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April 07, 2008 Breaking News

CBC cuts Calgary Newsworld but adds Alberta jobs (Calgary Sun)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:38:04 PDT
CBC News is closing the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced yesterday the two hours of Newsworld programming currently being produced from Calgary will shift to Toronto.

The Gore-Bashing Baton Passes At NewsBusters

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:21:11 PDT
Now that Noel Sheppard has apparently decided not to accept our challenge to support his unsubstantiated claim that Al Gore is into global warming activism only for the Benjamins, it was inevitable that someone else would pick up that misleading lilttle ball. Enter Matthew Vadum, editor of Organization Trends and Foundation Watch, two newsletters issued by the conservative Capital Research Center. In an April 1 NewsBusters post, Vadum claimed that Gore was "profiteering" on global warming by h

Trend Hunter Lanuches Free Online Magazine and Galleries for Trend Spotting and Cool Hunting

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:00:01 PST

US Cash Grain Outlook: Inconsistent Price Trends (INO News)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:17:39 PDT
CENTRAL CITY, Neb. (Dow Jones)--U.S. cash grain markets were mixed Monday, entering the trading week impacted by choppy futures prices, while carrying inconsistent basis trends.

Ted Turner Unplugged: Iraq & Global Warming

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:39:04 PDT
He's crazy! Like a fox! In an interview with Charlie Rose last week, CNN founder Ted Turner likened Iraqi insurgents to "patriots," and warned that failure to reverse the global warming trend would lead to an inability to raise crops. "Most of the people will have died," Turner said. "And the rest of us will be cannibals."

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Jerry Seinfeld cheats death in his 1967 fiat btm

Source: "HULIQ"

Google Funny Street Views: Discreet Privacy

A couple of months ago, Google's web mapping service GOOGLE MAPS launched a new feature: Google Street View. A panoramic street level environment lets you descend from the sky and virtually travel through the streets. However, some very funny Google Street View images have surfaced on the internet raising privacy issues.

Consider for example, this image from the Chicago and you can see why we think Google Street Views are funny, yet concerning about privacy.

Already this publication has reported a lawsuit that a couple has filed against Google Street Views alleging that the service violates their privacy.

"Aaron and Christine Boring (yes, that's really their name) filed suit in Allegheny County court on April 2. The couple, who lives in Pittsburgh, says that there is a private road sign on their street that Google should have honored."

Patric Carlsson who writs for the Blog of Intellectual Capitals while explaining how useful Google Maps and Street Views can be contends that there are "some funny pictures to find aside from all the usefulness."

It's not known how many complaints Google Street Views will still receive and how is the company going to respond to them. However, one thing we are sure of is the fact that while many people are going to consider some of the Google Street Views to be funny, many others are going to think they are violating people's right to privacy.