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Reviews: Love It or Not? Looking at iPad From 2 Angles

New York Times - David Pogue - ‎55 minutes ago‎
In 10 years of reviewing tech products for The New York Times, I've never seen a product as polarizing as Apple's iPad, which arrives in stores on Saturday.

Risk Is Clear in Drilling; Payoff Isn't

New York Times - John M. Broder, Clifford Krauss - ‎1 hour ago‎
WASHINGTON - In proposing a major expansion of offshore oil and gas development, President Obama set out to fashion a carefully balanced plan that would attract bipartisan support for climate and energy legislation ...

Eight in militia enter not-guilty pleas

CNN - Drew Griffin, Shawna Shepherd - ‎2 hours ago‎
By the CNN Wire Staff Authorities say one of the defendants, David Brian Stone, is the leader of the militia. Detroit, Michigan (CNN) -- Not-guilty pleas were entered Wednesday in federal court in Detroit on behalf of eight militia members accused of ...

Chechen rebel group claims responsibility for Moscow metro bombings

Xinhua - Xiong Tong - ‎59 minutes ago‎
MOSCOW, April 1 (Xinhua) -- A Chechen militant group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for Monday's twin bombing attacks against the Moscow metro system.

UN Haiti donor pledges surpass targets at almost $10bn

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
The international community has pledged a total of $9.9bn (£6.5bn) in immediate and long-term aid to earthquake-hit Haiti at a UN donor conference.

EU Finds Serbia Censure Lacking

New York Times - Dan Bilefsky - ‎6 hours ago‎
PRAGUE - The European Union, which has been coaxing Serbia into a historical reckoning about its bloody role in the Balkan wars of the 1990s, gave a cautious welcome Wednesday to a declaration by the Serbian Parliament that condemned ...

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Federal Judge Finds NSA Wiretapping Program Illegal

New York Times - Charlie Savage, James Risen - ‎4 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the National Security Agency's program of surveillance without warrants was illegal, rejecting the Obama administration's effort to keep shrouded in secrecy one of the ...

Extension of bidding would give European firm shot at Air Force contract

Washington Post - Dana Hedgpeth - ‎27 minutes ago‎
The Pentagon said Wednesday it would extend the deadline by 60 days for submitting bids to build the US Air Force a fleet of new aerial refueling tankers, giving European Aeronautic Defence and Space a chance to enter the competition ...

Michelle Obama's remarks at Workplace Flexibility Conference

Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, everyone. (Applause.) Thanks so much, everyone. (Applause.) Please rest. You're working hard enough as it is.

Microsoft, Ford team on electric car software

BusinessWeek - Joab Jackson - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Microsoft will expand its Hohm consumer energy management software to work with Ford Motor Company electric cars, the two companies announced Wednesday.

Chinese Manufacturing Improves in March

New York Times - ‎38 minutes ago‎
By REUTERS BEIJING, April 1 (Reuters) - China's vast manufacturing sector moved up a gear in March as factories reopened following a lengthy shutdown for the Lunar New Year holidays, a business survey showed on Thursday.

RIM: higher 4Q profit as subscriber base grows

The Associated Press - Rob Gillies - ‎2 hours ago‎
TORONTO - BlackBerry phone maker Research In Motion Ltd. on Wednesday reported sharply higher earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter but its stock dropped because its revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations.

First iPad reviews hit the web

Macworld - Jason Snell - ‎13 minutes ago‎
With the iPad a few days away, now begins one of the great rituals of the release of a new Apple product: the posting of the reviews from the lucky few journalists who were given a week to play with the product.

YouTube Makeover Designed To Keep You Watching

PC World - Jeff Bertolucci - ‎5 hours ago‎
Two months after entering beta, YouTube's video page redesign is ready for its close up. Google's video-sharing site first unveiled the makeover in late January, and today the streamlined interface goes live to all users.

Michio Kaku: A Second Big Bang in Geneva?

