Declassified MISC 24

"Our course over the next year or two will determine whether the American and Iraqi people and the next president of the United States will face a slowly but steadily improving situation in Iraq and in the region or will face the very real risk and possible reality of a regional conflagration," he said.

Shortly before that comment, Gates said that "developments in Iraq over the next year or two" would shape the Middle East and "greatly influence global geo-politics for many years to come."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/gat...tion/index.html

Supercomputers crunching potato chips, proteins and nuclear bombs

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/05/supercomputers/index.html

Record holiday bonuses but less time off

One survey finds company spending on holiday celebrations is up and more employers are giving bonuses but not as much paid time with the family.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/04/pf/holiday...sion=2006120509

Minnesota tops list in health rankings

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/05/healt...s.ap/index.html

Wilderness search intensifies for missing father

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/05/missing.f...y.ap/index.html

Praising son Jeb, former President Bush breaks down

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/bus...b.ap/index.html

Death of boy tied to mother, boyfriend, police say

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/05/boy.dead/index.html

Russia: No Litvinenko extraditions

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/05...wrap/index.html

NYC health board bans trans fats at restaurants

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/05/ny.tr...t.ap/index.html

House leaders abruptly pull offshore drilling bill from floor

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/con...p.ap/index.html

Bush to get early word on Iraq report

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/ira...reut/index.html

Minneapolis Christmas: A real-life winter wonderland

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...s.ap/index.html

Countdown to shuttle launch starts with good weather

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/05/s...e.ap/index.html

E. coli threat may have passed in New Jersey

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/05/ecoli...k.ap/index.html

Police: Homeless man confesses to 23 slayings

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/05/serial.k...r.ap/index.html

FBI computer system short on funds

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/05/fbi.com...s.ap/index.html

George Clooney's pig Max dies at age 19

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...y.ap/index.html

Scissor Sisters aim for certain kind of success

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/0...s.ap/index.html

Arson suspect says she has 10 personalities

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/05/arson.su...t.ap/index.html

USS Intrepid freed from mud, under way

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/05/uss.intrepid.ap/index.html

The real nest-egg calculation

You can't figure out how much you need to save for retirement until you estimate how much you'll receive from Social Security and pensions.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/28/pf/expert/...6112914?cnn=yes

'Who should I tip and how much should I give?'

Service professionals share their thoughts and experiences with holiday tipping.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/consumer/...ex.html?cnn=yes

Gates Before the Senate: Welcome Candor on Iraq

It didn't take long, at his confirmation hearings for Defense Secretary, for Robert Gates to give Senate Democrats some answers they've been desperate for

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...00.html?cnn=yes

Where to stash your 401(k) cash

Saving as much as possible is the first and most important step. Now, for where to put the money...

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/05/pf/expert/...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Home builders see bottom of housing slump

The worst of the housing slump may be over - but it could take a while before prices rebound.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/05/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Supreme Court weighs role of race in school admissions

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/04/race.school/index.html

Hotwire.com tops customer satisfaction survey

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/05/trave...s.ap/index.html

SimplyHeadlines Is About Five Years Too Late

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/05/simpl...years-too-late/

Best Gadgets Of 2006

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/05/best-gadgets-of-2006/

Hawkee Becomes MySpace For Geeks

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/05/hawke...pace-for-geeks/

http://www.hawkee.com/

Yahoo Execs Meet To Discuss Major Shakeup

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/05/yahoo...-major-shakeup/

Major Reorganization at Yahoo, COO Rosensweig To Leave

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/05/major...sweig-to-leave/

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Jeb · December 6, 2006

The new journalism

http://www.paulgillin.com/2006/12/new-journalism.html

Google search for web 3.0

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=w...G=Google+Search

A 'more revolutionary' Web

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/23/business/web.php

Widget (computing)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget_(computing)

NASA telescope sees black hole gulping remote star

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061206/sc_nm/blackhole_dc

Taco Bell pulls green onions after food scare

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061206/bs_nm/yum_tacobell_dc

Ex-spy's death to be treated as murder

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_...in_poisoned_spy

Missing man found dead in Ore. mountains

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_.../missing_family

Panel: Bush's Iraq policy 'not working'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq

HP likes Voodoo's 'perfectionist' approach

http://news.com.com/2061-10792_3-6141111.h...0&subj=news

New Office file formats could cause headaches ***

http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6141121.ht...0&subj=news

Video: Must-have laptop: HP Pavilion dv9000t ***

http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6141099.html?...0&subj=news

New site offers zero-day tracker

http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6141157.ht...0&subj=news

Searchers to drop care packages for missing CNET editor

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6141107.ht...0&subj=news

Piczo Announces Partnerships - Growth Still Strong

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/06/piczo...h-still-strong/

Swivel Is Now Live

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/06/swivel-is-now-live/

D7TV May Be The Next MTV For Mobile Content

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/06/d7tv-...mobile-content/

See, Hear, and Type to Amanda Congdon on Paltalk 9.0

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/06/see-h...-on-paltalk-90/

Wikia Gets An Undisclosed Amount Of Funding From Amazon

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/06/wikia...ng-from-amazon/

Google Checkout Free Through 2007 *********

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...hrough2007.html

Baidu Means Business

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...nsBusiness.html

SEW Names Sullivan's Successor

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...sSuccessor.html

SES: SMO Is SEO With PR *********

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...sSEOWithPR.html

MySpace To Protect Users

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...otectUsers.html

Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...Ambassador.html

Microsoft Is The World�s Greatest SEO

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...reatestSEO.html

Microsoft's Blend: Why Not Support Flash?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...pportFlash.html

Quintura's New Look At Search

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...okAtSearch.html

Web 2.0 Policy Lacking In Corporate Communication

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...munication.html

SES: Jason Calacanis Does The Keynote

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...TheKeynote.html

SES: Duplicate Content And Multiple Site Issues

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...SiteIssues.html

SQL Server 2000 Data Types

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...0DataTypes.html

Computer Security Still Damaged By Social Engineering

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ngineering.html

Is Your Email Marketing Software Hurting Your Business? **********

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...urBusiness.html

WAS CE Vs. Apache Geronimo

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...heGeronimo.html

Helms On ColdFusion

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ColdFusion.html

Drunk Driving Scare Tactics Are a Universal Language

http://www.adrants.com/2006/12/drunk-drivi...e-a-univers.php

Albums: Jay-Z's Kingdom Come Drops To No. 6, Clipse Debuts At No. 14

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/albums_jayzs_ki.html

Russell Simmons Helps Diamond Industry Get Ahead Of Leonardo DiCaprio's Blood Diamond Flick

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/russell_simmons.html

Morning Sessions: Analytics ************

http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/12/morning...ions-analytics/

Looking ahead to '07

http://www.marketingpopculture.com/the_spa...ng_ahead_t.html

90% of all e-mail now spam *********

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10486

The Peanut Butter Effect - Yahoo! Reshuffles Executives

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10488

Getting sued for blog post..

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10490

Open Source Spying Using Web 2.0

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10493

Google Undermining Paypal in Their War on Affiliates *********

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10494

MarketingShift's Mega Guide to MPlanet Coverage ************

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/mark...et-coverage.cfm

Networks Struggle With Revenue Model

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/netw...venue-model.cfm

The Best Internet Marketing News for Wednesday

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/th...-wednesday.html

Keeping An 'eEye' On Zero-Day Exploits

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...ayExploits.html

links for 2006-12-06

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...or_20061_4.html

Virtual News at Seven

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/virtual_news_at.html

Love the Ad, Now Buy the Song

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/love_the_ad_now.html

Edelman Debuts StoryCrafter Two-Way Press Release *********************

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/edelman_debuts_.html

Yes, I've Been Working On The Social Media News Release, Too

http://www.philgomes.com/blog/2006/12/yes-...al-media_05.htm

Propane tank leak possible cause of fatal plant explosion

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/06/milwaukee...e.ap/index.html

Searchers: Dad lost in wilderness marks his trail

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/06/missing.f...y.ap/index.html

Trail of clothing led searchers to lost father's body

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/06/missing.family/index.html

Scaramella: I warned poisoned spy

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/05...ella/index.html

Dobbs: Our leaders are ducking reality on Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/05/Dobbs.Dec6/index.html

Eastwood's 'Letters' named 2006's best

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...d.ap/index.html

Doc jailed for illegally injecting the rich and famous

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/06/doc.holl...d.ap/index.html

The missing pay hikes

Wage gains are expected to be modest as employers use bonuses, contractors to curb costs.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/06/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Mixed reaction to Cheney's daughter's pregnancy

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/06/che...s.ap/index.html

Propane tank leak possible cause of fatal plant explosion

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/06/milwaukee...e.ap/index.html

10 U.S. troops killed in 4 incidents in Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/06/...main/index.html

Senate approves Gates as defense secretary

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/06/gat...tion/index.html

Scientists find gene linked to heavy smoking

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/06/smoki...reut/index.html

Bird flu virus 'still smoldering,' U.S. expert says

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/06/bird.flu/index.html

NASA: Bad weather may delay Discovery launch

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/06/s...e.ap/index.html

Scientists: Photos suggest recent water on Mars

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/06/m...r.ap/index.html

Edwards needs to raise cash to stay in the '08 hunt

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/06/edw...8.ap/index.html

Prosecutor: Kids died for mom's love life

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/06/drowning...l.ap/index.html

Opposing lawyer says tennis aces lied on stand

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/06/williams...t.ap/index.html

Britney Spears tops Yahoo's searches

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/12/0...reut/index.html

Yahoo shakes-up executive ranks

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/biztech/12/06...l.ap/index.html

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Making the most of word of mouth

Here's how to turn your customers into your best marketers.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/biz2/hot_...6112914?cnn=yes

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Do the right thing, the right way

You have a generous spirit, a year-end deadline and a million charities competing for your money. What's a donor to do?

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/mo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Haditha Murder Charges?

A senior Marine commander tells Congress that the Haditha killings may constitute negligent homicide

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

The Baker Report: Pulling No Punches

Analysis: The Iraq Study Group didn't just provide a blueprint for withdrawal from Iraq; it called for an overhaul of Bush's foreign and defense policies

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...00.html?cnn=yes

Holiday gift returns: Still nothing easy about it

Best Buy, Circuit City will charge restocking fees; No returns at Target without a receipt; Plus: Tips for happy returns.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/06/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

The missing pay hikes

Wage gains are expected to be modest as employers use bonuses, contractors to curb costs.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/06/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Lawsuit: Kindergarteners sexually assaulted by classmate

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/06/st...t.ap/index.html

High school senior wins top science competition

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/04/sc...n.ap/index.html

JFK conspiracy museum making way for sub shop

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/06/consp...m.ap/index.html

Taking the family to Romania -- to care for babies

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/06/volun...n.ap/index.html

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Jeb · December 7, 2006

Litvinenko contact Kovtun critically ill: Ifax

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061207/ts_nm/...oning_kovtun_dc

Survivors honor Pearl Harbor victims

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_...rbor_remembered

Report: Ex-spy contact falls into coma

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_...oned_spy_kovtun

PageRank, According To Lots Of Math

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...LotsOfMath.html

DRM Spells Trouble For Apple, iTunes

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...nbspiTunes.html

Crop Circling Firefox With Asa Dotzler

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...AsaDotzler.html

Yahoo And Social Search

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...cialSearch.html

Online Shoppers Search For 'The Poop'

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ForThePoop.html

Smartsheet Provides Storage And Sharing Using Amazon’s S3

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/06/smart...ing-amazons-a3/

Will Apple Partner With TiVo?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/06/will-...tner-with-tivo/

Zillow Knows That Everyone Has A Price

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/06/zillo...ne-has-a-price/

Three Million Sending It With YouSentIt

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/07/three...with-yousendit/

Edelman Debuts StoryCrafter Two-Way Press Release

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/edelman_debuts_.html

How TV Will Become the Ultimate Open Content Platform

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/how_the_tv_will.html

Basketball jerseys flash the score

http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6141679-1....9&subj=news

Reports: IBM's Moscow office raided

http://news.com.com/2061-10809_3-6141687.h...0&subj=news

IBM votes against Microsoft document standard

http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6141703.h...0&subj=news

Shareholder activist to join Gateway board

http://news.com.com/2100-1047_3-6141705.ht...0&subj=news

The next notebook battery? Lithium polymer

http://news.com.com/2100-1044_3-6141711.ht...0&subj=news

MarketingShift's Mega Guide to MPlanet Coverage

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/mark...et-coverage.cfm

Networks Struggle With Revenue Model

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/netw...venue-model.cfm

Books the Next Content Commodity

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/book...t-commodity.cfm

Watch for a TurnHere Near You: Local Web Video Advertising for $300

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/watc...r-local-web.cfm

Internet Marketing News for Thursday

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/in...r-thursday.html

Video Search Optimization, Top 10 Tips

http://www.benwills.com/blog-video-search-...2006_12_07.html

8 Signs it Might Be Time to Take a Break from Blogging

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/12...-from-blogging/

Signs you’ve been blogging too much

Nice list over on Darren’s blog of signs you need a break from your blog. But I’ll add:

http://scobleizer.com/2006/12/06/signs-you...gging-too-much/

The Vanishing Click-Fraud Case

Why was a seemingly slam-dunk case against an alleged click-fraudster who attempted to extort Google quietly dismissed?

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/con...1204_923336.htm]

Data Thieves Drop In On Your Phone

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...nYourPhone.html

AutomatingTasks In Microsoft CRM Using Workflow

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ngWorkflow.html

Embedding & Controlling Flash Video With Actionscript

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...tionscript.html

ASP.NET: Remove HTML Comments At Runtime

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...satRuntime.html

Psychology Of The Sales Professional

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ofessional.html

How Can I Attract More Visitors To My Site?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...rsToMySite.html

Government Tracking Electronic Communications

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...unications.html

Press Release

FaceTime Provides IM Management and Compliance Solution to Help Address Federal Civil Procedure Rule Change

http://www.facetime.com/pr/pr061204.aspx

Danny's New Empire

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...sNewEmpire.html

SES: Wednesday Morning Sessions - Analytics

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...sAnalytics.html

Click Fraud, Organized Crime And Terrorism

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...dTerrorism.html

SES: Duplicate Content And Multiple Site Issues

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...SiteIssues.html

SES: Mobilize Your Site For Mobile Search

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...bileSearch.html

SES: Maximizing Social Search

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...cialSearch.html

The Logic + Emotion of Color

http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2...ogic_emoti.html

John Jantsch - Duct Tape Marketing: The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/john_jantsch_du.html

Getting Your Product On Oprah Winfrey Show

http://www.caffeinemarketing.com/televisio...h-winfrey-show/

Nike Taps Kanye West, Nas, Rakim & KRS-One For Air Force 1 Celebration

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/nike_taps_kanye.html

2007 Ad Spending Predictions

http://www.marketing.fm/2006/12/07/2007-ad...ng-predictions/

Is Google Funding Al Qaeda & Hezbollah Terrorist Groups

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10502

Senate approves Gates as defense secretary

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/06/gat...tion/index.html

Congressional negotiators near deal on catchall bill

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/07/con...p.ap/index.html

E. coli investigators looking at cases in two more states

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/07/ecoli...k.ap/index.html

Trial set to start for three men accused of slaying Savannah debutante buring botched robbery

http://www.courttv.com/trials/ross/120606_...tv.html?cnn=yes

Senate approves Gates as defense secretary

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/06/gat...tion/index.html

'Apocalypto': Mel Gibson's doom, or revival?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...o.ap/index.html

Report: Lightning sparked Sago Mine blast

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/07/sago.ligh...g.ap/index.html

Dick Clark auctions off musical memorabilia

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/0...n.ap/index.html

Pearl Harbor survivors gather, maybe for last time

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/07/pearl.harbor.ap/index.html

Mary J. Blige, Dixie Chicks lead Grammy nods

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/0...ions/index.html

Hard Rock Cafe sold to Native Americans

The Seminole tribe of Florida to pay $965 million to Britain's Rank Group for restaurant and casino business.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/07/news/inter...sion=2006120707

Six injured as tornado hits London

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/07...nado/index.html

Father's effort to save his family called 'superhuman'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/06/missing.family/index.html

Tearful bride testifies against her parents

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/07/kidnappe...e.ap/index.html

Front brings coldest temperatures of season

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/12/07/big.chill/index.html

Spy contact condition 'critical'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/07....spy/index.html

Phoenix police say they have 'Baseline Killer'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/07/baseline...s.ap/index.html

The Fed that cried wolf

Bernanke & Co. are talking tough on inflation, but investors are still betting 2007 will bring rate cuts. Who's right?

