iFive: Gulf Shrimping, Israeli Army Facebook Abuse, Stop to Gay Weddings, Wyclef Jean's Haiti Hiccup, Blair's $7M Donation

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Published Aug. 17, 2010 at 10:02 a.m.
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You may have slept, but innovation was raging against the dying of the light ... 1. Let's go back to the Gulf. Yesterday was the first day of the shrimping season, and life carried on as normal. However, although there have been no official tests put in place, buyers are refusing to pay the fishermen until they have tested the catch themselves. Post-Deepwater, it looks like offshore deep drilling permits will be subject to further environmental review ... 2. Oh God, it's Abu Ghraib all over

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Does Congress have a say in a "war" it never declared?

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Published June 24, 2010 at 8:12 p.m.

Consider the remarks of John McCain: ... "We feel very strongly that it needs to be condition- based, because if you tell the enemy when you are leaving, then obviously it has an adverse effect on your ability to succeed. So that is a major concern. And there's still a great deal of ambiguity about that issue." ... During yesterday's press conference, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) backed up McCain's assertions ... But let's consider this: Since 1945, Congress has

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Google Hands Over "Rogue Data" to Euro Authorities, Apologizes Again

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Published June 4, 2010 at 7:28 a.m.
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When Google was found to have collected data from scores of private (though unsecured) wireless networks in its efforts to map the world, the company immediately apologized with strong words. "We screwed up," said CEO Eric Schmidt. "Let's be very clear about that." ... Schmidt is continuing to apologize, and the company, after a battle with Germany over the legality of handing over these documents, has pledged to do just that ... The company will also publish the results of an external audit

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So what about a "tea party" for those of us who live in reality?

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Published May 19, 2010 at 7:42 p.m.
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There's no doubting the energy in the tea bagger movement. The spittle practically flies at you right out of the TV screen ... There have been some interesting articles on the tea baggers lately. One of the most interesting is Mark Lilla's in The New York Review of Books: "The Tea Party Jacobins": ... A new strain of populism is metastasizing before our eyes, nourished by the same libertarian impulses that have unsettled American society for half a century now. Anarchistic like the Sixties,

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Intuit's Love a Local Business Contest $50k Biz Grants

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Published March 15, 2010 at 2:51 p.m.

Intuit's "Love a Local Business Contest" ... Prizes :  $50,000 in Grant Money ... Contest Period :  March 1, 2010; ends 11:59 p.m. PT, March 31, 2010 ... Intuit is awarding small business grants worth $50,000 winners will be based on the number of votes.  Five winners will be awarded cash grants ... About Voting : Just share a few brief sentences about why you love the business. The more votes a business gets, the more chances they have to win a small business grant worth $5,000 ...

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Superintendent of Pennsylvania School Accused of Spying on Students via Webcam Responds to Allegations

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Published Feb. 20, 2010 at 1:27 a.m.
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Dr. Christopher McGinley, superintendent of the Lower Merion, Pennslvania school district that is currently embroiled in a national scandal over alleged spying via webcams in school-provided laptops, replied to the allegations in an email sent out to parents today ... Some background: Lower Merion School District, located in the stretch of the Philadelphia suburbs known as the Pennsylvania Main Line, is one of the wealthiest and most decorated public school districts in the country. It's even

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The Winter Olympics Uniform Review: Part Deux

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 3:51 p.m.
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Ok, now that the games are in full swing and the official team uniforms have been exposed to millions around the world, it's time to sharpen the pencils at the judge's table. I must admit some of my earlier concerns have been dashed as I've had the chance to see more official team attire, particularly for Team USA ... How hot is that luge suit? These guys have to be the closest thing we have to "no-fear, hell bent on a need for speed" hot rodders. So, how better to suit them than with a

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Test Driving Google Buzz: How Does Facebook Compare?

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Published Feb. 10, 2010 at 1:23 p.m.
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Buzz has some great rich-media sharing capabilities. But Facebook still owns your social-sharing network ... Yesterday, Google unveiled Buzz, a new service for sharing short updates that's been immediately billed as direct competition for both Twitter and--more interestingly--Facebook. Today, Buzz has just begun trickling out into the real world. So how does the service stack up with Facebook? Here's a quick review ... If you're not familiar with Buzz, it's basically like a Twitter/Facebook feed

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For Tech's Sake: Are These Vehicle Bells, Whistles Improvements?

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Published Jan. 16, 2010 at 12:32 p.m.
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The auto industry may be on the skids, but technological "advances" keep on coming. So while we are driven to distraction with in-dash tweeting and all manner of GPS and fuel efficiency diagnostics, Fast Company took a look back at some tech that debuted in the past few years to see how those innovations have (or haven't) held up ... SmartCar's Paddle Shifters ... How they work: Manual transmissions ordinarily mean a 5-speed stick shift on the floor. In the Smart Fourtwo, the shifter(s) are

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Monsanto Antitrust Investigation Gets Serious

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Published Jan. 15, 2010 at 2:44 p.m.
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Last month, we wondered if agriculture giant Monsanto was about to step into an antitrust suit. After all, if a company's patented genes are in 95% of all soybeans and 80% of all corn grown in the U.S. and it doesn't end up in some sort of antitrust debacle, well, there's a problem. And lo and behold, our prediction came to fruition as the Justice Department announced this week that it has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Monsanto ... According to a Monsanto press release, the DOJ

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