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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: failure

failure stories: 5 news summaries

 Google Suffers Global Hiccup

For 2 hours, most services were unavailable

May 14, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google was down for nearly 2 hours earlier today in a mysterious and widespread outage, PC World reports. Services from the home search page to Gmail, YouTube, Maps, and News were unavailable to users in the US and as far away as China. The glitch—quickly dubbed #googlefail on Twitter—... More »

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technology • Google • Internet • AT&T • Twitter • failure • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - While swine flu sweeps the world, a YouTube meme is sweeping the Web with nearly equal virulence, Butter Team blogger Z reports: Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat. Amateur video artists splice fail-type situations—guy falling down escalator, Miss South Carolina—with a clip of a keyboard-playing cat, and the kitty... More »

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YouTube • Miss South Carolina • memes • failure • cats • Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat

 Korea Rocket 
 Never Made Orbit 

More evidence that 'satellite' rocket was missile test

Apr 5, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea's launch early this morning of what officials said was a satellite rocket never made orbit, despite the nation's claims to the contrary, according to US and South Korean officials. The finding was further evidence that the launch was a ballistic missile test disguised as part of a space... More »

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North Korea • satellite • rocket • UN Security Council • President Obama • failure

OPINION

Carville's Bush Comments No Comparison to Rush's 'Fail'

Pre-9/11, Dem hoped Dubya didn't 'succeed'

Mar 12, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid the hubbub over Rush Limbaugh’s open desire for the president to fail, Fox News is claiming a media double-standard: Democratic strategist James Carville made a similar comment referencing Bush 43, and no one heard about it. But the two situations are far from analogous, writes Dave Cook in... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • James Carville • George W. Bush • 9/11 attacks • President Obama • success • failure • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - The Rocky Mountain News, the oldest paper in Colorado and perhaps the longest-running business in Denver, will print its last edition tomorrow, the Denver Post reports. The news comes after its owner spent months fruitlessly searching for a buyer. “The operating conditions have become increasingly difficult,” the CEO... More »

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Denver • business • Colorado • newspaper industry • recession depression • Rocky Mountain News • Denver Post • failure

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