http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_1 d7d342ea6068629aed89f2772aa35e62 UPDATE: Folks, please note that some of the designs that you’re finding as “still there” are simply thumbnails that haven’t yet churned out of our Marketplace.  If you click on them, you’ll most likely find that the products themselves are no longer available.  The thumbnails themselves will also disappear shortly ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_2 3433aee3c2a35a4c07cd923673a3630a Unless you've recently arrived in 2009 on a time machine, you know that smoking isn't good for you. Did you know, however, that smoking isn't good for your computer, either? It's true, at least according to Apple. Two readers in different parts of the country claim that their Applecare warranties were voided due to secondhand smoke. Both readers ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:24 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_3 3cb5bad3f71bb9051d9a2fa2bedb10fe What was with last night's Season 6 finale of Project Runway? It was as if a bolt of bad news had been delivered backstage to which the audience wasn't privy but which left the judges lachrymose and shaken. First Coach Ryan weeping in the Jets locker room, and now this. The finale was teased as the episode when we would see Tim Gunn "lose it," ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:37:14 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_4 478ca6e84fdabc383394f9b4c0404b01 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:05 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_5 a7f0abcafb585c6296def744044f39a5 Rep. Peter DeFazio, one of the most outspoken Democratic critics of the White House economic team, said he plans to press the 27-member Congressional Populist Caucus to back his call for their ouster. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:05 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_6 f2318d30039131825318bb93b411981c NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Here's a Black Friday reality check: Of the hordes of pre-dawn shoppers who line up for hours outside stores on the day after Thanksgiving, most will not bag the best bargains that appear in merchants' circulars. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:45:31-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_7 5b782d0692717c1478bfbc5632346dc1 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:04:17 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_8 6f339c754a44f3fd565b91d3a8289c5c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:05 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_9 b863f9ace09981ce8a9ad061fec86b85 The head of L.A. Live challenged City Attorney Carmen Trutanich on Thursday to either file criminal charges over the Michael Jackson memorial service or apologize for hinting the company may have broken the law. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_10 befee8d092ddaf12161a7719956e7368 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:51:47 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_11 40c5bf962ab92ee1d9e6fe5d47d69e09 The French Football Federation turns down the Republic of Ireland's request for a replay of their controversial World Cup play-off game. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:51:47 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_12 43fbb1ca64fee40a429aaf93a982a427 Lord knows, but had the resourceful and courageous Yoani Sánchez, 32, come of age before the Internet, it's most likely that we would have never heard of her. Nor would we have had the opportunity to read her charming but pugnacious slice-of-life portraits of Cuba, which she has been sending out through cyberspace since April 2007 as the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 20 Nov 2009 11:58EDT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_13 ded11ee7df7b6ab697e753cae52ea4b8 Event notice: New York University's Center for Law and Security is hosting an all-day conference today in New York City on "Counterinsurgency: America's Strategic Burden." Click here for more details. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_14 959fb95990f46c48df83d84b1f1e2bf6 Conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage frequently employ rape metaphors when discussing progressives or progressive policies. For example, Beck said that New Yorkers are "being raped by [their] government," while Limbaugh, during a discussion of health care, told his listeners: "Get ready to get gang-raped ... (Read on Source) ]]> 20 Nov 2009 11:58EDT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_15 8e96ac4d477d0da762763d64bbb442d6 An exclusive interview he gave to Southern Weekend -- a weekly supplement to the Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper -- was published in Thursday's editions, but the page that carried the interview was removed from many copies. And the official online edition of the newspaper had no coverage of the event. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_16 2ce0883934da032388002a8603a449cb DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen has made preparations to avoid a repeat of the GOP sweep of '94, arguing that political observers who say Dems are in for big losses are premature. "It's going to be competitive, but this is not going to be a 1994 redux," Van Hollen told Hotline OnCall . "We're doing things that are within our control. Now, obviously ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_17 1293670ab4c236c37a2581565b3fb8e7 “I don’t discuss my personal finances,” Tony Garcia says, sitting in his spacious photography studio on Melrose Avenue. In these hard times, with boarded-up storefronts lining the length of Melrose, Tony Garcia Photography seems to be a rare patch of prosperity. At the moment, the main studio is set up for work on a Sprite ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_18 711102884623e8a5d51811c7b068ff54 Colombians walk next to a bridge that crosses into Colombia which was blown up by Venezuelan soldiers Photograph: Stringer/colombia/Reuters Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_19 89e34449967b971b290dc5fcee1ea3af Russia has agreed to ease the terms under which it supplies gas to Ukraine, in a deal which Moscow says should prevent disruption in coming months. The deal was announced after talks between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/1#item_20 1227b340129a300526c97082ac2b42be Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/21#item_1 15dce28267738ff3ec4774d82db3fb95 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/21#item_2 f7d09cd27ca8402b467b029f5164917f Legislative leaders had challenged the authority of the state's independent pay commission after it voted to trim salaries. But Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown's opinion says the panel can cut compensation. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/21#item_3 1eb30cb442b60ca6b7e710e5ee7e398a Decade in Review - 2004 Watch Jon and The Daily Show News Team's wall-to-wall coverage of Indecision 2004. (03:39) Tags: George W. Bush, elections, Indecision 2004, Indecision, Iraq, Iraq War, war, violence, Rob Corddry, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Ed Helms, John Kerry, John Edwards, Democrats, Republicans, Dick Cheney, space, science, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/21#item_4 d9691bccb39653b2c8d5ea90cd591ebb A 1985 local law bars political committees from accepting contributions of more than $500 if the group plans to use that money to make an independent expenditure for a city candidate. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/21#item_5 d2893442df556326d9253fdfcf647b3b Christina Ambers, once dubbed the "Heidi Klum of foot models," says a romance with her porter-turned-husband, Angel Rotger, turned her into a pariah among workers at 340 E. 74th St., who made her hail taxis and retrieve packages on her own. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:39:35Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/21#item_6 4c0c0e1788f54772365642c28dfc7c11 The Lafayette County Republican Central Committee is proudly celebrating a new crazy billboard on I-70 near Grain Valley. It calls for citizens to "starve the beast" and "vote out incumbents" -- and if that doesn't work, "PREPARE FOR WAR." (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:39:35Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/21#item_7 230df3fd6f4c8fa3e5f3547e9668d1e3 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:39:35Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258791981/21#item_8 7cc3bdd5b9b3525f6934aeb21c2f9736 A power station in Wales: Nobody wants to sign any kind of binding treaty at the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen in December. The chances of a binding agreement being reached at the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen seem slimmer than ever. But environmentalists still see a small chance of progress at the December meeting. 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