There’s an Egyptian blogger/student named Abdel Kareem Soliman who is about to go on trial for alleged crimes committed on his blog. An international coalition of bloggers, activits, and political leaders is demanding that free expression be respected in Egypt. Abdel Kareem Soliman faces nine years in jail for his blog posts about politics, religious […]
According to a press release today from Wiley, Legendary CIA operative and prolific author E. Howard Hunt died yesterday in Florida at the age of 88, just weeks before the publication of his tell-all memoir American Spy: My Secret History in the CIA, Watergate & Beyond (Wiley, March 2, 2007, $25.95/Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-471-78982-6).
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The Council for Affordable Health Insurance says thatast night in his State of the Union Address, President Bush took a bold and innovative step toward creating tax equity, calling for an end to the employee tax exclusion for health insurance and replacing it with a standard tax deduction. The Council for Affordable Health Insurance is
Teams from 13 California cities are meeting today in Oakland, California, at the California Cities Gang Prevention Network meeting to identify and share successful gang prevention policies and practices. Sponsored by the National League of Cities (NLC) and the Oakland-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD), the two-day meeting will focus on building strategies
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According to a threadwatch post, threadwatch has decided to get on the seo contest bandwagon by hosting a Dave Pasternack contest. It’s Aaron Wall’s idea to host this Dave Pasternack Search Engine Optimization contest, which is all about Dave Pasternack of Did-it.com fame.
The following is a transcript of President Bush’s State of the Union address, as delivered on January 23, 2007: Madam Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: This rite of custom brings us together at a defining hour — when decisions are hard and courage is tested. We enter the
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A bill being introduced in the Georgia Legislature this week establishes strict oversight and licensing procedures while enforcing strong consumer protections for the cash advance industry in Georgia, according to Georgians for Cash Advance. The bill gives the state the authority to levy fines up to $1,000 a day per incident per location against cash
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Today, as reported on CNNMoney.com, Business 2.0 released its 7th Annual look at the dumbest moments in business from the past year and declared Wal-Mart its grand prize winner for the #1 “Dumbest Moment in Business” for 2006. Despite spending untold millions of dollars on high priced public relations campaigns and consultants, Wal-Mart — incredibly
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Today, as reported on CNNMoney.com, Business 2.0 released its 7th Annual look at the dumbest moments in business from the past year and declared Wal-Mart its grand prize winner for the #1 “Dumbest Moment in Business” for 2006.
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Samson Blinded, a blog that advocates an ultra-hard-line Israeli approach to Arab nations, has received the 2006 People’s Choice Jewish and Israeli Blog Award in the Best Overall Blog category and scored the highest in four other categories. Google banned the blog from its Google AdWords advertising program for “unacceptable content,” “sensitive content,” and “advocating
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