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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

A surge of Special Forces for Afghanistan likely (The Christian Science Monitor)

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Army, Capt. Kyle Walton, right, and Master Sgt. Scott Ford, left, talk to an interpreter in Eastern Afghanistan. Both men will recieve a Silver Star Friday, Dec. 12, 2008 in the largest Special Forces award ceremony since the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/U.S. Army  Photo, Sgt. David N Gunn)The Christian Science Monitor - The Pentagon is likely to send up to 20 Special Forces teams to Afghanistan this spring, part of a new long-term strategy to boost the Afghan security forces' ability to counter the insurgency there themselves.




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There's No More Gold in Them There Hills (E! Online)

There's No More Gold in Them There Hills(E! Online)E! Online - What was cable's top series of 2008? And, no, the answer, "Definitely not The Hills," is not acceptable. (Although, true, highly accurate.)




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Army halts use of new first aid item to study more (AP)

AP - Until more testing can be done, Army medics are being told to stop using a new product just sent to the war front to help control bleeding among wounded troops.

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A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS SPIRIT (Georgie Anne Geyer)

Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- What a strange and somehow discombobulated Christmas. Spiritually, the Christian faith tells believers that we are to celebrate the birth of the peaceable Christ child. But on the day-to-day level, we live in a world that is falling apart, beset by immorality.

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Notebook shipments overtake desktops in new study (AP)

AP - Shipments of notebook computers edged passed desktop sales in the third quarter for the first time, according to data from the research firm iSupply.

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Myths & Facts About the Real Bush Record (RealClearPolitics.com)

RealClearPolitics.com - As the year draws to an end and President Bush enters his final month in office, there is much commentary about the Administration's record over the past eight years. Unsurprisingly, many of these stories assail and distort the President's record and recycle myths and unfounded allegations that have been leveled for the better part of his two terms. Historical accuracy requires a response to the litany of attacks leveled against President Bush, and while there's not enough space to respond to all of them, here are five of the most egregious:

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Mexican beauty queen arrested in gun-filled truck (AP)

The 2008 beauty queen of the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa, Laura Zuniga, center, is shown to the press with other unidentified suspects after she was detained with guns and large amounts of cash in the city of Zapopan, Mexico, Tuesday Dec. 23, 2008. Zuniga has been arrested after she was found riding with suspected gang members in a truck filled with weapons and and some $53,300 in U.S. currency. (AP Photo)AP - A reigning Mexican beauty queen from the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck filled guns and ammunition, police said Tuesday.




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3 Gaza militants killed in clash on Israeli border (AP)

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak stands next to shelves displaying remains of exploded rockets, fired by Palestinian militants from within the Gaza Strip at southern Israel, during his visit to the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2008. According to Israeli defense officials the military carried out an exercise Tuesday preparing a new set of towns for rocket strikes by Gaza militants. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Israeli forces killed three Palestinian militants on the Gaza border Tuesday, the military and Israeli media said, in the deadliest clash since a truce between Israel and the Islamic Hamas rulers of Gaza expired over the weekend.




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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Police: Mumbai gunmen came by sea from Pakistan

A police inspector, only hands seen, inspects identity cards of fishermen at a coast in Porbander, 412 kilometers (255 miles) west of Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Security has been beefed up in coastal towns and ports in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat state after terrorists are suspected to have used the Porbandar port to reach Mumbai. The Indian navy is investigating whether a trawler found drifting off the coast of Mumbai, with a bound corpse on board, was used to ferry militants to the 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed 172 people and rocked the nation. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)AP - The gunmen who attacked Mumbai set out by boat from the Pakistani port of Karachi, then later hijacked an Indian fishing trawler that carried them toward this financial capital on their suicide mission, a top police official said Tuesday.



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Obama to name Bill Richardson as Commerce Secretary

President-elect Barack Obama will Wednesday nominate New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, pictured in September 2008, as Commerce Secretary, in the latest addition to his rapidly filling cabinet, a Democratic official said.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - President-elect Barack Obama will Wednesday nominate New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as commerce secretary, in the latest addition to his rapidly filling cabinet, a Democratic official said.



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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Liberals, too, should reject the Fairness Doctrine

The Christian Science Monitor - Having won control of the White House and Congress, Democrats are turning their attention to their legislative agenda.

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Rejected absentee votes the focus in Minn. recount

Senator Norm Coleman speaks at the second session of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 2, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)AP - More than 6,400 rejected absentee ballots are becoming the focus in Minnesota's contested Senate election, as the state Canvassing Board prepares to decide whether to let some into the recount.



