Thai protesters head to barracks
2010-03-14 23:59:17
Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters march on a barracks where Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is staying.

Thai protesters march on army headquarters (AP)
2010-03-14 23:58:42
AP - Army reinforcements were rushed into Thailand's capital as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators marshaled around a key military headquarters demanding that the government dissolve Parliament by midday Monday.

Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery (AP)
2010-03-14 23:50:51
AP - Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.

Blackout leaves millions of Chileans in darkness (AP)
2010-03-14 23:45:35
AP - A power failure plunged nearly the entire Chilean population into darkness Sunday night, rattling a country already anxious after last month's 8.8-magnitude quake.

Google Product Manager RJ Pittman Defects To Apple
2010-03-14 23:20:16
The battle between Google and Apple continues. RJ Pittman, a prominent product manager at Google, has left the company to join Apple. We've been tipped off to a tweet he sent out two days ago that said 'My last day at Google. Incredible experience. Amazing people. Moved mountains. Next chapter. Hello Apple.' Pittman has since removed the tweet from his Twitter feed, but judging by the tweets still visible in Twitter search, it's true. We've also received an email that Pittman sent to his coworkers and friends about the move (we've redacted a paragraph about hanging out with his family during his time off):

Sarkozy party facing poll defeat
2010-03-14 23:16:29
President Sarkozy's party faces defeat from the Socialists in regional elections, which also saw a strong National Front showing.

Post-snow, Northeast mops up from wind-driven rain (AP)
2010-03-14 23:16:05
AP - Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains.

Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants - New York Times
2010-03-14 23:01:53
New York TimesContractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill MilitantsNew York TimesFrom left: Michael D. Furlong, the official who was said to have hired private contractors to track militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Robert Young Pelton, a contractor; Duane Clarridge, a former CIA official; and Eason Jordan, a former television ...Paper: Defense official ran private spy operationThe Associated PressContractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill MilitantsEl Paso Incall 115 news articles »

Web Publishing Startup DocStoc Now Offers Branded Viewers To Users
2010-03-14 23:00:57
Web publishing startup DocStoc is launching a customized document viewer today, allowing anyone to create easily embeddable, branded document viewers. The new feature is open to all DocStoc users and offers the ability to customize the logo, buttons, links, and color of the viewer. The viewer itself is fairly sleek and resembles DocStoc's normal document viewers. Users can directly download documents from the viewer and DocStoc will automatically convert any convert historical embeds with Docstoc. For example, all of the documents we've embedded with our TechCrunch DocStoc account will now include our branded viewer.

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2010-03-14 22:57:30
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Sarkozy's right-wing UMP facing election defeat - BBC News
2010-03-14 22:53:31
ReutersSarkozy's right-wing UMP facing election defeatBBC NewsNicolas Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party appears to be heading for defeat in French regional elections. Initial results suggest the opposition Socialist party has taken a strong lead in the first round of voting. The outcome will be a major blow for Mr ...Socialists Lead in Early Voting in FranceNew York TimesSarkozy faces regional poll setbackAljazeera.netPresident Sarkozy faces poll wipeoutTimes OnlineThe Associated Press -Wall Street Journal -Xinhuaall 442 news articles »

'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)
2010-03-14 22:49:43
AP - Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series 'Mission: Impossible,' died Sunday.

Kansas earns overall top seed in NCAA tournament (AP)
2010-03-14 22:46:10
AP - An injury hurts as much as a loss in the days before the brackets are drawn up for March Madness. Syracuse endured both and will have to rack up some major airplane time to make a run to the Final Four.

U.S. Woman Released in Terror Case - Wall Street Journal
2010-03-14 22:45:35
Telegraph.co.ukU.S. Woman Released in Terror CaseWall Street JournalIrish police released without charge an American woman who was among seven people arrested last week in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist. Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, a 31-year-old Colorado mother and recent convert to ...Irish police release cartoonist murder plot suspectReutersAmerican Linked to Terror Plot Brainwashed 6-Year-Old Son, Family SaysFOXNewsAmerican Held in Ireland, No 'Jihad Jamie,' Is ReleasedABC NewsLos Angeles Times -The Associated Press -BBC Newsall 1,472 news articles »

Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driver (AP)
2010-03-14 22:33:22
AP - The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.

3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city (AP)
2010-03-14 22:33:07
AP - Gunmen killed a U.S. consulate employee and her husband as they drove in this violent border city with their baby in the back seat, minutes after the husband of another consular employee was shot to death and his two children wounded, officials said Sunday. Security forces suspected a drug gang hit, but offered no motive.

US consulate workers killed in Mexico - Times Online
2010-03-14 22:32:37
ReutersUS consulate workers killed in MexicoTimes OnlineThe drug wars in Mexico took an ominous turn over the weekend when a US consulate employee and her husband were killed as they left a children's birthday party in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's most violent city. Only minutes earlier gunmen also killed the ...Three linked to US consular office killed in MexicoThe HinduViolence In Mexico Stretches To USWall Street Journal2 Americans and a third victim are killed in Mexico shootingsLos Angeles TimesAFP -The Associated Press -Seattle Timesall 1,194 news articles »

Mission: Impossible actor dies
2010-03-14 22:30:40
Peter Graves, star of the TV series Mission: Impossible and the Airplane films, dies of a suspected heart attack in LA, aged 83.

SpotRank Is Skyhook’s Intelligent Location Firehose. SimpleGeo Is The First To Wield.
2010-03-14 22:26:14
In terms of location data, few get more than Skyhook Wireless. The positioning technology is in use in tens of millions of devices around the globe, including, notably, on every iPhone. And now the company has a simple way for third-parties to tap into that data in a useful way. SpotRank gives developers access to hundreds of million of anonymous location entry points put into the Skyhook system. In fact, there are some 500 million points (100 meter 'spots') at the service's launch. With this massive amount of data, developers can do things such as predict what locations will be hot on which nights, or predict traffic patterns. They have so much data because it's not based around things like check-ins, which are hot right now on the consumer side of location, but rather everytime a device needs location for anything.

Democratic leaders say health bill will pass - Washington Post
2010-03-14 22:07:00
MiamiHerald.comDemocratic leaders say health bill will passWashington PostDemocratic leaders scrambled Sunday to pull together enough support in the House for a make-or-break decision on health-care reform later this week, expressing optimism that a package will soon be signed into law by President Obama despite ...Millions Spent to Sway Democrats on Health CareNew York TimesWhite House Advisers Defend Obama Criticism of Supreme CourtFOXNewsObama officials confident health bill will pass House this weekLos Angeles TimesSeattle Times -BusinessWeek -CBS Newsall 1,327 news articles »