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New 50p coin aimed at explaining offside law 'gets offside law wrong'
Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 5:30 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
A new football-themed 50p coin designed to ease confusion around the offside law has been written off as "totally out of date" and "confusing" by refereeing experts. The football coin – half a million of which are now in circulation – shows a midfielder about to pa …
Packers' Nelson says being white helps him thrive at receiver
Seeded on Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:46 PM EST (NFL.com - Official Site of the National Football League)
"It's not because he didn't put the time in. It's not because he's the white guy," Jennings said. "A lot of it has to do with the fact that guys look at him and say, 'OK, yeah, he's the white guy, he can't be that good.' Well, he is that good.
Yahoo Needs To Bet The Entire Company On This Product
Seeded on Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:48 PM EST (Business Insider)
A look at where Yahoo is today...
9/11 and the current Indian domestic aviation crisis
Seeded on Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:43 PM EST (Global Travel Industry News)
A comprehensive look at the history of Indian domestic aviation and what it's led to today. Some minor comparisons to 9/11.
Muslim actress causes a storm by posing naked for Playboy
Seeded on Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:23 AM EDT (The Sun Newspaper Online)
A famous German soap actress has caused a storm of hatred after appearing on the cover of the German edition of Playboy. This has caused German intelligence agencies to be on heightened alert after internet chatter has suggested she be killed for "whoring" and "pr …
Disney reducing costs by shifting to U.S. ports
Seeded on Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:04 PM EDT (Leader Post)
Disney Cruise Lines has proven it's a one-year Wonder in Vancouver. The Disney Wonder's inaugural cruise to Alaska hasn't even left the dock, and it's been announced the ship is leaving Vancouver as a home port and moving to Seattle next year.
Japan takes step towards ordinary life as Disneyland reopens
Seeded on Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:29 PM EDT (Reuters)
Snow White and Donald Duck cavorted before hundreds of fans on Friday as Tokyo Disneyland reopened after five weeks, marking a tentative step back towards ordinary life for a Japan still reeling from natural calamities and a nuclear crisis.
Disney has a wide economic reach
Seeded on Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:24 PM EDT (St. Petersburg Times > Local News)
Walt Disney World is the nation's largest single site private employer, but its economic tentacles reach far beyond 62,000 people who work for Mickey's 43 square mile empire near Orlando.
Disney to Cruise from Seattle in 2012
Seeded on Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:21 PM EDT (The Sun Break)
For folks in the Pacific Northwest, cruising to Alaska just got a lot more family friendly. The Port of Seattle is, you imagine, thrilled that, a few years after Disney picked Vancouver over Seattle as the embarkation point for its Alaska cruises, Disney has decided to give Seat …
Climate: New research reveals ice caps shrinking much more slowly than originally thought
Seeded on Wed Sep 8, 2010 10:08 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and US scientists.
Release criminals into society with electronic monitoring
Seeded on Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:18 PM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
Incarceration in America is a failure by almost any measure.
Venezuela bans Coke Zero, cites "danger to health"
Seeded on Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:59 PM EDT (alertnet.org)
The Venezuelan government of U.S.-critic President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered Coca-Cola Co to withdraw its Coke Zero beverage from the South American nation, citing unspecified dangers to health.
2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved
Seeded on Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:34 PM EST (Telegraph)
Easily one of the most important stories of 2008 has been all the evidence suggesting that this may be looked back on as the year when there was a turning point in the great worldwide panic over man-made global warming.
United 93: Killing in the name of religion
Seeded on Mon Dec 1, 2008 3:08 PM EST (PoliGazette)
It is a heartbreaking story, and one with quite some emotional impact for Americans, of course, but also for people like me: Muslims. The terrorists killed in the name of Islam.
An Obama Panic?
Seeded on Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:40 AM EDT (New York Post)
Speculates whether much of the recent market downturn is due to the expectations of a lack of leadership to come from Washington.
Selection process ongoing for key 787 GoldCare providers
Seeded on Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:19 PM EDT ()
Boeing is yet to confirm who their 787 GoldCare partners will be - these are typically the companies that provide a great deal of the maintenance services.
Berlusconi Says Leaders May Close World's Markets
Seeded on Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:09 PM EDT (Bloomberg.com)
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said political leaders are discussing the idea of closing the world's financial markets while they ``rewrite the rules of international finance.''
Americans Expect Depression; Economists Don't
Seeded on Tue Oct 7, 2008 5:45 PM EDT (US News & World Report)
A recent CNN/Opinion Research poll finds nearly 60 percent (60 percent!) of Americans are now anticipating a depression—25 percent unemployment rate included.
Grid of 100,000 computers heralds new internet dawn
Seeded on Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:15 AM EDT (The Times)
A network of 100,000 computers providing the greatest data processing capacity yet unleashed has been created to cope with information pouring from the world's largest machine.
Chef dies after eating 'superhot' chilli for bet
Seeded on Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:54 PM EDT (Telegraph)
An amateur chef died the day after eating a "superhot" chilli in a bet with his friend over who could make the hottest dish, an inquest heard. Story does not mention the chili in question.
Bacon Cups (AKA Bacon Bowls)
Seeded on Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:26 AM EDT (bacontoday.com)
Such a culinary masterpiece - weaving bacon into bowl shapes.
Google phone to cost $179, debut Oct. 22
Seeded on Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:52 PM EDT (Breitbart.com)
When a user throws the phone into the air, the program records how long it takes until it lands, using the phone's built-in motion sensor. Brin acknowledged that the wisdom of including such a program with an expensive phone is dubious.
AIG CEO Rejects $22 Million Parachute; Will Others Follow?
Seeded on Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:36 AM EDT (ABC News)
Who in his right mind would walk way from an eight-figure severance package? Try AIG's Robert Willumstad.
How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis
Seeded on Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:58 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)
A summary of how the current financial crisis may have been avoided had a bill been passed to create regulatory oversight of Fannie and Freddie.
Microsoft ads, phase 2: "I'm a PC" takes on Apple
Seeded on Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:40 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)
After two weeks of ads about nothing to get the public's attention, Microsoft took to the airwaves again Thursday with a new spot meant...
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