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Rio Tinto under pressure on asset sales

A tipper truck climbs out of an iron ore mine at Tom Price, about 1,300 km (800 miles) north of Perth, May 28, 2008. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)Reuters - Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd said on Wednesday it was confident it could sell billions of dollars in assets to pay down massive debt, despite concerns about a lack of buyers, a day after rival BHP Billiton Ltd dropped a bid for the firm.



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Baghdad blasts kill 17 ahead of troop pact vote

Rescue workers lift a body following a suicide bomb in Baghdad. Three explosions rocked Baghdad, killing 17 people two days before parliament is to vote on a controversial military pact whereby all US troops will leave Iraq by the end of 2011.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Three explosions rocked Baghdad on Monday, killing 17 people two days before parliament was to vote on a divisive military pact under which all US troops would leave Iraq by the end of 2011.



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A Million Little Pieces (Oprah's Book Club)

24 minutes ago Needled said: “in his memoirs , I've found a tattoo angle in the whole Oprah-upsetting literary debacle, thanks to the amazing Jenni Miller who contributes to Needled and doesn't make anything up because she's just that super-fabulous”


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US-based Muslim charity convicted of funding terrorism

2001 file photo shows FBI agents guarding the entrance to the Holy Land Foundation in Richardson, Texas. The leaders of what was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States were found guilty of acting as a front for Palestinian militants in the largest terrorism financing prosecution in American history(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ronald Martinez)AFP - The leaders of what was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States were found guilty of acting as a front for Palestinian militants in the largest terrorism financing prosecution in American history.



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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

2 hours ago Language, the Universe, and Everything said: “Farewell my Concubine fame) plays her nemesis. Neither of these women look remotely Japanese. The other characters are played by a hodgepodge of Asians, including some Japanese (a complete list can be had here


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Reports: McNamee gave DNA samples to investigators

AP - Roger Clemens' former trainer gave samples of his DNA to federal investigators trying to ascertain whether the star pitcher committed perjury before Congress, two New York newspapers reported.

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Easy night in New York for LeBron as Cavs roll

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (23) drives past New York Knicks' Quentin Richardson (23) during the first half the NBA basketball game Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - LeBron James might never have an easier night at Madison Square Garden, whether he plays for the Knicks or not.



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Protesters shut Thailand's international airport

Anti-government protester sleep at Suvarnabhumi airport, Bangkok in the early hours of Wednesday Nov. 26, 2008 as they continue to besiege parts of Bangkok's main international airport demanding the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister, Somchai Wongsawat. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)AP - Thousands of protesters occupied Thailand's main international airport Wednesday, halting all flights in a blow to the country's already-fragile tourism industry as they pressed their demand for the government's resignation.



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Former WVa Gov. Cecil Underwood dies

AP - Cecil Underwood, a high school teacher who went on to hold the distinction of being West Virginia's youngest and oldest governor, died Monday at a Charleston hospital. He was 86.

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Luhrmann offers "Australia" as an escape from fear

Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman in a scene from 'Australia'. (20th Century Fox/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - The Outback epic "Australia" is director Baz Luhrmann's first film since he dazzled audiences with "Moulin Rouge!" seven years ago, and critics are wondering if the $130 million drama can live up to its hype.



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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Server Maintenance: Salon Radio Blog server

Updated: 12:30 AM Pacific time. The server has been brought back online and everything should be operating as normal. If you notice any issues, please contact us at customerservice@userland.com Sorry for the disruption.

We're doing some emergency maintenance on the Salon Blogs server. This will temporarily prevent you from updating your blog or posting comments, but your public blog is unaffected.

This also affects the Radio UserLand website/discussion group.



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NewsJunk wind-down

A picture named ohRudy.jpgNow that the election was almost two weeks ago, we're winding down newsjunk.com. It was an interesting experiment, but it didn't achieve the biggest goal I had for it, not very many people used it. Not enough to justify continuing to do it.


I felt there was a vacuum in the flow of political news, one site whose mission was to be a "briefing book" on a single topic for people who wanted to be more or less completely informed. I feel we accomplished that much for the election, and as one of the editors of the site (there were three others) -- just reading all the news also had tremendous value for me. On this one topic, I was pretty close to fully informed, or as fully informed as you could be through news and blogging.


We tried doing a tech version of NewsJunk for a while, but my heart wasn't in it. I just don't care that much these days about tech news. It could just be a phase, but it's impossible to put in the time it takes to do a "junk" site right if you're not totally interested in the topic.