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/07/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

College instructor accused of trading grades for cash

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/06/gr...h.ap/index.html

Appeals court upholds Hawaiian school's admissions policy

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/05/ha...l.ap/index.html

NTSB urges pilots to change landing distance calculations

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/07/runwa...y.ap/index.html

Principe island: Naturally wealthy

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/07/princ...d.ap/index.html

4 secrets of the successful job search

Snagging a new job is about more than having the right skills and suit.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/pf/jobsee...ex.html?cnn=yes

Holiday gift returns: Still nothing easy about it

Best Buy, Circuit City will charge restocking fees; No returns at Target without a receipt; Plus: Tips for happy returns.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/06/news/compa...6120615?cnn=yes

Hell on Middle-earth

Get the lowdown on why Peter Jackson isn't on board (at least not yet) for ''The Hobbit.'' Plus: the filmmaker New Line reportedly wants instead...

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1567078_1_0_,00.html

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Jeb · December 8, 2006

Cool pictures of ice piles on Lake of the Woods Minnesota, by dakota

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=116121

Twas the night before xmas...euswx style, by buckeye

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=116128

Jeane Kirkpatrick, ex-ambassador, dies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061208/ap_on_...bit_kirkpatrick

Forecaster sees high hurricane activity

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061208/ap_on_...ane_predictions

Digg Celebrates 2nd Birthday

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/07/digg-...s-2nd-birthday/

Jobberwiki Gives You Watercooler Talk Before Getting Hired

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/07/jobbe...-getting-hired/

http://www.jobberwiki.com/

Yahoo’s Semel Says No Layoffs, Sort Of

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/07/yahoo...ays-no-layoffs/

BitTorrent to Acquire µTorrent

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/07/bitto...quire-utorrent/

The Video Startup That May Never Launch

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/08/the-v...y-never-launch/

links for 2006-12-08

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...or_20061_5.html

InformationWeek Puts Web Widgets Inside Ads

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/informationweek.html

A flicker of hope for a 'Firefly' game

http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6141993.h...0&subj=news

Sony outsources IT development to India

http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6142005.ht...0&subj=news

Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman help launch game-rating ads

http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-6142039.ht...0&subj=news

After 10 years, IBM to return to CES

http://news.com.com/2061-10809_3-6142058.h...0&subj=news

NTT DoCoMo recalls cell phone batteries

http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6142067.ht...0&subj=news

Internet Marketing News for Thursday

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/in...r-thursday.html

Google Audio Ads Opens Up Radio Testing

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/go...io-testing.html

Yahoo Buying Metacafe for $200 million?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ya...00-million.html

Google’s Failing to Stop Click Arbitrage

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/go...-arbitrage.html

132,994.97 Adsense Check

http://www.shoemoney.com/gallery/v/misc/ad...echeck.jpg.html

In Other News, Shoemoney Gets His Adsense Account Banned….

http://www.caydel.com/in-other-news-shoemo...account-banned/

App_Code: Why It's Better

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...yitsBetter.html

GZip Vs. Deflate - Compression And Performance

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...erformance.html

Intelligent Logistics Or Just Good Old Common Sense?

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ommonSense.html

Building Server Side AJAX Suggestions With Script.aculo.us

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...iptaculous.html

Hosted Business Pages From Google

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...FromGoogle.html

Interview With Google Scholar Creator

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...larCreator.html

Google Advertising Itself

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...singItself.html

It's Not Easy Being Matt Cutts

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...gMattCutts.html

Blogging Myths

So, you have heard that ‘blogging is the way to go'. Do you want to blog? Are you going to? Then this list of common blogging misconceptions may be helpful for you.

Myths of blogging

Myth: Blogging isn't for everyone.

Truth: If you are an expert in your field and have something interesting to say, be it even toothpicks, you can have a blog to write about your experience (both knowledge and real life practice) in your industry. Just be yourself and find your blogging style.

Myth: Blogging is for everyone

Truth: If you don't have anything to say about your topic, and you can't be talking for a while (to anyone) about it, you'd rather reconsider your position on being an expert in your field. If you are just shy, overcome this complex or concede to failure.

Myth: Blogs are not suitable for business websites

Truth: You can establish a blog about any topic (see myth number one). If you write honestly about your opinions on the industry, your business, your product/service and your customers, you'll have a lot to write about and your customers will see who you really are. If you add your personal touch to the blog, so much the better.

Myth: A blog will boost a business in a wink of an eye

Truth: A blog is just another form of presenting information to the site visitors (officially, a blog is just a content management system, a CMS). So, it is not the software that makes a blog a blog, but what you write about. If you follow the truth number three, you will get loyal followers, in time, which should, hopefully, build your client base.

Myth: Blogging is easy

Truth: Writing text day after day is not so easy as it seems. I'd say, the easier it seems, the harder it is - so judge blogging from this point of view.

However, if you are passionate about your subject, are an expert in your industry and love delivering value to your customers, you will be able to write great posts and turn your blog visitors to your friends, followers and customers (as a bonus).

Myth: I can't blog, because I can't write

Truth: Every writer couldn't write before he/she has started writing. Do you want to write? Then write. That simple. For a start, write what interests your customers or look for posts on how to get blogging ideas. You can write about what interests you on your topic later.

Myth: I have to write a lot

Truth: While this is contrary to the myth about easy blogging, you can write several posts a week. If you want, you can stick to a post a week. But you'd rather deliver something absolutely fascinating, interesting, engaging and (maybe) entertaining, so your readers will eagerly wait for another week to learn more from you.

Myth: I can't be unique with so many blogs on the same topic

Truth: A topic is not makes a blog unique. If you see the recent blogging ideas posts here (as per link above), you'll notice that we (me and Steve) have some different points of view on the topic. Personal opinions, angles and expertise make you stand out from the rest of the blogs.

Of course, you can also either report views or write informative posts, or mix both, or write about your real life every day work. There are many angles you can write about a single topic.

Myth: I'll be losing business, if I reveal my advice on a blog (this is for consultants)

Truth: While it is true that people will use your advice from the blog, it takes effort to collect and apply all the expertise from the blog into one's life. That's what professionals are for. So in this case, your blog will be filtering those, who can do everything themselves, from your clients.

Then again, providing free advice will get you recognition as an expert, along with traffic and links.

Myth: No one will read my blog

Truth: While it is true that, unless you place a blog on an already established website, you will be getting little visitors, you need to be patient in your progress. If you write interesting posts, link to other resources (including blogs), comment on other blogs (engage in the industry community), you'll get noticed. Be patient.

If you setup a blog on an already established website (your corporate website, for example), you'll be simply providing something to read to your regular visitors. You'll be getting more traffic and links faster, too.

Myth: You have to be controversial to get noticed

Truth: While, sometimes, patting against fur gets you lots of comments and links, you can build relations with your readers in many different ways: entertain them, provide unique, expert information, give them unique information no one else does (such as information on various search engine patents).

Want more blogging myths? Read this:

* Business Blogging Myths (solid advice)

* Top five myths of blogging

* Five more myth about blogging

* Blog myths and facts (humor)

Please point your browser to:

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ggingMyths.html

to read the above 4 links.

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http://weblogscout.com/business-blogging-myths

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SES: Late Night With Danny Sullivan

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...nySullivan.html

SES: Compare This, Shopper!

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...hisShopper.html

Aussies Unveil Six Gigabit Wireless Link

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...relessLink.html

AOL Tells True Stories

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...rueStories.html

Lil Chris Gets Big Lift From Social Search

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...cialSearch.html

Top 20 U.S. Websites

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...USWebsites.html

FTC Goes To The Public On Net Neutrality

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...Neutrality.html

Dental Bowling

http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/12/08/dental-bowling/

J&B Urban Art

http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/12/08/jb-urban-art/

GrayWolf and Shoemoney on Arbing

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10513

Yahoo faces Fantasy Football lawsuit by Tom Brady

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10514

Google: We Buy Our Own Dog Food Retail

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10521

Matt Cutts Devours Babies?

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10522

Google begins Radio Ads

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10523

Watch for a TurnHere Near You: Local Web Video Advertising for $300

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/watc...r-local-web.cfm

Click Fraud Endangers PPC

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/clic...dangers-ppc.cfm

Every House Is on the Market

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/every-house-market.cfm

Google Audio Ads to Monetize the Dogs, Not the Long Tail

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/goog...netize-dogs.cfm

YouTube Email Spam Getting Bad

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/yout...getting-bad.cfm

U.S. says trade friction with China could escalate

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061208/pl_nm/china_trade_us_dc

Rumsfeld bids farewell to Pentagon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061208/ap_on_..._st_pe/rumsfeld

Midwest power outage sparks angry questions

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.c...arks-angry.html

Report: House GOP leaders neglected to protect pages

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/08/fol...hics/index.html

Wesley Snipes pleads not guilty in tax case

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...s.ap/index.html

Cold snap leaves Deep South in a deep freeze

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/12/08/big.chill/index.html

Kim died close to food, shelter, officials say

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/08/missing.f...y.ap/index.html

Hooray for Hollywood!

Thanks to blockbusters like "Pirates of the Caribbean" and sleepers like "Little Miss Sunshine," it will be an up year at the box office. 2007 looks even better.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/08/news/compa...sion=2006120812

Concrete slab collapses inside Virginia high-rise project

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/08/construct...t.ap/index.html

Defense secretary laments Abu Ghraib in farewell

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/08/rum...l.ap/index.html

Ex-Giants SS Uribe killed in car crash

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/base...ex.html?cnn=yes

Former U.N. envoy Kirkpatrick dies

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/08/kir...t.ap/index.html

American pilots charged in Amazon jetliner crash

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/...s.ap/index.html

E. coli outbreak now in 6 states; agencies zero in on Taco Bell

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/08/ecoli...reak/index.html

The 7 kids' health myths every mom should ignore

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/1...yths/index.html

Planetary triple play on deck this weekend

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/08/t...s.ap/index.html

Report: Ebola killing African gorillas

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/08...s.ap/index.html

Prosecutor: Mugger shot debutante in the back because she wouldn't give up purse

http://www.courttv.com/trials/ross/120706_ctv.html?cnn=yes

'Code of silence' frustrates prosecutors

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/08/silent.o...d.ap/index.html

O'Donnell: I'm not leaving 'The View'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/08/t...l.ap/index.html

Shaken, not stirred -- cocktail robots mix drinks

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/12/08/c...reut/index.html

Poll: Teens, adults separated by 'IM gap'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/12/08/i...l.ap/index.html

Chavez calls for more unity in South America

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/...z.ap/index.html

3 dead, 80 at large after Cancun prison riot

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/...n.ap/index.html

Salesman donates million-mile car to museum

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/06/saab.million.ap/index.html

Death penalty sought in baby's microwave death

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/07/baby.mic...e.ap/index.html

The ultimate holiday tipping guide

Wondering how much to tip your mail carrier, dog walker or hairdresser for the holidays? Here's some help.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/13/lifestyle/...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Top 10 year-end tax tips

Here are ten great ways to make your tax filing as efficient as possible - and minimize unnecessary outlay.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/01/pf/taxes/y...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Game Room: Holiday Gift Guide

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedi....1.html?cnn=yes

Are Israel and Hizballah Squaring Off to Fight Again?

Last summer's truce has done little to remove the Hizballah military threat on Israel's northern border, and that may soon become intolerable to the Jewish state

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Talking to Iran About Iraq: A Non-Starter for Bush

Analysis: He's already pushing back against the Baker-Hamilton report, and no wonder. Accepting the proposal to engage Iran and Syria would mean admitting his foreign policy has failed

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

House passes tax break renewal

Senate expected to vote next on legislation calling for a two-year extension of expired breaks and introducing a new mortgage insurance deduction.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/08/pf/taxes/t...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Drug-coated stent market stalls

The market for drug-coated stents, dominated by J&J and Boston Scientific, is getting squeezed by increased competition and reports of health risks.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/08/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Report: More students getting free breakfast

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/07/sc...t.ap/index.html

Picky and proud of it: Paris' top baguettes

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/12/...ttes/index.html

Eight days of Hanukkah in Honduras

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/08/hondu...h.ap/index.html

Web App Provides Virtual Fitness Support

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/08/web-a...itness-support/

Google Not Giving Up On VoIP

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/08/googl...-second-chance/

Amazon Askville Launches With Dungeons & Dragons Angle

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/08/amazo...-dragons-angle/

Web-based Media Player Lets You Stream Your iTunes To Any Computer

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/08/web-b...o-any-computer/

Chinswing Brings Audio to Discussion Boards

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/08/chins...cussion-boards/

links for 2006-12-09

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...or_20061_6.html

30 Amazing Things You Can Do With Widgets

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/30_amazing_thin.html

Accumulating snow in South-Central Texas!, by Flexo

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=116167

Gunman, 3 victims dead in Chicago tower

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061209/ap_on_...hicago_shooting

Panel blasts Hastert in Foley scandal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061209/ap_on_...congress_ethics

Feds: Man planned to blow up Ill. mall

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061209/ap_on_...s/terror_arrest

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Jeb · December 9, 2006

Mini Blizzard Pics, Boy is weathafella going to be p*ssed, by hooralph

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?sh...=73061&st=0

This one is from last December...

Dec 8/9 Snowstorm pics from Michigan, BEAUTIFUL 6.8" of snow, by Michsnowfreak

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=73055

See my post:

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?s=...st&p=832614

Planetary triple play on deck Sunday

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061209/ap_on_sc/three_planets_4

Police: Chicago gunman angry over patent

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061209/ap_on_...hicago_shooting

Yes Isaac, Google Uses AdWords

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...sesAdWords.html

OMG! Teens Prefer Instant Messages To Email

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...gesToEmail.html

Google China VP Poised To Jump Ship

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ToJumpShip.html

The IM Gap & Contextual Relevancy

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...lRelevancy.html

Google To Put You To The Test?

