Saturday, June 17, 2006

Making money - Genealogy: Bill in Congress threatens Net neutrality


Genealogy: Bill in Congress threatens Net neutrality
Tribune-Star - Genealogy is usually a non-political hobby or past time. It attracts participants from all points on the political spectrum. Occasionally, there are political or legal issues that family researchers have to deal with, such as the length of time that

Exploring land of women filmmakers
Inside Bay Area - I'VE been thinking about women. So what else is new, my friends might say. Which is unfair. Sometimes I think about food. And sports. And, of course, film. Which leads us to the reason I have women on my mind. Recently, I was on a panel organized by

On Media
American Reporter - LOS ANGELES -- Who would have thought back in 1995 that the biggest future threat to newspapers wouldn't be the FBI or the federal courts, but a guy named Craig? The craigslist family of Websites has done something to newspapers that the feds couldn

The Stars May Show Skin, but the Focus Is on the Suits
New York Times - A good place to watch the skin trade continue its ascent of capitalism's ladder was the Exotic Erotic Ball and Exposition, which took place this weekend at Pier 94 on Manhattan's West Side. Fix in your mind a trade show as conceived by Larry Flynt

In Mexico, bankers may make fraud your problem
St. Petersburg Times - Enrique Arias, director of financial analysis at the National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Financial Service Users, talks about the problem of internet bank fraud in Mexico. MEXICO CITY One morning last July Alejandro Sanchez got

Just Like Emmalina, Whoever She Is
Washington Post - It doesn't take high production values. It doesn't take plot or story or special effects. It doesn't take programming genius. It doesn't even take -- by the phenomenon's own admission -- having anything interesting to say. If you're Emmalina, the

Making money on the internet - Viewers revolt over TV pundit-balls


Viewers revolt over TV pundit-balls
Times Online - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
THE BBC has been forced to ask its viewers to stop using offensive abuse after criticism of its World Cup commentators and pundits.Save to My Web

Faces Of The Week: June 12-16, 2006
Forbes - Jun 16 8:01 PM
Gates to retire; Branson offers World Cup prize; Cuban fights white-collar crime.Save to My Web

Discover Downtown event showcased old Mesquite
The Mesquite News - Jun 17 1:50 PM
Roxanne Godsy had one piece of advice for downtown Mesquite businesses after participating in the inaugural Discover Downtown Mesquite event hosted by Old Town Mesquite, Inc.Save to My Web

BINGO HAUL
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Jun 17 2:33 AM
The money would be waiting for him in an envelope.Save to My Web

Free Course Keeps Internet Success Simple
[Press Release] PR Web - Jun 17 12:19 AM
New internet users who are thinking about doing business online can take heart a new, no-nonsense approach to internet business has just hit the web. (PRWEB Jun 17, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/UGlnZy1IYWxmLVRoaXItU2luZy1JbnNlLVplcm8=Save to My Web

Dr. Bombay Computer M.D.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Jun 17 7:52 AM
Credit these guys with a lot of spam-scam nerveSave to My Web

From dog days to salad days: young Tories find success after uphill battle
CNews - Jun 17 9:26 AM
OTTAWA (CP) - Audrey Castonguay remembers the dark days for young Conservatives. The half-empty rooms. The rent-a-crowds that helped fill them. The surprised stares from fellow teens when she informed them that the Progressive Conservative party still existed.Save to My Web

Should You Quit Your Day Job to Blog?
ABC News - Jun 16 2:42 PM
Some Video Blogs Command Top Ad Dollar, Potentially Making Blogging a Paid ProfessionSave to My Web

Father leaves his legacy
Kansas City Star - 46 minutes ago
T rent Green will scroll through his phone today. Hell see the name Dad, and hell feel normal again.Save to My Web

Friday, June 16, 2006

Making money - Get Real About Real Estate for Your IRA


Get Real About Real Estate for Your IRA
FOX News - The real estate market here in southern California has started to cool off, but I have to believe this is just temporary. There s a limited amount of land out here and the population only seems to increase. So I m thinking of buying a rental

World Bank invests in youth
Pioneer Press - When you think of "activism," the World Bank might not immediately pop to mind. But the development organization recently received the 2006 Webby Award for Activism (the Webbys are kind of like the online Oscars) for a site that aims to educate

