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In the immortal words of Yosemite Sam speak ” I hates computers!” I had yet another fucking hard rive take a crap on me. Another Maxtor external drive. In my opinion they have a problem taking the heat and tend to take a crap. The drive is 7 years old. And as if that wasn’t… Continue reading »

The people of Bell, Calif., in southern Los Angeles County, are reeling at recent allegations of city official corruption. While 17 percent of the suburb’s 40,000 residents are living under the poverty line, former City Manager Robert Rizzo was making nearly $800,000 a year while on city payroll. As if years of bilking Bell’s taxpayers… Continue reading »

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s college graduates have some of the highest student loan debt in the nation. The latest report on the subject from the Project on Student Debt says 73 percent of Iowa graduates left college with some debt in 2008. Their average debt was nearly $28,200, the second-highest in the U.S. Only… Continue reading »

Three years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) finalized its decision to remove the grizzly bear population in the Yellowstone area from the list of federally protected endangered species. Having met all the recovery goals, and with strong state plans in place to take over grizzly management, FWS declared Yellowstone grizzlies to be… Continue reading »

There was a touch of legal drama in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster yesterday. The 350 tonne, 50 feet high blowout preventer that should have prevented the explosion in the BP oil well, was effectively placed under “arrest” by US authorities. Admiral Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard commander in overall charge of the… Continue reading »

An Iowa State Patrol trooper fired last year after repeatedly circulating what he believed was humorous material about racial minorities is fighting his dismissal in Polk County District Court. Former Sgt. Rodney Hicok, 48, of Webster City filed a lawsuit in August claiming his termination was based on “improper political influence” and was not supported… Continue reading »

More than two dozen Iowa government workers received $30,000 or more in overtime pay in the past fiscal year, a Des Moines Register review of state salaries shows. The state spent $29.5 million on overtime last year. That is about 7.5 percent less than the previous year. But the overall trend for state government overtime… Continue reading »

What this infection does: Defence Center is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses deceptive scan results to trick you into thinking that you are infected. Defence Center is typically installed via malware that installs it on to your computer without your permission or knowledge. When installed Defence Center will be configured to start automatically when… Continue reading »

On August 30th, 1888, Asa Candler essentially completed his purchase of the formula, trademarks and manufacturing equipment of Coca-Cola. Candler had begun buying portions of the Company in April 1888 when Walker, Candler & Company (which was controlled by Candler) purchased the one third share of Coca-Cola held by John Pemberton for $ 550. Three… Continue reading »

(CNN) — Divers are recovering bottles of champagne that have been lying at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for about two centuries, an autonomous Finnish island official said Wednesday. About 70 bottles lie mostly undamaged at 50 meters deep [roughly 164 feet] south of the Aland Islands. “The first bottle was brought to the… Continue reading »