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...uToTheTest.html

Scrooge Returns, Opens Shop On EBay

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ShopOneBay.html

Chinswing Brings Audio to Discussion Boards

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/08/chins...cussion-boards/

Wordie Is Like Flickr Without The Photos

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/08/wordi...out-the-photos/

http://wordie.org/

Uh Oh, Gmail Just Got Perfect

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/09/uh-oh...st-got-perfect/

links for 2006-12-08

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...or_20061_5.html

30 Amazing Things You Can Do With Widgets

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/30_amazing_thin.html

links for 2006-12-09

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...or_20061_6.html

A conversation with Jon Udell about his new job with Microsoft

http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2006/12/08.html#a1574

Correction: DARPA raises stakes for urban robot race

http://news.com.com/2303-10915_3-6142331.h...0&subj=news

Senator: Illegal images must be reported

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6142332.ht...;subj=news'

Nine cameras for under $300

http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6142078-1....8&subj=news

Top 10 reviews of the week

http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6142130-1....0&subj=news

'Firefly' fans resurrect canceled convention

http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6142354.h...0&subj=news

T-Shirts!

http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2...12/tshirts.html

SES Chicago Clicktracks Party

http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/12/ses-chi...cktracks-party/

TopRank SES Chicago Wrap Up

http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/12/toprank...hicago-wrap-up/

Sean Price Promotes With A Press Filled Party Bus

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/sean_price_prom.html

New Slant on User Generated Content

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10531

Friday Bullocks - They may have all 'our' tech jobs

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10532

Free Reliable Hosting For USA Based Non-Profits From Dreamhost.com

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/594/f...m-dreamhostcom/

WebsiteWizard Christmas Special

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/595/w...istmas-special/

Submit Your Questions For A New Podcast

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/593/s...-a-new-podcast/

TiVo Ready to Get Hitched

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/tivo...get-hitched.cfm

Social Sites Beating Search

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/soci...ting-search.cfm

Intelligent Logistics Or Just Good Old Common Sense?

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ommonSense.html

Building Server Side AJAX Suggestions With Script.aculo.us

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...iptaculous.html

Google’s Failing to Stop Click Arbitrage

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/go...-arbitrage.html

Full Text RSS Feeds Kick the Butt of Partial Feeds

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/fu...tial-feeds.html

Can Yahoo Stage a "Rocky" Comeback?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ca...y-comeback.html

Jeff Sandquist Scores One For Microsoft

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...rMicrosoft.html

Full Text Feeds Pay Off

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...eedsPayoff.html

TWiT Talking About Windows Vista

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ndowsVista.html

SES Day 3 Ends On Surprise Note

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...rpriseNote.html

More of Kimberly K.B.'s Articles

http://www.webpronews.com/authors/kimberlykrauseberg.html

Great SEO Video Series

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ideoSeries.html

Surviving in the snowy wilderness

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.c...561656309270875

Road Kims took was unlocked by vandal, officials say

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/08/missing.f...y.ap/index.html

NASA gets set for Saturday launch

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/09/s...e.ap/index.html

Saddam Hussein's nephew escapes prison, police say

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/09/...w.ap/index.html

Hitler race car could fetch $12 million

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/04/hitler...nion/index.html

Bride takes name of bridegroom killed by police

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/09/shooting...e.ap/index.html

'Truthiness' is the word of the year

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/09/w...r.ap/index.html

'Dear Santa' letters flood North Pole, Alaska

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/09/santa.mail.ap/index.html

Moscow hospital fire kills 45

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/09...e.ap/index.html

Unique gifts from small businesses

These holiday presents, made by small companies, outshine the usual ties and socks.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fsb/giftg...ex.html?cnn=yes

Keeping Russia's Deadly Politics at Home

Viewpoint: The murder of Alexender Litvinenko demonstrates, once again, how murder has become an accepted part of Russian power struggles. But the West can't — or won't — do much about it

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Talking to Iran About Iraq: A Non-Starter for Bush

Analysis: He's already pushing back against the Baker-Hamilton report, and no wonder. Accepting the proposal to engage Iran and Syria would mean admitting his foreign policy has failed

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

25 great gifts from 5 major stores

The best gifts at the best prices at five retailers you can't avoid

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/...ex.html?cnn=yes

Senate seals deal on tax break renewals

The Senate, following House passage, votes to extend business tax credits and personal deductions as the 109th Congress calls it a day.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/09/pf/taxes/t...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Dems, Bush each find their views confirmed in Iraq report

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/09/Dem...adio/index.html

Rep. McKinney's parting shot: Bill to impeach Bush

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/08/mck...h.ap/index.html

Tap 'The Wire,' find someone who cares

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/08/t...s.ap/index.html

Police chief's letter to polygamist leader: I love you

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/08/polygamis...r.ap/index.html

What will be the biggest benefit for human beings from mapping the human genome?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_y...OIgyF&fr=hp

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Jeb · December 10, 2006

Shuttle astronauts wake to Beatles tune

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061210/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle

Another E.coli outbreak rattles California farmers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061210/bs_nm/...i_california_dc

The Dove Real Beauty Campaign Is Genius

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/596/t...aign-is-genius/

Become.com's 2005 vs. 2006: a Chat with Greg Haslam

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/beco...s-2006-chat.cfm

2006 Search Blogs Awards Taking Nominations

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/20...ominations.html

Vista Open To Current Trio Of Threats

http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderrepo...oOfThreats.html

Vista To Force Shift In Attacks

http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderrepo...tInAttacks.html

Microsoft RSS Blog Burned By Image Prank

http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderrepo...ImagePrank.html

Inline linking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotlinking

Zero-Day Exploit Corrupts Microsoft Word

http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderrepo...rosoftWord.html

F-Secure Dings Registrars Over Fake Domains

http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderrepo...akeDomains.html

Patch Tuesday May Not Close Word Flaw

http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderrepo...seWordFlaw.html

Webjam Lets Users Be Copycats

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/09/webja...rs-be-copycats/

Webjam

http://www.webjam.com/wj/home/LoginRequired/

New Stuff At YouTube

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/09/new-stuff-at-youtube/

Google Adds The Geographic Web To Earth

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/09/googl...c-web-to-earth/

MyBlogLog adds MySpace support

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/10/myblo...yspace-support/

links for 2006-12-10

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...or_20061_7.html

Google Base Becoming a Stealth Podcast Search Engine?

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/google_base_bec.html

'Firefly' fans resurrect canceled convention

http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6142354.h...0&subj=news

Common's Peace Love Gap Commercial Inspires Question: "Who is Dave Champipple?"

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/commons_peace_l.html

Promo Videos For Snoop Dogg's Tha Blue Carpet Treatment

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/promo_vid_event.html

Carmen Bryan's It's No Secret Leverages Relationships With Nas & Jay-Z

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/carmen_bryans_i.html

Advertise Different: Free Holiday Search Marketing From Microsoft, Google, Ask, and Looksmart

http://www.marketing.fm/2006/12/10/adverti...-and-looksmart/

Free Advertising: Microsoft $200, Google $50, LookSmart $300, & Ask $50

http://www.computers.net/2006/12/free_advertisin.html

YouTube - Bring in da' Noise, Bring in da' Junk

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10544

Tags Getting Out of Hand? Aggregate Them

http://speakingfreely.wordpress.com/2006/1...aggregate-them/

http://www.tagbulb.com/

Fox, Viacom, CBS and NBC want to take out Google's YouTube with new website

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10545

Google Phone Spamming With Auto Dialers

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10547

Google’s in a Hurry to Pick the Low Hanging Fruit

http://www.johnon.com/193/google-cold-calling.html

Google Cold Calling via Auto Dialer for AdWords Customers?

http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/006917.html

Former Chilean dictator Pinochet dies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061210/ap_on_.../chile_pinochet

Shuttle soars toward space station

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061210/ts_nm/space_shuttle_dc

Rumsfeld bids farewell to GIs in Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061210/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Former Chilean dictator Pinochet dies at 91

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/...t.ap/index.html

Report: Diana's driver was drunk

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/09...a.ap/index.html

Record bought at flea market fetches $155,401

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/1...t.ap/index.html

Scandal-hit Jefferson wins Louisiana runoff

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/09/lou...e.ap/index.html

Dead spy's widow accuses Russian authorities

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/10...y.ap/index.html

How to bring schools into 21st century

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/10/time.cover.tm/index.html

How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century

The world has changed, but the American classroom, for the most part, hasn't. Now educators are starting to look at what must be done to make sure our kids make the grade in the new global economy

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...00.html?cnn=yes

Discovery lights up night sky

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/09/s...ttle/index.html

Huge protest pressures Lebanese government

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/10/...reut/index.html

Second Russian hospital hit by deadly fire

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/10...s.ap/index.html

'Banker to poor' receives Nobel Peace Prize

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/10...s.ap/index.html

Iraq president rejects Baker-Hamilton report

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/10/...main/index.html

Shooting Without Gunn?

Here's why ''Runway'' may start a new season without its beloved style adviser

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1567349_3_0_,00.html

The Hard 'Cell'

Actor Oded Fehr explains how he keeps his TV terrorist from slipping into caricature

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1567653_3_0_,00.html

Consumer Reports' best sporty SUVs

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/autos/spo...ex.html?cnn=yes

Senate seals deal on tax break renewals

The Senate, following House passage, votes to extend business tax credits and personal deductions as the 109th Congress calls it a day.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/09/pf/taxes/t...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Gearing up for the Fed

Questions about the economic slowdown and interest rates intensify in the week ahead as the central bank policy makers deliberate for the last meeting of 2006.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/08/markets/su...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Aide: Democrat leader heard of Foley e-mails in 2005

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/09/fol...nuel/index.html

`Truthiness' is named Word of the Year

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061208/ap_on_...ord_of_the_year

Calif. man walked 16 miles before dying

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061210/ap_on_.../missing_family

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Jeb · December 11, 2006

A New Kind of Fight

It's been likened to a street corner brawl: two men fighting, very few rules, and the last one standing is the winner. It may be brutal but "Mixed Martial Arts" is also one of the fastest growing sports in America. Scott Pelley talks with the man behind the "Ultimate Fighting Championship" and goes toe-to-toe with some of the top fighters in the sport today.

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/25/fight_club

What Not to Buy for the Holidays

http://tech.yahoo.com/holiday/raskin/5930;...ytWOo_ELF8FLZA5

DuPont cutting 1,500 jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061211/ap_on_...dupont_job_cuts

Armed man said not mentioned in shooting

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061211/ap_on_...police_shooting

Sheehan among 4 convicted of trespassing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061211/ap_on_...peace_mom_trial

Scientist examines city squirrels' lives

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061211/ap_on_.../city_squirrels

Chile bids farewell to Pinochet

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061211/ts_nm/chile_pinochet_dc

German police confirm polonium traces

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061211/ap_on_re_eu/poisoned_spy

Hundreds in Chile mourn former dictator

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061211/ap_on_.../chile_pinochet

Bush seeks advice on new course in Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061211/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq

Marshall Kirkpatrick Joins SplashCast

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/10/marsh...ins-splashcast/

New York Times Surrenders To Social News

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/10/new-y...to-social-news/

TechMeme Opens Archives

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/techm...opens-archives/

Metacafe Traffic Dips, Acquisition May Have Stalled

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/metac...y-have-stalled/

Socialtext Launches Unplugging Capability

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/socia...ing-capability/

Pimp Your Picture with PikiPimp

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/pimp_your_pictu.html

Three Great Gifts for Geeks

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/three_great_gif.html

Feed Your iPod with CBS YouTube Clips in Three Steps

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/feed_your_ipod_.html

Survey Takes the Pulse of the Healthcare Blogosphere

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/survey_takes_th.html

Global healthcare blogger survey

http://www.envisionsolutionsnow.com/survey.html

links for 2006-12-11

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...or_20061_8.html

On measuring influence in the Blogosphere

http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2006/12/0...he-blogosphere/

Intel quad-core gets out early

http://news.com.com/2300-1006_3-6142601-1....1&subj=news

Deal of the day: Linksys wireless router for $32

http://news.com.com/2061-11728_3-6142635.h...0&subj=news

Electrical grid could handle millions of plug-in hybrids

http://news.com.com/2100-11389_3-6142640.h...0&subj=news

DIY games for the Xbox

http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-6142658.ht...0&subj=news

Virtualization rivals launch dueling products

http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6142663.ht...0&subj=news

Rumpus Room, Young Guns Join to Make Trade Fair

http://www.adrants.com/2006/12/rumpus-room...-make-trade.php

Youtube Paves Way for Video Ripping, Cut/Paste Beatboxing

http://www.adrants.com/2006/12/youtube-pav...pping-cutpa.php

Sean Price, Chad Jenkins, Vibe Review Incident?

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/sean_price_chad.html

Julie Drama Triggers Traumatic High School Flashbacks

http://www.adrants.com/2006/12/julie-drama...-high-schoo.php

SpiralFrog Adds BMI To Its Legal Download Service

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/spiralfrog_adds.html

NY Times Integrates Social Media Functionality

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10556

Wikipedia Founder May Get Into Selling Market Research Data

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10557

Google Moves Into Houston Real Estate

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10558

Google Undetected Click Fraud Reported as Less Than 2 Percent

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10560

The Dove Real Beauty Campaign Is Genius

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/596/t...aign-is-genius/

Switching To Akismet For Anti-Spam

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/598/s...-for-anti-spam/

Social Deal Sites: Distribution and Business Models

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/soci...on-business.cfm

Marketing your deals with Deals.com

http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/...h-dealscom.html

Making a Splash With User Content

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/maki...ser-content.cfm

How Much Does Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 Suck?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ho...rer-7-suck.html

Does Coke’s Deal With YouTube Suggest the End of Google Video?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/do...ogle-video.html

Firefox TV Ads Go Live

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/fi...ds-go-live.html

New York Times Joins List of Digg Spammers

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ne...g-spammers.html

Exclusive: Google’s Click Fraud Rate is Less than 2%

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/go...wo-percent.html

Using Microsoft CRM To Manage Client Projects

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ntProjects.html

Value Chain Approach To IT

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...proachtoIT.html

If/else-statement Performance Optimization

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...timization.html

Web Accessibility From Within

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...fromWithin.html

The Influence Of Unix On NT

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ofUnixonNT.html

SEO For Misspelled Words

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...elledWords.html

Networks Want Their Own YouTube

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...OwnYouTube.html

Web Gets User-Generated 'Pop-Up Video'

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...PopUpVideo.html

Google Says Click Fraud Only 2 Percent

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ly2Percent.html

New York Times Gets With The Times

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...thTheTimes.html

Of Ants, Dolphins, And Search Technology

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...Technology.html

GOP's '08 strategy: Follow the Gipper's lead

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/11/emu...n.ap/index.html

Ruling on intelligence keeps CIA leak trial on track

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/11/cia...k.ap/index.html

Prosecuting the police not easy, history shows

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/11/prosecut...e.ap/index.html

Olympic bomber: Supermax is driving me insane

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/11/rudolph....n.ap/index.html

George Clooney, babe magnet? 'Um, ah, no'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...y.ap/index.html

Play a song of Christmas, over and over and over

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/1...o.ap/index.html

Vista faces Web security chameleon

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/12/11/v...y.ap/index.html

Spy death police quiz key figure

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/11...y.ap/index.html

Victims' families reject state report on Sago Mine disaster

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/11/sago.mine/index.html

Oldest woman dies at age 116

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/11/oldest.woman.ap/index.html

'Promising suspect' named in '70s child murders

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/11/child.sla...s.ap/index.html

Would you take organs from executed prisoners?

