com
StuffIt's format can be read by Windows, Macs, Unix, and Linux systems and it's clean, simple interface makes easy work of file compression and decompression, but with only a bit more speed, StuffIt didn't show significantly better compression ratios.
World
Hard & Soft
Zimbabwe: Continent's Top Leaders Call for Free Polls
13.06.2008 01:03
allafrica.com
Fourteen former African presidents, two former heads of the United Nations, African Nobel laureates and some of the continent's top artists and business leaders have called for an end to violence and intimidation ahead of Zimbabwe's June 27 presidential election run-off.
Southern & Insular Africa
All Themes
Study shows long-term 9/11 stress in lower Manhattan
13.06.2008 01:03
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One in eight people who lived near the World Trade Center at the time of the September 11 attacks in 2001 were still suffering post traumatic stress disorder two to three years later, a new study indicated on Friday.
World
Health & Beauty
Midwest flooding forces evacuations, shutdowns
13.06.2008 01:02
reuters.com
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Flooding rivers across Iowa forced residents to evacuate, closed businesses, wrecked stores and shut down highways and barge traffic, authorities said on Thursday.
USA
All Themes
Pierce, Celtics fight back from 24 down for 3-1 lead on Lakers
13.06.2008 00:35
usatoday.com
This doozy of a comeback was a nod to the Boston Celtics' great triumphs of yesteryear. This was Russell, Havlicek, Cousy. This ...
USA
Basketball
No pressure, says Lakers coach Jackson
13.06.2008 00:35
usatoday.com
The exchange between Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson and Los Angeles Times sports columnist and resident wiseacre T.J. ...
USA
Basketball
Garnett's intensity way up in first Finals
13.06.2008 00:35
usatoday.com
Kevin Garnett wants this. He wants it bad.You can see it in the way he bangs his head against the basket support, the way he ...
USA
Basketball
Stern: NBA referees don't manipulate games
13.06.2008 00:35
usatoday.com
David Stern came to the defense of his beleaguered referees again Thursday, saying they don't manipulate games or engage in other ...
USA
Basketball
English