So for now we're going to post new items to the political NewsJunk feed only when they pertain to the 2008 election. There are still a few outstanding issues, the Senatorial races in Alaska, Minnesota and Georgia. There probably are still a few "think pieces" in the pipe with insights into the events of 2008. But news of the incoming administration, the economic crisis, world politics are not on-topic for NewsJunk, and we're not going to broaden its purview to include them.


However, I will probably write a few more pieces about NJ, including a list of who my favorite sources were. There are some great writers out there, and quite a few (who I won't name) who aren't doing very much for the big reputations they have.




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Recovery from crisis seen slow (Reuters)

Share trader Tom Holler reacts in front of his trading terminal during early morning trading at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt, November 20, 2008. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)Reuters - Signs of distress in the global economy mounted, with shares in U.S. bank Citigroup Inc plunging on fears about its future, oil prices falling and the future of U.S. automakers hanging in the balance.




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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,201 (AP)

A US marine checks a map on a laptop while snipers fire at insurgents in Iraq. China has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel has warned.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AP - As of Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at least 4,201 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.




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UN approves sanctions on Somali pirates (AP)

Local residents observe as the Norwegian-flagged tanker 'Torm Kristina' passes through the Suez canal in Ismailia, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. Major shipping companies said that they are considering other options including avoiding the passage through the Suez Canal to avoid having to go through the Gulf of Aden due to increasing piracy risks - meaning longer, costlier trips around the southern tip of Africa. (AP Photo)AP - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to impose sanctions on pirates, arms smugglers, and perpetrators of instability in Somalia in a fresh attempt to help end years of lawlessness in the Horn of Africa nation.




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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,201 (AP)

A US marine checks a map on a laptop while snipers fire at insurgents in Iraq. China has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel has warned.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AP - As of Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at least 4,201 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.




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Recovery from crisis seen slow (Reuters)

Share trader Tom Holler reacts in front of his trading terminal during early morning trading at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt, November 20, 2008. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)Reuters - Signs of distress in the global economy mounted, with shares in U.S. bank Citigroup Inc plunging on fears about its future, oil prices falling and the future of U.S. automakers hanging in the balance.




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Bryant bests Shaq in Lakers' win over Suns (Reuters)

Reuters - Kobe Bryant got the better of former team mate Shaquille O'Neal to guide the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-92 win over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday.

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Blast kills 7 at Shi'ite funeral in Pakistan (Reuters)

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, pictured in October 2008. A militant Taliban group warned on Thursday of reprisals in Pakistan if there was another US drone attack, as the government condemned the latest missile strike in its territory.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)Reuters - A bomb blast killed at least seven people and wounded 40 at the funeral for a Shi'ite Muslim on Friday in the northwest Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan, a hospital doctor said.




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Most Asian markets rebound after Wall Street rout (AP)

Passers-by are seen in front of an electronic stock board in downtown Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up 207.75 points, or 2.70 percent, at 7,910.79. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Most Asian markets rebounded Friday after days of sharp declines in stocks around the world as investors scooped up battered financial and technology shares.




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'Monkey: Journey to the West'

CNN's Tom Hayes takes a look at the theatrical culture clash wowing Londoners.




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Pritzker Nomination in Doubt

Despite last night's report that Penny Pritzker was President-elect Obama's choice to become Commerce secretary, the Washington Post reports she "has run into business obstacles that will likely
prevent her" from taking the post.

Said one Obama adviser: "The issue is whether she ultimately wants to do this, and it may be -- and probably will be -- possible that for business reasons, she
probably can't do it."

Update: Politico reports Pritzker turned down the offer.



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The indie heartthrob

The Ivy-educated, button-cute musician who rocks our world with songs about the serial comma.



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Julianne Hough Hangs Up Her Dancing Shoes (E! Online)

Julianne Hough Hangs Up Her Dancing Shoes(E! Online)E! Online - Julianne Hough may have donned her last sequin.




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Anna Kendrick movin' on "Up" with Clooney (Reuters)

Actress Anna Kendrick arrives at the IFP Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California February 28, 2004. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Talk about upping your profile. Anna Kendrick, who has a small part in "Twilight" as one of Kristen Stewart's human friends, has nabbed the coveted female lead opposite George Clooney in "Up in the Air."




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Anna Kendrick movin' on "Up" with Clooney (Reuters)

Actress Anna Kendrick arrives at the IFP Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California February 28, 2004. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Talk about upping your profile. Anna Kendrick, who has a small part in "Twilight" as one of Kristen Stewart's human friends, has nabbed the coveted female lead opposite George Clooney in "Up in the Air."