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.c...m-executed.html

Nicole Richie arrested, investigated for DUI

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/11/p...e.ap/index.html

Lawmaker wants Castro dead, not assassinated

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/11/con...o.ap/index.html

Oregon rescuers search for missing climbers

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/11/missing.c...s.ap/index.html

Kucinich to enter White House race Tuesday

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/11/kuc...y.ap/index.html

Annan chides U.S. in farewell speech

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/11/annan.speech/index.html

Shuttle docks with space station

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/11/s...e.ap/index.html

Official: Lost husband walked 16 miles

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/11/missing.f...y.ap/index.html

Bush, advisers discuss new strategy for Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/11/bus...q.ap/index.html

Top 10 year-end tax tips

Here are ten great ways to make your tax filing as efficient as possible - and minimize unnecessary outlay.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/01/pf/taxes/y...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Watch out for holiday scams and fraud

Crowded stores and busy employees make the holidays a fertile period for shoplifting, ID theft, refund fraud and gift card scams.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/08/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Why It's Dangerous For the Maverick To Be the...Front Runner

John McCain was a straight-talking upstart in the 2000 presidential election. Now he's poised to be the G.O.P. favorite for 2008, but at what cost?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...00.html?cnn=yes

Lebanon's War of Words

On Scene: With Hizballah raising the level of its anti-government rhetoric and prime minister Fouad Siniora virtually under siege, any chance for compromise in Beirut looks increasingly dim

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Realtors: Home sales may keep falling in 2007

Industry group says 2006 decline likely to continue but should level off by the end of year; increase seen for interest rates.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/11/real_estat...dex.htm?cnn=yes

10 rules for building wealth

Fumbling when it comes to investing? Don't panic. There are easy ways to get your money to work for you.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/b...ex.html?cnn=yes

Cape escape: Exploring Barrydale, South Africa

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...cape/index.html

Illinois town taking the chill out of light festival

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...y.ap/index.html

College changes name and male admission policy

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/11/co...e.ap/index.html

Gallaudet names interim president

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/10/ga...m.ap/index.html

From the ashes comes baby Nessie fossil

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/11...u.ap/index.html

61 E. coli cases tied to Taco Bell; new outbreak appears in Iowa

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/11/e.col...reak/index.html

More parents waiting, not giving antibiotics right away, for ear aches

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/...s.ap/index.html

Shuttle Discovery docks in space station port

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061211/ts_nm/space_shuttle_dc

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Jeb · December 12, 2006

We're going to go seriously old school with some snow pictures., by hooralph

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=116520

Experts recommend no extra shuttle check

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle

North Korea might disarm with incentives

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/ap_on_.../koreas_nuclear

Red 5 Studios Aims To Be Pixar of Online Gaming

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/red-5...-onling-gaming/

http://www.red5studios.com/

Gotuit SceneMaker Lets Users Tag And Cut Online Video

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/gotoi...t-online-video/

http://www.gotuit.com/

Startup Cries Foul at Google’s New Radio Ads Product

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/start...io-ads-product/

Google Fixes Yahoo-Copied Splash Page

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/googl...ed-splash-page/

Yahoo’s “Project Fraternity” Docs Leaked

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/12/yahoo...ty-docs-leaked/

By Some Measures, Blogging May Be Peaking

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/by_some_measure.html

links for 2006-12-12

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...or_20061_9.html

Boxxet Rolls Up Collections of News, Blogs, Photos

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/boxxet_rolls_up.html

http://boxxet.com/my/start.box

Verizon president to retire

http://news.com.com/2110-1036_3-6142999.ht...0&subj=news

UCLA break-in puts data on 800,000 at risk
http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6143003.ht...0&subj=news

Schooled in security

http://news.com.com/Schooled+in+security/2..._3-5837352.html

Man charged with hacking USC database

http://news.com.com/Man+charged+with+hacki..._3-6063470.html

University server in hackers' hands for a year

http://news.com.com/University+server+in+h..._3-6074739.html

Illinois university hit with security breach

http://news.com.com/Illinois+university+hi..._3-6090860.html

Pennsylvania using Google Earth to promote tourism

http://news.com.com/2061-10812_3-6143010.h...0&subj=news

Microsoft puts out December patches

http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6143039.h...0&subj=news

Teenager ran internet banking scam

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3896626a28,00.html

CNET News EXTRA

http://news.com.com/News.com+Extra/2001-93...g=rsspr.6143036

How Does AlexaRank Work And Should You Pay It Any Attention?

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/599/h...alexarank-work/

Making a Splash With User Content

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/maki...ser-content.cfm

Social Deal Sites: Distribution and Business Models

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/soci...on-business.cfm

AOL Still Learning About Video

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/aol-...about-video.cfm

How Hot is Click Fraud?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ho...lick-fraud.html

BlogKits Launches With AdSense Alternative for Bloggers

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/bl...r-bloggers.html

Reminder - Last Chance to Subscribe to RSS Feed and Win an iPod

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/re...in-an-ipod.html

Google Adds New Features to Google Finance

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/go...le-finance.html

QuickTime Issues Still Plague Websites

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...ueWebsites.html

The Influence Of Unix On NT

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ofUnixonNT.html

ASP.NET 2.0: Asynchronous Pages

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...onousPages.html

Localized Websites And The Html Tag

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...thehtmlTag.html

ECommerce Site Design: What Do You Really Think?

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...eallyThink.html

The Highest Priority In Enterprise IT

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...terpriseIT.html

What Is A Portal?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...tIsAPortal.html

Platforms Are The New Portals

http://publishing2.com/2006/12/10/platform...he-new-portals/

Open Source Advertising Not Necessary?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...tNecessary.html

An AdSense Alternative For Bloggers

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...orBloggers.html

Just How Heated Is Click Fraud?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ClickFraud.html

Yahoo’s Panama Open To New Advertisers

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...dvertisers.html

Debunking Matt Cutts

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...gMattCutts.html

NFL Drops The Ball With Online Video

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...nlineVideo.html

Spammers Spoof Lawyers In Italy

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ersInItaly.html

Yahoo Rolls Out Panama

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...sOutPanama.html

Google & Yahoo Square Off On Wall Street

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...WallStreet.html

Houston, We Have Google MLS Listings

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...LSListings.html

EFF, Bloggers, Everyone, Takes On Web Bully

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...OnWebBully.html

Something... and Half of Something

http://www.lindasog.com/archives/2005/05/t...ruth_about.html

Jeremy Zawodny PWNS Google For Copying Yahoo

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10570

IE7 Promo Page

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ie7-promo-page/

Ads by GOOGLE

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10571

101 ways to improve your conversion rate

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10572

101 Easy Ways to use Google's New Website Optimizer

http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/art...optimizer-tips/

Conversion Rate Experts

For the past five years Karl and Ben have generated over $40m from web marketing, mostly for a small number of physical products businesses.

http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/

Jason Calacanis - Top Digg Users Taking Payola

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10577

Poll: Most Americans see lingering racism -- in others

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/12/racism.poll/index.html

Bush gives no hint of new Iraq direction

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

Government appeals currency redesign

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/ap_on_..._wh/blind_money

Astronauts venture outside for space station work

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061212/ts_nm/space_shuttle_dc

Bodies of 2 more women found in England

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/ap_on_...itutes_murdered

U.S. agency: We did not target Princess Diana

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/12/diane.eav...g.ap/index.html

U.N. probe IDs Hariri suspects

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/12/...n.ap/index.html

Spain arrests 11 terror suspects

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/12...ests/index.html

Firefighters battle a blaze close to home

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/12/fire.nextdoor.ap/index.html

Is your desk making you sick?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/13/cold....desk/index.html

Racism today

http://www.cnn.com/exchange/ireports/topic.../12/racism.html

Plastic surgery too expensive? Try Mexico

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.c...ensive-try.html

Lohan: I haven't had a drink in a week

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...n.ap/index.html

OSU's Smith forced to ship Heisman

Security wouldn't allow QB to bring trophy on plane

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...ex.html?cnn=yes

Iran's leader: 'Zionist regime will soon be wiped out'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/12/...reut/index.html

Government resists altering money for blind people

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/12/blind.money/index.html

PlayStation murder case plagued by paperwork error

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/12/playstat...t.ap/index.html

Caribbean islands illegally sold, Nicaragua says

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/...s.ap/index.html

Calderon vows war against notorious drug gangs

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/...e.ap/index.html

Darkness halts search for climbers

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/12/missing.c...s.ap/index.html

Texas city haunted by 'no blacks after dark' past

As a reporter for CNN, I've spent a lot of time travelling around the United States. And along the way, I've developed some impressions of who we are, and where we are, as a society.

When it comes to relations between blacks and whites, it's no surprise to me that we are, in many places, still separated, despite a desire for better relations. African-Americans often live in one neighborhood, whites in another.

When I was recently assigned to cover a story about the history of racism in Vidor, Texas, for the "Paula Zahn Now" show, it turned out that I was surprised by some of the things I found, namely that some whites were openly telling me they still wanted separation from blacks.

Vidor is a small city of about 11,000 people near the Texas Gulf Coast, not too far from the Louisiana border. Despite the fact that Beaumont, a much bigger city just 10 minutes away, is quite integrated, Vidor is not. There are very few blacks there; it's mostly white. That is in large part because of a history of racism in Vidor, a past that continues to haunt the present.

"We've been trying to live down something for 40 to 50 years," said Orange County Commissioner Beamon Minton. "Once convicted, you're a convicted felon. You can't ever put that aside."

Vidor was one of hundreds of communities in America known as "sundown towns," places where blacks were not welcome after dark. In some of these towns, signs -- handwritten or printed -- were posted, saying things like "Whites Only After Dark." But in general, sundown towns existed by reputation. Blacks knew they were places to avoid after dark.

Charles Jones is a 62-year-old African-American man who lives in Beaumont. He told us when he was 19, he and three of his black friends were changing a flat tire on their broken down car in Vidor one night. A white policeman stopped.

"He said, 'Well, let me tell ya -- you boys better wrap and get out of here, because I'm going to go to that next exit and come back around. You better be gone!' " Jones recalled.

Vidor also had a reputation as a haven for the Ku Klux Klan. In fact, Jones recalls seeing a Klan rally in Vidor when he was a child. Vidor city officials point that that doesn't mean the rally was filled with Vidor residents. They say the Klan brought members from all over and targeted Vidor for rallies.

One of the most memorable instances of that was in 1993, when the federal government tried to change years of racial separation, and brought a handful of black families into Vidor's public housing. In response, the Klan marched in Vidor. Within months, the few black families moved out. And African-Americans were left with a deep impression that still exists today.

"They think that's a racist town," said Walter Diggles of the East Deep Texas Council of Governments. "They think when you go through Vidor, you better be very careful, and most blacks still refuse to stop."

Vidor officials acknowledge racism is still present in Vidor. But they also say it is a very different place from the one it was decades ago.

"We don't have a Klan," said Minton. "We haven't had a Klan in 30 years. We are trying to change our image, and we have changed, but I'm not sure we've convinced them [African-Americans] of that."

Last year, for example, the Vidor schools posted a billboard, which included the face of an African-American girl as a way to attract black families. City leaders also point out that Vidor reached out to African-American victims of Hurricane Katrina, and provided temporary shelter.

"The vast majority of our citizens are not racist," said Vidor Mayor Joe Hopkins. "We'd welcome anybody here who is a good solid citizen."

Indeed, I was left with a genuine impression that some Vidor residents wanted the city to welcome other ethnicities. But when I sat down in a café, and talked to residents, I also heard the sound of prejudice.

Peggy Fruge told me she'd welcome blacks to her neighborhood. Then she said this:

"I don't mind being friends with them, talking and stuff like that, but as far as mingling and eating with them, all that kind of stuff, that's where I draw the line."

I was taken aback, surprised the sound of prejudice could emerge so easily. But, I realized, her comments only reflected part of the story.

In fairness, Vidor had changed, at least somewhat. It's no longer a city that actively shuns blacks. In fact, African-Americans often shop there, even if very few are residents.

Still, what took me aback was how Vidor had evolved into a kind of complacency. It was trying to change, but not all that hard, and sometimes wanted to be left alone. And to a great extent, that explained why Vidor has not quite escaped its past.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/08/oppenheim...town/index.html

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Will Gates Shake Up the Generals?

Critics say the top ranks of commanders are filled with "Rumsfeld men." Now the man who replaced Rumsfeld, Robert Gates, must decide how many need to be replaced

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...00.html?cnn=yes

Laying the Groundwork for a 'Cabinet Reshuffle' in Iraq

Analysis: A flurry of meetings in Baghdad and Washington suggests Iraq may be about to see another regime change. But will it do any good?

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Fed holds steady, Lacker dissents again

Bernanke and Co. keep short-term target at 5.25% for fourth straight meeting as calls mount on Wall Street for cut.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/12/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

10 stocks to buy now

With oil prices and a housing bust threatening the economy, we discovered ten solid stocks that can still pack a punch.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/i...ex.html?cnn=yes

Tufts student journal apologizes for satirical carol

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/12/tu...p.ap/index.html

Democrats outline education agenda priorities

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/12/de...n.ap/index.html

Cape escape: Exploring Barrydale, South Africa

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...cape/index.html

A luxury spa at the foot of a magic mountain

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...a.ap/index.html

Pay a little, pay a lot -- the wrinkles don't care

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/12/wrink...reut/index.html

Eat-smart strategies for party season

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/diet.fitnes...ting/index.html

Up close and personal with an Emperor penguin

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/12...reut/index.html

Spacewalkers finish work, go inside

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/12/s...e.ap/index.html

Scandal-plagued Jefferson kept off Ways and Means

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/12/jef...t.ap/index.html

Mom acquitted of murder in kids' drowning

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/12/drowning...l.ap/index.html

Defense: Racial insults flew between jurors

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/12/writer.slain.ap/index.html

Atlantic Records founder seriously ill

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/1...reut/index.html

Green Lantern creator dead at 91

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/12/1...l.ap/index.html

Experts: Hackers to step up 'cyberwar' in 2007

Computer hackers will open a new front in the multi-billion pound "cyberwar" in 2007, targeting mobile phones, instant messaging and community Web sites such as MySpace, security experts predict.

As people grow wise to email scams, criminal gangs will find new ways to commit online fraud, sell fake goods or steal corporate secrets.

"The attacks are becoming more sophisticated," said Dave Rand of Internet security firm Trend Micro. "It's all about making money. And they're making a lot of it," he told Reuters.

In 2007, hackers will be scouring social networking sites such as MySpace to gather information for more focused attacks on people's computers.

"It is definitely an area that is ripe for more exploitation by malware (malicious software)," said Ed English, Trend Micro's Chief Technology Officer for anti-spyware.

People could find their computers infected with viruses that secretly record all their keystrokes or send out millions of spam email messages.

Identity theft fraudsters will trawl through sites which allow people to leave their pictures and personal details, finding targets for "phishing" attacks -- fraudulent emails aimed at tricking people into revealing credit card numbers.

"It is way too easy for the spyware guys to assemble a puzzle of who you are," English said.

Hackers will also target people using instant messaging services or making telephone calls over the Internet in 2007, Trend Micro said.

Powerful new mobile phones and portable computers will also be targets as thieves try to bypass tight security to steal emails, documents or contacts, security firm McAfee said.