The Rise and Fall of a First-Day Star at the U.S. Open
Cybergolf - Witness now the ebbs and flows of opening day of the U.S. Open, a back nine love affair. Day One of the U.S. Open is just "getting to know you." It's nothing more than a first date. It's a giggle, a flirt, a flip of blond hair, a flash of a golden

Gates' next full-time job: Trying to save the world
Seattle Times - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announces Thursday in Redmond he will transition from day-to-day responsibilities at the company over the next two years to focus on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Behind him is part of a Microsoft slogan. The man

Making money on the internet - Interns to aid schools with technology


Interns to aid schools with technology
Hattiesburg American - With millions of dollars in grant money pouring into Pine Belt schools from Cisco Systems, acquiring new technology won't be a problem for many local districts. And with a new program launched by the Digital Opportunity Trust, learning to use it will

Delinquent Taxpayers Made Public on "Website of Shame"
WBAY Green Bay - The Wisconsin Department of Revenue has a new tool aimed at helping it collect more than half a billion dollars in unpaid taxes: Shame. The state is now posting the names of delinquent taxpayers on a web site for everyone to see. The numbers are

On Media
American Reporter - LOS ANGELES -- Who would have thought back in 1995 that the biggest future threat to newspapers wouldn't be the FBI or the federal courts, but a guy named Craig? The craigslist family of Websites has done something to newspapers that the feds couldn

Why, there's Wi-Fi on Fulton Mall
Fresno Bee - With little fanfare, the city of Fresno has "lit up" sections of downtown with free wireless Internet service, making it possible for people with Wi-Fi-enabled laptop computers to sit and surf the Internet along parts of Kern Street, Grizzlies

Gates leaving daily Microsoft operations to focus on giving money away
Consumer Electronics Net - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates, long the geeky face of the world's largest software company, is giving up day-to-day responsibilities of the company he co-founded. The move will pave the way for others, including CEO Steve Ballmer and technology

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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Making money on the internet - Feds OK money to study commuter rail


Feds OK money to study commuter rail
Peoria Journal Star - LASALLE - Federal money for a feasibility study to look at reinstating commuter rail service from Joliet to Grundy and into LaSalle County is expected to be announced today. Specifics about the funding will be released by Rep. Jerry Weller, R-Morris

Making money on the internet - A News.com report on e-tailing and advertising.


A News.com report on e-tailing and advertising.
CNET News - In a blog entitled: "The Rumors of our death are only slightly exaggerated," PubSub co-founder Bob Wyman writes that "Our days are numbered." "A recent attempt to execute a merger has been blocked and we've been blocked from raising equity financing

Williamson County Board to unveil new Web site
Marion Daily Republican - MARION - Williamson County will not be left behind in the cyberdust, as the county board approved establishing a new county Web site. Of the 102 counties in Illinois, Williamson County is one of only 34 counties that do not have dedicated county Web

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Making money - Technology Trends


Technology Trends
Star-Banner - With the LG Electronics LX550 Fusic phone, every song you request is certain to play on the radio, and you don't even have to call a station. The phone can transmit songs from its memory card to any FM radio. The Fusic, available from Sprint for $330

Man of constant motion
Knoxville News Sentinel - It's 11:30 a.m., and Ashley Capps has just pulled in to the Ambassador hotel in Manchester, Tenn. A cell phone up to his ear has been there constantly since he left his home in Knoxville 2 1/2 hours ago. Capps, a lifelong Knoxvillian, is one of the

Kent Sangster seen as Canadian jazz's best
Jam! Showbiz - Acknowledged as one of Canada's finest jazz saxophonists, Sangster is also an educator, bandleader, composer-arranger, studio musician, sideman, record producer and one of the organizers for the upcoming 2006 Yardbird Jazz Festival. Oh, yeah. He also

N.C. legislators honor veterans with resolution
Winston-Salem Journal - RALEIGH - N.C. Senate and House legislators honored North Carolina military veterans yesterday, Flag Day, with a resolution that expressed "profound appreciation and gratitude" to past and present soldiers. "We often lose sight of the meaning of our