Wall Street Journal - Michio Kaku - ‎1 hour ago‎
Champagne bottles were popped Tuesday in Geneva where the largest science machine ever built finally began to smash subatomic particles together.

'American Idol' Top 10 results show: Did the right person go home?

Entertainment Weekly - Michael Slezak - ‎43 minutes ago‎
And another one down, and another one down, another one bites the dust! Harshly put? Of course. But alas, harsh is how the American Idol game is played.

'Clash of the Titans'? The gods must be crazy

USA Today - ‎50 minutes ago‎
In Clash of the Titans, the immortals on Mount Olympus threaten to dispatch a gargantuan creature known as a Kraken when mortal soldiers declare war on them.

Lawyer: Jesse James is no neo-Nazi

CNN - Alan Duke - ‎57 minutes ago‎
Jesse James has had a well-publicized marital rift with Oscar-winning wife Sandra Bullock. Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Jesse James' Nazi hat was a gift from a Jewish mentor and does not make him a neo-Nazi, his lawyer said ...

Thunder-Celtics Preview

USA Today - Bob Delaney - ‎44 minutes ago‎
(Sports Network) - The Oklahoma City Thunder are approaching their first playoff appearance since 2004-05 as the Seattle SuperSonics and will resume a three-game road trip Wednesday against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.

Florian locks up Japanese legend Gomi

ESPN - Brian Knapp - ‎31 minutes ago‎
Two-time UFC lightweight title challenger Kenny Florian kept Takanori Gomi on the end of a stiff jab for 10 minutes and then put him on the ground to finish the job.

Wallace, Chandler help Bobcats beat 76ers 103-84

The Associated Press - Mike Cranston - ‎1 hour ago‎
CHARLOTTE, NC - Gerald Wallace had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Tyson Chandler added a season-high 15 points, and the Charlotte Bobcats moved a step closer to their first playoff berth with a 103-84 victory over the undermanned Philadelphia 76ers on ...

Outreach aims for trouble-free health care shift

USA Today - Richard Wolf - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Gerald Herbert, AP By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Four years ago, a law intended to extend prescription drug coverage to millions of seniors temporarily had a reverse impact: hundreds of thousands with government coverage couldn't get ...

Pfizer Gives Details on Payments to Doctors

New York Times - Duff Wilson - ‎8 hours ago‎
Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, said Wednesday that it paid about $20 million to 4500 doctors and other medical professionals for consulting and speaking on its behalf in the last six months of 2009, its first public accounting ...

Should Healthy People Take Cholesterol Drugs?

FOXNews - ‎9 hours ago‎
There's no doubt about it: Cholesterol drugs have helped save millions of lives. But should these medications be prescribed as preventative medicine for people who do not have cholesterol problems?

The US Internet lags far behind for a number of reasons

CNN - ‎10 hours ago‎
Editor's Note: Which 17 countries have faster Internet connections than the United States? See our Internet speed map. (CNN) -- People in the United States basically invented the Internet.

A Nope for Pope

New York Times - Maureen Dowd - ‎Mar 27, 2010‎
The Catholic Church can never recover as long as its Holy Shepherd is seen as a black sheep in the ever-darkening sex abuse scandal.

Google Fires at Apple, Puts Flash Into Chrome Browser

Wired News - Priya Ganapati - ‎5 hours ago‎
Google continues to stake its territory online. The search-and-advertising giant announced Tuesday that it will bundle Adobe's Flash player with downloads of the Chrome browser, putting Google in sharper opposition to Apple - and ...

The Rage Is Not About Health Care

New York Times - Frank Rich - ‎Mar 27, 2010‎
THERE were times when last Sunday's great GOP health care implosion threatened to bring the thrill back to reality television.

In Defense of Sarah Palin

Wall Street Journal - Norman Podhoretz - ‎Mar 28, 2010‎
She understands that the US has been a force for good in the world—which is more than can be said of our president. By NORMAN PODHORETZ Nothing annoys certain of my fellow conservative intellectuals more than when I remind them, as on occasion I ...
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