Oakland Raiders God Bless America And Long Live Raider Nation
- May
- 19
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Over the past few weeks I have read many Oakland Raider articles written by the Raider Nation, Sports analysts and those who despise the black & silver. To be honest, I am the writer who is part of the Nation of Raiders…. I don’t get paid for my opinions and don’t have to worry about [...]
Plane crashes in Congo killing at least 33
- April
- 20
The Hewa Bora Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-9 ploughed into a crowded neighborhood of Goma, capital of Democratic Republic of Congos eastern North Kivu Province, after bad weather forced the pilot to abort take-off.
Government spokesman Esdras Kambale said in a broadcast on national television that 33 people were killed and 80 injured in the crash, but [...]
LINUX BLOG SAFARIPondering Windows’ Bloated Demise
- April
- 18
Final Collapse?
Yes, folks, we’re talking about Windows. At a Las Vegas conference sponsored by Gartner (NYSE: IT) last week, analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald described Windows as “collapsing” and called the technology’s current situation “untenable.”
They also said that if the operating system is to survive, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will have to [...]
A 26YearOld Secret Could Free Inmate
- April
- 12
Coventry assured him it was in a safe place. He found it in the fireproof metal box, but didn’t read it. He didn’t need to. He was reminded of the case every time he heard that a wronged prisoner had been freed.In January, Kunz called again. This time, he had news: A man both lawyers [...]
Gandhi Grandson Leaves Peace Center
- January
- 25
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson resigned from the peace institute he co-founded after condemnation of his comments that Israel and the Jews are the biggest players in a culture of violence that “is eventually going to destroy humanity.” Arun Gandhi, the fifth grandson of the revered pacifist, said Friday that his comments, [...]
Black Magic revives lost slice of history
- January
- 24
There’s embarrassment and shame in this admission, but you need to know: We forgot about Woody Sauldsberry.
He was the NBA’s Rookie of the Year in 1958, just the second black man to win the award. He played for four NBA teams and later the Harlem Globetrotters. Retirement wasn’t always easy and diabetes claimed one of [...]
Propelling America into space
- January
- 20
PALM SPRINGS —
Fifty years ago this month, Henry Richter sat in a mosquito-infested Florida marsh, waiting to find out whether America had successfully put its first satellite in orbit.
Tension was high. Just four months earlier, the Soviets had humiliated the United States by launching Sputnik. In December, America’s first attempt to catch up to [...]
EXPERT ADVICEThe Pitfalls of Behavioral Targeting
- January
- 11
The Privacy Issue
With such a glut of products and information online, the motivation behind behavioral targeting makes sense — it seems to be a good thing for Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) to get me a more relevant ad because they happen to know I checked out a Prius in my local dealership. For consumers, however, [...]
Texas tops Arizona State in a wacky Holiday Bowl
- December
- 28
McCoy led the way Thursday night as the No. 17 Longhorns beat the mistake-prone and 12th-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils 52-34 in the first game between the schools and their successful coaches.
McCoy threw for a touchdown, ran for another and fumbled into the end zone at the end of a 30-yard run, with [...]
Twelve years on, a killer on the loose
- December
- 13
A heavy morning mist lifts to reveal sweeping meadows above the riverside town of Foca in Eastern Bosnia: receding mountain ridges and nestled hamlets surrounded by haystacks. But what the emergent sun does not illuminate is the whereabouts of the man believed hidden in this vast landscape, with its closed doors and its impervious inhabitants: [...]
