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New Horizons: First Mission to the Last Planet
Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-010)
Payload: New Horizons
Date: January 17, 2006
Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida
This Tuesday:
Time: 1:24-3:23 p.m. EST (1824-2023 GMT)
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Man sues chatroom pals: I was humiliated beyond what ‘no man could endure’ – CourtTV.com – Top News
“Gillespie, 53, claims that Marlowe and Bob Charpentier, a 52-year-old Oregon resident, insulted him and harassed him in the AOL chatroom called ‘Romance %u2014 Older Men’ to the point where it inflicted ’severe emotional distress and physical [...]
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CNN.com – Stardust of yesterday – Jan 12, 2006:
“(CNN) — NASA’s Stardust space probe is racing toward Earth, carrying a tiny payload of cometary and interstellar dust — particles that scientists believe are leftovers from the creation of our solar system.If all goes as planned, Stardust will release the 100-lb. capsule carrying the samples [...]
Nikon UK has issued a press release stating that they’re discontinuing all their large format and enlarger lenses, and most of their camera bodies and manual focus lenses. Nikon anticipates the existing product stock will be gone by mid-summer 2006. Although the press release is UK specific, it certainly implies that this will be a [...]
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Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone From Yahoo! News: “”
“In November 2004, Sites became a flashpoint of controversy for one of the biggest stories of the current Iraqi war, when as an NBC News correspondent he videotaped a U.S. Marine shooting a wounded Iraqi insurgent in a Fallujah mosque. After the video’s airing, Sites was [...]
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The Blog | Danielle Crittenden: The Secret Presidential IMs: Clinton Disappoints His Pupil | The Huffington Post: “”
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Bush and Bill have a li’l chat.
Jason Mecier describes himself as a mosaic artist, but that title hardly does justice to his amazing celebrity portraits. He crafts images of all the greats out of common household items. Definitely a step above garage sale macaroni art, and there’s something for everyone. Whether you prefer Farrah by herself or all three Charlie’s Angels, [...]
I’ve been hearing about the Optimus keyboard for a few months now, and the inventor has just announced a February 1st release date. The keyboard has an OLED display embedded in each keycap. Although there’s some utility to this, I think the wow factor is the main appeal. No definite price yet, but most predictions [...]
If you’ve never visited the American southwest, you’ve probably never seen a carneceria. They’re just butcher shops that cater to the Latino market, but what makes them remarkable is the art decorating their storefronts. La Virgin de Guadalupe shares wall space with goats and cows, or perhaps a fish in a sombrero, all lovingly rendered [...]
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Presidential Instant Messaging | Danielle Crittenden | The Huffington Post: “”
The Presidential IM archive. These are hilarious and so authentically delivered.
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A new one every Tuesday on HuffPo.
(Bush)Kickass43: so wats ur resolushun 4 this yr?
(Blair)Sxybritguy10: just 2 get thru it frankly
Kickass43: me 2
Kickass43: sumtimes when im wrestlin cedar I think of wat [...]