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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) (US)

24 hours ago The Millions (A Blog About Books) said: “Washington Post accurately called it "quietly lovely". It precisely captures the minutiae of the seasons and farm life that even a sheltered city-dweller can recognize with a smile. Also in my top ten were Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala (chilling), Travels With Mr. Brown by Mark Twain (Letters to the Alta California 1866-1867), and Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin. The latter is a fun kids' book.”


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Professional SQL Server 2005 Xml

32 hours ago Jim Minatel's Wrox Book Editor Blog said: “ [IMG Scott Klein: Professional SQL Server 2005 XML] I mentioned late last week that it has been a busy few weeks of publishing for Wrox. The most recent new book I had the pleasure of receiving is Scott Klein's new Professional SQL Server 2005 XML. I've blogged a couple of times over the last year”


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Wineries 2006 12-month wall calendar

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Syriana (2005)

11 hours ago From a Librarian's Perspective... said: “Had a damn fine vacation around the holidays. Caught up with the family & friends. Saw a great film, Syriana , probably the best film I've seen from 2005. The night before I left my vacation spot, namely my mother's house, PBS was showing video from a conference on the Religious Right's takeover of the Republican party”


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Writer Says He Made Up Some Details - New York Times

“if it were presented as fiction--and more importantly, maybe it wouldn't sell as well. Sounds to me like deficiencies in writer's and publisher's ethics. If a story isn't true, it's fiction....isn't it? Here's something from the New York Times: Writer Says He Made Up Some Details
Exploring Color & Creativity


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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Other's Don't

70 hours ago Crack the Bell - Crack The Bell said: “by Charles H. Townes Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins”


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&#34;Firefly&#34; (2002/I)

3 minutes ago Circles for Squares said: “It has everything I love! Cars, racing, chicks, chicks racing cars, dirt, DEPECHE MODE, lightning, chicks, cars, DEPECHE MODE... mmmm. Hee. I uploaded that song and talked about it in this post, btw. -- Annnnnnnd... Stephen's finally started watching FIREFLY ! It's just as well because it's only one more week until SERENITYSERENITYSERENITYSERENITYSERENITY!!!!!!! (Until it opens in Malaysia anyway) I've been a very good girl. I've had the movie on my computer for months and I embraced the DVD (albeit”


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Memo To Barry: Enough - washingtonpost.com

“Marc Fisher has a column in the Post today that deals with Marion Barry's sad drug addiction and his status in the community. He's absolutely right. We're enablers. We're complicit in his addiction so that we can laugh at him when he falls. We secretly hope that he'll do something else,”
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In Congo's remote hills, a struggle to survive (AP)

Judith, a four year old displaced girl, no last name given, receives medical treatment for severe malaria as her mother keeps watch, at a clinic run by the aid organization Merlin, in Goma, eastern Congo,  Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)AP - His home was looted by wild government soldiers still pillaging this empty hilltop town. His fields are at the mercy of armed militias. And somewhere in the countryside, a rebel army is digging in.




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NBC offers trivia game to Facebook users (Reuters)

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, delivers a keynote address at the company's annual conference in San Francisco, California July 23, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters)Reuters - NBC News has made a big pitch to the Facebook generation, offering users of the social-networking site the chance to test their knowledge using video from the network's vast archives.




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Verizon staff had unauthorized access to Obama's cell (Reuters)

The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday that some employees had gained unauthorized access and viewed a personal cell phone account held by President-elect Barack Obama that is now inactive.




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Kiss unhappy about rock hall of fame exclusion (Reuters)

Paul Stanley, Eric Singer, Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer (L-R) of the U.S. rock group KISS pose for photographers at the Koenig-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen, May 8, 2008. (Kirsten Neumann/Reuters)Reuters - They've sold millions of records, and influenced several generations of fans and musicians. So why isn't Kiss in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?




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Calif. trains collide; no serious injuries (AP)

Investigators look over a Metrolink commuter train, left, that was struck by a freight train in Rialto, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. The mishap produced no serious injuries but brought back memories of a deadly commuter-train wreck in the region just two months ago.(AP Photo/Francis Specker)AP - A Metrolink commuter train sideswiped a freight train Thursday, causing no serious injuries but bringing back still-vivid memories of a deadly train wreck in the region just two months ago.




