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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT - Columbus Makes Landfall in the Caribbean

Believing that Asia could be reached by traveling westward, Columbus's three-ship expedition set sail from Palos, Spain, in 1492. After a stop at the Canary Islands, Columbus sailed due west, turning in a more southerly direction after about a month at sea. Shortly thereafter, Columbus quelled a small mutiny, and, on October 12, landed at an island in the Bahamas. Columbus also explored nearby Cuba and Hispaniola before returning to Spain. How many ships set sail with his second expedition?

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:15:35 GMT - Finance ministers seek to calm markets (AP)

President Bush, left, makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House after meeting with G7 finance ministers about the financial crisis, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Washington. Seen from left to right listening are Italy's central bank governor Mario Draghi; IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn; Eurogroup's Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker; Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa; Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson; France Finance Minister Christine Lagarde; Canada Finance Minister James M. Flaherty, and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alastair Darling. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Global finance ministers kept searching for ways to tackle the unfolding financial crisis, turning their attention to its effects on rapidly developing countries and poor nations at risk of being swept up in the turmoil.


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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:24:27 GMT - Recovering Dalai Lama to leave India hospital soon: aide (AFP)

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama at a press conference in Paris in August 2008. The Dalai Lama is in a stable condition after surgery in India to remove gallstones and is likely to be discharged early next week, hospital officials and an aide said Saturday.(AFP/File/Thomas Samson)AFP - Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama is in a stable condition after surgery in India to remove gallstones and is likely to be discharged early next week, hospital officials and an aide said Saturday.


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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:20:24 GMT - Mexican marijuana cartels sully US forests, parks (AP)

In this photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Game, two five gallon backpack sprayers used to spray pesticides directly on the buds of marijuana plants to keep the insects down are shown on Monday, July 28, 2008 at Longmeadow Creek in Tulare County near Johnsondale, Calif. (AP Photo/California Department of Fish and Game)AP - National forests and parks — long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels — have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America because of the toxic chemicals needed to eke lucrative harvests from rocky mountainsides, federal officials said.


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Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:06:00 +0000 - Poor Malcolm's deprived childhood

malcolm turnbull warped


"I do not come to the leadership of the Liberal Party from a lifetime of privilege. I know what it is like to be very short of money..."





malcolm turnbull warped


"I know what it is like to live in rented flats. For a time daddy and I had to rent a dingy penthouse in Double Bay..."






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"Daddy even had to drive the Rolls Royce himself for a time when we couldn't get a chauffeur; good help can be hard to find..."




malcolm turnbull warped



"The other boys at Sydney Grammar laughed at me when I drove my new MG to school; they all drove Porsches and Maseratis..."




Ok, this may be bending the truth just a little and Malcolm Turnbull may well not have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He is however, a very rich man; Turnbull's wealth is estimated at $120 million. Turnbull is the quintessential Eastern Suburbs silvertail. He will always struggle against the perception that he is arrogant and out of touch with the so called 'battlers'.

Turnbull's gaffe on football further underlined this perception. Asked in a radio interview to nominate which football teams he supports, Mr Turnbull said: "I have to confess I vote for, I support, in Australian Rules the Roosters, who of course aren't in the Grand Final sorry the (Sydney) Swans". (The Eastern Suburbs Roosters of course play rugby league). This might seem an inconsequential mistake, but football is religion to the average battler.

Just as the Australian electorate will never elect anyone with the title 'Doctor' (ask John Hewson or Brendan Nelson; we respect them but just don't trust them) they are just as unlikely to elect someone with arch silvertail status. At least the Liberal party in electing Turnbull as leader is leaving little doubt as to which end of town they really represent.

"Alcopops? That is the sound you get when you open a bottle of vintage Veuve Clicquot, isn't it?..."

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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:38:19 GMT - Bank turmoil fuels phishing boom

Scammers and fraudsters are capitalising on the changes sweeping through global financial markets and sectors.

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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:10:40 GMT - Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers (AP)

Kimani, a huge bull elephant, can be seen with his collar containing a sim card, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 in the Ol Pejeta conservancy near Mt. Kenya. Save the Elephants has set up a project where they placed a mobile phone SIM card in an elephants collar, then set up a virtual 'geofence' using a global positioning system that mirrored the conservatory's boundaries. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)AP - The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.


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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:29:17 EDT - New machine prints sheets of light

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Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:28:35 -0800 - Another cheap mini-portable...competition rocks

Everex looks to be the latest to join the ranks of companies offering Ultra-Mobile PCs UMPCs at prices educational institutions can afford. While final details will be released early in the year, both Linuxdevices.com and engadget picked up on this device. The 7" mini-portable is slated to run...

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Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:29:23 +0000 - There goes my 401K… Worst single day close ever!

In the wake of the failure by Congress to pass a bailout package today, the Dow fell a record 777 points. The tech-laden Nasdaq dropped more than 9%! Even AAPL was down almost 18%! The tears pouring from my eyes may have washed the blood off my keyboard, but I’m still too [...]

Hot StocksIn the wake of the failure by Congress to pass a bailout package today, the Dow fell a record 777 points. The tech-laden Nasdaq dropped more than 9%! Even AAPL was down almost 18%! The tears pouring from my eyes may have washed the blood off my keyboard, but I’m still too afraid to even look at my portfolio. )-:

One of my favorite stocks - SPWRA tanked almost 30% today. This time last week, after reporting solid earnings it was 50% higher than today’s closing price. Sadly this year, every attempt to pass funding for alternative energy has been blocked by partisan bickering and an unwillingness to stand for real progress.

The flipside to all this bloodshed is that barring a complete and total collapse of the entire global financial system, this is potentially a great buying opportunity. So what stocks do you think will provide the greatest return for your money? Sometimes, when faced with these types of pressing concerns, it’s good to have a little help from your friends which is why today we’re releasing the second in our series of cross platform social apps – Hot Stocks.

Hot Stocks lets you rate financial stocks and create a portfolio of companies you want to follow. Use the app to discover hot stocks people are interested in right now and see how your favorite picks perform against your friends.

Check out Hot Stocks and let us know what you think! Good night and good luck.

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