Google Upgrades Mapping Tools
Associated Press - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google Inc. on Monday released the latest upgrades to the mapping tools that rank among the company's biggest success outside the Internet-leading search engine that steers much of the Web's traffic. The improvements

YouDecide Launches New 'YouDecide Onsite' Educational Programs for
Forbes - Several new and exciting offerings added for employees ATLANTA, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- YouDecide, one of the nation's leaders in providing voluntary benefit and discount programs to corporations and their employees, announced today it has launched

FOREX DAILY
FXStreet.com - The dollar is lower late Wednesday after a choppy North American session kicked off by stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation data. The much anticipated data further fueled concerns about rising inflation as the U.S. economy shows signs of slowing. As

Microsoft's Tech Ed 2006 kicks off
CNEWS - BOSTON, MA - Although TechSumEd is usually the premier Microsoft event of the year, the 2006 version took on extra special meaning. It wasn't because neither Bill Gates nor Steve Ballmer was in attendance for the keynote. And it wasn't because

Making money on the internet - Member Of Dem Franchize Boyz Arrested In Drug Raid


Member Of Dem Franchize Boyz Arrested In Drug Raid
allhiphop.com - A member of the Atlanta-based group Dem Franchize Boyz was arrested yesterday (June 13) during a police raid at a local recording studio. Authorities confiscated more than 11 pounds of marijuana, $150,000 in cash, two handguns and a stack of

Chris Matthews: Big Donors Making Democrats Too Conservative And Pro
News Busters - In the Clinton years, the Clintons fans loathed Chris Matthews, locating him firmly inside the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy. In the Bush years, Matthews is whacked regularly by the left and by the right. On Monday, MRC's Geoff Dickens found him

Woody Austin - Media Guide MEDIA GUIDE
PGA Tour - First top-10 of the season was a T7 at the Memorial Tournament. He was two strokes back of leader Carl Pettersson heading into the final round. It was his first top-10 since he finished T5 at the 2005 Southern Farm Bureau Classic, his last start of

Google Upgrades Mapping Tools
Associated Press - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google Inc. on Monday released the latest upgrades to the mapping tools that rank among the company's biggest success outside the Internet-leading search engine that steers much of the Web's traffic. The improvements

Dem Franchize Boys Arrested In Drugs Raid
Entertainmentwise - A member of Atlanta based rap collective Dem Franchize Boys was yesterday arrested in possession of 11 pounds of marijuana at a studio in their home city. The arrest came during a police raid on the Making Money studio though which member of the

Woman who ate wormy candy wants more money from company
KOTV - A Tulsa woman who filed suit against a candy company thinks she won a very small victory. She lost her sweet tooth, but won a cash settlement and now says she's going back to court. News on 6 reporter Emory Bryan says while many people would see a

Money Saving Ideas
WLBT - Can t do without your morning cup o joe? If you thought you were making a better choice by skipping the caffeine, you may want to think again. A report presented at the American Heart Association s Scientific Sessions back in November noted

Field of dreams, cast of clowns
Tryon Daily Bulletin - According to Timmy Nodine, there s nothing like getting out doing something you love with friends and at the same time raising money for a good cause. For Nodine, he s been able to do that twice now as the Over the Hill All-Stars, a softball team

More Complaints Against Petaluma Chiropractor
KGO - June 14 - KGO - More former clients of a North Bay chiropractor are coming forward, echoing what we reported a month-and-a-half ago -- that Daniel Marsh is making money off some bizarre treatments. Original Report: Bizarre Treatments (4/27) Original

Monday, June 12, 2006

Making money - Students raise money for reading fund


Students raise money for reading fund
Evening Sun - Manheim Elementary students emptied their pockets for reading and for a friend. The school conducted a change drive, in which students raised $650, which will be contributed to the Neiderer Reading Memorial Fund. The school presented the raised money

Prankster pitcher Moe Drabowsky dies at 70
Modesto Bee - Moe Drabowsky, the prankster pitcher who delighted in putting pythons in teammates' shoes and wound up as a World Series star for the Baltimore Orioles when they won their first championship in 1966, is dead. He was 70. Drabowsky died Saturday at the

Pleas for money going unheard
Biloxi Sun Herald - HANCOCK COUNTY - Coast leaders are in a dogfight, trying to secure enough funding to maintain their cities and counties while they claw their way loose from Katrina's lingering stranglehold. The uphill battles playing out in city halls and county

