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iPhones at Wal-Mart? Rampant rumors that Wal-Mart is planning to sell a 4-GB version of the iPhone for a mere $99 aren't true, unfortunately. But sources close to the retailer say Wal-Mart will begin carrying the same iPhone available from AT&T, Apple and Best Buy - the cheapest of which costs $199 and has 8 GB of memory - if not by Christmas, then by the end of December...
...beleaguered Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, and then, on Nov. 25, stormed the capital's airport. Tourists and investors are fleeing the country, the stock market is tanking. The famous Thai smile is fading fast. A Bangkok pollster calculated that the nation's "Gross Domestic Happiness Index" measured a mere 4.84 out of 10, the lowest for almost three years. Cheer up, Peter Reid? He's probably the only happy man left in Thailand...
...mere fact that the story is making the rounds reflects the very real friction between NASA and the transition team - which has sparked a groundswell of support among space agency employees to keep the boss. Within NASA, there is a real concern that while the Obama campaign rode the call for change to a thumping victory in November, change is precisely what the space agency does not need. (See photos of different countries' space programs here...
...staying power indicates—even with the turtle on its last, feebly gesticulating legs—awkwardness is more than a passing phase. Awkward isn’t a mere word like “rad” or “phat” or “e-zines,” embraced by media outlets and hopelessly dated in six months. It isn’t even being misused. Awkward is a state of being. And it has come to define our generation. From the Clinton scandal—or, as we remember it, that time...
...sophomore Kate Buesser, tying the game 1-1 to close the second period.It was the seventh goal of the season for Wilson, who leads the team with 13 points.In the third, Harvard managed its highest number of shots on goal for the game, tallying 20 compared with a mere five for the Wildcats, but the Crimson could not get past UNH’s ace netminder.Harvard out-shot the Wildcats, 37-13, for the game.“By the end of the game, both teams were playing two lines, so everyone was exhausted. It was obvious...