Sunday, March 18, 2012

So did the new iPad sell out or didn't it? | Technically Incorrect - CNET News

So did the new iPad sell out or didn't it? | Technically Incorrect - CNET News: "Some reports suggest there are plenty of new iPads still in stores. Does that mean the new product isn't selling so well? Or does it mean Apple made a few more, just in case?"

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AAA: Gas prices continue climb | Luray Page Free Press

AAA: Gas prices continue climb | Luray Page Free Press: "Just days ahead of the official start of spring gas prices are at the highest point ever for this time of year and continue to climb toward the $4.00 per gallon mark this week, a trend expected to continue into the spring."

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Census documenting Great Depression to be released - WSJ.com

Census documenting Great Depression to be released - WSJ.com: "— It was a decade when tens of millions of people in the U.S. experienced mass unemployment and social upheaval as the nation clawed its way out of the Great Depression and rumblings of global war were heard from abroad.

Now, intimate details of 132 million people who lived through the 1930s will be disclosed as the U.S. government releases the 1940 census on April 2 to the public for the first time after 72 years of being kept confidential."

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North Korea vows satellite launch, with rocket that could reach Hawaii - CSMonitor.com

North Korea vows satellite launch, with rocket that could reach Hawaii - CSMonitor.com: "The North’s determination to go ahead with the launch around the time of the April 15 centennial of the birth of founding leader Kim Il-sung most likely sets the course for another cycle of international recriminations while the North refuses to talk seriously about giving up its nuclear program."

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'21 Jump Street' leaps to No. 1 with $35M debut

'21 Jump Street' leaps to No. 1 with $35M debut: "Audiences are heading back to school for the TV update "21 Jump Street," which has opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $35 million."

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Car bomb blast rocks northern Syrian city - CNN.com

Car bomb blast rocks northern Syrian city - CNN.com: "Three people were killed in a car bomb blast in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo Sunday, opposition activists said.
At least 25 others were wounded in the explosion, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said."

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Sgt. Robert Bales, suspect in Afghanistan massacre, likely to be charged soon: expert - NY Daily News

Sgt. Robert Bales, suspect in Afghanistan massacre, likely to be charged soon: expert - NY Daily News: "The Army soldier suspected in the bloody Afghanistan massacre that left 16 people dead - including 9 kids - should be officially charged with a week, and will be tried in the U.S., a U.S. military legal expert said Sunday."

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Comedian Gallagher suffers heart attack at Texas club - CNN.com

Comedian Gallagher suffers heart attack at Texas club - CNN.com: "The comic Gallagher, known for smashing watermelons, is "slowly recovering" from a heart attack suffered just before he was to perform at a Texas club, his promotional manager said Thursday."

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School Busts 5th Grader For Organizing NCAA Tourney Pool « CBS Houston

School Busts 5th Grader For Organizing NCAA Tourney Pool « CBS Houston: " An elementary school plays bracket buster to one fifth grade boy."

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CBO: Exploding debt under Obama policies - David Rogers - POLITICO.com

CBO: Exploding debt under Obama policies - David Rogers - POLITICO.com: "The Congressional Budget Office said Friday that President Barack Obama’s tax and spending policies will yield $6.4 trillion in deficits over the next decade, more than double the shortfall in CBO’s own fiscal baseline — even after taking credit for reduced war costs."

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OWN Cancels Rosie O’Donnell Talk Show - The Hollywood Reporter

OWN Cancels Rosie O’Donnell Talk Show - The Hollywood Reporter: "The daily show will tape its final episode on Tuesday, March 20 to air on Friday, March 30 in its 7 p.m. time slot. The news of its demise comes two months after the ailing network announced it had hired Shane Farley (Rachel Ray, Rosie O’Donnell Show) to replace Page Hurwitz as the show’s executive producer and would move Rosie into a significantly smaller 70-seat studio. The latter was a bid to inspire a sense of intimacy and lower costs on a series that is averaging 190,000 viewers. "

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News from The Associated Press

News from The Associated Press: "ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A near-record snowfall this winter has buried Anchorage neighborhoods, turning streets into snow-walled canyons and even collapsing some roofs."

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Invisible Children Co-Founder Detained: SDPD | NBC San Diego

Invisible Children Co-Founder Detained: SDPD | NBC San Diego: "A co-founder for Invisible Children was detained in Pacific Beach on Thursday for being drunk in public and masturbating, according to the San Diego Police Department."

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