Lebanon photos: Take a closer look

Seeded on Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:14 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

THE controversy this week over Reuters' distribution of digitally manipulated, falsely labeled and — probably — staged photos of the fighting in Lebanon hasn't been nearly as large as it should have been.

media, lebanon, politics, war, photoshop, propaganda

Court rules NY police can search bags at subways

Seeded on Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:13 AM EDT (Reuters)

Random bag searches by New York police at subway stations are constitutional and an effective means of combating terrorism, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.

terrorism, search, politics, courts, legal

'Mass Murder' Foiled

Seeded on Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:29 AM EDT (OpinionJournal.com)

A terror plot is exposed by the policies many American liberals oppose.

terrorism, politics, war-on-terror

Shiites Press for a Partition of Iraq

Seeded on Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:59 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Leaders of Iraq's powerful Shiite Muslim political bloc have begun aggressively promoting a radical plan to partition the country as a way of separating the warring sects. Some Iraqis are even talking about dividing the capital, with the Tigris River as a kind of Berlin Wall.

iraq, constitution, politics, war

Softbank Capital invests $5 million in Huffington Post

Seeded on Tue Aug 8, 2006 4:32 AM EDT (Reuters)

The Huffington Post, an online news and blogging site run by political commentator Arianna Huffington, said on Monday that it has received a $5 million investment led by venture capital firm SoftBank Capital to help it expand.

politics, blog, huffington

Record labels sue LimeWire

Seeded on Tue Aug 8, 2006 4:27 AM EDT (Reuters)

Some of the world's biggest record labels sued the makers of the file-sharing program LimeWire on Friday, saying the software allows users to download music without paying for it.

entertainment, music, law, file-sharing, legal, riaa, p2p, law-suit

Take Spectacular Nighttime Photos with your Digital Camera

Seeded on Tue Aug 8, 2006 3:53 AM EDT (photo.masterdigest.com)

Night photographs express a special something that cannot be seen in normal daytime photography.

entertainment, photography, digital-photograpjy

The Expert Mind

Seeded on Sat Aug 5, 2006 5:26 PM EDT (Sciam)

A man walks along the inside of a circle of chess tables, glancing at each for two or three seconds before making his move. On the outer rim, dozens of amateurs sit pondering their replies until he completes the circuit.

research, science, chess, motivation, the-mind

Ann Coulter is a "Deadhead" - Interview

Seeded on Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:17 PM EDT (jambands.com)

Interview with Taylor Hill - 2006-06-23: When I called the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute, whose chairwoman gives speeches on topics with titles like "The Failures of Feminism", and told the gatekeeper there that I wanted to do an interview with Ann Coulter solely about the G …

music, politics, grateful-dead, ann-coulter

The Times Corrects Mislabling of Corpse Photos - Killed by "Insurgents" Not Marines

Seeded on Tue Jun 6, 2006 12:01 AM EDT (The Times)

[Note: This story originally appeared with a picture of slain Iraqis whose caption erroneously described the scene as being related to the alleged incidents in al-Haditha.

iraq, politics, marines, journalism, bias, insurgents

The Truth, John Kerry, and The New York Times

Seeded on Mon Jun 5, 2006 11:58 AM EDT (RealClearPolitics)

Kate Zernike's story on the front page of the Memorial Day Sunday New York Times, "Kerry Pressing Swift Boat Case Long After Loss," is an unfortunate reminder of the Times's embarrassingly poor coverage of Kerry in the face of the Swift Boat Veterans' for Truth charges in the …

politics, new-york-times, john-kerry, swift-boat

Was the 2004 election stolen? No.

Seeded on Mon Jun 5, 2006 11:41 AM EDT (Salon.com)

In Rolling Stone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. argues that new evidence proves that Bush stole the election. But the evidence he cites isn't new and his argument is filled with distortions and blatant omissions.

bush, ohio, election, kerry, politics, rolling-stone, 2004, r-f-kennedy-jr

Viral video sharing is new headache for music biz

Seeded on Sun Jun 4, 2006 4:10 PM EDT (Reuters)

(Billboard) - As the recording industry tries to block file trading of songs across peer-to-peer networks, blogs and other viral distribution channels, the major labels suddenly have a whole new piracy concern: music videos.

