Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 28, 2004 at 9:34:00 AM CEST
Carjacker Can't Drive Stick Shift, Gets Caught
Kansas City police captured Vincent Shelby, a carjacking suspect. However, for this carjacker, there wasn't any high speed chases. That's because the carjacker doesn't know how to drive a stick shift.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 28, 2004 at 9:32:00 AM CEST
Marijuana, Alcohol Added to School Lunches
In central India, a state run school had been adding alcohol and marijuana in the school's lunches to help keep the meals tasty.
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 28, 2004 at 9:25:00 AM CEST
Cracking The Case Of The Stolen U2 CD
Is it at all possible that this whole mysteriously stolen U2 CD incident is simply a publicity hoax perpetrated by the artists themselves?
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Topic: NATURE - on July 28, 2004 at 2:06:00 AM CEST
Killer Whale Attacks SeaWorld Trainer During Performance
A popular whale performance at SeaWorld Adventure Park in San Antonio, Texas turned into a horror show this past Friday afternoon. Thousands of stunned park visitors witnessed a Killer Whale attack a trainer during a sea show for several minutes.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on July 28, 2004 at 1:56:00 AM CEST
GooglePreview
What is it? A Mozilla Firefox 0.9+ browser extension that inserts preview images (thumbnails) of web sites, Amazon products and stock charts into the Google search results page.
What does it look like?
via redemption
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Topic: GOOGLE - on July 28, 2004 at 1:52:00 AM CEST
How Google Has Ruined Its IPO Deal
Someone has to say it, might as well be me: If you wanted to do everything you could to kill the Google deal, if you wanted to do everything you could to be sure that you generated the worst deal ever, you would do exactly what Google's done. Let me count the ways.
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Topic: NEWS english - on July 28, 2004 at 1:46:00 AM CEST
Motorola's OFDM Field Tests and Research Prove Capability to Achieve 300 Mbps Mobile Broadband Data Rates
Motorola Inc., by combining results from field experiments and research conducted by Motorola Labs, has proven existing Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology can support high-speed mobile networks with a peak downlink speed of up to 300 Mbps. This research demonstrates that future all-IP mobile networks using OFDM technology have the capability to provide a broadband user experience that was previously thought to be unattainable.
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Topic: e-bay - on July 28, 2004 at 1:43:00 AM CEST
Knight Rider car goes to auction
The famous talking car from 80s TV show Knight Rider will go under the hammer on Friday, along with a Ferrari driven by Tom Selleck in 80s series Magnum PI.
The Knight Rider car, named Kitt, is expected to fetch between £22,000 and £33,000 when it goes up for auction on website eBay on Friday.
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Topic: BLOGLIFE - on July 28, 2004 at 1:37:00 AM CEST
Gossip blog seeks someone to write two-line quips all day long
We're starting a gossip blog that is similar to Fark.com, Gawker.com and Defamer.com.
We need someone who is:
- Celeb obsessed/aware
- Able to write funny one/two liners all day long
- Doesn't sleep much and is online constantly.
- Holds celebs in contempt
- Has a Tivo/is willing to get one.
Job location is No Specific Location it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests Compensation: $500 a month Telecommuting is ok. This is a part-time job.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on July 28, 2004 at 1:33:00 AM CEST
Hitchhiker's Guide Trailer Online
The 2005 Hitchhiker's movie trailer is available in AVI or RealMedia formats. The movie trailer doesn't reveal anything, but looks cool. Personally I'm looking forward to the new Radio 4 series in September for which you can hear an mp3 preview.
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