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CNN Technology News
iPhone sold out online
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'Virtual watercooler' makes work fun
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New BlackBerry ups resolution
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Is your meeting green enough?
This summer, Republicans and Democrats will celebrate their presidential nominees at conventions billed as the greenest in their parties' histories.

Hacker steals data of 6 million Chileans
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Hubble mission delayed to fix shuttle tanks
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Astronaut calls landing 'one big hit and a roll'
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, along with two cosmonauts, rode in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that made a gut-wrenching, off-target landing last month.

Russia probes Soyuz capsule's re-entry
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NASA extends Saturn mission
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NASA goes low tech for high-tech problem
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Stocks stage recovery
Stocks surged Monday as investors shrugged off a spate of negative company news and opted to scoop up a variety of shares battered in last week's selloff.

Google employee exodus
Sean Knapp had it made. As a young computer scientist, he couldn't have had a better gig: working at Google, the engineer's paradise. He had all the usual perks - a massage every other week, onsite laundry, free all-you-can-eat haute cuisine. Even better, he got to work on some of Google's highest-profile products, including the search technology that is the heart and soul of the company. And he made full use of his "20% time," that famous one day a week that Google gives its engineers to work on whatever project they want. A little over a year ago he and a couple of colleagues, brothers Bismarck and Belsasar Lepe, ages 28 and 21, respectively, did what many of the young geniuses do at Google: They came up with a cool idea, in this case a new way to handle Web video.

EDS thunders higher on HP deal report
EDS shares spiked after The Wall Street Journal reported Hewlett-Packard is near a deal to acquire the computer services company for $12 billion to $13 billion.

XM's costs pile up as merger stalls
XM Satellite Radio reported Monday more of the same as it limps toward a final decision on its proposed merger with rival Sirius Satellite Radio: Slower growth and wider losses.

Sprint's best customers are hanging up
The wireless carrier's high churn rate contributed to its $505 million loss in the first quarter. By Michal Lev-Ram



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Pfortner Receives Excellence Award - The Vashon Loop 5-09-08
Vashon’s Water Supply - The Vashon Loop 5-09-08
Cliff Mass On NW Storms - The Vashon Loop 5-09-08
Her Red Hat’s in the Ring - The Vashon Loop 5-09-08
The Third Tower - The Vashon Loop 5-09-08
A full moon from a Vashon Island viewpoint - KOMO TV News 5-07-08
Food prices on Vashon: Rising fast and steadily - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
VAA purchases McFeed’s, hopes to expand - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
HAPPENING - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
A night of red-hot bidding - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
VIPP searching for foster homes to ease crowding in county shelters - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
A butterfly’s beauty can be captured in a snapshot - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Drummer’s identity shaped by his passion for music - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Scholarship fund supports our seniors - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Bravo, VAA - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
There are reasons to use water wisely on the Island - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Norman Edson’s photographs — like old family ones — tell an intimate story - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Years spent experimenting can be years lost - The Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Lavender tour seeks sponsors - The Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
SCENE & HEARD - The Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08

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Vashon Maury Island Forcast
Vashon, Washington Weather :: 54F Mostly cloudy
54F Mostly cloudy
Forecast for Today
Partly sunny. Highs around 60. South wind to 10 mph.
Forecast for Tonight
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Light wind.
Forecast for Tuesday
Cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning. Then rain likely in the afternoon. Highs near 60. South wind to 10 mph.
Forecast for Tuesday Night
Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Forecast for Wednesday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the 60s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Forecast for Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.

BBC News
BBC News
Thousands dead in Chinese quake
At least 8,500 people are killed by a strong earthquake in south-western China, state media says.
Embryology laws pass first hurdle
MPs allow plans to update embryology laws to continue through Parliament, despite deep splits among MPs.
Mother's horror at bakery murder
The mother of murdered Jimmy Mizen speaks of her shock, horror and pain following his death.
Brown vows to make care 'fairer'
Gordon Brown pledges to reform the social care system to cope with England's ageing population.
Man killed in London's Oxford Street
A man is stabbed to death close to Oxford Circus tube station in London during the evening rush hour.
Ministers attack rebel MP Field
Two Cabinet ministers round on Labour rebel Frank Field after he suggested Gordon Brown would quit by 2010.
Cameron urges aid drops for Burma
Aid should be dropped by air into Burma if access to the cyclone-hit country does not improve, David Cameron says.
Inquest hears Nimrod recordings
A recording from an RAF Nimrod taken moments before it exploded is played at an inquest to the families of the 14 men who died.

New York Times
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Quake Kills Thousands in Western China
A powerful earthquake struck a mountainous region of western China, killing more than 8,500 people and trapping more than 900 students beneath a collapsed high school.

McCain Differs With Bush on Climate Change
Senator John McCain called for a mandatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

U.N. Leader Bluntly Tells Myanmar to Hurry on Aid
The warning came as authorities raised the death toll to nearly 32,000 and admitted the first delivery of large-scale aid.

Hewlett-Packard Said to Be Close to Buying E.D.S.
The deal, for $12 billion to $13 billion, would be Hewlett-Packard?s largest since its merger with Compaq.

Sharif?s Party Leaves Cabinet in Pakistan
The move, in response to an impasse over Supreme Court judges, was a sign of the fragility of the new government.

Supreme Court Won?t Hear Apartheid Lawsuit
Four justices cited conflicts of interest in declining a case involving the bygone apartheid era in South Africa.

Cablevision in Deal to Buy Newsday
The deal with Tribune will give Cablevision a 97 percent stake and return the paper to Long Island ownership.

Dalai Lama Expects Talks to Resume
In an interview, the Dalai Lama said that it was too soon to say whether China was negotiating in good faith.


CNN Headline News
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Quake kills thousands, traps hundreds
Thousands of people have been killed by a powerful earthquake in just one affected region of central China, the government said, with the toll expected to keep rising as bodies are pulled from schools, homes and factories. Aid workers have yet to reach Wenchuan County -- the epicenter of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake.

Obama takes superdelegate lead
On the eve of a primary that Hillary Clinton is expected to win by big margins, her campaign is renewing the argument that if she leads in the popular vote, she should be the Democratic nominee.

5 toilets for 35,000; little clean drinking water
The United States government launched its first airlift of relief supplies to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar with the landing of a military airplane in the south Asian country Monday morning.

Polygamist writes Bush about 'terrorist acts'
An elder of a polygamist sect has sent a letter to the White House decrying what he calls "terrorist acts" that have separated the sect's children from their parents.

Gitmo judge bars Pentagon official from trial
A military judge's ruling that a Pentagon lawyer improperly pressured prosecutors could hurt efforts to try top al Qaeda suspects held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, a defense lawyer said Monday.

Rape victim wants DNA database expanded
Laura Neuman was raped when she was 18 years old. It took nearly 20 years to identify her attacker, even though he'd been arrested six times before her attack and at least six times afterward.

NBC picks new 'Late Night' host
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Apple says iPhone online stores sold out
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Morgan Freeman wants to be a screw-up
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Fallon will take over 'Late Night' from Conan
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Carly Simon: 'I'm so erased' by Taylor
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Glamorous film fest can feature boos, boobs
The first Le Festival de Cannes opened September 1, 1939, an attempt to extend the tourist season and bring a little film flash to the little French Riviera town.

Networks get ready to announce schedules
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