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Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: Could Mark Hurd end up at Oracle?
Since the abrupt exit of Mark Hurd last month from the top perch at Hewlett-Packard Co., there has been much speculation on whether he will end up gainfully employed again, writes Therese Poletti.
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Tales from the Blitz
Alf Morris, 79, was 10-years-old and living in Bethnal Green, east London during the Blitz. He said: "We were all neighbours, we all looked after one another and when the war came, men used to d...
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Reporter's Notebook: The rom-com habit that makes her heart go pitty-pat
As she buys her ticket to 'Going the Distance,' a 25-year-old fondly recalls all the romantic tales that are her not so guilty (she insists) pleasure. Drew Barrymore once said that to write well, you have to write what you know.
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Ur-Turn: How My Dream Car Killed My Dream Car
Memory can be a funny thing: an ally or an enemy. Any modern American likely grew up with cars, and can summon countless tales of good and woe. Childhood vacations that required an I-70 burn through Kansas winters, causing the POS 83 Vanagon
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The Disappearing Spoon
True tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements.
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Seeking Guidance: 'Mommy, Are We French Yet?'
Seeking Guidance"Mommy, Are We French Yet? Tales of an American Family Living in France" by Shawn Underwood
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I just dont brag about it.Gzowskis secret son talks about dad
KINGSTON, ONT. As a child, Robert Lawrence Perkins used to spin heroic tales when asked about his father. His dad was a cop killed in the line of duty, he would say, or a soldier cut down in Vietnam.
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Lindsay Lohan -- Is 'Today' the One for Her?
Filed under: Lindsay Lohan TMZ has learned ... Lindsay Lohan has "multiple offers" for her first television interview since getting out of jail/rehab -- and one of her biggest suitors is " Today ." Sources tell TMZ the ...
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Tales of Extreme Cheaptitude
We went hunting for Cheapsters at the Allentown Fair We went to the Allentown Fair this week looking for "Tales of Extreme Cheaptitude." It was a beautiful day, and it's always fun to meet people at the fair. Especially Cheapsters.
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The Brilliant & Blathery: Julian Cope On Acid Mothers Temple, Bibilic Blood, The Goner, SF Water Cooler, A Shelleyan Metaphor...
Head Heritage :Hey Drudion,While my lovely missus has this month been re-engaging us all with bizarre tales of past heroes & heroines, tyrants, revolutionaries, even final solutionaries through her On This Deity (www.onthisdeity.com) website, ...
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Tales of surviving entrapment with their sanity intact
Randy Knapp was a teenager when he spent 13 nights trapped in a whiteout on Oregon's Mount Hood. Thirty-three years later, he's still climbing. Jonathan Metz tried to saw off his arm this summer after it got stuck in his furnace and infection set in.
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Brick facades are sturdy, but keeping them that way requires care
As old as dirt, the sturdy brick is. Long before fairy tales with pigs and wolves came along, ancient peoples knew the strength, fire resistance and durability of the humble clay brick. Modern people know that it adds value and the aura of prestige to ...
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8 Old Wives Tales that are Actually True
Old wives tales are often scoffed at but many have scientific evidence to show why you should listen to your mother. Take a look at some of the more surprising findings.read moreThis is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti ...
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Corporate science: The good, the bad, and those in between
By Roderick D. BuchananThe corporate corruption of science is a familiar theme to anyone whose reading stretches beyond celebrity tattle-tale. The well-documented venality of Big Tobacco and Big Pharma have become cautionary fairy tales for modern times.
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FRY UP: Tales of Tech.Ed
Separated at birth?
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Consumed: The Back Story
If our favorite objects could talk, what tales would they tell?
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Once is enough
A murky swim from Alcatraz, a wrong turn in the Golan Heights, a midnight heist in Spain. Misadventures make for travelers tales and the often heard: Ill never do that again. Alcatraz Island - Alcatraz - Spain - Pr
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Mexico: tales from an armed city
Paramilitaries with automatic weapons have blockaded the entrance to an indigenous town. read more
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Tales from the Interview: The Best, The TDWTF Interview, and The Storm-out
The Best (from Chris)A while back, I helped interview for a programmer position on the web team. After talking to a number of candidates, we finally settled on an older gentlemen, probably in his late 50s. It wasn't an easy decision. Not only were ...
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Science Webtoons 5
Behold true tales of procrastination! Learn whether to get a PhD! Or just kick back and enjoy fall. Enjoy another science webcomics interlude! The first two are 'long form', so follow their links to get the full story. The last, a poetic ...
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'Word Is Out''s Historical Importance Cannot Be Underestimated (Column)
Tales of secrecy, discrimination, discovery, bonding, and isolation and loneliness are common, not surprising considering the social and political climate for the LGBT community in the '70s.
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Manny's gone, but Dodgers still a mess
Divorces can be such ugly affairs. Take the one Frank and Jamie McCourt are going through right now in a Los Angeles courtroom. Just a few days into their trial, there have already been tales of tears and fears as they battle for control of what turns ...
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Frightening Fairy Tales v. The Very Hungry Caterpillar? (Re:Print)
Are fairy tales too frightening for our kids? Do they need sanitizing? Or should we just skip them altogether?
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Domestic Violence Fairytales Threaten Constitutional Protections
The Violence Against Women Act includes a definition of domestic violence that is so wide you could drive a Mack truck through it.
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Virgin Media aims to right the wrongs of broadband advertising
"Up to" slogan remains For anyone fed-up with nonsensical and misleading broadband advertising, fear not as Virgin Media has decided to become the self-proclaimed bastions of the campaign to stop the tall tales of ...
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Tony Blair & Five Other Politicians Who Know How to Write
Tony Blairs tell-some memoir, A Journey: My Political Life, is out today, and supposedly it includes juicy tales of the PMs stress-induced boozing. Also on sale this week: Meghan McCains ridiculously titled but even more ridiculously designed (the
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iPhone puzzler Lamp of Aladdin trailer
Take a journey into the land of fairytales. Match gems.
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Baltimore tales: At a traffic light a stranger hands him a bullet
It was a brief encounter at a stoplight that ended with a stranger handing him an unused bullet along with a cryptic parting remark.
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Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: NYC's tech startup scene has matured
In the late 1990s, as Silicon Valleys tech industry headed into boom-land, so too did New York City, writes Therese Poletti.
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Tales of surviving entrapment with sanity intact
Randy Knapp was a teenager when he spent 13 nights trapped in a whiteout on Oregons Mount Hood. Thirty-three years later, hes still climbing.Jonathan Metz tried to saw off his arm this summer after it got stuck in his furnace and infection set in. .
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