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While he may not win the 2012 presidential election, there’s no denying Ron Paul is leaving a mark on the political process, and he is becoming a threat to, at the very least, challenge for the Republican party nomination as we progress through the what’s sure to be an interesting race for the White House. [...]

Google’s YouTube team and its Google Research team have teamed up to launch YouTube Slam, which is basically a way for you to rate YouTube videos against one another. They’re calling it an experiment, and a way for YouTube users to discover the next “Charlie Bit My Finger”. “This is the place for discovering talented [...]

There have been a number of lists discussing which entities support and oppose the oft-discussed protection acts making their way through the houses of the U.S. Government. While there are two, the most famous to the duo is H.R.3261, otherwise known as Stop Online Piracy Act, aka, SOPA, of course. Thanks to the OpenCongress watchdog [...]

StumbleUpon has put together a year-end compilation, giving us a glimpse of what people have been stumbling upon throughout the year. This year, StumbleUpon introduced the “explore box,” which gives users a way to stumble through content based a topic keyword of their choosing. The top terms from that feature have so far been (and [...]

December 26 2011, Mickey Doft The 2011 Sunday Major season on PokerStars came to an end Sunday with three players enjoying six-figure scores on Christmas. The biggest went to “||Burkeeee!,” who collected nearly $200,000 for winning the Sunday Million. Among those to lock up first-place finishes throughout the Sunday Majors were Elad “Gambit360″ Nosimaj and [...]

Steve Hayes, with Liz Marlantes, Susan Ferrechio, and Charles Lane, yesterday on Fox News:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials plan to install equipment to help prevent a repeat of Monday’s blackouts at Candlestick Park during a nationally televised game between the 49ers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Mayor Ed Lee says the city will install additional backup power to the computer that [...]

State Rep. Zalaski faces charges on DUI Southington State Rep. Bruce “Zeke” Zalaski was arrested and charged with driving under the influence early Wednesday morning after Bristol police say he failed a field sobriety test. Posted in Southingtoncitizen, News on Friday, December 23, 2011 12:37 pm. Updated: 1:08 pm. | Tags: State Rep. Zeke Zalaski [...]