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Van is the sled-of-choice for Thanksgiving ride

Josh Maynard is on his way in a rented van to drive over several rivers and through some woods to get to his grandmother's house in Kentucky.

He and seven members of his family rented the van so everyone could ride together.

"It takes 16 hours to get there, and when we get there, there' ( Read more... )

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, architect of an unpopular war in Iraq, is stepping down as Secretary of Defense, President Bush announced today. Bush said he is nominating Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, to replace Rumsfeld

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Some snotty nosed rich girl takes her Daddy's Benz and tried to commit suicide by running the car into oncoming traffic, she lives, but a young mother of three dies. She couldn't just take herself out. She had to involve other RANDOM people. Ridiculous.

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- A lovesick teenage girl drove into an oncoming car in a suicide ( Read more... )

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A man who couldn't find steady work came up with a plan to make it through the next few years until he could collect Social Security: He robbed a bank, then handed the money to a guard and waited for police.

On Wednesday, Timothy J. Bowers told a judge a three-year prison sentence would suit him, and the judge obliged.

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CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Could Irish coffee be the perfect drink ( Read more... )

after game enthusiasts at the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)waited hours to get their hands on the Nintendo Co. Ltd. machine due later this year.

Also

EA's "Spore" -- last year's "Best of Show" winner -- won "Best Original Game," "Best PC Game" and "Best Simulation Game."

I can't wait for both of these things to come out.

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Free Nationwide Wireless Internet Access?

LiquidEdge writes "ISP-Planet is reporting that startup M2Z wants to offer 95% of America free wireless Internetaccess using the 20Mhz frequency allocation. They're backed by Kleiner Perkins, one of the most successful VC firms in history, and being started by the guy who built the @Home network and a ( Read more... )

Alpha... Beta... Gamma!

We've just released the big round of changes I mentioned last week: New Navigation, New Search, New and Improved Organizr, and the Person Menu.All of these improvements have been designed to help you navigate the site with less effort and organize your photos more efficiently.

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Dave Maher reports:
Kool Keith isn't content with being a little loopy all by himself, so he's trying to make the rest of us crazy as well by surrounding the June 27 release of The Return of Dr. Octagon with the greatest possible amount of mystery and complexity.

The newest twist in the saga of the greatest doo-doo rapper alive is the release of a ( Read more... )