"Modern mobile phones are in essence miniature portable computers," the company said in its annual crime report. "Mobile devices present a serious challenge."

A new version of the popular Web browser Internet Explorer released in November and Microsoft's new Vista operating system will also attract hackers, Trend Micro said.

McAfee warns that spying on businesses will become more sophisticated. Criminals are hiring students to plant as sleepers in companies and huge amounts of data can be removed on small, portable memory sticks.

"Corporate espionage is big business," its report says. "Data is often priceless property. Stealing trade secrets, information or contacts is a lucrative money-spinner for cyber-criminals."

Security firms say Internet crime can be hard to combat because it embraces different continents and time zones.

Criminals are attracted by the relative ease of making money, the speed and anonymity the Internet offers. "It beats taking a gun and walking into a 7-Eleven store," English said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/12/1...reut/index.html

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Jeb · December 13, 2006

Keep off the streets, British prostitutes urged

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061213/ts_nm/..._prostitutes_dc

FDA may expand antidepressant warning

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_...essants_suicide

Retail sales surge in November

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_...o_ec_fi/economy

Bush decides direction of Iraq policy

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

Law Requires Disclosure of Affiliate Marketing Links, Word-of-mouth and Paid Reviews

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/la...id-reviews.html

Is MySpace Really Larger than Yahoo?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/is...than-yahoo.html

Still Causing a Stir with Google Click Fraud Report

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/st...aud-report.html

Stock Option Auction Plan for Google Employees

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/st...-employees.html

Five Secret Strategies to Add $1 Million in Revenue to your Interactive Marketing Agency in 2007

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/in...s-coaching.html

Java Not True Test Of Open Source Innovation

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...Innovation.html

SEO-Friendly Ecommerce

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...yEcommerce.html

Click Fraud, Google, Botnets, And More

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...etsAndMore.html

Windows Chief Allchin: I’d Buy A Mac

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...nIdBuyAMac.html

Measure With Google Planimeter

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...Planimeter.html

Ask Shoemoney Your Affiliate Questions

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...eQuestions.html

Google's Rounded Corners

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...dedCorners.html

YouTube, CBS Can't Handle The Truth

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...leTheTruth.html

Google & Yahoo Square Off On Wall St

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...ffOnWallSt.html

Leo Wants Some Answers

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...omeAnswers.html

China Cracksdown On Online Music

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...nlineMusic.html

Looking Around AskCity

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...undAskCity.html

FTC Gags Stealth Marketing

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...hMarketing.html

Which Search Engine Is Safest?

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...neIsSafest.html

It’s Official(ish): MySpace Is Biggest Site on Internet

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/12/its-o...te-on-internet/

Caroling For Pop Culture: Sing Along With “Nuckin’ Futs” By JibJab

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/12/carol...futs-by-jibjab/

Google’s New Employee Stock Option Program

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/13/googl...option-program/

Time For Skype To Start Charging In The U.S.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/13/time-...ging-in-the-us/

Happy Birthday Yahoo Answers

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/13/happy...-yahoo-answers/

links for 2006-12-13

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...r_20061_10.html

Meeting Bill Gates Today

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/meeting_bill_ga.html

BT invents semantic television

http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-6143307.ht...0&subj=news

When computers write obits

http://news.com.com/2061-10803_3-6143344.h...0&subj=news

Google goes wide open with Ajax tool kit

http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6143350.h...0&subj=news

Symantec files piracy lawsuit

http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6143352.ht...0&subj=news

OpenOffice gets pre-load, update notification

http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6143359.h...0&subj=news

Evel Kanyevel Sued By Evel Knieval?

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/evel_kanyevel_s.html

The Future of Advertising is Real Time Information (not real time interruption)

http://www.marketing.fm/2006/12/13/the-fut...e-interruption/

Peta - Youg Guns Creative Brief

http://advertisingforpeanuts.blogspot.com/...tive-brief.html

Veet - Hair Removal Cream

http://advertisingforpeanuts.blogspot.com/...oval-cream.html

FOX VW

http://advertisingforpeanuts.blogspot.com/.../12/fox-vw.html

SearchEngineWatch Blackballs Danny Sullivan

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10583

Foo: Christmas Gift Ideas

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10587

Google Patents Their SERPS page

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10588

You Can Now Buy Google Stock Options Direct From Matt Cutts

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10590

FTC: WOMM Links & Affiliate Links Need Disclosure

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10591

How To Boost Your Alexa Ranking In One Easy Step

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/600/h...-one-easy-step/

Brian McCullough on the Mechanics of His Social Job Search Engine WhoToTalkTo

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/bria...-his-social.cfm

Co-Shopping Socializes E-Commerce

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/co-s...-e-commerce.cfm

TV Needs Affiliate Distribution

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/tv-n...istribution.cfm

Leahy promises 'real' oversight of FBI

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_...emocrats_agenda

The Shot: Rubik's Cube solved ... blindfolded

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/

Rescuers search for climbers in wind, chilling rain

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/13/missing.c...s.ap/index.html

Greenfield: Point of personal privilege

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/12/gre...bama/index.html

Peter Boyle of 'Everybody Loves Raymond' dies

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/13/b...t.ap/index.html

Prostitutes told: Stay off streets

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/13...tute/index.html

Official: Saudis to back Sunnis if U.S. leaves Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/13/...nnis/index.html

Dobbs: A tree grows in Seattle

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/12/Dobbs.Dec13/index.html

New York faces all-day rush hour by 2030

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/13/nyc.popul...n.ap/index.html

Botswana's bushmen get Kalahari lands back

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/13...reut/index.html

China's white dolphin called extinct after 20 million years

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/13...n.ap/index.html

If airline mergers fly, fares could follow

While some carriers tout savings, critics say deals would limit flyers' choices and boost fares in some markets.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/13/news/compa...sion=2006121310

10 toughest career dilemmas - solved

With advice on everything from how to get a raise, to where the tech jobs are now, to the best way to get a rude co-worker to shut up, here are excerpts from some of the top Ask Annie columns of the year

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/a...ex.html?cnn=yes

7 businesses that are best of the best

See which Blue-Ribbon Companies made the most "best of" lists on CNNMoney.com this year.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/11/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Be a millionaire: 5 ways to get there

It's the club everybody wants to join, and that's not as hard to do as you might think.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/...ex.html?cnn=yes

Secret hotels: Ireland's County Donegal

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...ions/index.html

Luxury digs in South Carolina's Lowcountry

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...s.ap/index.html

Antidepressant suicide warning may be expanded

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/13/antid...e.ap/index.html

Healthy habits move to the top of workplace agendas

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/11/healt...k.ap/index.html

Astronauts face array of tricky tasks

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/13/s...e.ap/index.html

Death Row dean has date with executioner

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/12/deathrow...n.ap/index.html

CBS has six of top 10 shows

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/13/n...s.ap/index.html

MySpace tops Yahoo for first time

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/12/1...o.ap/index.html

Bakker son is 'One Punk Under God'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/13/a...d.ap/index.html

Blood diamonds: Miners risk lives for chance at riches

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/12...ange/index.html

Priest convicted in Rwandan genocide

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/13...t.ap/index.html

Miami chief's son gets 18 months in pot case

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/13/chief.son.ap/index.html

Lettuce probable cause of Taco Bell e. coli: FDA

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061213/ts_nm/...bell_lettuce_dc

Lettuce implicated in Taco Bell outbreak

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_...break_taco_bell

Bush: I won't be rushed on Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

Sen. Johnson suffers possible stroke

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_go_co/johnson

Police study clothing in UK prostitute murder hunt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061214/ts_nm/britain_murders_dc

Execution of Fla. inmate takes 34 min.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_on_.../diaz_execution

Lettuce suspected in Taco Bell E. coli

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_on_...break_taco_bell

Storm hampers search on Mt. Hood

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_on_...issing_climbers

Man denies planning Sears Tower attack

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_on_...m_investigation

Graham family at odds over burial site

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_on_...y_graham_burial

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Jeb · December 15, 2006

Sen. Johnson 'recovering' after surgery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_go_co/johnson

FBI: Cleric's illness may spark attack

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_on_...t_pe/fbi_terror

Spacewalking astronauts rewire space station

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/ts_nm/space_shuttle_dc

Bill Gates On The Future Of DRM

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/14/bill-...-future-of-drm/

Jaxtr Widget Lets Social Networkers Chat On Real Live Phones

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/14/jaxtr...al-live-phones/

Glam Media Gets $18.5 Million And A CNET Chairman

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/14/glam-...-cnet-chairman/

Yahoo Music Releases Video 3.0

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/14/yahoo...eases-video-30/

Amazon To Sell Wii and PS3 Soon

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/14/amazo...i-and-ps3-soon/

Microsoft Rolls Search Demographics Tool

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/microsoft_rolls.html

New Microsoft Expression Design Tools to Debut in 07

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/new_microsoft_e.html

links for 2006-12-13

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...r_20061_10.html

AMD: We'll outgrow the market in 2007

http://news.com.com/2061-10791_3-6143962.h...0&subj=news

Pollution declining in parts of eastern U.S.

http://news.com.com/2100-11395_3-6143964.h...0&subj=news

Perspective: Ignoring an inconvenient truth

http://news.com.com/2010-1041_3-6143968.ht...0&subj=news

Keeping watch on Earth and space

http://news.com.com/2009-11395_3-6142949.h...0&subj=news

Cingular turns cell phones into wallets in N.Y. trial

http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6143975.ht...0&subj=news

Motorola to launch new mobile-wallet service

http://news.com.com/Motorola+to+launch+new..._3-6036815.html

Carrier turns cell phones into wallets

http://news.com.com/Carrier+turns+cell+pho..._3-5302718.html

Can Yahoo Really Surpass Google in 2007?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ca...le-in-2007.html

Virgin Mobile Taps JumpTap for Mobile Search Technology

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/vi...technology.html

Does Your Blog Have a Disclosure Policy?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/do...ure-policy.html

Do You Know Your SEO Myths From Your Facts?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/do...your-facts.html

Searching Patents Now Easier Thanks to Google

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/se...-to-google.html

Validating Strong Passwords In C# And ASP.NET

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...CandASPNET.html

Review: Sage And Microsoft Business Accounting Software

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ngSoftware.html

ASP.NET: A Simple Factory Using Generics

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ngGenerics.html

Creating Rich Content

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ichContent.html

The Training And Certification Guarantees

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...Guarantees.html

Stake Your Claim On The Mobile Web

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...eMobileWeb.html

Identifying And Solving Client Pains

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...lientPains.html

Social Media And Search News Thursday

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...wsThursday.html

Google Patent - Full-Text US Patent Searching

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...tSearching.html

AOL: Top Searches Of The Year

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...sOfTheYear.html

IPod And Pirates Top AOL Search

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...pAOLSearch.html

AdCenter Wants To Convert Your Business

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...urBusiness.html

A Google Christmas Wish List

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...asWishList.html

Apple's Stance On DRM Is Rotten To The Core

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ntotheCore.html

Find A Brand Advocate And Kiss Them

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ndKissThem.html

Media Multitasking Among Youth

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...AmongYouth.html

Microsoft Gives A Gift Of Santa

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...iftOfSanta.html

Top Lists: Vibe's Best 60 Songs, IFILM's Best Videos

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/top_lists_vibes.html

Podcast: Interview With Brian Clark From Copyblogger.com

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/597/p...copybloggercom/

ProHipHop Reviews Hip Hop Weekly

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/prohiphop_revie.html

McCain: All Websites Required to Report Illegal Images and Delete Predator Profiles

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10604

iTunes sales fall report - Apple fans say media are plonkers

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10610

Google's New Patent search

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10681

Does Google Treat Their Employees Like Children

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10682

Raw Thought: The Goog Life: how Google keeps employees by treating them like kids

http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/googlife

Most Digged Article on Digg is Digg for 2006

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10684

Should You Pay To Outsource Your Social Media Marketing?

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/601/s...edia-marketing/

Podcast: Interview With Brian Clark From Copyblogger.com

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/597/p...copybloggercom/

Ads Not Keeping Up With Video

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/ads-...ng-up-video.cfm

DVR Ads Go Personal With MSN

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/dvr-...ersonal-msn.cfm

Army moves to reduce strain on troops

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_...a_st_pe/us_iraq

Funds scandal: Police quiz Blair

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/14...lair/index.html

Strict rules imposed on bushmen's return to Kalahari

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/14...n.ap/index.html

Ohio pastor battles 'secular jihadists'

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.c...-jihadists.html

What is a Christian?

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.c...-christian.html

FBI: Jailed cleric's illness triggers al Qaeda attack fears

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/14/rahman.health/index.html

Duke lacrosse case

Defense: Accuser misidentified her alleged attackers

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more...ex.html?cnn=yes

Doctor: Senator responding to voice, touch

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/14/joh....ill/index.html

Bakker, Brown: What the hell happened to Christianity?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/13/bakker.br...tary/index.html

World's tallest man saves plastic eating dolphins

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/12/1...s.ap/index.html

Moldy grain killed ducks, scientists say

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/14/ducks.reut/index.html

A Mustang wagon?!? Say it ain't so

Magazine reports that Ford could make four-door versions of its next-generation Mustang.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/14/mustan...gons/index.html

Spacewalkers rewire half of orbiting station

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/14/s...e.ap/index.html

Gamers gone wild: Wii goes flying

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/14/wii.danger.ap/index.html

Worst storm in week predicted to hit mountain

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/14/missing.c...s.ap/index.html

6 strategies to survive the real estate bust

Last year the question was whether the housing boom would slow down. Now it's how bad it will get. Navigating the market is more challenging than ever.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/for...dex.htm?cnn=yes

As a Senator Is Felled, a January Vote Looms Big

If Sen. Tim Johnson is incapacitated, control of the Senate could be determined by a usually routine "organizing resolution" early next month

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...00.html?cnn=yes

And the Frontrunner Is... John Edwards?

Joe Klein scopes out an Iowa poll showing the former vice presidential candidate with a surprising lead among Democratic Presidential hopefuls. Is Hillary in trouble?

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...00.html?cnn=yes

Dallas Cowboys' New 1 Billion Dollar Stadium

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedi....1.html?cnn=yes

Scraping by on $150,000 a year

The Schuetts have an enviable income. So why are they having a hard time making ends meet? Plus: How you can do better.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/13/magazines/...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Looking for Iraq's oil windfall

The country, which has one of the largest reserves in the world, could pump 6 million barrels a day or more. But that sure isn't happening now.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/14/news/inter...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Record number of Americans to travel over Christmas

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/14/holid...l.ap/index.html

Holiday spirit burns brightly in Santa Fe

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...iday/index.html

Harvard drops religion course requirement

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/13/ha...reut/index.html

Commission pushes for overhaul of school system

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/14/sc...m.ap/index.html

Breast cancer rates fall, perhaps because of declining hormone use

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/...e.ap/index.html

Feel better, naturally

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/12/natur...dies/index.html

Solar storm headed for Earth

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/13/s...torm/index.html

Top general: Army 'will break' without more troops

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/14/us.iraq.ap/index.html

N.J. lawmakers OK civil unions, not same-sex marriage

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/14/same.sex/index.html

Korn drummer on 'temporary hiatus'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/1...reut/index.html

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Jeb · December 15, 2006

THERE ARE A FEW REALLY EXCITING PHOTOS OF THE AURORA OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND!!

