Apple’s notorious penchant for secrecy has finally and dramatically been lifted with the revelation that Chief Executive Steve Jobs did not, in fact, have a liver transplant as originally reported by the company, but actually has been dead for more than a decade.
According to company insiders, the “Steve Jobs” we have seen presenting new iPod [...]

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For a few days, it seemed as if protesters in Iran were going to be able to force a new election in the wake of the fraud that took place there that claimed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been reelected by a landslide over opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi.
But then, the first wave of a crackdowns hit. Police [...]

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In an echo of the infamous “Ford to City: Drop Dead” headline that a New York paper ran across its front page when the bankrupt city was about to be pushed off a financial cliff by the Ford administration, the august New York Times is pretty much saying the same thing to the Boston Globe: [...]

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Will America finally catch up with the rest of the civilized world when it comes to medical care?  Has the time finally come?  Maybe.
In the news today, this: Sen. Edward Kennedy’s health committee has actually gotten around to circulating a draft bill that would , if passed, (BIG if)  give all Americans health insurance.
Everyone would [...]

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What is good for GM is clearly no longer good for the country…as was once the unofficial motto of the auto giant…now that it has entered into bankruptcy.
Taxpayers—you and me—now pretty much own GM–along with all of its problems.
The biggest problem it has still is—it make cars that more and more Americans do not want [...]

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