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Dems Seek No Confidence Vote on Rumsfeld (2006-08-31): Taking a page from British politics, Democrats are seeking to hold a no confidence vote on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Middle Class Spending Slows (2006-08-29): The Wall Street Journal reports that middle class spending is finally starting to slow.
Blog Search Vanishes From Yahoo News (2006-08-26): Yahoo has pulled the blog search from the Yahoo News homepage.
Will Neptune Be Next? (2006-08-26): Some experts say that Pluto's recent demotion to dwarf planet could set a precedent and that Neptune could be next.
Time Inc. Sinks Office Pirates (2006-08-25): Time Inc.
BabyUniverse Acquires ePregnancy Assets (2006-08-24): BabyUniverse, Inc.
You Say Pluto, I Say Pluton (2006-08-24): The International Astronomical Union ("IAU") General Assembly has voted to strip Pluto of its designation as a planet because it does not meet the new defining criteria of a planet: that it have sufficient gravity to be a sphere shape and that it be the largest object in its area of space (Pluto is a sphere, but scientists have discovered there are tens of thousands of asteroids that are bigger than Pluto).
Flexible Viewing Devices Will Change Media Experience (2006-08-23): Vnunet.
Hallmark Launches Women's Lifestyle Magazine (2006-08-22): Hallmark has launched a women's lifestyle magazine called Hallmark Magazine. It will features craft ideas, recipes, person of interest stories and more.
AOL Buys GamesDaily Website (2006-08-21): AOL has acquired the GameDaily website and newsletter from Gigex.
Bush: Iraq Had Nothing to Do With 9/11 (2006-08-21): In his press conference today, President Bush admitted again that Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 and that Saddam Hussein did not have any weapons of mass destruction.
Iraq Faces an Oil Shortage (2006-08-18): Yes, you read that headline correctly.
Chow Time for CNET (2006-08-17): CNET is behind a new food-related website called Chow.
Schwarzenegger Leads the Way With Global Warming Initiative (2006-08-17): Fed up with President Bush's willful ignorance on the subject of global warming, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed his own global warming pact with British prime minister Tony Blair.
Diller's IAC Acquires CollegeHumor Website (2006-08-16): IAC/InterActiveCorp has acquired a majority stake in the popular Collegehumor.
Bush Poll Numbers Continue to Fall (2006-08-16): Even a genuine terror scare failed to jump start President Bush's dismal poll ratings.
Monty Sarhan Relaunches Cracked Magazine (2006-08-15): Cracked Magazine, the 48-year-old national publication, officially re-launches today as a general humor magazine for 18- to 34-year-olds.
England Faces Homegrown Terrorists (2006-08-14): The source for terrorism is no longer found in the caves of Afghanistan.
MTV Buys Atom Entertainment (2006-08-11): MTV Networks has acquired Atom Entertainment, a publisher of web games, films and funny video clips for $200 million.
PodTech Acquires Geek Entertainment TV (2006-08-10): Podcasting is growing rapidly and a few companies are starting to emerge as possible leaders in the category.