Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
Only In New York Buying a ridiculous number of lotto tickets actually does give you a chance at winning August 3rd, 2007 • You know that crazy lady that stands outside of bodegas, chain smoking and playing scratch offs? Well, she just won a million dollars. [NYDN] • Does anyone who orders large fries from […]
MoreIT web site TechRepublic suggests 10 things you can do to coax Windows XP into booting when it won’t start up properly. The post covers everything from using your Windows startup disk and system restore to fixing a corrupt boot.ini or master boot record. This all might sound a bit difficult, since most people have […]
MoreNew York’s Bridges August 2nd, 2007 Given that the New York City Department of Transportation maintains 787 bridges, the collapse of the bridge across the Mississippi in Minneapolis raised immediate concerns here. A 2006 report on the state of the city’s bridges by the transportation department listed only three in poor condition—the lowest number since […]
MoreWhite House Aide Won’t Answer Questions of a Senate Panel By NEIL A. LEWIS Published: August 3, 2007 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 — J. Scott Jennings, a 29-year-old White House aide, refused repeatedly on Thursday to answer questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying he was under orders from President Bush not to respond. Brendan […]
MoreBy ADAM LIPTAK Published: August 3, 2007 Valerie Wilson may be the best known former intelligence operative in recent history, but a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that she was not allowed to say how long she worked for the Central Intelligence Agency in the memoir she plans to publish this fall. Although […]
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