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Hot trends for April 25, 2008

What exactly did Al Gore do to earn a Nobel Peace Prize

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:51:39 PDT
Months ago while sitting in a restaurant next to two gentleman having a conversation about Al Gore and how great he was this and that I asked a very simple question that led to rage. Now keep in mind I had spoken with one of these people earlier in the evening. That person is friendly with a waiter we know. Granted with the pompous attitude he had then I should have known what his reaction would be when I asked my question. And yes I was eavesdropping a bit. These two gentleman had also put awa

Sam's Club, citing recent trends on "demand," limits rice purchases (Home News Tribune)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:40:52 PDT
Sam's Club, the membership warehouse division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what it calls "recent supply and demand trends," the company said Wednesday.

Google Games - Wal Mart Violence

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:37:31 PDT
Some crazy loosers start fighting in a Wal Mart they even put it on the news. Seems like all the bums get a chance to be a movie star.

Nurse shortfall to hit 14,000

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:25:45 PDT
A news article out of the UK

25 April: Daily news and podcast

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:06:35 PDT
Listen to the daily news podcast Law Actually picks up on the new Office for Government Commerce (OGC) logo - left. Fine when horizontal. Not so good when turned 90 degrees. The Times states that the OGC are pressing ahead with the logo. A spokesman for the OGC said: “We concluded that the effect was generic to the particular combination of the letters ‘OGC’ - and is not inappropriate to an organisation that’s looking to have a firm grip on government spend.” The insitelaw newswire is growin

Poll Analysis: McCain Slips a Bit Against Clinton

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:13:23 PDT
Clinton McCain 18.2% probability of winning 80.7% probability of winning Mean of 256 electoral votes Mean of 282 electoral votes Yesterday it looked like Sen. Hillary Clinton was losing ground against Sen. John McCain. She fell to a 17.4% probability of beating McCain in a general election. With two new polls released today, Clinton gains back some of her lost ground. After 10,000 simulated elections, Clinton wins 1,821 times (plus

Logo Design Trends Across the Web

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:52:15 PDT
There will always be certain design trends across the Web. Given enough time, each trend will eventually dissolve away while a new trend takes its place. For instance, it was once extremely popular to add drop shadows to images and logos on a website...

Traffic Lights Stink

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:05:02 PDT
Over the course of the past decade or so I have noticed a trend while driving. I spend a lot of time at traffic lights. There seems to be a new one every few months at places that simply don’t need them.

News media ask for access to R. Kelly's pretrial hearings (AP via Yahoo! News)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:38:56 PDT
An attorney for two newspapers and The Associated Press says singer R. Kelly's celebrity status doesn't justify news media being barred from pretrial hearings in his pornography trial in Chicago.

Food shortages compell Wal-Mart and Costco to impose ration on basic food sales

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:28:48 PDT
Clouds of food shortages have begun looming large even on the skies of the land of plenty. Yes, we are talking about the United States of America, where the country’s top two bulk retailers, namely, Costco and Wal-Mart, in the face of surging demand, have begun imposing restrictions on bulk sales of basic food articles like rice and flour. Sam’s Club, the cash & carry division of the world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart, has rationed several long grain varieties of white rice, including, Basm

All Headline News (AHN) Opens New York and Washington D.C. News Bureaus

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:01 PST
West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) November 20, 2006 -- As part of a planned expansion program, All Headline News (AHN) has announced that it is opening two offices and news bureaus to expand news coverage...

CBC Newsworld shuts Calgary operations - Times Colonist

CBC Newsworld shuts Calgary operations
Times Colonist, Canada - Apr 5, 2008
CALGARY -- CBC News is shutting down its Newsworld operations in Calgary, slashing 32 jobs in the process while opening up a slew of new positions for local ...