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Buried Glaciers Found on Mars (SPACE.com)

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released in 2005 shows Mars. NASA scientists have discovered enormous underground reservoirs of frozen water on Mars, away from its polar caps, in the latest sign that life might be sustainable on the Red planet.(AFP/NASA/ESA/File)SPACE.com - Mars has vast glaciers hidden under
aprons of rocky debris near mid-latitude mountains, a new study confirms,
pointing to a new and large potential reservoir of life-supporting water on the
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Police to end restrictions on ex-Gitmo detainee (AP)

In this Nov. 18, 2008 photo released by Getup shows former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks who released a video message through a political group pleading for Australian police to stop restricting his life, in Sydney, Nov. 20, 2008. The 33-year old former cowboy turned Taliban foot soldier was freed from a prison in his home town of Adelaide in South Australia state in December last year after a nine-month sentence following 5 1/2 years in captivity without trial at the U.S. military prison camp in Cuba. (AP Photo/Getup, Jarra McGrath, HO)AP - Australian police said Thursday they will stop restricting the movements and communications of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee after he broke his long media silence to ask them to let him "get on with" his life.




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Mexico detains former top anti-drug prosecutor (AP)

AP - Mexican authorities detained a former top anti-drug prosecutor on Thursday as part of an investigation into possible links between senior law enforcements officials and drug cartels.

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Atty. Gen. Mukasey collapses during speech (AP)

In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 file photo, Attorney General Michael Mukasey addresses the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security, at the University Club in Washington.  Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night, Nov. 20, 2008 and was being taken to a hospital. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness.




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Hard-line former Beijing Communist Party boss dies (AP)

AP - Li Ximing, Beijing's Communist Party boss during the bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, has died at 82, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.

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Researchers ID Suite of Genes in Aging Process (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic biomarkers that
are highly accurate in determining physiological age have been identified
by researchers at California's Buck Institute for Age Research, who said
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Mammoth task: Scientists map DNA of ancient beast (AP)

This undated handout photo provided by Stephen Schuster, Penn State University, shows a ball of permafrost-preserved mammoth hair containing thick outer-coat and thin under-coat hairs. (AP Photo/Stephen Schuster, Penn State University)AP - Bringing "Jurassic Park" one step closer to reality, scientists have deciphered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a feat they say could allow them to recreate the shaggy, prehistoric beast in as little as a decade or two.




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Scientists say Copernicus' remains, grave found (AP)

In this image provided by the Kronenberg Foundation in Warsaw on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, a computer-generated reconstruction of what astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus may have looked like on the basis of a skull discovered in the cathedral in Frombork, northern Poland, is seen. Polish and Swedish researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton they have found with that taken from hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. (AP Photo/Kronenberg Foundation, HO)AP - Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe.




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Astronauts finish second spacewalk outside station (Reuters)

NASA guests pose for pictures in front of the space shuttle Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 13, 2008. The shuttle is covered by the protective Rotating Service Structure. Launch of Endeavour on Mission STS-126 to the International Space Station is scheduled for November 14. (Scott Audette/Reuters)Reuters - Shuttle Endeavour astronauts working outside the orbiting International Space Station faced glitches during a second spacewalk on Thursday, as one astronaut experienced high carbon-dioxide levels after his crew mate lost a tool bag on the mission's first spacewalk.




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Astronauts end 2nd spacewalk at space station (AP)

In this image from NASA TV, mission specialist Shane Kimbrough cleans and lubricates the end of the International Space Stations' robotic arm during a space walk, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA TV)AP - Spacewalking astronauts performed more repair work on a jammed joint at the international space station on Thursday, keeping a tight grip on all their tools so nothing would get away this time.




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Rosenthal: Pedroia wasn't my pick

FOXSports.com senior baseball writer Ken Rosenthal says that while Justin Pedroia is certainly a worthy choice as the AL's Most Valuable Player, his vote went to Justin Morneau. Find out why.

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Aides: Obama plans to nominate Clinton (AP)

In this Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 file photo, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a New York Public Transit Association conference in Albany.   President-elect Barack Obama's transition team says Obama is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving.  (AP Photo/Tim Roske)AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for a former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who contested mightily for the presidency.




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Phillies Utley (hip), Feliz (back) to have surgery (AP)

AP - Three-time All-Star Chase Utley, who anchored the middle of the lineup for the World Series champion Phillies, will have surgery and may not be ready for the start of the 2009 regular season.

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Old data, new formats

Here are a few products that will keep your precious memories up to date.

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Gallas outburst rocks Arsenal (AFP)

Arsenal captain William Gallas, seen here in February 2008, has launched an astonishing attack on the club's bickering young guns.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Arsenal captain William Gallas has launched an astonishing attack on the club's bickering young guns.




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