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Florida New Majority Encourages Action on Politicians ‘Blaming the Victims’ for Unemployment

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– Last week, Senator Nancy Detert (R-Venice) filed a bill to tighten unemployment eligibility, allowing employers to deny unemployment insurance for workers they have laid-off, shortening the amount of time unemployed people can receive much needed insurance support, and forcing them to take low-wage jobs. This bill is one of anticipated bills seeking to limit access to unemployment in the state. Florida New Majority, a state widecivic engagement organization, is mobilizing voters across the state to defend unemployment insurance and to push back on the blaming the victim mentalitythat has found a toe hold in Tallahassee. → Read More

Smartphones: The Low Down on the HTC Desire Z

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The latest offering from HTC stable is the HTC Desire Z, which as the name may suggest, houses a “Z hinge” providing it with the ability to fit a four row keyboard and a 3.7 inch screen in a still pocket-sized form factor. Whilst it is certainly quite a departure from the → Read More

e-Readers: Kindle vs. iPad – e-Ink or Backlit Display?

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e-Readers are everywhere right now, from subway ads to TV commercials you can’t escape the latest offerings from Sony, Amazon and even Barnes & Noble. But as with all new technologies there are so many technical words flying around that you can’t always tell what the differences are between the products. So in → Read More

The Kindle Legacy Continues with the Unveiling of the Third Generation Kindle Wi-Fi 3G

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Kindle is Amazon’s #1 bestselling item for two years running. It is the most-wished-for and most-gifted item on the Amazon website and also has the most 5-star reviews of any product on Amazon.

Amazon.com began the Kindle e-reader legacy by releasing the original Kindle e-reader to the U.S. market in November of → Read More

WikiLeaks Leaks Confidential Afghanistan War Field Reports

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WikiLeaks has released confidential information on the war in Afghanistan. It has sent tens of thousands of field reports to the New York Times and two other European news organisations. The United States military has responded by saying that when WikiLeaks leaked confidential information on the war in Afghanistan they endangered the → Read More

Teen Popstar Justin Bieber Molests Fan?

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The entertainment scene is abuzz in the past hour regarding the alleged molestation of a fan by teen pop star Justin Bieber.

There is however no truth to this rumor.

This started when Justin sent a tweet with an accompanying photo showing him garbed in prison attire and being whisked by policemen.  → Read More

Update: Unemployment Extension Bill 2010 Has Been Passed By The Senate

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News update: Unemployment extension bill H.R. 4213 was brought to cloture at 2:56. The vote was 60-40 in favor of the extension. Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska again voted Nay.

The long debated extension’s bill was put to the vote after Carte Goodwin was sworn into office 15 minutes earlier. His vote → Read More

Sherrod Brown Speaks From the Senate Floor This Morning: Pass Unemployment Extension

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Senator Sherrod Brown spoke to the Senate for 10 minutes this morning on the need to pass the unemployment extension today. He expressed frustration at the 39 Republicans and 1 Democrat who had consistently blocked the passage of the unemployment  extension bill.

Senator Brown said the only reason he can think of → Read More