AP - China's latest must-have luxury for the ultra-rich, to go with mansions and sports cars, is a large, slobbery dog with massive amounts of hair best known for herding sheep in Tibet.
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Tag: los angeles timesThe $20 yurbuds make in-ear headphones out of earbuds improving the fit and the quality of sound.
 BBC News | Scots civil servants join first Budget Day strike BBC News About 30000 civil servants in Scotland are due to take part in the first ever strike on Budget Day, in a dispute over cuts to redundancy pay. The 24-hour national stoppage has been called by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS). ... Chancellor faces Budget Day pickets Darling to cross picket lines before Budget address Kidderminster civil servants to strike again tomorrow |
Condoleezza Rice Endorses Carly Fiorina for Senate The Washington Independent The once-frontrunner, who's slipped a bit behind Tom Campbell, gets a boost from someone once thought of as a possible president, now almost invisible in national politics. (She's back at Stanford, where she once served ... Rice backs Fiorina for Senate Health care = 9/11? Rice backing both GOP women in top Calif. races |
LiveScience.com - If obesity is a disease, like cancer or heart disease, as
researchers stress, it is time to stop blaming lack of willpower for the extra
poundage and ask - non-judgmentally - why are we so fat? From better hygiene to
foods that mimic drugs, the answers may shake up your diet.
There’s no denying it. People love to shake their iPhones. It’s almost as if they want to see how much they can shake it before it breaks. But shaking it is half the fun, especially when apps take advantage of the built-in accelerometer to turn shaking into a feature. One of the earliest apps to make shaking a central element of its interface was Urbanspoon, the restaurant recommender. …
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 Sky News | Israeli government to be formally accused over 'Mossad' assassination Telegraph.co.uk The Israeli government will be formally named as responsible for the assassination last month of a senior Hamas commander by a hit squad travelling on cloned British passports. By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent Pictured L to R, ... UK to act over Dubai Hamas murder Diplomat 'Expelled' Over Dubai Hit Passports Israeli diplomat to be expelled over cloning of British passports used in ... |
Smoking ban at beaches and parks approved Cal Coast News California lawmakers voted Monday to ban smoking at 278 beaches and state parks in one of the nation's far-reaching regulation of tobacco. [Los Angeles Times] The new legislation calls for fines up to $100 for those caught smoking at a state beach, ... |
 Los Angeles Times | 'The TAMI Show': A pop music time capsule Los Angeles Times The 1964 concert never turned into the annual fundraiser it was envisioned as, but it did bring together the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, the Beach Boys and James Brown, and now it's on DVD. James Brown was a tough act to follow. ... |
AP - Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine says the congressional victory on health care will be good for the country and for Democrats in the November elections.