entertainment, video, sharing, riaa, p2p

Tiananmen Remembered - Todays Photos

Seeded on Sun Jun 4, 2006 3:58 PM EDT (Slate)

During the night of June 3, 1989, the Chinese army stormed through Tiananmen Square to quell a seven-week-long protest for democratic reform. Estimates of the number of protesters killed range from hundreds to thousands. Governments worldwide condemned the violence.

politics, protest, government, tiananmen, democratic-reform

Report on Katrina - Popular Mechanics

Seeded on Thu Jun 1, 2006 10:56 PM EDT (popularmechanics.com)

It's been over nine months since Hurricane Katrina and the unprecedented devastation it left in its wake rocked the Gulf coast.

katrina, report, news, gulf-coast, us-news, engineers, popular-mechanics

Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2006

Seeded on Thu Jun 1, 2006 4:46 PM EDT (gamecriticsawards.com)

The 37 media outlets voting for the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2006 are proud to announce this year's winning games. Fast Facts: Read winner breakdown by game, publisher and platform here: [http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/win-stats-2006.html].

entertainment, games, computer, gaming, nintendo, video-games, ps2, e3, wii

Music Battle of the Future May Be Over How & Where It Is Stored

Seeded on Tue May 30, 2006 1:18 AM EDT (Reuters)

(Billboard) - The digital music battle of the future may not be over where music is purchased, but where and how it is stored.

entertainment, music, online, internet, ipod, digital-music, p2p

Shah's son urges action on Iran

Seeded on Tue May 30, 2006 12:48 AM EDT (Reuters)

(Reuters) - The exiled son of Iran's late shah on Monday called on the Bush administration to put action before rhetoric in ousting Tehran's Islamic regime, which he said has long been the source of global instability.

iran, politics, protests, government, exiled

Morpheus makers file suit against eBay

Seeded on Mon May 29, 2006 10:37 PM EDT (CNET)

StreamCast Networks, the creators of the Morpheus file-sharing software, is alleging in a lawsuit that auction house eBay is profiting from peer-to-peer technology that rightfully belongs to it.

entertainment, ebay, music, legal, p2p, law-suit, morpheus

Total U.S. Consumer Spending on PC Games Reached $1.4 Billion in 2005

Seeded on Sun May 28, 2006 9:09 PM EDT (npd.com)

According to recent research conducted by leading consumer and retail information company The NPD Group, total U.S. consumer spending on PC Games reached $1.4 billion in 2005.

entertainment, games, pc, gaming, video-games, videogames

An Iraqi Optimist's Tale - OpinionJournal

Seeded on Sun May 28, 2006 5:46 PM EDT (OpinionJournal.com)

Nasreen Siddeek-Barwari was just 13 when she entered the Fedhelia women's prison in east Baghdad. It was October 1981, and Saddam Hussein's campaign against the Kurds would soon kick into high gear.

iraq, politics, opinion

Iran: Increasing ethnic and sectarian tensions in parts of the country

Seeded on Sun May 28, 2006 5:12 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

[...] Last week Tabriz, capital of East Azerbaijan, was the scene of anti-government demonstrations that, despite claims by some exile groups, were largely spontaneous.

iran, politics, protest

Iran: Students in Tehran express solidarity with Azeri people's uprising

Seeded on Sun May 28, 2006 4:59 PM EDT (-)

NCRI – In solidarity with the uprising in western and northwestern Iranian provinces against the clerical regime, students in Tehran University abandoned their lessons and held rallies, demonstrations and protest gatherings in the past few days.

iran, dictator, politics, protest

Soldier gives his Purple Heart to student -

Seeded on Sun May 28, 2006 4:00 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A soldier said he was only showing his gratitude when gave his Purple Heart to a 13-year-old student being honored for winning a contest for writing letters to American troops.

iraq, politics, purple-heart

Pete Townsend Responds to "Won't Get Fooled Again" picked as #1

Seeded on Sun May 28, 2006 3:24 PM EDT (petetownshend.co.uk)

27 May 2006 - Won't Get Judged Again: Won't Get Fooled Again has been listed in the UK Independent Newspaper as the number one song with - as I understand it - the political message most often misunderstood - in this case the message is said to be 'conservative', a word tha …

music, politics, songs, conservative