KXAN.com - News, Weather, Sports - Austin, TX | TxDOT billion dollar budget blunder

Texas Department of Transportation officials are trying to explain how they made a budget blunder of more than $1,000,000,000 for 2008 construction projects. ... TxDot thought they had $4.2 billion, but that included $585.5 million in future gas tax funds and $487.8 million fro …

No Time for Childhood

Yesterday, at a family restaurant I frequent, I watched a bright and personable little girl, probably four or five years old, playing and generally just being a cute kid.

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HR Dirty Tricks: Unauthorized Resume Revision

Since the dot-bomb days, I've been on a nonstop contracting roller coaster: six years of constant job searching as I'm simultaneously trying to find "permanent" work while also beating the bushes for the next gig to pay the bills for a another couple of months.

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Senator to propose surveillance of illegal images | Tech News on ZDNet

The proposal, which Sen. John McCain is planning to introduce on Wednesday, also would require ISPs and perhaps some Web sites to alert the government of any illegal images of real or "cartoon" minors.

Whistle blown on wiki for whistle-blowers | Tech News on ZDNet

"What conscience cannot contain, and institutional secrecy unjustly conceals, Wikileaks can broadcast to the world," reads the answer to one of its frequently asked questions.

Are Women Obsolete?

We've all heard the news by now: a female astronaut turned rabid stalker from hell.

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Molly Ivins, known for poking fun at politicians, dies at 62 - CNN.com

Best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, the sharp-witted liberal who skewered the political establishment and referred to President Bush as "Shrub," died Wednesday after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 62.

Talk Radio LIVE in Austin

The Event On Saturday, January 27, 2007, Austin Texas radio station KLBJ held Talkfest 2007, hosted by local on-air personality and program director, Mark Caesar and featuring live broadcasts by four nationally syndicated talk radio hosts, Neal Boortz, Clark Howard, George Noory, …

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Vista at the tipping point | Tech News on ZDNet

Jeremy Allison asks "What if they released an operating system and nobody cared?"

Block Online Adservers with Hosts file

It all started this morning with a pre-caffeine accidental right click on a banner ad in that popup Yahoo Messenger displays on startup.

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Dobbs: Why is the president ignoring our laws? - CNN.com - Jul 26, 2006

"The American Bar Association claims President Bush has violated that oath by issuing hundreds of "signing statements" to disregard selected provisions of the laws that Congress passed and he signed."

BBC NEWS | Health | Brain sensor allows mind (activated) control

A sensor implanted in a paralysed man's brain has enabled him to control objects through just the power thought.

WSBTV.com - News - 'Watch This!

"Hold my beer and..."

KXAN.com - Rolling Blackouts Now Finished In Central Texas

"ERCOT, the entity that manages the statewide electric grid, has cancelled the emergency load shedding exercise. ... This area of town has been without power for about an hour and a half. Crews are working to resolve the problem. ...

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Natural light 'to reinvent bulbs'

A light source that could put the traditional light bulb in the shade has been invented by US scientists.

On Immigration

Former President Theodore Roosevelt wrote, apparently in a letter written on January 3, 1919 (shortly before his death) to the president of the American Defense Society:

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RFID chips can carry viruses

"Up until now, everyone working on RFID technology has tacitly assumed that the mere act of scanning an RFID tag cannot modify back-end software, and certainly not in a malicious way. Unfortunately, they are wrong.

PINs no obstacle for debit card thieves - Security - MSNBC.com

Article describes multiple banks affected, ways the PIN security might have been breached, and what to do if you are affected.

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