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...Another person who will be seriously considered is Diane Wood of the Seventh Circuit court of appeals in Chicago. A very smart and hard-working liberal, Wood knows Obama, though not well, and is the most respected judge among the likely candidates. She has a few knocks against her, though. At 59, she may be older than Obama and the Democrats would like. And she's from Obama's adopted hometown of Chicago, which means her nomination could appear politically provincial...
...study found that 76% of Australians living in Canberra, where kangaroos are common, supported culling to control population, and more than half supported culling for commercial purposes. With a little help from global warming and the recession, the industry's biggest p.r. challenges may be behind it. "People are smart; they will Google anything and make up their own mind," says Borda of Macro Meats. "It just needs to do its time." Australus may not be the new beef yet, but Borda and others in the business hope demand will keep growing by leaps and bounds...
...telecom industry what the automobile was to the horse. Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom predicts that in less than a decade, telcos and cablecos will be on the bottom of the telecom food chain, faceless operators of low-value pipes delivering high-value content to smart mobile devices. Don't say you haven't been warned...
...home. I am a teacher in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country, and the students have after-school programs and Saturday academy and even go to school during Christmas vacation yet remain way behind their suburban counterparts. Most of the parents would rather their kids be street smart than book smart. Arne Duncan cites schools that have longer hours as being more successful, yet there are plenty that aren't. If Duncan wants so badly for poorer kids to improve, let them go to school longer. It's unfair to impose this on everyone, and such a move...
Also, 1:25-1:27 is kind of priceless. Smart play, prefrosh, but we know you four-strawed that scorpion bowl. Watch it all, after the jump...