February 2002 issue
Scientific American - The 20th century was a time of exponential scientific and technical advance, the freeing of the arts by an exuberant modernism, and the spread of democracy and human rights throughout the world. It was also a dark and savage age of world wars

Hooking Up - Part II
WCAX - BUFFALO, N.Y. Green Party gubernatorial candidate Malachy McCourt favors demilitarizing the National Guard, free college education and making a crime of smoking near children. He watched the recent Democratic and Republican state conventions with

Making money on the internet - Walkers raise more than


Walkers raise more than
Columbia City Post & Mail - A total of 38 teams gathered this weekend at Indian Springs Middle School for a common cause - to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The teams raised more than $65,000 although totals are still being tallied. The money raised is making

Prankster pitcher Moe Drabowsky dies at 70
Modesto Bee - Moe Drabowsky, the prankster pitcher who delighted in putting pythons in teammates' shoes and wound up as a World Series star for the Baltimore Orioles when they won their first championship in 1966, is dead. He was 70. Drabowsky died Saturday at the

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Making money - Cover Story : From nude model to model teacher


Cover Story : From nude model to model teacher
INQ7.net, Philippines - Jun 10, 2006 Tetchie. Everybody knew me. People were making money out of me, selling T-shirts, mugs, cigarette cases with my pictures on them. .

Good Grief: Ann Coulter & The Doctrine of Liberal Infallibility
NewsByUs, ID - 17 hours ago with selling books. Nothing against selling books and making money but it is a triumph of style over substance. So instead of focusing

Clara Hughes making money for charity
TSN.ca, Canada - May 30, 2006 The Olympic gold medallist in speedskating has sparked almost $400,000 in donations to Right to Play by contributing $10,000 of her own money to the

Making money on the internet - Byrd becoming longest-serving senator


Byrd becoming longest-serving senator
AP via Yahoo! News - Jun 10 5:03 PM
Former Sen. George Smathers used to tell the story about how Robert C. Byrd had turned down a half-dozen invitations to join other senators in Florida for deep sea fishing or golf or gin rummy or tennis.Save to My Web

Researcher taps the power of home computing
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jun 10 9:22 PM
SEATTLE -- Researcher David Baker believes the key to an AIDS vaccine or a cure for cancer may be that old PC sitting under a layer of dust in your closet or the one on your desk doing little else but running a screen saver.Save to My Web

Spending ordinances questioned
East Liverpool Review - Jun 09 10:06 PM
EAST LIVERPOOL - The city tourism bureau is chafing under spending restrictions imposed by city council when tourism money previously went to the Chamber of Commerce.Save to My Web

After scandals, Japan agonises over ethics of getting rich
AFP Business News via Yahoo!7 Finance - Jun 10 7:28 PM
TOKYO (AFP) - In a country known for its culture of conformity, it is little surprise that Japan's star fund manager Yoshiaki Murakami made enemies putting his head above the corporate parapet.Save to My Web

News in brief
The Aspen Times - Jun 11 12:16 AM
Closures could cause delays CDOT to host open house Personal information on voters disappearsSave to My Web

Cappalletti's Heisman speech still inspires many
Centre Daily Times - Jun 11 12:15 AM
Editor's note: This story was published in the Philadelphia Daily News to celebrate the city's opening of "Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers," a traveling exhibit being held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center through Aug. 20. The exhibit will continue in Oakland from Sept. 16 to Dec. 10 and in Columbus, Ohio from Feb. 8 to April 29, 2007.Save to My Web

TECH CHRONICLES / A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech)
San Francisco Chronicle - Jun 09 4:10 AM
Wi-Fi waiting game Google Inc.'s high-profile plans to offer free wireless Internet access in San Francisco are still being worked out as the online giant and its partner in the project, EarthLink, negotiate a contract with the city. Here are... Save to My Web

On Baseball | Forget the traditional story lines; This is baseball's burning question
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Jun 11 2:54 AM
Will the Detroit Tigers keep it going? Will Albert Pujols come back healthy and make a run at the Triple Crown? Will Tom Glavine win 20?Save to My Web