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...city. Annise Parker, 53, takes the oath of office on Jan. 1 to lead the nation's fourth largest metropolis, with some 2.2 million residents. Currently Houston's city controller, Parker has been open about her sexuality throughout her political career and has three adopted children with her longtime partner, Kathy Hubbard. "Tonight the voters of Houston have opened the doors to history," the Democrat said after winning the city's Dec. 12 runoff election. "But now, from this moment, let us join as one community." (Read "Rick Warren Denounces Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill...
...campaign issue before the Nov. 3 mayoral election among four candidates. But it did prompt attacks before the runoff against Gene Locke, a former city attorney. A group of African-American pastors criticized her supposed "gay agenda," and a conservative activist distributed flyers featuring her and her partner and asking, "Is this the image Houston wants to portray?" But the attacks did not find traction; a Houston Chronicle/Zogby poll found that Parker's sexuality mattered to just 18% of likely voters...
...return. Some revenues come from fees paid by client retailers. But all retailers, clients or not, also pay for clicks to their sites, and Near Global also earns a commission on all items sold. Advertisements will generate additional income. Little wonder that Near Global is talking to a potential partner about doing virtual versions of major U.S. cities, starting with New York. A virtual Tokyo is also high on the to-do list. Soon you might be able to enjoy a shopping spree that takes in Regent Street, 5th Avenue and Ginza from the comfort and relative peace of your...
Fastidious, creative, and brilliant: these are the three words that Winston X. Yan’s close friend and business partner Alexander G. Bick ’10 would use to describe the Adams resident. As a member of the Varsity Sailing Team, a co-founder of the start-up Rover, and a researcher at a lab attempting to create smaller and less expensive MRI machines, this physics major certainly seems to live up to such descriptions...
...Google and its backers - which include industrial partner Sony as well as libraries in the U.S. and Europe - argue that the company brings rare books often only obtainable by students, scholars and researchers to the general public online for free. It says it's also setting aside funding to pay to unknown copyright owners who step up and ask for remuneration, or remove works by those who don't want to be in Google's archive. (See pictures of Google Earth...