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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:00:10 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Tesla promises sub-$30k all-electric car</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After Tesla CEO Ze'ev Drori announced Telsa's plans to build the Model S, Elon Musk began discussing its development of electric car tech to get the price of future cars to (and below) $30,000. When asked when that technology would be commercially available, Musk said that it shouldn't be any more than four years from now. Granted, a $60,000 car is affordable but still quite steep for most buyers -- but a vehicle mass-produced at half the price is essentially mainstream, which could have a...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:00:10 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Saddam asked Bush for $1bn to go into exile</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein offered to step down and go into exile one month before the invasion of Iraq, it was claimed last night.

Fearing defeat, Saddam was prepared to go peacefully in return for Â£500million ($1billion).

The extraordinary offer was revealed yesterday in a transcript of talks in February 2003 between George Bush and the then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar at the President's Texas ranch.

The White House refused to comment on the report last night.

But, if verified,...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:20:39 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Dubai Buys 20 Percent of Nasdaq Stock Market</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Nasdaq Stock Market is selling a nearly 20 percent stake to Borse Dubai and is taking control of the Nordic exchange operator OMX as part of a sweeping settlement of their battle for control of OMX.

In a global stock market shakeup, Borse Dubai and a group from Qatar also moved to become the largest stakeholders in the London Stock Exchange.

But the transactions involving Dubai and Nasdaq could face scrutiny in the United States, where a Dubai-owned companyâs plan to manage some...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:23:29 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>MySpace Founders Asking News Corp for $50M</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe (MySpace founders) have made a very aggressive compensation proposal to owner News Corp for when their contract is up in October. They're asking Peter Chernin and Rupert Murdoch for a 2-year deal worth $50 million total. That comes out to $25 million each, or $12.5 million a year. Plus, the pair want a development fund of $15 million to invest in internet companies. Even though MySpace is probably the most integral part of News Corp's overall corporate...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:11:03 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>David Michael Stoupakis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[David Stoupakis is internationally recognized for his eerie portraits of beings that appear wise beyond their years and have a certain knowledge of something past. Inspired by strong and damaged children who demand answers to questions no one hears, the self-taught artist adds haunting imagery and grim fairytale-like elements to his work. Described in the press as "a meld between Alice in Wonderland and The Exorcist," Stoupakis' paintings draw the viewer into a scene centuries old where...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:04:22 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>World's Most Expensive Bottled Water</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apparently there's a bottled water out there, that goes for $38 a pop... How much!? If you have to ask, you canât afford it! Billed as "couture water," Bling H20, the marketing gibberish tells us, is "not for everyone, just those that Bling...

The bling water was earlier meant just for Hollywood celebs and hi-fi socialite circle, but now you can gulp it down all for just $38!!!!!]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:19:23 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Transformers bust out of Nike Free shoes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Takara continues to release more innovative and imaginative products with the new Transformers Sports Label series ($58.99). This new series features 1/2 scale transforming Nike shoes! These licensed items should be somewhere around 6" in length in shoe mode and it looks like they even have real laces connected to the top of the shoe. Convoy and Megatron are also each sporting a miniature pair of Nike Free 7.0 as a finishing touch.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:07:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Sub-$400 VoomPC X86 Car PC Platform</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ituner announced it has launched the VoomPC-2T family of low power, high performance car PCs. Based on the small form factor Mini-ITX platform and with an integrated battery management unit, the VoomPC family is ideally suited for navigation, productivity and entertainment with superior audio and video performance. The unit is equipped with an intelligent power supply eliminates battery drain and prevents damage from unwanted power surges, a key requirement for successful car PC designs.

The...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:48:07 CST</pubDate>
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<title>BitPass Shuts Down</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I just received this email from BitPass:

Dear Valued Bitpass Buyer,
We want to thank you for your past business, however due to circumstances beyond our control, we are discontinuing our operations.

We have partnered with Digital River to provide operational support during the period prior to shut down. As of today, January 19, 2007, all Bitpass Buyers with US dollar denominated accounts are being notified that they will have seven (7) days to spend any amounts that currently exist in...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:00:53 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Extreme Trainsurfer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Preformed by a German known as "the trainrider". Before he died from leukemia, he enjoyed the last year of his life by surfing on trains. Included Germany's fastest Highspeed train ICE with a top speed of 330 km/h (No one did that before).


"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything." R.I.P.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 13:32:41 CST</pubDate>
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