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Breaking: 7.2 magnitude quake reported in Chile
news.blogs.cnn.com — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has struck south of Santiago, Chile, the United States Geological Survey reports. The quake struck near Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile, the USGS reported. (Submitted by dienaked) More…
New MySpace Chiefs Plan Major Relaunch
telegraph.co.uk — In their first interview since the shock departure of Owen Van Natta, MySpace’s former chief executive, Mike Jones and Jason Hirschorn, the company’s new co-presidents, say they will be ready to “win back old users” by the end of this year. (Submitted by tonychenyj) More…
Brain Scans Depict Gulf War Syndrome Damage
wired.com — SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly two decades after vets began returning from the Middle East complaining of Gulf War Syndrome, the federal government has yet to formally accept that their vague jumble of symptoms constitutes a legitimate illness. (Submitted by diggomaniak) More…
House Democrats ban earmarks for private contractors
washingtonpost.com — House Democratic leaders banned Wednesday the practice of doling out multimillion-dollar, no-bid contracts to private contractors, a move that will shake up the lobbying industry that has come to rely on securing these so-called earmarks for their corporate clients. (Submitted by miffelplix) More…
What's an Oscar Worth? It Depends on Your Contract
nymag.com — Win yourself a Nobel Prize, and you know you just scored roughly 1.4 million U.S. dollars. Get a Pulitzer Prize, and you can count on $10,000. But win an Oscar? Your cash prize is more of a crapshoot. When signing on for films that are possible Oscar contenders, actors often have award-triggered bonuses built into their contracts that vary (Submitted by amprather) More…
How to Win the War of Ideas on Violent Extremism
foreignpolicy.com — Much of the past public diplomacy effort focused on America's own image, on how Americans are seen by others. But today, in the war of ideas, our core task is not how to fix foreigners' perceptions of the United States but how to isolate and reduce the threat of violent extremism. In other words, it's not about us. (Submitted by subatomicdoc) More…