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Pentagon Backs iPhone,
iPod Apps for Combat Troops

Pentagon develops apps for ubiquitous Apple devices

May 11, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With more than 30,000 third-party applications now available for the iPhone and iPod touch, a new organization is getting into the game: the American military. As the Independent reports, the Pentagon thinks Apple's gadgets are ideal for "network centric warfare" and is funding projects for everything from translation... More »

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Search Service Will Answer Questions Google Can't

Though not intended to dethrone the search king, Wolfram Alpha will compete for clicks

May 11, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - WolframAlpha, a powerful new Web service that can answer a vast array of questions, has already answered one: No, it is not intended to dethrone Google. The site’s creator, scientist and entrepreneur Stephen Wolfram, is “not keen on the hype,” but others believe WolframAlpha could be a... More »

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Yahoo • Google • search engine • search • search queries • hype • Wolfram Alpha • Jay-ZTV

Ex-CEO, Swift-Boaters Lead Attack on Health Reform

Rick Scott ties Democrats' plans to Canadian, British systems

May 11, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - As leading Democrats prepare for a health care overhaul, the loudest opposition isn’t coming from GOP leaders—it’s coming from investor and former hospital CEO Rick Scott, with the help of the team that “Swift-boated” John Kerry, the Washington Post reports. Scott is spending $5 million of... More »

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WSJ Plans Micro-Payments for Web Access

News Corp. paper
will charge for individual articles

May 11, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal will introduce a system of micro-payments for access to articles on its website, becoming the first newspaper to charge readers for individual stories. The service will target casual users unlikely to pay more than $100 for an annual online subscription, editor-in-chief Robert Thomson told the Financial ... More »

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Obama More Popular Than
US in Mideast

Jordan is Obama's biggest fan in new survey of Arab world

May 11, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new survey has found President Obama to be more popular in the Middle East than the country he leads, and analysts say he may be able to use that goodwill to help restore America’s relations with the region. The president has an average approval rating of 48% across... More »

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(Newser) - Canadian Tamil demonstrators protesting fighting in Sri Lanka shut down a highway in Toronto for several hours, reports CNN. Some estimated the crowd at several thousands. As many as 70,000 people have been killed in Sri Lanka's civil war. Government troops are pressing a final assault on the rebel... More »

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 Last Tweaks 
 Will Rocket 
 Hubble to 
 Final Frontier 

$10b telescope snapped many of space's mysteries

May 11, 09 2:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today's launch of the Atlantis shuttle marks the beginning of the end for Hubble. The space telescope is scheduled to get its final set of repairs, extending its life and giving it greater abilities than ever before. "Everything we have done up to this point has been in preparation... More »

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 Fall Enrollment 
 Defies Economy 

Freshman commitments hold steady, but at a cost of increased financial aid

May 11, 09 1:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the recession, colleges aren't seeing the dip in freshman commitments they anticipated, reports the New York Times. The percentage of accepted students who have confirmed their enrollment at places like Yale, Harvard, and the University of Virginia and Wisconsin is about the same as last year. But it hasn't... More »

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Yale University • college admissions • college • recession • University of Virginia • financial aid • college student • Harvard University • Jay-ZTV

'Embarrassed'
Manny 'Beat Up'
Over Test: Torre

Suspended slugger
may face team on
road trip next week

May 10, 09 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Suspended slugger Manny Ramirez is "embarrassed" and "still beat up" over his failed drug test and 50-game suspension, Joe Torre told the Los Angeles Times. "It's not that he thinks it's unfair," Torre added. The Dodgers skipper talked to Ramirez yesterday. A source... More »

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(Newser) - Top health care industry reps meeting with President Obama today plan to say they can reduce costs by $2 trillion over the next 10 years to help him overhaul the health care system, Bloomberg reports. Committed to reforming health care this year, the coalition, which brings together insurance, hospitals, pharma,... More »

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(Newser) - Wall Street and Washington financial gurus may be seeing “green shoots” of economic recovery, but small businesses are still stuck in the mud, Kevin Kelly writes in Newsweek. Kelly, the CEO of a bag manufacturing company, says too many colleagues' businesses are losing sales, laying off workers, or shutting... More »

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BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

Star Trek Boldly Goes
for Box Office Win


May 10, 09 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Star Trek set phasers for box office “kill” this weekend with a $76.5 million debut, Entertainment Weekly reports. Falling short of Wolverine’s $85.1 million opener last week, the take still exceeds expectations and bodes well for a franchise that needs a boost. Wolverine dropped a hefty... More »

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 EPA Eyes Crackdown on 
 Not-So-Green Biofuels 

Turns out, it's greener to burn plants than to make ethanol

May 10, 09 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Plants consume carbon dioxide, so growing corn to produce ethanol should be at worst a zero-sum game, emissions-wise, right? Wrong, says the EPA. There's another factor involved: Turning food crops into fuel drives up their prices, which raises demand for farmland worldwide. In places like Brazil, that means chopping down... More »

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SLIDESHOW

 Obama Brings 
 Down House 
 at Press Dinner 

President plays stand-up comic

May 10, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama slayed his audience with killer jokes last night at the celebrity-studded White House Correspondents' Dinner, reports the Washington Post. Aiming zingers at everyone from Hillary to himself, Obama drew guffaws from the 2500 guests with lines like: "My next 100 days will be so successful. I... More »

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SLIDESHOW

 Masks: a Goalie's Power Play 

Players spend top dollar expressing themselves on gear

May 9, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Unlike their cookie-cutter colleagues in other sports, NHL goalies wear their hearts on their faces, the Washington Post reports in a retrospective celebrating the 50th birthday of a netminder's best friend—the goalie mask. Players take great pride in personalizing them, sometimes spending $1,000 on images of prizefighters, dead... More »

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TECH REVIEW

 A WiFi Hotspot in Your Pocket 


May 9, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon’s newest wireless gadget, the MiFi—a portable WiFi hotspot—has a big fan in David Pogue of the New York Times. The MiFi is a combination of a cellular modem without the “nasty little antenna protuberance” and a wireless router. Anywhere on Verizon’s 3G network,... More »

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(AP) - Alex Rodriguez walked to the plate, and a dozen fans behind the screen swung into action. Holding up giant, foam syringes, they started with the taunts. Rodriguez answered them, all right. Back in the big leagues, the Yankees star launched the first pitch he saw deep into the left-field seats... More »

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Movie review

 Next Day Air Arrives on Time 

Critics applaud drug-shipping comedy

May 8, 09 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Next Day Air, a laugher about a drug shipment that arrives at the wrong destination, hasn’t missed its mark with critics:
  • “Good things come in strange packages,” writes Nathan Lee in the New York Times, citing “a script that snaps, characters that pop, a blaze
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 First Lady 
 Joins Elmo  
 to Push Exercise 

Sesame Street visit 'the best thing i've done,' First Lady says

May 7, 09 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Talk about a power couple: Michelle Obama has teamed up with Elmo to film a public service announcement about the importance of exercise and healthful eating, reports Entertainment Tonight. Michelle, a lifelong Sesame Street fan, said meeting the iconic furry character was "probably the best thing I've done” since... More »

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Tech Review

iPhone Word Processor App Needs Some More Editing

Quickoffice nice, but wait to buy: Mossberg

May 7, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - At long last, the iPhone has a full-fledged office suite that can edit, format or create Microsoft Word or Excel documents. Third-party app Quickoffice has some nifty features—including old-fashioned cut/copy/paste, which the iPhone itself hasn’t implemented yet. But it’s missing a number of features, writes Walter Mossberg... More »

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