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NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing
AP Business WriterExecutives from major Internet players -- Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. -- are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup...Tags: Computing and Information Technology, Internet, Software Industry, Consumers, AT&T Corp.
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McCain: Flip-flop count at 61. (Updated: Obama=17)
Spin CycleA week or so ago, with McCain hyperventilating about Obama reversals on matters such as public financing of his campaign, we linked to a site that was tracking McCain's flip-flops. McCain is still hyperventilating. His current claim is that......Tags: Electronics, Foreign Aid, Energy Saving, Tim Russert, Natural Resources
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. . . ulterior motive? . . .
I have been wondering for some time now about the change in description of our form of government from "a republic" to "a democracy." I had supposed it was due to poor scholarship or sloppy thinking, but with your publication of the Patriotic IQ for U.S.... -
Babe Ruth headlines Golden Age of Sports in 1920s-1930s
Sentinel ColumnistIt has been 60 years since he died, more than 70 years since he retired from baseball, but Babe Ruth still reigns as the most legendary figure today in sports history. He was more than a hero to the millions who followed him, transcending his...Tags: Tennis, New York Yankees, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bronko Nagurski, Heavyweight
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Babe Ruth headlines Golden Age of Sports in 1920s-30s
Sentinel Staff WriterIt has been 60 years since he died, more than 70 years since he retired from baseball, but Babe Ruth still reigns as the most legendary figure today in sports history. He was more than a hero to the millions who followed him, transcending his...Tags: Tennis, New York Yankees, Bronko Nagurski, Multi-Sport Events, Heavyweight
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Constitutional republic . . .
My excitement for your "Patriotic IQ Quiz" on the front page of your July 4 edition turned to dismay when I read the very first question regarding the form of government established by our Constitution. The Sentinel's "correct" answer was "an indirect...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Freedom of the Press
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Another way to skirt U.N.
John McCain is proposing a "League of Democracies" as a kind of substitute for the United Nations. McCain says that a smaller, more like-minded group of governments can do better to deal with humanitarian situations like mass displacement in the Darfur...Tags: United Nations, International Military Interventions, Charity, Wars and Interventions
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U.N. should be replaced
The Fourth of July reminds us not only to celebrate our democracy but also to assess the most serious challenges to it. These days, those challenges emanate less from home than abroad, and the United States should take appropriate action on the world...Tags: Human Rights, John McCain, Values, Diplomacy, United Nations
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Supporters mark ex-king's birthday
About 500 people gathered outside the summer home of Nepal's former king Monday to greet him on his 61st birthday. Gyanendra, however, did not meet visitors and nobody was allowed inside the Nagarjung palace, situated on a forested hill just west of...Tags: Human Rights, Government, Political Systems
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Thousands protest against Thai police
Associated Press WriterThousands of people marched to Thailand's national police headquarters Monday to demand faster action on long-pending legal cases against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The protest came as a series of legal cases against Thaksin appeared to be...Tags: Demonstration, State Budgets, Police Investigations, Government Ministers, Ethics
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