1	Dalai Lama Related iPhone Apps Censored in China By Apple submited by topic: Politics

Apple appears to have blocked iPhone applications related to the Dalai Lama in its China App Store, making it the latest U.S. technology company to censor its services in China.

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1	Drivers should be liable for the operating risk of cars and be insured accordingly. submited by topic: Politics

Operating a combustion engine with 50+ bhp to move a tonne of metal on the public highway certainly carries much more risk to others than if the person decided to walk. With an alleged 1.2 million uninsured drivers on Britain’s roads and a new risk concept (i.e. operating risk) to cover, the cycling campaigners’ ally on this could well be the insurance industry.

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1	Erin Andrews update: FBI served search warrants to Google, Yahoo submited by topic: Politics

The FBI on Wednesday served search warrants on Google and Yahoo to obtain explicit videos and electronic records involving the man accused of stalking ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

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1	Catholics Condemn Joanna Krupa's Nude, Cross-Bearing PETA Ad submited by topic: Politics

The Catholic League has condemned Joanna Krupa’s racy ads for PETA in which she lobbies against pet stores and animal breeding. In the “Be An Angel for Animals” campaign, the Playboy model and Dancing with the Stars alum appears as a nude, winged angel: in one, she holds a strategically placed crucifix; in another, she holds her dog and a rosary.

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1	FTC Regulates Social-Media Endorsements, Blogger Payola submited by topic: Politics

The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on blogger payola. The agency, which protects consumers from fraud or deceptive business practices, voted 4 to 0 to update its rules governing endorsements, and the new guidelines require bloggers to clearly disclose any “material connection” to an advertiser, including payments for an endorsement or free product.

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1	iPods may have to carry health warnings submited by topic: Politics

Portable music players may have to carry health warnings under proposals from the European Commission. Apple, which makes the iPod, and other manufacturers will be asked either to display labels advising users of the damaging long-term effects of loud music on their hearing or to devise a system of on-screen alerts triggered by the prolonged use of headphones at high noise levels.

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1	Five ways that Apps.gov is a trendsetter submited by topic: Politics

Apps.gov, a federal government initiative out of the General Services Administration, demonstrates several concepts that have been the dream of many private enterprise IT departments for some time, but have been successfully executed by very few. Here are the five trends that I think Apps.gov demonstrates, and why you should pay attention:

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1	Pirate Bay Appeal Scheduled for November submited by topic: Politics

In April The Pirate Bay Four were sentenced to a year in prison, and on top of that each of them was ordered to pay the entertainment industry $905,000 in damages. The defendants soon announced that they would appeal, and the date for the new trial has been set for November by the Appeal Court.

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1	Thüringen: CDU-Ministerpräsident Dieter Althaus tritt zurück! submited by topic: Politics

Nach der Wahlschlappe vom vergangenen Wochenende gibt es nun ein Erdbeben für die CDU aus Thüringen, denn der bekannte Ministerpräsident Dieter Althaus ist als Vorsitzender und Regierungschef der Landes-CDU zurückgetreten und legt sein Amt nieder.

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1	Wahlkampf: SPD kritisiert Mehrwertsteuer-Pläne wie vor 4 Jahren submited by topic: Politics

Der SPD-Kanzlerkandidat Frank-Walter Steinmeier, welcher für die Utopie einer Vollbeschäftigung steht, hat seine Attacken gegen unsere amtierende Bundeskanzlerin Frau Angela Merkel (Union) verstärkt und unterstellte ihr, dass „Frau Merkel nur auf roten Teppichen flanieren“ würde, aber dies „auf Dauer zu wenig sei“.

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