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Democratic Surge? Part II - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Mark Blumenthal — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Last week, I argued that a reported “jump” for Democrats in Gallup’s weekly tracking of the national generic U.S. House ballot was most likely a...

Grand Canyon Music Festival echoes into 27th season - ICT - National - Southwest

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The Grand Canyon Music Festival will celebrate its 27th season from Aug. 27 – Sept. 12, with weekend and mid-week concerts in Grand Canyon National Park. The festival will also conduct its education outreach programs, the Native American Composers Apprentice Project and School of Rock, to Grand Canyon School and Native American reservation schools.

In Colorado, a Battle Over a Proposed High-Voltage Transmission Line Divides Environmentalists - NewWest.Net Development

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In Colorado, a Battle Over a Proposed High-Voltage Transmission Line Divides Environmentalists

The New Pentagon Papers: WikiLeaks Releases 90,000+ Secret Military Documents Painting Devastating Picture of Afghanistan War - Democracy Now!

mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The New Pentagon Papers: WikiLeaks Releases 90,000+ Secret Military Documents Painting Devastating Picture of Afghanistan War

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: "Transparent Government Tends to Produce Just Government" - Democracy Now!

mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: "Transparent Government Tends to Produce Just Government"

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: "Transparent Government Tends to Produce Just Government" - Democracy Now!

mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: "Transparent Government Tends to Produce Just Government"

The Gulf Still Needs Your Help: Get Involved With The Recovery - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Huffington Post — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Thursday, July 29, will mark the 100-day anniversary of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf Coast. There is no word yet on whether the...

Dolores Huerta - WireTap Magazine

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Campus Progress talks to Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America.

Weight of Pages, but the Best Is Yet to Come - CommonDreams.org Headlines

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Paul McGeough

How big is big? Attempting to give the Afghan War Logs their place in history requires that this explosion of top secret documentation in the public domain be measured against the yardstick of the sensational 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers, which changed the course of the Vietnam War.

Grand Canyon Music Festival echoes into 27th season - ICT: Living

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Are iPads, Smartphones, and the Mobile Web Rewiring the Way We Think? - Truthout.com

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

It took an offer to appear on a national TV show for Wade Warren to reluctantly give up what he calls his "technology" for a week.

That was the only way, his mother says, that he would ever pack his 2006 MacBook (with some recent upgrades, he'll tell you), his iPad tablet computer, and, most regretfully, his Nexus One smart phone into a cardboard box and watch them be hustled out the door of his room to a secret hiding place.

Gallup's Democratic Surge? - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Mark Blumenthal — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

On Monday, Gallup released the latest update in its weekly tracking of “generic” ballot preferences for the 2010 Congressional elections. The generic ballot asks voters...

Special Prosecutor Finds "Insufficient Evidence" to File Charges Over US Attorney Firings - Truthout.com

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A special prosecutor, who spent nearly two years investigating whether former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other Bush administration officials committed crimes in connection with the firings of a US attorney, has concluded her probe, saying there is "insufficient evidence" to file charges in the case.

Moab Joins the International Fight to Stop the Tar Sands - WireTap Magazine

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

This weekend, Moab residents hiked up to Delicate Arch to call on governments and banks to stop funding the expansion of tar sands in North America, as part of the International Stop The Tar Sands Day. Utah could soon have first tar sands mine in the country, located north of Moab in the Colorado River [...]

How HTML5 Will Shake Up the Web - Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The new standard will make Web apps more powerful and less buggy. HTML5, the next version of the markup language used to build Web pages, has attracted attention for its ability to show video inside a Web browser without using plug-ins, such as Adobe's Flash. But lesser-known features could ultimately have a much bigger impact on how users experience the Web. ...

Steve Henke, Former BLM Director, Selected To Lead New Mexico's Oil And Gas Industry Group - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

AP — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Several environmental groups are crying foul over the recent hire of a former Bureau of Land Management official as the president of...

Ads that Match a Web Page's Images - Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Using the contents of images or videos to target Web ads could improve click-through. Web ads help subsidize free content and services, and have made Google into the behemoth it is today. But the software used to tailor them to a user's interests can only do this by analyzing the words on a webpage. ...

Stephen Schneider Dead: Stanford Climatologist And Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dies At 65 - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

AP — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Schneider, a Stanford University scientist who served on the international research panel on global warming that shared the 2007 Nobel Prize...

Si Se Puede! Official Facebook Page - GOOD

Jaime Bayo — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Si Se Puede! Volunteer Support Network connects volunteers eager to serve internationally with communities and nonprofits in Central America.

Check out our facebook page for more information!

www.facebook.com/SiVSN

Ellen Page Peed In Bucket, Composted Her Urine (VIDEO) - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Katherine Thomson — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Ellen Page was on 'The Tonight Show' Thursday night to promote 'Inception,' but she spent part of her first segment talking about the trip she...

Another sentenced in Four Corners artifacts case - NFIC News Feed

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By Paul Foy Salt Lake City, Utah (AP) July 2010 Nicholas K. Laws has maintained he never collected ancient American Indian artifacts for sale, but when he was offered money by a federal informant the father of three desperately needed it. For my client, this was not a living,'' Laws' attorney, Randy S. Read more... (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9608&Itemid=116)

Halsey Minor: Why I Fight - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Halsey Minor — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Banks bailed out because they were too big to fail get bigger as they swallow the portfolios of smaller banks the government decides are expendable. Projects like mine are considered collateral damage.

Solar Cell Maker Gets a $400-Million Boost - Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Abound Solar says it has a simpler process to make cadmium-telluride solar cells. A thin-film solar firm spun out of Colorado State University says it has developed a way to make cadmium-telluride photovoltaic modules that could be cheaper than processes used by other makers of such solar cells. Abound Solar of Loveland, CO, has received a conditional $400-million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy. ...

More are sentenced in Four Corners artifacts case - NFIC News Feed

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By Paul Foy The widow of a well-known pot hunter was sentenced July 7 to six months of home confinement on convictions for trafficking in ancient American Indian artifacts. A second defendant got probation for the same sales. Brent Bullock and Tammy Shumway were among more than two dozen people rounded up last summer Read more... (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9583&Itemid=116)

BREAKING: Gulf Oil Spill May Have Stopped (UPDATED: It Still Flows) - TreeHugger

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

BREAKING: Gulf Oil Spill May Have Stopped (UPDATED: It Still Flows)