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Credit crunch forcing US middle classes to live in their cars
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Credit crunch forcing US middle classes to live in their cars

Money – Homeless people living in cars and motorhomes across the US are being joined by a new breed: the middle class. As mortgage foreclosures continue to rise, growing numbers of middle-class professionals are losing their homes and downsizing from four bedrooms to four wheels.

View Story Discuss (146) (guardian.co.uk) 8 days ago by engineer

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:37am

NQ:The Week in Photos 06/27
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NQ:The Week in Photos 06/27

News – A photo, as the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. And the right photo--the revelatory image--can be worth a great deal more. In that spirit, we've put together ten pictures that capture the turbulent events of the past week.

View Story Discuss (0) (newsquake.netscape.com) 7 days ago by helenephoto

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:37am

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The Laser to End All Lasers

Science – Scientists are completing the world's largest laserââ;¬"but will it work?

View Story Discuss (0) (discovermagazine.com) 8 days ago by mayrassa

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:37am

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'Batman Unmasked': An Interview with Christian Bale

Celebrities – The Welsh actor opens up about being the Dark Knight, never having a plan B, and always swimming against the current.

View Story Discuss (0) (men.style.com) 8 days ago by mayrassa

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:37am

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Group votes to relax Web naming rules

Gadgets & Tech – A group charged with overseeing the development of the Internet voted Thursday to relax the rules on Web site naming conventions -- potentially triggering a virtual domain name gold rush to rival the dotcom boom of the late 1990s.

View Story Discuss (0) (edition.cnn.com) 8 days ago by phipphin

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:36am

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Briton gets 2 life terms for killing wife, daughter

News – Prosecutors said Entwistle was deep in debt, dissatisfied with sex life

View Story Discuss (0) (msnbc.msn.com) 8 days ago by phipphin

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:36am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / 1 sink

How women will be more equal than men

Careers & Jobs – Companies are to be encouraged to discriminate in favour of women and black job candidates.

View Story Discuss (1) (dailymail.co.uk) 8 days ago by Artofid

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:36am

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The most stupidest thing

Politics – Actor Stephen Baldwin doesn't do much to chip away at the Democrat's built-in Hollywood advantage in this clip from earlier today, in which he dismisses the claim that McCain represents a third Bush term as "the most stupidest thing I ever heard in my life."

View Story Discuss (0) (politico.com) 8 days ago by Artofid

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:36am

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Yahoo: Who's Leaving and Why

News – The Yahoo exodus is on. The following slide show is a who's who of the executives and high-level managers who have departed recently or will soon. The stampede has raised concerns that Yahoo will face a leadership vacuum in the wake of failed merger discussions with Microsoft and pressure from billionaire investor Carl Icahn.

View Story Discuss (0) (images.businessweek.com) 8 days ago by Artofid

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:36am

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U.S. Army speeds high-tech arms to infantry

News – The U.S. Army said on Thursday it is speeding up delivery of advanced rockets, robots and ultra-light drones to infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of a reshaped $160 billion modernization program.

View Story Discuss (0) (reuters.com) 7 days ago by sukonrat29

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:35am

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Losing face: Duo fails to reclaim speed climbing record

News – The crowd of some two-dozen people whooped and hollered today as Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama scrambled up cracks, swung in the air, and hauled themselves 3,000 feet up the vertical face of El Capitan.

View Story Discuss (0) (sfgate.com) 7 days ago by sukonrat29

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:35am

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US Department of Energy to Invest $90 Million in Advanced Geothermal Research

News – Like wave-power, geothermal energy lives in the shadow of its two more popular brothers, solar power and wind power. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is trying to do something about that with a $90 million "Funding Opportunity Announcement"; it plans to award 26 grants to both industry and academia.

View Story Discuss (0) (huffingtonpost.com) 7 days ago by sukonrat29

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:35am

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IBM May Have the Key to Wireless Hi-Def Video

Gadgets & Tech – Who doesn't love wireless? Surfing the Web while sipping a latte at your favorite cafÃ;© certainly beats being chained to a modem by a data cable. But for applications that demand a really fast connection, such as watching live high-definition television, today's WiFi falls short.

View Story Discuss (0) (discovermagazine.com) 7 days ago by itotomania

Submitted and Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:35am

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Skip the Shampoo? Dirty Human Hair Neutralizes Ozone

Science – Don't be too quick to judge the next time someone you know skips a shower--he or she may actually be clearing the air.

View Story Discuss (0) (discovermagazine.com) 7 days ago by itotomania

Submitted and Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:34am

Oil tops $140 after OPEC price prediction
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Oil tops $140 after OPEC price prediction

Money – Oil futures shot above $140 Thursday after OPEC's president said crude prices could rise well above $150 a barrel this year and Libya said it may cut oil production. The advance raised the likelihood that gasoline prices would also extend their march higher, and that prices of goods and services throughout the economy would also keep rising.

View Story Discuss (13) (msnbc.msn.com) 7 days ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:30am