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CNN.com - 'Baby Jessica,' now 19, reportedly marries - Jan 30, 2006 |
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9:29 am EST, Jan 30, 2006 |
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) -- A published report says "Baby Jessica," whose dramatic rescue from an abandoned Texas well was televised across the country 18 years ago, has gotten married.
CNN.com - 'Baby Jessica,' now 19, reportedly marries - Jan 30, 2006 |
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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Whale 'vomit' sparks cash bonanza |
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4:39 pm EST, Jan 26, 2006 |
An Australian couple who picked up an odd-looking fatty lump from a quiet beach are in line for a cash windfall.
Leon Wright and his wife took home a 14.75kg lump of ambergris, found in the innards of sperm whales and used in perfumes after it has been vomited up.
Sought after because of its rarity, ambergris can float on the ocean for years before washing ashore.
Worth up to $20 a gram, Mr Wright's find on a South Australian beach could net his family US$295,000 (�165,300
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Whale 'vomit' sparks cash bonanza |
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Financial Cryptography: VeriSign's conflict of interest creates new threat |
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10:02 am EST, Jan 25, 2006 |
Here's where the reality meter goes into overdrive. VeriSign is also the company that sells about half of the net's SSL certificates for "secure ecommerce [4]." These SSL certificates are what presumptively protect connections between consumers and merchants. It is claimed that a certificate that is signed by a certificate authority (CA) can protect against the man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack and also domain name spoofing. A further irony is that VeriSign also runs the domain name system for the .com and the .net domains. So, indeed, they do have a hand in the business of domain name spoofing; The point here is that, on the one hand, VeriSign is offering protection from snooping, and on the other hand, is offering to facilitate the process of snooping.
It's not just SSL certs and the .net/.com domains VeriSign is being trusting with anymore. The ability to tap mobile phone calls is on the slate now too. VeriSign is a wolf in wolf's clothing. I can't think of any reason to trust them, and they are positioned in a way where there is no choice or recourse other than to deal with them. They are a perfect example of a(n even more) major problem waiting to happen. Financial Cryptography: VeriSign's conflict of interest creates new threat |
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9 year old argues with his mother on a Xbox Live Clan Match over Chocolate Milk. - Google Video |
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9:58 am EST, Jan 25, 2006 |
There's lots of ways to describe this video, Strange, Scary, "WTF?!!" This video is about some 9-year-old arguing with his mother about Chocolate Milk while playing Xbox Live, and forgetting to turn his Headset off. Uploaded by: Jared Ward This video may entertain you. Plus it does make a nice topic of discussion
9 year old argues with his mother on a Xbox Live Clan Match over Chocolate Milk. - Google Video |
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Yahoo! Top Stories - Trump's Billion-Dollar Defaming Claim |
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8:58 pm EST, Jan 24, 2006 |
O'Brien,
a New York Times reporter who has covered Trump's businesses for
more than a decade, wrote in TrumpNation: The Art of Being the
Donald that The Apprentice star had repeatedly exaggerated
his wealth and "was not remotely close to being a billionaire."
The book actually pegs Trump's worth "somewhere between $150
million and $250 million," hardly chump change but a figure much lower
than the billions the mogul says he has accumulated, and one he claims
in the lawsuit is "grossly misrepresented."
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In the lawsuit,
filed Monday in New Jersey state court, Trump is seeking $2.5 billion in
compensatory damages and $2.5 billion in punitive damages.
Yahoo! Top Stories - Trump's Billion-Dollar Defaming Claim |
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12:27 am EST, Jan 24, 2006 |
Nemester is an online community that connects paranoids, egotists, villains, and monomaniacs through networks of competing agendas and incompatable ideologies for bitter conflicts, mutual loathing, or to find their one, true nemesis.
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Shatner Sells Kidney Stone for Charity |
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1:10 am EST, Jan 20, 2006 |
LOS ANGELES -- An online casino has a piece of Capt. Kirk. Actor William Shatner has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity, it was announced Tuesday. Shatner reached agreement Monday to sell the stone to GoldenPalace.com.
Shatner Sells Kidney Stone for Charity |
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