Aurora Currently over NNE!!!, GO OUTSIDE!!! (2 more pics now...), by w7xman

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=116825

Eragon (2006) User Reviews

http://movies.yahoo.com/mvc/drv?mid=1808715990

Immigration raids may affect meat prices

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_...ids_meatpackers

Britain's Blair tarnished by scandal as end nears

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/ts_nm/...blair_legacy_dc

Johnson shows signs of surgery recovery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_go_co/johnson

Google Personalized Homepage Bug

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...omepageBug.html

Picasa Web Adds Search And Tags

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...rchandTags.html

UTube Vs YouTube Round II

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ubeRoundII.html

A Positive View Of Le Web

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...iewofLeWeb.html

Will It Blend An IPod?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...lendaniPod.html

Will it Blend? $50 Gets Six (6) Million Hits in Five (5) Days

http://www.rockymountainvoices.com/blog/20...in-five-5-days/

New Google Product Is Patently Useful

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...ntlyUseful.html

To Kill An Internet...

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...AnInternet.html

Google, Baidu Shop For Video Sites

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...VideoSites.html

The Next Wave: User-Modified-Media?

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ifiedMedia.html

CBS Records Spins Again

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...SpinsAgain.html

Glam Media's $18.5M Makeover

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...5MMakeover.html

Documenting SES - Comic Book Style

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...cBookStyle.html

Amazon To Sell Wii and PS3 Soon

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/14/amazo...i-and-ps3-soon/

MusicPlusTV Is Cool…I Think

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/14/music...s-cool-i-think/

JamGlue Launches “Remixing for the Masses”

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/15/jamgl...for-the-masses/

Meeting Bill Gates Today

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/meeting_bill_ga.html

New Microsoft Expression Design Tools to Debut in 07

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/new_microsoft_e.html

Microsoft Rolls Search Demographics Tool

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/microsoft_rolls.html

Gartner Says Blogging Will Peak in 2007

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/gartner_says_bl.html

Edelman, Electric Sheep Launch Machinima Vlog

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/edelman_electri.html

links for 2006-12-14

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...r_20061_11.html

Our Sixty Minutes with Bill Gates

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/our_sixty_minut.html

Gates to leave day-to-day role at Microsoft

Chairman to devote more time to charitable works.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/15/technology..._news/index.htm

links for 2006-12-15

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...r_20061_12.html

John Wall’s tutorial on the growing irrelevance of page views

http://blog.holtz.com/index.php/weblog/joh..._of_page_views/

Quantcast Adds Comparative Charting

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/quantcast_adds_.html

Big Blue's RFID fix for drugs may stall

http://news.com.com/Big+Blues+RFID+fix+for..._3-6143979.html

EPC Global

http://www.epcglobalinc.org/home

Yahoo Messenger releases security update

http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6144110.ht...0&subj=news

DivX watches HDTV as its compression technology expands

http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-6144118.ht...0&subj=news

Tough love for frail Wii strap

http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6144125.h...0&subj=news

Year In Review 2006

http://news.com.com/2009-1025_3-6136732.ht...0&subj=news

Citizen Tipping Point?

http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2...en_tipping.html

Promo Videos For Ali Rap

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/promo_videos_fo.html

World RPS Presentation for Casecamp Second Life

http://webwalker.ca/2006/12/14/world-rps-p...mp-second-life/

Nerdcore For Life Trailer

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/nerdcore_for_li.html

Social Network Analysis Software Goes Open Source

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10685

Wesley Crusher Now Saving Social Media

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10686

New Team Netscape Member: Wil Wheaton

http://blog.netscape.com/2006/12/14/new-te...er-wil-wheaton/

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Register Your Domains With Google!

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10691

New social networking site - TickMe

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10696

TickMe - New Social Networking Site

http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/archives/2006...etworking-site/

http://www.tickme.com/

Google flaw provides in for phishing

http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/archives/2006...n-for-phishing/

DVR Ads Go Personal With MSN

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/dvr-...ersonal-msn.cfm

Sex Sells Search, Seriously.

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/sex-...h-seriously.cfm

Long Tail Should Wag Net Movies

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/long...uld-wag-net.cfm

Fortune 500 DIY Social Media Marketing

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/fort...ocial-media.cfm

Venice Project to Invigorate Viral Videos

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/veni...iral-videos.cfm

Google & Baidu Considering Video Options for China

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/go...-for-china.html

What Did You Learn From Our SEM Scholarship Contest?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/wh...ip-contest.html

How Long is a Google "Moment"? - 18 Months

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ho...-18-months.html

Blogosphere 100 Times Bigger than in 2003

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/08/bl...an-in-2003.html

Madcap SES Comic Strip by SEOmoz

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ma...-by-seomoz.html

How Big Will Social Media Marketing Be in 2007?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ho...be-in-2007.html

Creating Rich Content

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ichContent.html

The Training And Certification Guarantees

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...Guarantees.html

Adobe's Apollo To Ease Desktop Development?

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...evelopment.html

Taking The Spam Fight To The Gateway

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...TheGateway.html

F-35 fighter safety completes first test flight

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/bs_nm/...usa_lockheed_dc

3 dead as storm batters Northwest

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_...northwest_storm

Storm cuts power across two states

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/12/15/nort...m.ap/index.html

Miss USA 'issues' have her in trouble

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/15/m...a.ap/index.html

Panda cub named Mei Lan

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/15...e.ap/index.html

Less HRT may be the key to less breast cancer

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/blogs/paging.dr....ess-breast.html

Bush 'happy' for pregnant Mary Cheney

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/15/bus...reut/index.html

Reid: Sen. Johnson looked 'good, fine'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/15/johnson.ap/index.html

Ford: No way we'll make four-door Mustang

Company denies reports it is considering making Mustang variants.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/15/ford_n...edan/index.html

Climbers' kin cling to hope as storm rages

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/15/missing.c...s.ap/index.html

Rumsfeld praised on final day at Pentagon

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/15/bus...d.ap/index.html

Ahmadinejad's Ambitions

In an exclusive interview, the Iranian President — and Person of the Year candidate — discusses his conference questioning the Holocaust, his letter to the American people and the state of his nuclear plans

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Vista flaw could haunt Microsoft

Microsoft wants a bigger piece of Oracle and IBM's database business, but an oversight in its new operating system could cost the company plenty.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/14/magazines/...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Hot spots, cold spots

What will happen to the value of your home next year? We asked Moody's Economy.com and Fiserv Lending Solutions to crunch the numbers for the top 100 markets in the United States.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/i...ex.html?cnn=yes

Georgia rules Potter can stay on school shelves

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/14/po...reut/index.html

Tribe banking on bird's-eye view of Grand Canyon

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/15/canyo...y.ap/index.html

Study: Comet dust a strange brew

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/14/s...t.ap/index.html

How to fold a solar panel -- NASA style

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/15/s...e.ap/index.html

Witness: Cages improved kids' behavior

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/15/caged.kids.ap/index.html

Christmas horror movie offends religious groups

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...reut/index.html

New 'Rocky' fights to be taken seriously

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...y.ap/index.html

Parents of teen missing in Aruba sue brothers

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/14/aruba.teen.ap/index.html

Judge orders paternity test of Duke accuser's baby

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/15/duke.lac...e.ap/index.html

Rumsfeld gets big Pentagon sendoff

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_...e/bush_rumsfeld

Florida, California suspend executions

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_...tions_suspended

Storm kills 4, cuts power in Northwest

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_...northwest_storm

Venezuelan leader says Castro not dying

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_.../venezuela_cuba

Pentagon to move troops into Kuwait

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_...a_st_pe/us_iraq

Pentagon eyes $468.9 bln budget for fiscal 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061216/pl_nm/budget_pentagon_dc

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Jeb · December 16, 2006

Redneck Wonders, by KS-Stormtracker, over at WxChat

http://www.wxchat.com/board/index.php?showtopic=16564

Officials: Edwards to enter 2008 race

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_...r/democrats2008

Thousands in dark after Northwest storm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_...northwest_storm

Police: Man kills 5, self in Kansas City

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_..._city_shootings

Merry Microsoft Christmas, Oracle and IBM!

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/15/merry...oracle-and-ibm/

Yoono Adds Blog Suggestions

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/15/yoono...og-suggestions/

Listen to Live Concerts on Lala

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/16/liste...ncerts-on-lala/

Preparing For Apollo

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/16/preparing-for-apollo/

Like YouTube, FaceBook Isn’t For Sale

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/16/like-...-isnt-for-sale/

links for 2006-12-16

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...r_20061_13.html

IBM, Circuit City go prospecting in virtual world

http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-6144001.ht...0&subj=news

Video: Reporters' Roundtable: Goofiest tech moves of 2006

http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6144305.html?...0&subj=news

Microsoft speeds up phishing shield for IE 7

http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6144342.ht...0&subj=news

Mobile meets Wi-Fi

http://news.com.com/2300-1037_3-6144027-1....7&subj=news

Top 10 reviews of the week

http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6144136-1....6&subj=news

Penultimate Friday - 2007 Predictions, Anyone?

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10697

Yahoo - We Don't Have Clickfraud, But We Will Reimburse you for Goodwill

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10708

Fortune 500 DIY Social Media Marketing

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/fort...ocial-media.cfm

Venice Project to Invigorate Viral Videos

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/veni...iral-videos.cfm

Mashable Passes TechCrunch in Subscribers

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/mash...subscribers.cfm

Psychologists Shrink Expertise to Podcasts

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/psyc...to-podcasts.cfm

Digital Music Leveling Off

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/digi...eveling-off.cfm

Marketing Through Storytelling

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...orytelling.html

Transparent Media And Wikify Everything

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...Everything.html

Blog Terminology 101

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...inology101.html

Interview With Jeff Raikes

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...JeffRaikes.html

Google Considering Video Options For China

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...nsforChina.html

Google Puts Domains Up For Sale

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...sUpForSale.html

Sex Surfing At Work: Employers Need Protection

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...Protection.html

Online Holiday Shopping Popular At Work

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ularAtWork.html

GoodSearch.com A Good Search Alternative

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...lternative.html

Zune Searchers Are Just Looking

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ustLooking.html

Yahoo Mail Feels The Need For Speed

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...edForSpeed.html

Some Dudes Like The Zune

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ikeTheZune.html

From sleeping on the streets to Wall Street

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/15/paychecka...dner/index.html

Secret dossier 'led to spy death'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/16...reut/index.html

Hospital closes units after babies get sick

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/16/bacte...s.ap/index.html

Man shoots his four kids, then himself

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/16/kc.shootings.ap/index.html

Bayh bows out of '08 presidential race

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/16/bayh.out/index.html

Democrat John Edwards planning for '08 presidential run

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/16/edw...t.ap/index.html

Report: Castro talks to officials on phone

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/...reut/index.html

Japan rolls back pacifist pillars

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/12/1...k.ap/index.html

Spokesman: Paris' defense of Britney was hoax

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/15/h...reut/index.html

As weather eases, searchers head for Mount Hood summit

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/16/missing.climbers/index.html

The rally's secret leaders

Sure, some famous names have helped lead the charge this year. But so has Pactiv, the maker of Hefty trash bags, and Hercules, a champ in the world of chemicals.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/14/markets/sp...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Are There Troubles in the House of Saud?

The sudden resignation of Saudi Arabia's U.S. Ambassador could point to a possible split in Riyadh over how to deal with Iran and the insurgency in Iraq

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

How to make your kids millionaires

Getting your adult children to listen to you isn't easy, but they'll thank you for it in the end.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/14/magazines/...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Loews Hotels banning trans fats

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/15/loews...sfat/index.html

Crowd cheers private spaceport's first launch

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/16/r...h.ap/index.html

Clinton's defense chief warns of Iraq 'quagmire'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/16/dem...p.ap/index.html

Bush vows to tackle pet-project provisions

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/16/bus...s.ap/index.html

Review: 'Superman Returns' falls flat

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/12/...urns/index.html

Publisher in O.J. book scandal fired

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/12/1...d.ap/index.html

Police seek smuggler's 'enforcer' for questioning

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/15/baby.abdu...n.ap/index.html

Cubans deported from bridge reach U.S. on 2nd try

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/15/cubans.ap/index.html

Executions halted in 2 states after botched injection

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/15/diaz.exe...n.ap/index.html

Ore. searchers thwarted again by weather

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061217/ap_on_...issing_climbers

Interesting StarWars wiki pages:

Palpatine

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Palpatine

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_E..._IV:_A_New_Hope

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Jeb · December 17, 2006

Terrell Owens was spitting mad, and he made the Atlanta Falcons pay in a big way.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20061216001

Veteran spacewalker poised to set record

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061217/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle

Astronauts prepare for fourth spacewalk

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061217/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle

Reid backs temporary increase in U.S. troops

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061217/ts_nm/usa_iraq_dc

Energy Consumers

http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/12/17/energy-consumers/

That Was Easy

http://www.adpulp.com/archives/2006/12/that_was_easy.php

Smoking Pigs

http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/12/17/smoking-pigs/

TIME's Are a Changing...

http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2..._are_a_cha.html

TIME Person of the Year

http://michelemiller.blogs.com/marketing_t...person_of_.html

The Most Bizarre People Alive

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10718

Watching Blog Tag Spread

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/wa...tag-spread.html

Playing Blog Tag - 5 Things You Don’t Know About Andy Beal

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/bl...-andy-beal.html

Removing Snap Link Preview Pop-up

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Fight night at MSG

Ten players ejected following Knicks-Nuggets brawl

The NBA has another ugly scene to recover from. This one involved its leading scorer and happened in its most famous arena.

Denver's Carmelo Anthony and the other nine players on the court at the time were ejected for fighting during a wild brawl between the Nuggets and Knicks, triggered in part by a New York team that felt it was being shown up on its home floor.

Multiple players, including Anthony, threw punches, and New York's Nate Robinson and Denver's J.R. Smith -- fouled hard by Mardy Collins on the play that started the brawl -- flew into the first row of the crowd while fighting during the NBA's scariest scene since Indiana players fought with Detroit fans in 2004.

Smith had a red mark along the left side of his face, but there were no other injuries among the players. No fans were directly involved, even after the fighting spilled into the seats.

According to the Knicks, the whole thing happened because the Nuggets still had their starters on the floor with 1:15 left and a 19-point lead. Denver won 123-100.

"They just wanted to embarrass us," Robinson said. "It was a slap in the face to us. As a team, as a franchise, we weren't going to let that happen. A clean, hard foul happened and after that it went down from there."

The foul wasn't clean at all. Collins grabbed Smith around the neck as he was going in for a breakaway layup. Anthony and Robinson quickly jumped in, and the melee went from one end of the court all the way to the other.

Anthony threw a punch at Collins, and now awaits what will surely be strong punishment from a league still trying to repair its image after the melee in Auburn Hills, Mich.

"Something's going to happen, but we shall see and wait," Anthony said. "I don't really want to comment on that right now."

The NBA didn't, either. Spokesman Tim Frank said the league would "review the incident in its entirety. Until then, it would not be appropriate to comment."

But the players can expect a harsh penalty with the brawl happening at Madison Square Garden, right in the hometown of NBA headquarters.

"I feel bad for the league, I feel bad for the Denver Nuggets and the New York Knicks," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "Very poor display of respecting basketball and respecting the game in the best place in the world to play basketball."

There had previously been some bad blood between Karl and Knicks coach Isiah Thomas over the handling of the Larry Brown firing. Karl and Brown are close friends.

