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02 02 2008

AP Survey: Lawmakers uncertain about bond issue for roads

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AP Survey: Lawmakers uncertain about bond issue for roads
Houma Courier - Bayou Business Review MarketWatch Obituaries Police Reports Weather Multimedia Today’s Pics Photo Reprints RSS Feed to the AP survey said they were undecided about a $275 million bond issue, with some concerned about where the money would

Comments about: School breakfast bill passes committee vote
MaineToday.com - I believe the tobacco money is to be used with health care and education on smoking and not to feed the kids. If parents hate letters (contribute your own!), MRD hate cards created by skaters for sale and more. Feb 15 event details Today’s

Former Ferris Baker broker is to be sentenced today
Baltimore Sun - against Glantz, who pleaded guilty to securities fraud in September, is scheduled to end with his sentencing at 1 p.m. today I won’t stop until I get this money returned to who it really belongs to,” stated Frank Regalbuto, of Mayfield Village

Play it safe to ride out the turbulence
South China Morning Post - But despite losing so much ground already this year, Hong Kong’s market was still well positioned, Mr Varnholt stated. “By the end of this year, it could recover what it lost from the peak to this day,” he said.”But there are another 11 months to go, and

The true drink of our times
Hindustan Times - When I was young, none of us ever had the money today’s children have. Even adjusting for inflation, a couple of Barista coffees would have cleaned us out for a week. Not that there was anything like Barista in those days. Instead, meeting for a coffee

Clinton outraises Obama — and everybody else — in Missouri
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The campaign for Sen. Hillary Clinton reported this morning that she collected more money from Missourians in the last three months of 2007 than any other candidate in either party. Clinton’s take: $330,000. A sizable chunk likely came from her

Military contractors are hard to fire
USA Today - But it’s heartbreaking the amount of money that has just gone up in smoke.” In ITT’s case, there were too few soldiers to Conversation guidelines: USA TODAY welcomes your thoughts, stories and information related to this article. Please stay on

Mega Money rolls over
Pensacola News Journal - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — No one matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number, so the jackpot rolled over to $2 million in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said today. Six tickets won $4,725 each for picking 4-of-4; 67 tickets

Police: More charges could come against fired DCF spokesman
Houma Courier - Bayou Business Review MarketWatch Obituaries Police Reports Weather Multimedia Today’s Photos Photo Reprints RSS Feed According to an arrest report, Zimmerman offered two teens money in exchange for photographing them in sexual acts. The

Greece’s OTE cuts cost of fixed to mobile call up to 8.7 pct effective
CNN Money - After-hours trading Winners/losers/actives Bonds Currencies Commodities Retirement Mutual Funds Taxes Ask the Expert Money 101 Best 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) — Greek telecom incumbent Hellenic Telecomms (OTE) said that as of today it

Featured Stocks on Today’s Edition of The Analyst’s Review: UPS, FDX
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Hamilton County Sheriff arrested
WBIR - Hamilton County Sheriff William “Billy” Long was arrested today. He is charged with federal bribery, money laundering and other offenses. He was scheduled to appear before a judge in Hamilton County this afternoon. Among the charges are allegations

Dealing With Ankle Biters
Egypt Today - Children might get to choose what to do on a weekend, where we go for lunch, or just a small amount of money or a new book. Neither Egypt Today is the leading current affairs magazine in Egypt and the Middle East and the oldest English-language

Gary St Clair is keen to cash in on Amir Khan
Daily Telegraph - It would also be a birthday bash for the Guyana-born Australian, who is 33 this day. Gareth A Davies: Khan set for toughest challenge yet St Clair stated yesterday: “Forget world titles, just show me the money. I don’t care about the belts. It’s just

Evangelical Democrats, Exit Polls and a Matter of Shaping News … - New York Times

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Egypt calls for bandwidth rationing after tubes get clogged

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Filed under: Internet, Productivity, Social Software

If you remember the late 70’s, you probably remember gas rationing in the United Says when OPEC cut oil production. This lead to pandemonium at the pumps and confusion for American citizens. Well to a lesser degree, having bandwidth cut off would also lead to having to make tough choices.

Perhaps this is why the Egyptian government has asked that all World wide web users temporarily stop downloading movies, music, and other massive files as a result of their Internet access being hampered earlier this week. Egypt’s main cable link to Europe was inadvertently cut by a ship’s anchor, causing widespread Internet bottlenecks to Egypt and the rest of the Arabian Peninsula.

Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has asked that consumer stop downloading massive file so they don’t affect “affect businesses who have more important things to do.’”

Ars Technica points out that this isn’t the first time this type of event has occurred. Algeria, Taiwan, and Vietnam have all had their Internet access affected by similar circumstances. As the world becomes more and more dependent on the ‘Net, we think it’s alarming to see how fragile the infrastructure truly is.

So, in conclusion, if you’re in Egypt and your downloading last nights Lost episode, knock it off!