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FDA to review Lasik eye surgery

pagey — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:21:26 EDT

The potential benefits and hazards of Lasik eye surgery will be brought into sharp focus on Friday when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration meets with patients and surgeons in Maryland.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: FDA Lasik eye surgery review

The world's most expensive car options

pagey — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:24:15 EDT

Imagine paying the price of a new Mercedes-Benz C-Class just to get a little privacy in the back seat of your Maybach 62. Most buyers of this $386,500 limo add $29,900 to the base price for a glass partition wall.

Channel: Autos Tags: cars auto options most expensive world

Bus companies accused of smuggling pot, coke

MyWayOnNow — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:34:30 EDT

18 indicted in suspected U.S. - Mexico narcotics trafficking operation. Authorities say smuggling drugs, not carrying passengers was the main focus for five commercial bus companies that were traveling between Mexico and the United States.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: drug pot coke

Keys cancels Cleveland concert with swollen vocal chords

MyWayOnNow — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:44:44 EDT

Alicia Keys has scrapped a concert in Cleveland after canceling her show in Pittsburgh earlier this week. A message posted on her Web site says the 27-year-old R&B singer has swollen vocal cords. She was scheduled to perform Thursday night at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center.

Channel: Music Tags: Alicia Keys music

Clinton brings in the cash

MyWayOnNow — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:55:11 EDT

Clinton's campaign estimated that it has raised $10 million since the polls closed Tuesday night -- by far her biggest one-day cash haul and nearly half of the total she brought in all of last month.

Channel: Money Tags: hillary clinton politics

Amazon.com 1Q profit rises 29 percent

MyWayOnNow — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:00:10 EDT

Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. says its first-quarter profit rose 29 percent, helped by solid sales in the U.S. and abroad.

Channel: Money Tags: Amazon books earnings

Apple agrees to buy processor design company

MyWayOnNow — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:05:07 EDT

The company did not reveal the purchase price, or what it plans to do with P.A. Semi's technology, which could be suitable for power-thrifty devices like laptops or perhaps even the iPhone.

Channel: Money Tags: technology apple processor design

Winter Soldier: Veterans and Resistance Leaders Speak

populist — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:06:31 EDT

This testimony may be particularly disturbing to those that are against this war but think that recruitment centers have free speech rights and that U.S. troops should be supported.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: winter soldier winter soldier hearings iraq veterans ivaw world cant wait antiwar populist party peace

Qualcomm's second-quarter profit up 6 pct on strong sales

MyWayOnNow — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:13:19 EDT

Chip maker Qualcomm says its fiscal second-quarter profit rose 5.5 percent as consumers bought mobile phones that surf the Internet and offer speedy downloads of music and video.

Channel: Money Tags: Qualcomm earning

School Removes Student for Refusing to Pledge Allegiance

Neophile — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:15:51 EDT

A public high school student's refusal to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance got her booted from class in Hamilton County until a lawyer explained that her actions are religious.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: pledge of allegiance patriotism religion christian student school hamilton county

Look Ma No More Typing

jeepndave — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:16:30 EDT

Speech has been the inspiration for communication and many other modern features. This has been realized by modern technology as lots of facilities are based on speech such as voice recognition software. The augmentation of technology has introduced several things that a business can gear up its activities and one such facility is the voice recogni

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: VoIP Live Chat Software Customer Support Contact Management Predictive Dialer Crm Application Call Center Software

Censorship as Freedom

populist — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:31:21 EDT

Conservatives are reigning supreme in Afghanistan and the United States, especially in their advancement of censorship.

Channel: Politics Tags: censorship conservatives freedom tyranny

Tigers feint kills 100 Sri Lanka troops

MyWayOnNow — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:32:25 EDT

More than 100 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and another 400 wounded Wednesday when troops attempted to advance toward a stronghold of the Tamil Tigers rebel organization, highly placed army sources told CNN.

Channel: News Tags: sri lankan tigers tamil tigers rebel

GOP Candidate Tony Zirkle Wishes Adolph A Happy Birthday

Fedquip — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:33:15 EDT

On Sunday, Tony Zirkle, a Republican candidate for Indiana's 2nd District, took time out from saving the economy by shredding vintage Playboys (of course!) so he could attend a 119th birthday celebration for Adolph Hitler.

Channel: Politics Tags: Propeller Weird News Tony Zirkle GOP Adolph Hitler

World-Saving: A Disastrous Policy

populist — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:34:36 EDT

As a public policy, world-saving on the part of the U.S. government may be vulnerable to substantial criticism on the 2008 election trail. Given the debacle in Iraq, world-saving may even have reached its zenith.

Channel: Politics Tags: world saving foreign policy interventionism empire imperialism