But Karl wouldn't talk about why he had his starters on the floor late in a blowout, in the closing minutes of a back-to-back that closed a five-game road trip.

Thomas said he even told Anthony that he never should have been in the game at the time.

"I just said to him, 'You know, you're up 20, you're up 19 with a minute and half to go, you and (Marcus) Camby really shouldn't be in the game right now,"' Thomas said. "We had surrendered, those guys shouldn't even be in the game at that point in time."

After the hard foul by Collins, Smith got up and jawed with Collins and Robinson jumped in to yell at Smith -- who had thrown down a reverse dunk on a fast break minutes earlier.

"They were having their way with us," Thomas said. "I think J.R. Smith had just made one dunk when he reversed and spun in the air. And I think Mardy didn't want our home crowd to see that again. So he fouled him."

Anthony rushed in and pushed Robinson in the neck, triggering the roughest moment, when Robinson and Smith went flying into the stands while fighting with each other. Anthony then threw his punch at Collins, then backed away toward the center of the court.

New York's Jared Jeffries ran from the baseline toward Anthony, but was tackled by a Denver player. The brawl stretched to the other end of the court toward the Nuggets' bench before coaches and security finally pulled Smith away and restored order.

Smith was yelling as he was escorted back to the locker room, unsure why Collins fouled him as hard as he did.

"I don't even know," Smith said. "That's the first time I ever seen the dude."

Camby, Andre Miller, Eduardo Najera, Smith and Anthony were the Nuggets who were ejected; Channing Frye, David Lee, Collins, Robinson and Jeffries were the Knicks who were kicked out.

"Clearly this isn't how we or the NBA wants to be perceived," Thomas said. "It should have been a foul and the guy takes two free throws and maybe some words, but it shouldn't have escalated. This isn't even a rivalry."

Highlights of the fight were on in NBA locker rooms around the league, and players stopped buttoning their shirts or paused mid-sentence during interviews to see what happened.

"Obviously, it's unfortunate. You never want to see that. It just doesn't belong in the NBA," said Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki, who saw clips of the brawl shortly after the Mavericks had won in New Orleans. "Hopefully we can all forget about it as soon as we can."

With each team forced to put five new players on the floor, Denver finished up the win and ended a two-game losing streak. Camby had 24 points and nine rebounds, and Miller added 12 points and 10 assists.

Anthony was in the midst of a superb second half, having scored 23 points in 23 minutes after halftime. He finished with 34.

Camby, a former Knicks center, added seven blocked shots, and the Nuggets shot a season-best 57 percent from the field.

Stephon Marbury had his best game of the season for the Knicks, scoring a season-high 31 points and adding eight assists. Eddy Curry had 19 points, Robinson scored 17, and Lee finished with 12 points and 15 rebounds.

Notes: With the Nuggets a frequently rumored destination for Allen Iverson, Karl already has an idea what it's like to coach the Philadelphia guard from talking to Brown. "I've probably heard all the stories," Karl said. "I've heard about his Olympic experience with him, I heard about the Olympic team experience, period. Yeah, I've heard all the stories. Again, I'm not going to put a magnifying glass on things that I've never witnessed or been a part of." ... The Nuggets gave 268-pound Nene his first start of the season to play against Curry, so starting center Camby didn't have to. Camby would have been giving up 50 pounds to Curry, listed at 285. ... Frye returned after missing 10 games with a sprained left ankle and started in place of Quentin Richardson, who was out with back spasms.

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A good win spoiled

Cowboys beat Falcons; T.O. accused of spitting on Hall

Terrell Owens was spitting mad, and he made the Atlanta Falcons pay in a big way.

Owens hauled in a couple of touchdown passes, leading the Dallas Cowboys to a playoff-bolstering 38-28 victory over Atlanta and getting back at Falcons nemesis DeAngelo Hall along the way Saturday night.

But, T.O. being T.O., there had to be some controversy, too.

Afterward, Hall said that Owens spit in his face when the Falcons' cornerback came out jawing on the very first play.

"I lost all respect for the guy," Hall said. "We were kind of walking face to face, walking back to the huddle, and he just hauled off and spit in my face."

It was that kind of night for the Falcons. While Michael Vick and Morten Andersen set NFL records, their team took a devastating loss in NFC wild-card race after two straight wins and overcoming an early 14-0 deficit to the Cowboys.

Dallas (9-5) bounced back from a 42-17 home loss to New Orleans and protected its NFC East lead.

"It was as big a game as we've had this year," quarterback Tony Romo said. "I think we are trailing everybody when it comes to tiebreakers. We knew the importance of this one coming in."

Marion Barber clinched it for the Cowboys, scoring on two punishing runs after the Falcons went ahead.

Owens, who was kept out of the end zone by Hall when the two faced off in Week 1 of the 2005 season, took care of that blemish. Owens made a 7-yard touchdown reception with a brilliant one-handed catch, then blew past Hall to haul in a 51-yarder.

T.O. toasted both scores with the same gesture. He faced the crowd with his arms outstretched -- that's the `T' -- then clasped his hands in a circle above his head -- that's an `O.'

But what about spitting at Hall?

"I got frustrated and I apologize for that," Owens told the NFL Network. "It was a situation where he kept bugging me and getting in my face. He just kept getting in my face."

Vick tied a career high with four touchdown passes and eclipsed Bobby Douglass' 34-year-old record for most rushing yards in a season by a quarterback. He has 990 yards, breaking Douglass' mark of 968 with the 1972 Chicago Bears.

"It means a lot. It's s everything I've worked for in my career," Vick said. "I'm disappointed that we didn't get the win, but it's a milestone."

Andersen, meanwhile, became the leading scorer in NFL history. The 46-year-old kicker booted four extra points, giving him 2,437 points for his career and breaking Gary Anderson's mark of 2,434.

It wasn't enough to hold off the Cowboys. Barber put them ahead for good on a 9-yard run with 21/2 minutes left in the third quarter, leaving Chris Crocker sprawled on the turf.

Barber added a 3-yard TD run with 2:18 remaining to clinch the victory.

"We had to regroup," Owens said. "We showed some character when we came back."

Romo, coming off his worst game since taking over the starting job, completed 22 of 29 for 278 yards. He spread it around -- Terry Glenn had five receptions for 96 yards, Owens caught five for 69 yards and Jason Witten pulled in five passes for 56 yards.

Vick had one horrible pass, which was intercepted by DeMarcus Ware and returned 41 yards for a touchdown on the first play of a wild second quarter. Otherwise, the Atlanta quarterback played well, completing 16 of 24 for 237 yards and running eight times for 56 yards.

Also, he didn't have any obscene gestures for the home crowd. He was fined $10,000 and donated $10,000 to charity after making such a gesture in Atlanta's last game at the Georgia Dome.

The four touchdown passes tied Vick's personal best from an overtime tie with Pittsburgh in 2002, his first year as a starter.

"We let it slip away," said Vick, who went out late in the game with a groin injury, casting doubt on his status for next week's game against Carolina. "I don't know how, but we let it slip away."

Still smarting from their blowout loss to New Orleans, the Cowboys started this one like they wanted to do the same thing to the Falcons.

Dallas jumped ahead on Romo's first TD pass to Owens, who pulled the ball in with his right arm before falling out of bounds with Hall all over him. Then it was Ware's turn for an even more spectacular play.

Vick, under pressure from Chris Canty as he dropped back to throw, managed to flip a pass over the defensive end -- and right into the arms of Ware, lurking behind his teammate. He took off the other way, breaking a feeble attempt at a tackle by Vick on the way to giving the Cowboys a 14-0 lead.

The Falcons didn't fold, however, getting back in the game after a big play by their defense.

Just three plays after an interception by Lawyer Milloy was wiped out by a penalty, Romo had a pass tipped at the line by Rod Coleman. The fluttering ball fell into the arms of Atlanta linebacker Michael Boley, who returned it 40 yards to the Dallas 12.

Vick ripped off an 11-yard run, then flipped a 1-yard touchdown pass to Griffith to pull the Falcons to 14-7.

The Atlanta offense did all the work on its next possession, driving 63 yards in five plays for the tying touchdown. Vick threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Michael Jenkins, left all alone in the left side of the end zone.

After that touchdown, Andersen punched through the extra point that broke Anderson's career scoring record. The 46-year-old kicker threw up his arms and leaped into the arms of holder Matt Schaub before being mobbed by his teammates.

"It's tough to talk about individual records when you lose a football game," Andersen said. "It's bittersweet for me."

Romo went deep to Owens to put Dallas back ahead. The receiver cut to the inside and ran right past Hall, catching the ball in stride for a 51-yard touchdown.

Vick capped off the 35-point quarter with his third TD pass, this one with just 11 seconds remaining in the half.

After an illegal formation penalty negated a scoring pass to Griffith, Vick fired a blistering pass to Ashley Lelie for an 8-yard touchdown, the ball seeming to go right through the hands of defender Roy Williams.

Vick put the Falcons ahead for the first time on the first series of the second half. He hooked up for the second time with Griffith, who again managed to get all alone for a 5-yard TD catch.

It was all Dallas from there. Martin Gramatica connected on a 48-yard field goal, and Barber did the rest.

Notes: The Falcons have lost three straight home games. ... Barber rushed 69 yards on 11 carries. ... Before the game, Atlanta coach Jim Mora addressed his team about comments he made on a Seattle radio station expressing his desire to coach at the University of Washington, his alma mater. Mora issued an apology on Friday, saying he was merely kidding.

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Bad apples

Beyond the sucker punches and sorry stunts at Madison Square Garden on Saturday came the most pathetic part of all for the NBA – Isiah Thomas whining about run-up scores and poor sportsmanship, like the once proud New York Knicks are nothing but a lowly college mid-major in need of mercy.

Just when you thought Zeke couldn't embarrass this franchise any worse, just when you thought he couldn't let down this city any more, just when you thought building and coaching a dog team wasn't enough, there is this: a whiny coach making excuses for dirty fouls and poser players.

Oh, there were all sorts of people at fault when the Knicks and Denver Nuggets decided Saturday night was all right for fighting, and David Stern will certainly hammer them the way he did Detroit and Indiana for their brawl in Auburn Hills. Carmelo Anthony is going to sit his 31.6-point scoring average for a long time.

Isiah Thomas isn't the only one in the wrong here. But his postgame press conference performance was the most disappointing, if telling, of them all. He blamed Denver's perceived running up of the score, complete with a highlight reel dunk, as simply too much for his humble guys to handle.

"Up 19 with a minute and a half to go, (Carmelo Anthony) and (Marcus) Camby really shouldn't be in the game," Thomas said. "We had surrendered. (Those) guys shouldn't even be in the game at that point."

Thomas is correct about this much. The Nuggets were brutalizing the Knicks on their home court, 119-100 with 1:15 remaining, making a mockery of Thomas' salary rich club. And yes, stars Anthony and Camby were still in the game, maybe even because Denver coach George Karl wanted to hit up Thomas for firing Larry Brown, Karl's old University of North Carolina buddy.

Whether or not Thomas told Mardy Collins to exact some revenge by tackling a breaking J.R. Smith around the neck is something Stern will decide. But Thomas may not have had to say anything. The boorish play might simply be Collins responding to his coach's unspoken outrage at the injustice of once again having his team get its ass kicked.

It's certainly telling that Collins did nearly the same thing – a late flagrant foul – in Indiana's beat down of the Knicks on Friday. So that's back-to-back flagrant fouls in back-to-back blowout losses for New York.

But those are Isiah's Knicks. This is on him. If he had an ounce of self-respect, he'd realize there is only one person to blame for this disaster and it isn't George Karl for his substitution pattern.

Instead, he went with some sad, victim routine.

"They were having their way with us," Thomas said. "I think J.R. Smith had just made one dunk when he reversed and spun in the air. And I think Mardy didn't want our home crowd to see that again. So he fouled him."

Said Nate Robinson: "It's like a slap in the face, saying we're going to embarrass you like that."

Boy, thank goodness the NBA has a coach and a player willing to stand up for sportsmanship like these two.

We know a respectful sort such as Robinson would never, ever show up an opponent by, say, bounce-passing a ball off the backboard to himself so he could dunk it. And we know if, say, such a thing happened on his watch, say Nov. 29 in Cleveland, Thomas would never, ever leave Robinson in the game like it was completely acceptable.

Of course not. Not these virtuous souls.

"If we're up 20 points, we're not going to play Stephon (Marbury) and Eddy (Curry)," Robinson said.

Of course not, because if the Knicks were up 20, Robinson would just honor his fallen opponent. Like when he botched that ESPY-campaign self-alley-oop and claimed humbly, "I won't be trying it again unless we're up by 20."

The good news is the Knicks aren't getting up 20 on anyone anytime soon.

If Robinson really wants this to end, if he wants the MSG boos silenced, then he should get his teammates to compete hard the first 46 minutes, not just foul hard in the final two.

If Thomas wants to stop people from running up the score on him, then he should have built a better club. He shouldn't have wasted all that money on illogical signings, outrageous trades and heartless characters.

No, Thomas and his guys weren't the only ones in the wrong Saturday. The Nuggets have their own issues. But when it was over, at least they weren't crying, at least they weren't punking.

It's all gone in New York now – the pride, the respect, the dignity. This isn't just a bad team; this is a bad act. A once proud franchise and fan base brought to its knees as its pathetic coach makes excuses and whines for mercy.

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Brawl rulings likely to come Monday

The NBA could wait until Monday before ruling on penalties resulting from the brawl between the Nuggets and Knicks.

All 10 players on the court, including league scoring leader Carmelo Anthony, were ejected after the melee Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. The mayhem began when New York's Mardy Collins flagrantly fouled the Nuggets' J.R. Smith with 1:15 left in Denver's 123-100 victory.

Anthony faces an automatic suspension for throwing a punch, and Smith and New York's Nate Robinson will be penalized for their fight that spilled into the stands.

With so much footage to review and players, coaches and officials to interview, the league probably will need time to make its ruling.

"We don't have timetable for when the decision will be reached," NBA spokesman Tim Frank said Sunday.

Still, it might well come Monday since both teams play that night. The league's policy has been to rule on any suspensions before the teams involved play their next game.

The Knicks host Utah on Monday; the Nuggets are home against Washington.

Anthony could receive one of the harshest penalties. He twice escalated actions, shoving Robinson in the neck and throwing a hard punch that dropped Collins just when things seemed to be calming down.

Last season, Orlando's Keyon Dooling was suspended five games without pay and Seattle's Ray Allen three for their fight, which also spilled into the crowd. Dooling threw a punch that did not connect.

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Counterpunch to Commish

So David Stern imposes his will to slowly, surely reshape the NBA, with collared shirts and ticky-tack technical fouls on players for belaboring calls ruling the league's days and nights. The commissioner scrubs and scrubs, desperate to cleanse the league of the stain from The Palace at Auburn Hills two years ago. If nothing else, these orders of dress codes and indiscriminate T's were populist offerings to a disillusioned public.

And yet for all of the commissioner's surface touch of his players' appearance and behavior, it turns out to be worthless when all hell breaks loose at Madison Square Garden, a Saturday night at the fights leaving the worst of the NBA to wash over the world again.

Whatever the reason, these are the NBA nights that stay with people. There's superstar Carmelo Anthony looking like the worst kind of flailing fool, sucker-punching and running under the bright lights of Broadway.

