Google and Friends to Gang Up on Facebook

An alliance of companies led by Google plans to roll out a common set of standards to allow developers to write programs for Google’s Orkut, as well as others, including LinkedIn, hi5, Friendster, Plaxo and Ning.

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A Place Where One Person’s Costume Is Another’s Work Clothes

In a city that is increasingly becoming home to major chains, Halloween Adventure retains a raffish local feel, even if it, too, is part of a nationwide franchise.

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Housework ‘can cause asthma’

Giving your house a weekly clean could be enough to give you asthma, according to research.

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Turn off e-mail and do some work!

With inboxes bulging with messages and many workers dreading the daily deluge of e-mail, some companies are taking drastic action. Intel has become the latest in an increasingly long line of companies to launch a so-called ‘no e-mail day’.

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What Part of ‘Illegal’ Don’t You Understand?

America has a big problem with illegal immigration, but a big part of it stems from the word “illegal.” As a code word for racial and ethnic hatred, it is detestable.

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NPR : Google to Write Social Networking Programs

Morning Edition, October 31, 2007 · Google plans to gang up with a dozen tech companies, in a bid to beat out the new site on the block. It has created a group called OpenSocial to write programs that can run on any social networking site. They want to create an alternative to Facebook, which [...]

Front Porch Journal

A review of Michael Earl Craig’s “Yes, Master” by Estella Ramirez.

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cbs2.com – Navy Mistakenly Drops Dummy Bomb In Virginia Beach

(AP) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. The Navy said a small, inert training bomb fell Tuesday from an fighter jet that was heading to Oceana Naval Air Station. No one was hurt.

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The Road to a South African Driver’s License

To secure a driver’s license, South Africans must navigate a bureaucratic process so daunting that it set off riots this year and then pass the K53 test, which is not simple at all.

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In Student’s Eyes, Look-Alike Lawyers Don’t Make the Grade

A group of Stanford law students has launched an effort aimed at improving diversity at big law firms.

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