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Demi Moore attending celebrity-friendly rehab (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:50:55 +0000

Reuters - Two weeks after her hospitalization after a reported night of partying, Demi Moore has been placed in celebrity-friendly rehab facility Cirque Lodge in Utah -- and she has some noteworthy company in the form of Charlie Sheen's ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, Radar Online reports.

House ready to consider insider trading ban (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:55 +0000

AP - With members of Congress convinced their political survival depends on their image, the House is wasting no time in considering a Senate-passed bill that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and thousands of executive branch officials. Stock trades would have to be posted online within 30 days.

PayPal co-founders fund pro-Paul Super PAC (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:37:08 +0000

Reuters - Co-founders of online U.S. payment service PayPal, now owned by eBay Inc, donated to the Super PAC funding group supporting Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, the group Endorse Liberty disclosed on Tuesday.

Obama works to save jobs, 1 at a time (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:51:07 +0000

AP - President Barack Obama is trying to rebuild the American economy, one job at a time _literally.

Facebook to roll out new Timeline (Daily Caller)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:45:11 +0000

Daily Caller - Facebook’s new profile format, Facebook Timeline, will be available to all Facebook users in a “few weeks.” Perhaps the most significant mandatory change since the social network’s inception, the new features — which will allow users to look through a person’s old status updates, wall posts and comments with ease — have some users concerned over privacy.

Romney lead over Gingrich up in Florida: poll (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:36:36 +0000

Reuters - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's lead over rival Newt Gingrich edged up to 12 percentage points in Florida, according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Sunday, as Romney's front-runner status stabilized and Gingrich continued to slip.

Romney lead over Gingrich up in Florida: Reuters/Ipsos poll (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:19:17 +0000

Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida: Reuters/Ipsos poll (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:14:40 +0000

Reuters - White House hopeful Mitt Romney widened his lead over rival Newt Gingrich to 11 percentage points in Florida, according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Saturday, up from 8 points a day earlier, as he cemented his front-runner status in the Republican nomination race.

House votes on permanent electronic duck stamp (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:26:32 +0000

AP - The e-Duck Stamp would become a permanent part of federal law under legislation passed by the House Monday.

Obama to ‘hang out’ in live video chat room (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:30:26 +0000

AP - President Barack Obama plans to "hang out" in a video chat room to answer questions about his State of the Union address, part of a White House effort to test new social networking tools and the latest evidence of the growing intersection of social media and politics.

Ron Paul Winning Election Through Fox News Facebook ‘Likes’? (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:10:30 +0000

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | An interesting picture of the 2012 election is painted when you look at the Fox News Candidate Tracker as it the numbers place Ron Paul well ahead of the competition. Readers can "Like" each page through Facebook and the number of "Likes" paints a varied picture from what we have seen thus far in the polls or other "official surveys."

Obama sings a tune, steals the online show (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:06:30 +0000

Reuters - President Barack Obama stole the online show on Friday after singing a tune during a campaign fundraiser at New York City's famed Apollo Theater.

Christian sex shop brings Biblically sound sex to the flock (Daily Caller)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:09:54 +0000

Daily Caller - Christianity and sex toys don’t usually end up in the same sentence, but at Book22.com, an online sex toy shop for Christian married couples, faith and bedroom fun are always intertwined.

Anonymous weaponizes Twitter, retaliates against MegaUpload takedown (Daily Caller)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:39:01 +0000

Daily Caller - Hell hath no fury like a hacker scorned.

Lawmakers try to keep anti-piracy bills on track (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:30:19 +0000

AP - Five days before a critical vote, senators are abandoning an anti-piracy bill they had supported after an outpouring of online opposition to tinkering with Internet freedoms.