The rules are different in the NBA, where boorish behavior gets treated differently than the rest of sports. These images stay with the public, shaping stereotypes of those beneath the headbands and tattoos. Albert Haynesworth can smash his cleat-clad foot into the unmasked face of a Dallas Cowboy and baseball can empty benches with beanball brawls, but those acts are never made to stand up for the entirety of the sport.

Basketball has a different burden, born out of Ron Artest's treatment of a wayward soft drink cup as though it had been a jagged piece of glass. The rules for Stern's sport were forever transformed that night in the suburban Detroit stands, when the NBA lost its compass, lost its way.

Two years later, the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets were the worst kind of posers, all false bravado and fake tough-guy posturing.

On every level, this was an embarrassment. Everything started with New York's Mardy Collins clocking Denver's J.R. Smith on a breakaway in the final moments, a rookie hit job that had the resemblance of a coach's order. From there, the NBA could've lived with Nate Robinson wrestling Smith into the beautiful people in the Garden's front row, but everything changed when Anthony – one of the faces of the league – turned the court into an unruly mess with a right-cross upside Collins' head.

Anthony should be suspended a minimum of eight games for that, a glancing blow that could've turned Collins into Rudy Tomjanovich had it connected with the ferocity with which it was unleashed. The top scorer in the league and an MVP candidate, Anthony dissolved into knucklehead tendencies, escalating a sorry scene into something far more dangerous.

Mostly, this melee had no basketball nobility in its roots. No redeeming value. When this kind of thing happened in the past with tough, physical basketball, people weren't so fast to brand the whole NBA for it. That'll be the case on Saturday night, though.

The Knicks and Nuggets don't defend. They preen. They pose. They talk tough games, but they play finesse basketball. Isiah Thomas and his Knicks were puffing their chests, pretending as though they had upheld some kind of code. From the cheap-shot foul to the bellyaching over Denver running up the score, they were an embarrassment. They don't defend the paint, don't defend the Garden, and they need to understand that grabbing Nuggets players around the neck doesn't defend the franchise's honor. They started a humiliating night for the NBA, even if Denver emboldened it.

Strange as it sounds, when it was Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning trading haymakers in the 1998 playoffs, there was no lingering damage to the NBA. They didn't throw sucker punches and start backpedaling, the way Carmelo did. L.J. and 'Zo, they had a history. They had reasons. They held hatred in the hearts, inspiring intrigue in the rivalry of the Knicks and Heat.

For good reason, those fights didn't label the league as a thug's game, because the people had the good basketball sense to see its context within the spillover of serious basketball. Just like the brawl at the Palace two years ago, though, this was garbage at the Garden. Yes, J.R. Smith had a right to get into Collins' face for dragging him down, but the rest of it insulted everyone's sensibilities. For the Knicks, it's a sorry testament of Thomas' regime when the team's enforcer is 5-foot-6 Nate Robinson. As it turned out, the Garden hadn't seen this kind of midget mayhem since Vince McMahon had Sky Low-Low working the WWF undercard.

Even so, no one in Olympic Tower should be laughing today. Barnum and Bailey snuck into the Garden, its elephants leaving a mess on the floor. These teams, they don't play tough enough to dare fight on the floor. What they did was leave the rest of the NBA with the residue of Auburn Hills, the kind of video clip that lives on in the 24-hour news cycle.

Hit play, over and over, and watch the commissioner's vision for cleaning up the NBA's image go directly into the crapper. Midget wrestling and a superstar swinging for a suspension at the Garden, the kind of pro basketball night that stays with the public, that comes back to haunt this league once again.

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Trying to stop Nuggets' fun, Knicks start latest NBA headache

It was late in the fourth quarter. The New York Knicks were losing badly. The Madison Square Garden crowd was cheering for the Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony.

So by the time Denver's J.R. Smith went in on another fast break Saturday, the Knicks had had enough.

Mardy Collins figured he'd put a stop to the fun with a hard foul. Instead, it was the start of a wild brawl -- the last thing the NBA needed two years after its last melee, and the last thing the Knicks need in a season already spiraling downward.

The fight went from one end of the court to the other. Carmelo Anthony dropped Collins with a punch, Smith and Nate Robinson went flying into the stands while fighting, and six other players were ejected.

Anthony, the NBA's leading scorer, apologized Sunday but he could be looking at a suspension of more than five games. The NBA was reviewing the incident and interviewing people involve, and it could announce penalties before both teams play Monday night.

What caused the meltdown? It seems to come down to this: The Knicks felt dissed.

"The score period, and the guys that they had in," Robinson said after the game. The Knicks (9-17) didn't practice Sunday and weren't commenting further.

Anthony, Camby, Smith and fellow starter Andre Miller were all still on the floor with Denver leading by 19 points with 1:15 to play when Collins prevented Smith from another easy basket by grabbing him by the neck and taking him to the floor.

Smith rose and immediately started jawing with Collins, and Robinson jumped in to pull Smith away. Anthony shoved Robinson away, and Robinson and Smith then tumbled into the front row while fighting.

Just as things appeared to be calming down, Anthony threw a hard punch that floored Collins, and New York's Jared Jeffries sprinted from the baseline toward halfcourt in an effort to get at Anthony, but was tackled by a Denver player.

By the time security had finally contained Smith, they were nearly at the opposite end of the court from where the altercation started, making it the NBA's scariest scene since the brawl at Auburn Hills, Mich., between Pacers players and Pistons fans two years ago.

"Without being there, I can tell you the power of emotions can be an underrated thing in our game," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said.

Anthony said Sunday he was sorry his emotions got the best of him.

"Last night's altercation with the Knicks escalated further than it should have. I take full responsibility for my actions in the matter," Anthony said in a statement. He apologized to fans, the Nuggets, the NBA, his own family -- and to Collins and his family.

"My actions were inexcusable, and I am sorry for making this an even more embarrassing situation," Anthony said.

Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, who took over for Larry Brown after one season, said he told Anthony that he and Camby shouldn't have been in the game after it was decided. A source in the league, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation into the brawl, said that Thomas also advised Anthony not to go near the basket shortly before the hard foul occurred.

Nuggets coach George Karl had just dispatched three players to the scorer's table to check in while the Knicks brought the ball up the floor. But before play stopped so they could check in, New York turned it over, starting Smith's fast break.

Two minutes earlier, Smith had thrown down a reverse dunk on the break, as both he and Anthony seemed trying to impress their group of fans. Smith is from New Jersey, and Anthony, who scored 23 points in the second half, is a New York native.

The Knicks weren't enjoying the show.

Robinson said the Knicks were "just trying to fight, come back from the deficit and they got their star players still in. It's a slap in the face to us as a franchise."

One of many this year.

It's been a miserable season for the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, where they have been routinely booed while compiling a 4-10 record. And they were in the midst of their second straight beating -- Collins, in fact, committed a flagrant foul at the tail end of a 112-96 loss at Indiana on Friday night. The final score on Saturday was 123-100, Nuggets.

But while there is no excuse for their actions Saturday, nor is there any reason why Anthony should have had such a prominent role. Before the game, Karl was talking about his maturation as a player and a person, and Anthony was one of the captains of the U.S. team in the world championships.

The NBA has taken numerous steps to clean up its image after the fiasco in Detroit, implementing a dress code and its community relations initiative NBA Cares last season, and trying to eliminate excessive complaints to officials this season.

With Anthony appearing in marketing campaigns to promote the NBA, the league can't have him participating in an incident that's sure to trigger more discussions about all that is still wrong with its players.

Yet one player involved in the Pacers-Pistons fight in 2004 said all the attention to a couple of brawls is overblown. "Listen, the NHL lets them fight. Fights happen in baseball. Fights happen in football," Indiana forward Jermaine O'Neal said. "Why are we under scrutiny about our game?"

AP Sports Writer Steve Herman in Indianapolis contributed to this report.

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10 players ejected after Nuggets-Knicks brawl

Denver's J.R. Smith was still seething as he was escorted to the locker room seconds after he and nine other players were ejected for a brawl in a game against New York on Saturday night.

Kenyon Martin, who is injured and not playing, draped his arm around Smith and coaxed him to the locker room while Smith continued an obscenity-laded tirade. Smith appeared to have a raised red mark along the top of his cheek.

"They caught up. They know I live here," said Smith, who is from New Jersey.

Spike Lee and his young daughter hurried away from their courtside seats, which were near where the brawl occurred, and briefly stopped in the hallway to watch a replay on the monitor. "They show it? Whoa," he said before leaving the arena.

The Nuggets' players were the first ones removed from the court after a fight that began with Denver leading 119-100 when Collins grabbed Smith around the neck with both hands as Smith was going in for a breakaway layup. Smith got up and jawed with Collins, and New York's Nate Robinson jumped in to yell at Smith.

Anthony rushed in and pushed Robinson in the neck, triggering the roughest moment, when Robinson and Smith went flying into the stands while fighting with each other. Anthony appeared to throw a punch at Collins, and then backed away toward the center of the court.

New York's Jared Jeffries ran from the baseline toward Anthony, but was tackled by a Denver player. The brawl stretched to the other end of the court toward the Nuggets' bench before coaches and security finally pulled Smith away and restored order.

Anthony was the first player in the hallway after the ejections and peeled off his jersey as he stood defiantly in the space between the doors leading to the two locker rooms.

"I ain't going nowhere," Anthony said before being nudged toward the locker room.

He scored 34 points before the melee took place with 1:15 left in the Nuggets' 123-100 victory over the Knicks.

Before any players left the court, two police officers moved into the hallway from outside and stood along the wall. After the players arrived, a security officer yelled: "Lock both those doors, nobody goes in. Nobody goes in."

Along with Anthony and Smith, Denver's Marcus Camby, Andre Miller and Eduardo Najera were ejected. Knicks who were thrown out were Channing Frye David Lee, Collins, Robinson and Jeffries.

"Deja vu, I've been here before," Camby said to no one in particular as he walked to the locker room. "This is crazy."

In 2001 when he was with the Knicks, Camby was involved in an incident with Danny Ferry.

After all the ejected Nuggets were in the locker room, security guards locked the doors behind them. Martin had to beat on the door and have it unlocked when he wanted to leave.

He stood in the bowels of the arena and chatted about the incident with Steve Francis.

Finally, the Knicks who were tossed were led toward the locker room. It was mostly a quiet exodus, with only Quentin Richardson stopping to turn around and glare toward the Nuggets' locker room.

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One climber found dead; two remain missing on mountain

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Will Smith's 'Pursuit' pays off

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Seven found dead in Missouri college town

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Carlisle: 'I was fighting for my life out there'

Fists were flying. So were cups, plastic bottles and even a chair in one of the ugliest NBA brawls ever -- and Indiana's Ron Artest was right in the middle of it.

Artest and Stephen Jackson charged into the stands and fought with fans in the final minute of their game against the Detroit Pistons on Friday night, and the brawl forced an early end to the Pacers' 97-82 win.

Officials stopped the game with 45.9 seconds remaining after pushing and shoving between the teams spilled into the stands once fans got involved by throwing things at the players near the scorer's table.

"It's the ugliest thing I've seen as a coach or player," said Pistons coach Larry Brown, who was in the middle of the confrontation, trying to break it up.

After several minutes of players fighting with fans in the stands, a chair, beer, ice and popcorn were thrown at the Pacers as they made their way to the locker room in one of the scariest brawls in an NBA game.

"I felt like I was fighting for my life out there," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. "I'm sorry the game had to end this way."

The Palace announcer said the game was being stopped and pleaded with fans not to throw things.

About three hours following the startling finish, Auburn Hills police walked out of a television trailer with videotapes gathered from various media outlets.

Officers interviewed witnesses at the arena in suburban Detroit and planned to talk to the players involved.

"We'll put it all together, take it to the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office and have them review it and they'll decide if there are any charges," Auburn Hills deputy chief Jim Mynsberge said. "I hope we can do it before Thanksgiving."

"At this time, we don't have any indication of major injuries," he added.

It all started when Detroit's Ben Wallace went in for a layup and was fouled hard by Artest from behind. After being fouled, Wallace wheeled around and pushed Artest in the face. The benches emptied and punches were thrown.

As the players continued shoving each other near center court and coaches tried to restore order, Artest sprawled out on his back on the scorer's table, looking relaxed.

Just when it appeared tempers had died down, Artest was struck by a cup and beverage thrown from the stands. He jumped up and charged into the stands, throwing punches as he climbed over seats.

Fans were punching back, and Jackson and another teammate joined Artest in the melee.

"I was worried about Stephen Jackson and Artest, as silly as they were acting," Brown said.

Security personnel and ushers tried to break up the fighting. Former Pistons player Rick Mahorn, who was seated courtside as a Detroit radio analyst, tried to stop the brawl in the stands.

"The police investigation is ongoing and that's it," said Pistons spokesman Matt Dobek, who refused to comment further.

Detroit's Rasheed Wallace and Indiana's David Harrison were also in or near the stands. Both were trying to break up the fights.

Later, a man in a Pistons jersey approached Artest on the court, shouting at him. Artest punched him in the face, knocking the man to the floor before leaving the court. Artest was pulled away, and the fan charged back. Jermaine O'Neal stepped in and punched the man.

"The NBA is withholding comment until it can review the incident," NBA spokesman Tim Frank said.

Players from both teams left the arena without comment.

Quentin Richardson of the Phoenix Suns watched the brawl on television.

"I have never seen a fight like that in a game since I was in high school," he said. "Man, there are going to be some lawsuits. You don't think some of those fans aren't going to want some NBA money?"

The Lakers' Lamar Odom saw it for the first time as he was being interviewed.

"Whoooo. When you see things like that, just think about what it takes for NBA players to go into a crowd," Odom said. "Sometimes fans get kind of out of hand, but it must have taken a lot for NBA players to go into a crowd and start a fight."

Police prevented reporters from crossing the loading dock to get to Indiana's locker room or the area where the Pacers' bus was located.

"I'm just embarrassed for our league and disappointed for our young people to see that," Brown said.

Artest has been involved in some bizarre situations, but his latest antics topped them all.

Earlier this month, he was benched for two games for asking Carlisle for time off because of a busy schedule that included promoting a soon-to-be-released rap album.

Artest also destroyed television monitors at Madison Square Garden two years ago and missed the team flight to Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals at Detroit last season.

He has proved to be as talented as he is unpredictable.

Before the contest was stopped, Artest had quite a game and the Pacers were dominating the defending NBA champions in their first meeting since the Eastern Conference finals.

Artest scored 17 of his 24 points in the first quarter and the Pacers led by 20 in the second. Detroit used a 9-0 outburst early in the fourth quarter to close within 82-77.

The Pacers put the game away when Austin Croshere and Jackson made 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to push their lead to 12 points with 4:31 left.

Despite the lopsided score in the final minute, most of the key players for both teams were still in the game.

The contest drew a capacity crowd of 22,076, but it had thinned toward the end of the game as the Pacers pulled away.

Richard Hamilton led the Pistons with 20 points.

Indiana (7-2) has the best record in the East and the Pistons fell to 4-4.

The Pacers' next game is Saturday night at home against Orlando. Detroit hosts Charlotte on Sunday.

Game notes

Musical artist Kid Rock and Chris Chelios of the Red Wings sat next to each other at courtside. "That was unbelievable," Chelios said after the game.

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