Ravens-Texans Game Postponed

The NFL has postponed Monday night's Ravens-Texans game in Houston because of damage to Reliant Stadium caused by Hurricane Ike.

The game has been rescheduled on Nov. 9 in Houston...
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Legislature closer to budget vote

Sacramento legislators are predicting that the Legislature will finally agree on a state budget within the next week to 10 days - one that, despite the efforts of the Democratic majority and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, will not include a tax hike...
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New Seinfeld, Gates Microsoft ad kinda sorta makes sense

When last we saw new friends Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, in the first installment of the new Microsoft ad campaign, they were leaving a shopping mall where they'd run into each other at a discount shoe store. Now, a week later, the second "episode" from ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky has arrived, and Jerry and Bill have ventured farther into the featureless heart of suburbia: They've moved in with a deeply average family....
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Shields dominates Yanks in Game 1

ames Shields had a dominant start and the Rays came out swinging Saturday afternoon in the first game of a day-night doubleheader won, 7-1, by the Rays in front of a crowd of 54,088 at Yankee Stadium...
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Barack Obama Cancels SNL Appearance

Barack Obama has pulled out of his scheduled appearance on Saturday Night Live due to Hurricane Ike.

The Democratic presidential nominee's spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, told the Associated Press that Obama didn't feel like it was appropriate after the storm made landfall in Texas...
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Tina Fey 'likely' to play Sarah Palin on 'SNL'

Tina Fey was "likely" to play Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," said a person close to NBC's sketch comedy show.

Fey is "likely" to return to her former show Saturday to play the Alaskan governor and Sen. John McCain's running mate, a person close to the show told The Associated Press on Friday night. The person requested anonymity because the decision has not been announced officially...
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Bush says consumers won't be gouged on gas after Ike

Federal and state officials will make sure consumers don't get gouged by gas price increases in the wake of Hurricane Ike, President Bush said Saturday...
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First Look: iPhone 2.1

The most significant feature changes in iPhone 2.1 come in the device’s iPod application. For one thing, in most views when displaying a list of tracks, the iPod app borrows a page from Apple’s Remote application, showing the artist and album in smaller text underneath.
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Virginia Anti-Spam Law Overturned, Spammer Walks

The Virginia Supreme Court today struck down a state anti-spam law, saying the statute violated the First Amendment right to free and anonymous speech. The decision also tossed out the conviction of a North Carolina man once described as one of the most prolific spammers...
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Why'd Ya Do It, Guys?

Back in the day, actors Al Pacino and Bobby De Niro could set a movie projector afire. "The Godfather." "Dog Day Afternoon." "Mean Streets." "Taxi Driver." "Serpico." "Raging Bull." It was frightening.

This was the golden age of American cinema, when there was enough leftover energy in the air that you could make a buddy-cop movie in Gotham without either of the two and still come up with "The French Connection."..

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Examining Chrome's Source Code

In this article, Neil McAllister decided to take a peek under Chrome's hood and view it through the eyes of the developers who will improve and maintain it in the coming years. It seems Google's open source browser currently has much to offer prospective hackers — provided they use Windows...

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Facebook Politics?

In late August, John McCain’s Facebook page featured a martial semi-profile of the candidate emblazoned with the slogan, “Country First: The Official Home of John McCain on Facebook.” In early September, the slogan was replaced by “The Ticket for America.” A new image showed McCain and Sarah Palin companionably joined by Photoshop, apparently, given how inorganic the pose seemed...

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Official Says Georgian Policeman Shot Dead Near Rebel Region

A Georgian policeman has been shot and killed near the breakaway province of Abkhazia.

Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said the policeman was shot and killed Saturday when shots were fired from the direction of a nearby Abkhaz-controlled checkpoint...

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