Toll Road deal path to security

Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Even though most Hoosiers and countless outside observers long ago figured out what a spectacular success the lease of the Indiana Toll Road has been, a confusing story and editorial in The Journal Gazette left a diff ...
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The Woz describes his Apple II, 1977

Source: Nerdcore

I designed the Apple-II to come with a set of standard peripherals, in order to fit my concept of a personal computer. In ad dition to the video display, color graphics and high resolution graphics, this design includes a keyboard interface, audio asse ...
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Column: Obama demonstrates he fails to understand business

Source: The Eagle-Tribune | North Andover, MA

President Obama says the business record of his presumptive Republican opponent Mitt Romney is "fair game" in the coming campaign. He's right. But, this really smart guy (You don't even have to ask him — he'll tell you) might be making a really b ...
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Why a Growing Movement of Young People Could Ignite a Workers’ Revolution

Source: Firedoglake

Every revolution needs two essential ingredients: young people, who are willing to dream, and poor people, who have nothing to lose. Yet the social forces that make movements strong also incline them toward s ...
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A Look at the 'Son of CIRM' Proposal on the June California Ballot

Source: California Stem Cell Report

In the last couple of weeks, two well-respected Los Angeles Times columnists have visited what might be called the "Son of CIRM" initiative on the June ballot in California. It is aimed at fighting cance ...
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Album: Joey Ramone, Ya Know? (BMG)

Source: The Independent

Did "punk" offer a more loveable figure to posterity than Joey? Whatever your answer, it's always a pleasure to hear his nasal beluga wail, even from beyond the grave; even from within a production sound so, er, evolved from T ...
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Obama on the defensive on spending, debt

Source: Inside Bay Area

rates not seen in decades after he inherited a $1 trillion large debt and later pushed for $2 trillion in spending cuts. The president pointed to Romney's tax proposal, saying it would give millionaires tax cuts a ...
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‘Not raising prices of petrol & diesel is not helping the poor’

Source: Deccan Chronicle

Kirit Parikh, a former member of the Planning Commission, headed the expert group appointed by the petroleum ministry to examine oil prices. In this interview, he tells Olga Tellis that not raising the prices of petrol ...
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English and its many avatars

Source: The Hindu

The Malayali goes to the bank to get a housing 'lawn'... and calls nurse 'nezhs' English — the native language of England — has come to stay as the link language of our country. English medium schools are at a premium compared to their v ...
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