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June 26, 2008 News and Trends

US Stocks Fall Sharply on Oil Prices, Bad Corporate News - Washington Post


US Stocks Fall Sharply on Oil Prices, Bad Corporate News
Washington Post, United States - 4 hours ago
By Howard Schneider US stocks fell sharply this morning as oil prices spiked and a round of negative corporate news undermined confidence in the technology ...


Nets, Milwaukee agree to swap Richard Jefferson for Yi Jianlian, Bobby Simmons

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:55:08 PDT
Nets, Milwaukee agree to swap Richard Jefferson for Yi Jianlian, Bobby Simmons by The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk Thursday June 26, 2008, 3:35 PM The Nets' Big Three is down to just one -- at least for the time being: The team has agreed in principle to trade Richard Jefferson to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Chinese 7-footer Yi Jianlian and swingman Bobby Simmons, according to a Sports Illustrated report. The Nets got rid of Jason Kidd at the trading deadline this past season, shuf

Lesbos islanders in court over use of word 'lesbians'

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:24:05 PDT
Lesbos islanders in court over use of word 'lesbians' A court hearing begins in Athens today that is set to add to the debates about gay rights in one of Europe's more conservative countries. Ugandan bishop attacks European attitude towards gays An Anglican bishop has urged the government of Uganda to keep homosexuality illegal. Eria Paul Luzinda said that "not all that comes from Europe is superior and must be taken up." Gay MEP slams Daily Mail report as "inaccurate and highly mi

Modular Low-Power

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:05:44 PDT
Keh-La Lin, Armin Kemna, Bedrich J. Hosticka “Modular Low-Power, High-Speed CMOS Analog-To-Digital Converter for Embedded Systems"Springer | 2003-04-01 | ISBN: 1402073801 | 254 pages | PDF | 16,3 MbOne of the main trends of microelectronics is toward design for integrated systems, i.e., system-on-a-chip (SoC) or system-on-silicon (SoS).

Pregnancy pact alarms officials at U.S. high school: reports (CBC)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:48:34 PDT
A pregnancy pact may be responsible for a dramatic rise in mothers-to-be at a Massachusetts high school, Time magazine reports.

Child rapist escapes death but not tough justice (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:22:00 PDT
The Supreme Court's latest death penalty ruling, issued Wednesday in a child-rape case from Louisiana, reinforces two closely linked trends.


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